This month's quiz asks you
to fill in the missing rhyming lyrics in each song quoted and name the
Song/Show.
1. Up and down
until he's numb. Doesn't rest. Doesn't eat…
Doesn't touch a crumb!
Poor Professor Higgins from MY FAIR LADY
2. On that
matter no one budges for all cases of the sort…
Are
decided by the judges of the Supreme Court.
Trumpeter, Blow Your Horn from OF THEE I SING
3. Wire-spoke
wheel in America…
Very
big deal in America.
America from WEST SIDE STORY
4. Get an
agent-and in jig time…
We'll
be bein' booked in the big time!
Some People from GYPSY
5. Life has a
way of confusing us…
Blessing and bruising us.
To Life from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
6. I say this
with humility in Philadelphia…
We're
your responsibility in Philadelphia!
Piddle Twiddle & Resolve from 1776
7. When a
person's personality is personable he shouldn't oughta sit like a lump…
It's
harder than a matador coercin' a bull to try to get you off of your rump.
You Could Drive A Person Crazy from COMPANY
8. What with all
the clothes, all the these an' those…
Why do
you suppose Jeannie never froze?
Hankies for her nose! Ribbons for her bows!
Cotton for her hose! Slippers for her toes!
Pack up all her clothes, tonight away she goes.
Jeannie's Packin' Up from BRIGADOON
9. Stravinsky
and Gretchaninoff, Rumshinsky and Rachmaninoff…
I
really have to stop the subject has been dwelt upon enough!
Tschaikowsky from LADY IN THE DARK
10. If I invite
a boy some night to dine on my fine finnan haddie…
I just
adore his asking for more but my heart belongs to Daddy.
My Heart Belongs To Daddy from LEAVE IT TO ME
11. Couldn't
figure riddles, puzzles made me pout…
Where
the heck was Moses when the lights went out?
Pass That Football from WONDERFUL TOWN
12. No more
living alone. No more cheating at solitaire…
Holding my breath for one special man, why I could smother for all he'd care!
The Very Next Man from FIORELLO!
13. Take
Courage! Now there's a sport…
An
invitation to the state of rigor mort.
The Seven Deadly Virtues from CAMELOT
14. Though your
chin be smooth as satin you will need me soon I know…
For
the Lord protects His barbers and he makes the stubble grow.
The Barber's Song from MAN OF LA MANCHA
15. Drifting in
this euphoric state… Morning can wait…
Let it
come late.
Why Should I Wake Up? From CABARET
16. She's
laughing a bit too loudly that's how the last one began…
I
figure she's two drinks from the spot, where you know what hits the fan!
Fasten Your Seat Belts from APPLAUSE
17. Wear your
hair down and a flower. Don't use makeup, dress in white…
She'll
grow older by the hour and be hopelessly shattered by Saturday night.
A Weekend In The Country from A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
18. Lock the
door and stop complaining, gather round and listen well…
From
now on we're entertaining how to hotten up this hell.
Raise The Roof from THE WILD PARTY
19. I hope that
money truck'll be here in a flash…
I'll
just have to chuckle; I get a kick out of cash!
Laughin' All The Way to The Bank from SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
20. I cleaned up
Legos and gorillas, Ninja Turtles and Godzillas, and one large tyrannosaurus
rex…
Now
who would have guessed, but soon I'll be undressed; I'm married, and I'm gonna
have sex!
Marriage Tango from I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
21. Give me
variety, many young men from now…
Handsome society, many young men from now.
Many Young Men From Now from HER FIRST ROMAN
22. He listens
when you tell him things, there's nothing you can't say…
And
unlike certain people, you can teach him how to stay.
Times Like This from LUCKY STIFF
23. Dinin' at
the Lido loosens my libido…
Like a
big torpedo.
Paris Makes Me Horny from VICTOR/VICTORIA
24. My
unfortunate protuberance…
Seems
to have its own exhuberance.
My Unfortunate Erection from THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
25. Take away
the sense of drama. Take away the puppet play…
What
at night seems oh so scenic, may be cynic by today.
This Plum is Too Ripe from THE FANTASTICKS
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