Blood Brothers Quizzes

Blood Brothers Quiz 1

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

Eddie and Linda

Mickey and Eddie

Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs. Lyons
2 Where is the play set?
Devonshire

London

Manchester

Liverpool
3 Who appears in the play's opening?
Linda

Mr. Lyons

Miss Jones

Mrs. Johnstone
4 Who does the narrator later appear as?
Mr. Johnstone

Mickey

Mr. Lyons

A milk man
5 What job does Mrs. Lyons have?
Maid

Policewoman

Nurse

Firefighter
6 When was the musical first performed?
1979

1980

1981

1983
7 What book by Alexander Dumas is the play loosely based upon?
The Black Tulip

The Count of Montecristo

The Three Musketeers

The Corsican Brothers
8 Who wrote the musical?
Willy Russell

Andrew Lloyd Weber

Stephen Sondheim

Lin Manuel Miranda
9 Who starred as Mrs. Johnstone in the original production of the play?
Barbara Dickson

Lyn Paul

Petula Clark

Kiki Dee
10 What award did the play receive?
The Tony Award for Best Adapted Musical

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Picture
11 When are Mickey and Eddie born?
In the 1970s

In the 1960s

In the late 1950s

In the 1980s
12 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the play?
Class

Leisure time

Violence

Nature versus Nurture
13 What is Mr. Lyons?
A teacher

A business man

A university president

A local politician
14 Why doesn't Mrs. Lyons have children?
She is superstitious about having twins

She is worried about complications in childbirth

She doesn't love Mr. Lyons

She physically can't have them
15 Who does Mrs. Johnstone work for?
She is unemployed

Miss Jones

The Lyons family

The town hall
16 What is said to be bad luck by Mrs. Johnstone?
Breaking a mirror

Stealing a pineapple

Putting new shoes on the table

Seeing a stray cat
17 What is the tone of the musical?
Tragic

Absurd

Lighthearted

Horrific
18 What instrument is prominently featured in the scoring of the musical?
Bagpipes

Electric guitar

Flugelhorn

Mandolin
19 What does Mrs. Lyons ask Mrs. Johnstone to do?
Name her sons after Mr. Johnstone

Start working overtime

Give up one of her twins

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

Barbara Stanwyck

Lauren Bacall

Joan Crawford
21 What does Mrs. Johnstone say when her kids ask what happened to one of the twins?
She says he was given to Mrs. Lyons

She says she does not know

She says he was stolen

She says he died
22 Who reminds Mrs. Lyons she owes him money?
The milk man

Mr. Johnstone

Sammy

Mr. Lyons
23 Who sings "Tell Me It's Not True"?
Mrs. Johnstone

The Narrator

Mickey

Mrs. Lyons
24 Why does Mrs. Lyons fire Mrs. Johnstone?
Because she dislikes her

Because she thinks she is spying on them

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 disappear

They will fall in love with the same person

They become best friends

They will die

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