Blood Brothers Quizzes

Blood Brothers Quiz 1

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

Mrs. Johnstone and Mrs. Lyons

Linda and Mrs. Johnstone

Mickey and Eddie
2 Where is the play set?
London

Devonshire

Manchester

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

Miss Jones

Linda

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

Mr. Lyons

Mickey

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

Firefighter

Maid

Nurse
6 When was the musical first performed?
1983

1979

1980

1981
7 What book by Alexander Dumas is the play loosely based upon?
The Count of Montecristo

The Black Tulip

The Corsican Brothers

The Three Musketeers
8 Who wrote the musical?
Stephen Sondheim

Willy Russell

Lin Manuel Miranda

Andrew Lloyd Weber
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 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical

The Tony Award for Best Adapted Musical

The Academy Award for Best Picture
11 When are Mickey and Eddie born?
In the 1960s

In the 1970s

In the 1980s

In the late 1950s
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 business man

A teacher

A local politician

A university president
14 Why doesn't Mrs. Lyons have children?
She is worried about complications in childbirth

She doesn't love Mr. Lyons

She is superstitious about having twins

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

She is unemployed

The Lyons family

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

Putting new shoes on the table

Seeing a stray cat

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

Lighthearted

Tragic

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

Electric guitar

Mandolin

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

Start working overtime

Name her sons after Mr. Johnstone

Give up one of her twins
20 What movie star is referenced in the play?
Barbara Stanwyck

Joan Crawford

Marilyn Monroe

Lauren Bacall
21 What does Mrs. Johnstone say when her kids ask what happened to one of the twins?
She says he was stolen

She says she does not know

She says he died

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

The milk man

Mr. Johnstone

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

Mrs. Lyons

Mrs. Johnstone

The Narrator
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 dislikes her

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

They will fall in love with the same person

They will disappear

They become best friends