Everyone has a favorite musical, a favorite song, a character, a scene, and a dance. But can everyone complete these musical trivia questions with full marks? Let’s find out!
I have researched the biggest hits of stage and screen to comprise musical trivia questions that will truly entertain.
These musical trivia questions will test your knowledge to its limit, with some challenging theater questions and lots of Broadway trivia!
Let’s look at the history of musicals, their successes, best scenes, memorable songs, and so much more.
Musical theater emerged during the 19th century and was a brand new theatrical performance that combined dance, acting, spoken dialogue, and song.
Stories were portrayed using a range of emotions; humor, anger, lust, and more, with communications, expressed through movement, music, and words for the first time on the world’s stages.
Everyone has their favorite musical, but even those who don’t love this kind of theater will still have some form of knowledge when it comes to the greats, such as; Wicked, Oklahoma!, Les Misérables, and The Phantom of the Opera.
The first batch of musical trivia questions are completely random and should help you to assess your expert level!
Good luck!
1: What is the longest-running musical on Broadway?
The Phantom of the Opera.
2: When adjusted for inflation, what is the highest-grossing musical of all time?
The Sound of Music.
3: What is the UK's version of Broadway?
The West End.
4: Which 1957 musical transported Romeo and Juliet to modern-day NYC and featured opposing ethnic gangs, the Sharks and the Jets?
West Side Story.
5: Which Disney musical features the song 'Let's go Fly a Kite.'?
Mary Poppins.
6: 'It's astounding, time is fleeting,' are the opening lines to which Rocky Horror Picture Show song?
The Time Warp.
7: How many times has Chicago (the revival) been performed on Broadway?
7,500.
8: In what city is Oliver! set?
London, UK.
9: Mamma Mia is a story-telling magic of which pop group's timeless songs?
ABBA.
10: What was the first Broadway show to gross $1 billion in revenue?
The Lion King.
11: Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of which musical legends rise to stardom?
Carol King.
12: Grease was a globally successful movie before it was a Broadway show. Who were the two leading stars of this movie?
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
13: Which Grammy, Emmy, Tony, and Oscar-award-winning composer worked on musicals including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Cats?
Andrew Lloyd Webber.
14: Who is said to be Broadway's highest-paid star?
Bette Midler.
15: Which actress played Roxie Hart in the movie adaptation of Chicago?
Renée Zellweger.
Name The Musical Trivia Questions and Answers
This round of musical trivia questions will all be about popular musicals, with the answer required being the name of the musical – it’s that simple!
The musical trivia questions could be brief descriptions or a line from a song, but the answer will always be the musical’s name.
There are 10 questions to get through; let’s see how many you can get right!
Here we go!
1: 'Consider yourself well in, consider yourself part of the furniture,'
Oliver!
2: This musical concentrates on the life of Argentine political leader Eva Perón.
Evita.
3: Brothers Jake and Elwood Blues set out to save their childhood orphanage from being torn down by reuniting their old R&B band for a fundraising performance.
The Blues Brothers.
4: A young, Cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle meets a linguistics professor, Henry Higgins, and his notions of what it takes to be 'a proper lady.'
My Fair Lady.
5: A down-on-his-luck inventor transforms a broken-down motorcar into an elaborate and magical vehicle for his children.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
6: Andrew Lloyd Webber's record-breaking and award-winning musical that is based on a 1939 poetry collection by T. S. Eliot.
Cats.
7: 'From the day we arrive on the planet, and, blinking, step into the sun,'
The Lion King.
8: A no-nonsense nanny arrives, by umbrella, to the home of George Banks to take care of his children, Jane and Michael.
Mary Poppins.
9: 'I wore my coat, with golden lining. Bright colors shining, wonderful and new.'
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
10: Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, a courageous young orphan is subjected to a childhood of misery at the hands of a spiteful Miss Hannigan.
Annie.
Songs From Musical Trivia Questions and Answers
A musical without its songs is simply not a musical at all, the musical performances are what make the entire production, but some are more memorable than others!
The songs are emotional and can be sad, happy, thought-provoking, and moving.
They can also be great to dance to or sing along with!
The following musical trivia questions are all about songs, so let’s see how many of them you know.
1: What is the first song sung in the theater production of Grease?
Summer Nights.
2: Which song is the only one to be performed by Maria and the children in The Sound of Music?
Do-Re-Mi.
3: In Oliver, which character performs 'It's a Fine Life,' 'As Long As He Needs Me,' and 'I'd Do Anything'?
Nancy.
4: 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' is an iconic song from which musical?
Evita.
5: What song was performed by Aretha Franklin in a 5-minute show-stealing scene in The Blues Brothers (movie)?
Think.
6: According to data from more than 4,000 Spotify playlists, what musical song is the most streamed?
