Tag: Answers

How well did you do? Some were ridiculously tough, I know. Others not so bad…

1. “Chicago’s eleven below and the forecast is snow” – “Sun on My Face,” Sugar
2. “You know that our parting breaks my heart” – “All the Love I Have,” The Beautiful Game
3. “I once loved a girl out in Flatbush” – “The Trouble with Women,” One Touch of Venus
4. “A man is a fool to lose his temper” – “Staying Young,” Take Me Along
5. “The strongest thing in the world is not made of steel” – “That Ring on the Finger,” Destry Rides Again
6. “Now I see you in the window of a carriage then a train” – “Where in the World?”, The Secret Garden
7. “Somehow the ceiling seems a little higher” – “When Mabel Comes in the Room,” Mack & Mabel
8. “In all the famous love affairs the lovers have to struggle” – “How Can Love Survive?”, The Sound of Music
9. “In the Tiber there sits a boat gently dipping its bow” – “Pretty Little Picture,” A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
10. “I slipped out this afternoon and bought some love insurance” – “Paris Original,” How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
11. “It’s crazy. Ridiculous. It doesn’t make sense” – “It’s a Perfect Relationship,” Bells Are Ringing
12. “Every man has a job to do” – “Doing Good,” It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman
13. “How can people be so heartless? How can people be so cruel” – “Easy to Be Hard,” Hair
14. “The wonders of the world are said to stop at seven” – “Only in New York,” Thoroughly Modern Millie
15. “My daughter is marrying an idiot” – “The Father of the Bride,” I Do! I Do!
16. “Nobody home come spring. Nobody home come fall” – “What Do I Do Now?”, The Grass Harp
17. “Girls have come and gone, Papa” – “With Anne on My Arm,” La Cage Aux Folles
18. “I should never have gone to the theatre” – “It Would Have Been Wonderful,” A Little Night Music
19. ‘Please let me say from the start I don’t pretend to be smart” – “The Best Thing for You,” Call Me Madam
20. “When the clock goes off and I rub my eyes” – “Talking to You,” High Spirits
21. “We’re the perfect loving family so adoring” – “Just Another Day,” Next to Normal
22. “Who writes the words and music for all the girlie shows” – “Dames,” 42nd Street
23. “I love my wife and I love her more than the way I used to love her before” – “Lud’s Wedding,” 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/A White House Cantata
24. “Why did she die in the spring? Roses bloom and robins sing” – “Cry for Us All,” Cry for Us All
25. “If music is no longer lovely, if laughter is no longer lilting” – “I Don’t Want to Know,” Dear World
26. “When you feel you’ve gone to hell in a hand basket” – “Where You Are,” Kiss of the Spider Woman
27. “Last night I met a man beneath a pale and haunted moon” – “What Was a Woman to Do?”, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
28. “There once lived a wonderful woman…” – “My Husband’s First Wife,” Sweet Adeline
29. “What is the curse that makes the universe so all bewilderin’?” – “Necessity,” Finian’s Rainbow
30. “When she mentioned how her aunt bit off the spoon…” – “On the Street Where You Live,” My Fair Lady
31. “I’ve wined and dined on Mulligan stew and never wished for turkey” – “The Lady is a Tramp,” Babes in Arms
32. “March went out like a lion, a-whippin’ up the water in the bay” – “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over,” Carousel
33. “His going in the Army is the best thing he could do” – “An English Teacher,” Bye Bye Birdie
34. “Plenty of times I been in plenty of jams” – “I Get Myself Out,” Grind
35. “Ella, look at me. This way, Ella. Ella concentrate hard.” “When?”, Evening Primrose
36. “I trust he really is what I think he is” – “A Proper Man,” Lock Up Your Daughters
37. “These are very popular in Italy” – “The Beauty Is,” The Light in the Piazza
38. “At the villa of the Baron di Signac” – “Liaisons,” A Little Night Music
39. “Oh, what a bevy of beauties. Oh, what a school of fish!” – “They Couldn’t Compare to You,” Out of this World
40. “The sea and sky are blue here. The air is warm and sweet” – “Po, Po, Po,” Illya Darling

Bonus: “Look at all the immortal works of art” – “The Touch of Magic,” She Loves Me (cut)

