Blood Brothers Quizzes

Blood Brothers Quiz 1

1 Who are the play's protagonists?
Eddie and Linda

Linda and Mrs. Johnstone

Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs. Lyons

Mickey and Eddie
2 Where is the play set?
London

Liverpool

Devonshire

Manchester
3 Who appears in the play's opening?
Mr. Lyons

Linda

Mrs. Johnstone

Miss Jones
4 Who does the narrator later appear as?
A milk man

Mr. Johnstone

Mickey

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

Maid

Policewoman

Firefighter
6 When was the musical first performed?
1979

1981

1983

1980
7 What book by Alexander Dumas is the play loosely based upon?
The Count of Montecristo

The Three Musketeers

The Black Tulip

The Corsican Brothers
8 Who wrote the musical?
Stephen Sondheim

Willy Russell

Andrew Lloyd Weber

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

Petula Clark

Kiki Dee

Barbara Dickson
10 What award did the play receive?
The Academy Award for Best Picture

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

The Tony Award for Best Adapted Musical

The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
11 When are Mickey and Eddie born?
In the late 1950s

In the 1960s

In the 1980s

In the 1970s
12 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the play?
Nature versus Nurture

Class

Violence

Leisure time
13 What is Mr. Lyons?
A business man

A university president

A teacher

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 physically can't have them

She doesn't love Mr. Lyons
15 Who does Mrs. Johnstone work for?
She is unemployed

The town hall

Miss Jones

The Lyons family
16 What is said to be bad luck by Mrs. Johnstone?
Stealing a pineapple

Seeing a stray cat

Breaking a mirror

Putting new shoes on the table
17 What is the tone of the musical?
Tragic

Lighthearted

Horrific

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

Flugelhorn

Electric guitar

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

Name her sons after Mr. Johnstone

Give up both of her twins

Start working overtime
20 What movie star is referenced in the play?
Joan Crawford

Lauren Bacall

Marilyn Monroe

Barbara Stanwyck
21 What does Mrs. Johnstone say when her kids ask what happened to one of the twins?
She says she does not know

She says he was given to Mrs. Lyons

She says he was stolen

She says he died
22 Who reminds Mrs. Lyons she owes him money?
Sammy

Mr. Lyons

The milk man

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

The Narrator

Mrs. Lyons

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

Because she is bad at her job

Because she doesn't want her around Eddie

Because she dislikes her
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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