Blood Brothers Quizzes

Blood Brothers Quiz 1

1 Who are the play's protagonists?
Linda and Mrs. Johnstone

Mickey and Eddie

Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs. Lyons

Eddie and Linda
2 Where is the play set?
Liverpool

London

Manchester

Devonshire
3 Who appears in the play's opening?
Miss Jones

Linda

Mrs. Johnstone

Mr. Lyons
4 Who does the narrator later appear as?
Mickey

Mr. Johnstone

A milk man

Mr. Lyons
5 What job does Mrs. Lyons have?
Nurse

Maid

Policewoman

Firefighter
6 When was the musical first performed?
1980

1979

1981

1983
7 What book by Alexander Dumas is the play loosely based upon?
The Corsican Brothers

The Black Tulip

The Count of Montecristo

The Three Musketeers
8 Who wrote the musical?
Andrew Lloyd Weber

Lin Manuel Miranda

Stephen Sondheim

Willy Russell
9 Who starred as Mrs. Johnstone in the original production of the play?
Kiki Dee

Barbara Dickson

Lyn Paul

Petula Clark
10 What award did the play receive?
The Tony Award for Best Adapted Musical

The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Picture

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
11 When are Mickey and Eddie born?
In the 1980s

In the 1970s

In the late 1950s

In the 1960s
12 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the play?
Leisure time

Class

Nature versus Nurture

Violence
13 What is Mr. Lyons?
A teacher

A university president

A business man

A local politician
14 Why doesn't Mrs. Lyons have children?
She physically can't have them

She doesn't love Mr. Lyons

She is worried about complications in childbirth

She is superstitious about having twins
15 Who does Mrs. Johnstone work for?
The Lyons family

She is unemployed

Miss Jones

The town hall
16 What is said to be bad luck by Mrs. Johnstone?
Putting new shoes on the table

Breaking a mirror

Seeing a stray cat

Stealing a pineapple
17 What is the tone of the musical?
Tragic

Horrific

Lighthearted

Absurd
18 What instrument is prominently featured in the scoring of the musical?
Mandolin

Bagpipes

Electric guitar

Flugelhorn
19 What does Mrs. Lyons ask Mrs. Johnstone to do?
Give up one of her twins

Start working overtime

Name her sons after Mr. Johnstone

Give up both of her twins
20 What movie star is referenced in the play?
Marilyn Monroe

Lauren Bacall

Joan Crawford

Barbara Stanwyck
21 What does Mrs. Johnstone say when her kids ask what happened to one of the twins?
She says he died

She says she does not know

She says he was stolen

She says he was given to Mrs. Lyons
22 Who reminds Mrs. Lyons she owes him money?
Mr. Lyons

Mr. Johnstone

The milk man

Sammy
23 Who sings "Tell Me It's Not True"?
The Narrator

Mrs. Johnstone

Mickey

Mrs. Lyons
24 Why does Mrs. Lyons fire Mrs. Johnstone?
Because she thinks she is spying on them

Because she dislikes her

Because she doesn't want her around Eddie

Because she is bad at her job
25 What does Mrs. Lyons say will happen if the twins ever meet?
They will die

They will disappear

They become best friends

They will fall in love with the same person

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