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30/03/2015

Musical Snares

Each answer is the name of a popular stage musical - past or present.

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1.

Which TV series centred on a Californian firm called McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak?

 

LA Law

Home run or Homer

Westward Ho!

Major Oak, Sherwood Forest, Notts

  Oklahoma! 

2.

Whose stage act featured the character Ada Shufflebotham?

 

Les Dawson

Mr Miserable with some other miserable people

  Les Misérables 

3.

Which Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist started her career as a member of the 1970s new wave band The Tourists?

 

Don’t Let It Bring You Down Annie Lennox

Ben Gunn

Ketchu(p)

  Annie Get Your Gun 

4.

Which piece of music composed by American folk musician Jay Ungar in 1982 was used as the theme for the celebrated PBS documentary series The Civil War?

 

Ashokan Farewell

(A)my Winehouse

Michelle Obama – First Lady

  My Fair Lady 

5.

Which popular piece of music composed by Aaron Copland was later reused as a major theme in his Third Symphony?

 

Fanfare for the Common Man

Tom Petty

Oprah Winfrey

  Phantom of the Opera 

6.

Which band from Leicester formed in the 1970s was fronted by singer Dave Bartram?

 

Showaddywaddy

Rocky Road cake

Rita Ora

  The Rocky Horror Show 

7.

Mendelssohn's Wedding March was written to accompany which play?

 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare

Bombe

Bay

  Bombay Dreams 

8.

Which duet from a Delibes opera was used in 1980s adverts for British Airways?

 

Flower Duet from Lakmé

Alex Song

(West Ham United player)

Drumsticks

  Flower Drum Song 

9.

Chris Stein and his partner founded which new wave, punk band of the late 1970s / early 1980s?

 

Blondie

 

The League of Gentlemen

prefer

  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 

10.

Walt Disney died in 1967 during the production of this Disney film based on stories by a famous English poet.

 

Jungle Book

Henry Moore, sculptor

Mon(ty) Don

  The Book of Mormon