1. “With my wings resolutely spread, Mrs. Burnside” – “Gooch’s Song,” Mame
2. “The sun sits low diffusing its usual glow” – “The Sun Won’t Set,” A Little Night Music
3. “Child, I know the fear you’re feeling” – “He Can Do It,” Purlie
4. “To this we’ve come that men withhold the world from men” – “To This We’ve Come,” The Consul
5. “I went down to the tennis courts, lookin’ good in pleated shorts” – “70, Girls, 70,” 70, Girls, 70
6. “Now as the sweet imbecilities tumble so lavishly onto her lap” – “Now,” A Little Night Music
7. “Why can’t you be like a woman ought to be?” – “Old Sayin’s,” Juno
8. “You called me back with a silent plea” – “You’d Better Love Me,” High Spirits
9. “Daddy always thought that he married beneath him” – “At the Ballet,” A Chorus Line
10.”You smug little men with your smug little schemes” – “There Won’t Be Trumpets,” Anyone Can Whistle
11. “Let’s start looking alive, when we arrive it’s gonna be great!” – “Rehearse!” 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
12. “Thank the Lord Mimi Paragon’s on board!” – “Come to Me,” Sail Away
13. “The day we meet the way you lean against the wind” – “Love to Me,” The Light in the Piazzza
14. “Mademoiselle, I have followed you everywhere” – “Love Can’t Happen,” Grand Hotel
15. “Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail! Hail to the man who (hail!) without whom (hail!)” – “Duet for One (The First Lady of the Lady)” 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
16. “When you see the shape the world is in” – “Thank God I’m Old,” Barnum
17. “My life is simply great, my silverware is gold” – “I’ve Got It All,” On the Twentieth Century
18. “When the sun flew in my window and crept in bed with me” – “Sweet Thursday,” Pipe Dream
19. “Do you see that cloud up there with the number nine?” – “I Had a Ball,” I Had a Ball
20. “You dear attractive dewy-eyed idealist” – “No Way to Stop It,” The Sound of Music
21. “The best kind of clothes for a protest pose is this ensemble of pantyhose” – “The Revolutionary Costume for Today,” Grey Gardens
22. “Talk to flowers right here?” – “Hurry! It’s Lovely Up Here!” On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
23. “Take me back where I belong” – “Wilkes-Barre, PA,” Tovarich
24. “Before you half remember what her smile was like” – “Kiss Her Now,” Dear World
25. “Things may not come through the way you plan” – “I’ll Buy You a Star,” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
26. “I will never understand what I did to deserve you” – “All the Wasted Time,” Parade
27. “I married many men –a ton of them” – “To Keep My Love Alive,” A Connecticut Yankee
28. “Staring my life in the face haunted by what could have been” – “Talk Amongst Yourselves,” Taboo
29. “That old April yearning once more is returning” – “One More Walk Around the Garden,” Carmelina
30. “I’ll bet your friends are all celebrities. That’s wonderful.” – “The Grass is Always Greener,” Woman of the Year
31. “I often have these miserable instincts” – “Nobody Steps on Kafritz,” Henry, Sweet Henry
32. “My days are brighter than morning air” – “With You,” Pippin
33. “To me this emporium is sex in memoriam” – “A Woman is How She Loves,” Coco
34. “The newspapers call you the goddess of sex” – “You Are Not Real,” The Apple Tree
35. “Glad to see you folks. Sure is homey here.” – “The Babylove Miracle Show,” The Grass Harp
36. “When I was young my heart was weaving in and out of romance” – “One Man (Ain’t Quite Enough)” House of Flowers
37. “I remember Claude. His face was gaunt, his skin was pale” – “The Tea Party,” Dear World
38. “Who’s the girl who had the men all eating from her hand?” – “Mata Hari,” Little Mary Sunshine
39. “I remember the way our sainted mother would sit and croon us her lullaby” – “Easy Street,” Annie
40. “Who’d believe that we two would end up as lovers?” – “Unlikely Lovers,” Falsettos/Falsettoland

Bonus:
“Wine francaise straight from Burgundy” – “Sur Le Quais,” Lolita, My Love
“A friend of mine was hurtin’ bad, I bought that friend a beer” – “He Got It in the Ear,” Rockabye Hamlet