Happgood's Quiz of the Month

August 2010 Quiz
"South Specific"

Our August Quiz has concluded.  Answers appear below.  Congratulations to our latest winners, Michelle & Trey, who will each receive a copy of  SOUTH PACIFIC: PARADISE REWRITTEN by Jim Lovensheimer (pictured below) courtesy of Oxford University Press.  Our next quiz is scheduled to go online Wednesday, September 15th, 2010.  Thanks to all our players!

1. What technical innovation did Rodgers add for the original national tour of SOUTH PACIFIC that is now a mainstay of musical theater?
Microphones

2. What are the hometowns of characters Forbush and Cable, respectively?
Little Rock Arkansas, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

3. What controversial South Pacific song were the creators asked to remove, but of course, they refused?
Carefully Taught

4. Name the actors who played Emile in the Original Broadway Cast, Original London cast and the Onscreen Actor and unseen singing voice of Emile on film.
Ezio Pinza, Wilbur Evans, Rossano Brazzi, Giorgio Tozzi

5. Name the Tony Award winning directors of the original Broadway production and the 2008 Lincoln Center revival.
Josh Logan, Bartlett Sher

6. What famous prize did both the source novel and stage musical win?
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Drama

7. What was the past and current name of the island where novel author James Michener got much of his inspiration?
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu

8. In most productions, what embellishment adorns the stomach of Luther Billis?
Tattoo of a Ship

9. Who is “broad where a broad should be bro-o-o-o-oad”?
Honey Bun

10. What female ensemble character name of the original production is very close to the name of a famous Broadway singer?
Ensign Lisa Minelli

11. Although she played the role on Broadway, Juanita Hall’s singing voice was dubbed for the original film. Who provided the voice?
Muriel Smith - Bloody Mary in Original London Cast

12. What cut SOUTH PACIFIC tune found its way into the score of THE KING & I? Name all three names of the song.
Suddenly Lucky / Suddenly Lovely / Getting To Know You

13. Who played Nellie, Emile and Luther in the 2005 Carnegie Hall Concert version?
Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Alec Baldwin

14. What is unique about the musical numbers featuring Emile & Nellie?
They never sing at the same time

15. At the start of the show where is schemer Luther Billis wishing to go?
Bali H’ai

16. What are the names of de Becque’s two mixed race children?
Jerome, Ngana

17. What cut Emile song eventually was used in the 1965 broadcast of CINDERELLA?
Loneliness of Evening

18. What widescreen process was used in the original film of SOUTH PACIFIC?
Todd-AO

19. What hair care product brand used a lyrically altered “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair” for TV commercials in the 70’s?
Clairol

20. Who plays Nellie, Cable and Billis in the 2001 TV film version of SOUTH PACIFIC?
Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr, Robert Pastorelli