Blood Brothers Quizzes

Blood Brothers Quiz 1

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

Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs. Lyons

Eddie and Linda

Linda and Mrs. Johnstone
2 Where is the play set?
Liverpool

Devonshire

Manchester

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

Mrs. Johnstone

Linda

Miss Jones
4 Who does the narrator later appear as?
Mickey

Mr. Lyons

Mr. Johnstone

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

Nurse

Firefighter

Maid
6 When was the musical first performed?
1979

1981

1980

1983
7 What book by Alexander Dumas is the play loosely based upon?
The Three Musketeers

The Corsican Brothers

The Count of Montecristo

The Black Tulip
8 Who wrote the musical?
Lin Manuel Miranda

Stephen Sondheim

Willy Russell

Andrew Lloyd Weber
9 Who starred as Mrs. Johnstone in the original production of the play?
Petula Clark

Kiki Dee

Barbara Dickson

Lyn Paul
10 What award did the play receive?
The Academy Award for Best Picture

The Tony Award for Best Adapted Musical

The BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
11 When are Mickey and Eddie born?
In the 1970s

In the late 1950s

In the 1960s

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

Nature versus Nurture

Class

Leisure time
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 worried about complications in childbirth

She physically can't have them

She is superstitious about having twins

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

The Lyons family

The town hall

She is unemployed
16 What is said to be bad luck by Mrs. Johnstone?
Stealing a pineapple

Breaking a mirror

Putting new shoes on the table

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

Horrific

Lighthearted

Tragic
18 What instrument is prominently featured in the scoring of the musical?
Electric guitar

Mandolin

Bagpipes

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

Give up one of her twins

Start working overtime

Name her sons after Mr. Johnstone
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 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. Johnstone

The milk man

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

Mrs. Johnstone

The Narrator

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

Because she is bad at her job

Because she thinks she is spying on them

Because she doesn't want her around Eddie
25 What does Mrs. Lyons say will happen if the twins ever meet?
They will disappear

They become best friends

They will die

They will fall in love with the same person

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