Can You Answer These 12 Questions Every "Sound of Music" Fan Should Know?

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When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad. I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad...

Unless you were lucky enough to catch it on Broadway, most of us know Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music from the 1965 film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. And even if you haven't seen the movie, you surely know many of the songs (by heart even!). Generation after generation, we just can't get enough of those raindrops on roses, drops of golden sun, and lonely goatherds.

The hills fill my heart, With the sound of music...

Based on the true story of the musical von Trapp family who fled the Nazis and their Austrian homeland, the film has got just about everything: gorgeous romantic leads, adorable kids, goofy humor, serious drama, chase scenes, and forces of both good and evil at work — and all of it unfolds with the breathtaking backdrop of Alpine scenery and historic Salzburg. 

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: The Sound of Music Quiz Questions

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Question 1

Which Sound of Music song represents Austrian patriotism and love of country?

  • A
    The Lonely Goatherd
  • B
    Edelweiss
  • C
    So Long, Farewell
  • D
    Do-Re-Mi

Question 2

Where does The Sound of Music take place?

  • A
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • B
    Bavaria, Germany
  • C
    Salzburg, Austria
  • D
    Ghent, Brussels

Question 3

What does Maria make the children's new play clothes out of?

  • A
    A tablecloth
  • B
    Her own wardrobe
  • C
    Her curtains
  • D
    Her bedspread

Question 4

Which nasty prank do the children pull on their new governess, Maria?

  • A
    Putting a pine cone on her chair
  • B
    Putting water in her shoes
  • C
    Replacing her water with vodka
  • D
    Drawing on her face as she sleeps

Question 5

In which year did The Sound of Music open on Broadway?

  • A
    1958
  • B
    1959
  • C
    1960
  • D
    1961

Question 6

Why aren't the Nazi soldiers able to chase the family as they flee out of town?

  • A
    They can't find their cars
  • B
    The von Trapp children punctured their tires
  • C
    Their commander instructs them to let the family go
  • D
    The nuns disabled their engines

Question 7

Which noble title does Captain Von Trapp's fiancée Elsa von Schraeder hold?

  • A
    Baroness
  • B
    Viscountess
  • C
    Countess
  • D
    Marquess

Question 8

Which treacherous character blows the whistle to alert the Nazis of the family's hiding place?

  • A
    Max Detweiler
  • B
    Elsa von Schraeder
  • C
    The Mother Abbess
  • D
    Rolfe

Question 9

The Sound of Music was based on whose memoir?

  • A
    Captain Von Trapp
  • B
    Agathe von Trapp (Liesl)
  • C
    Maria Von Trapp
  • D
    Rupert Von Trapp (Friedrich)

Question 10

How many governesses have the von Trapp children had prior to Maria's arrival?

  • A
    5
  • B
    8
  • C
    11
  • D
    15

Question 11

Complete the line.

  • A
    Bones
  • B
    Whistles
  • C
    Orders
  • D
    Commands

Question 12

Who is "sixteen, going on seventeen"?

  • A
    Brigitta
  • B
    Liesl
  • C
    Marta
  • D
    Friedrich

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