Can You Answer These 12 Questions Every "Sound of Music" Fan Should Know?
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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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Question 1
Which Sound of Music song represents Austrian patriotism and love of country?
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AThe Lonely Goatherd
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BEdelweiss
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CSo Long, Farewell
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DDo-Re-Mi
Edelweiss
The song, which gets its name from a white flower found high in the Alps, is sung by Captain Von Trapp as an expression of his love of country — most poignantly, near the end of the story when the family is about to leave Austria forever. “Edelweiss” is the last song that Oscar Hammerstein ever wrote; he died in August of 1960.
Question 2
Where does The Sound of Music take place?
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ALausanne, Switzerland
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BBavaria, Germany
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CSalzburg, Austria
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DGhent, Brussels
Salzburg, Austria
Unlike many films, <i>The Sound of Music</i> was shot largely at real locations around Salzburg. As you'd expect, a number of the interior scenes were recreated on the 20th Century Fox lot back in Hollywood.
Question 3
What does Maria make the children's new play clothes out of?
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AA tablecloth
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BHer own wardrobe
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CHer curtains
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DHer bedspread
Her curtains
Yep, Maria yanks 'em down just like Scarlett O'Hara. In her defense, she first asked the Captain for extra fabric to make play clothes but he refused. So she goes ahead and voila, happy montage of matching von Trapps at play around town. Salzburg tourists reportedly love to reenact this scene.
Question 4
Which nasty prank do the children pull on their new governess, Maria?
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APutting a pine cone on her chair
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BPutting water in her shoes
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CReplacing her water with vodka
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DDrawing on her face as she sleeps
Putting a pine cone on her chair
Proving once more that she's a governess extraordinaire, Maria refuses to rat out the children to their father, instead thanking them for the "gift". Which, in turn, causes the children to feel so guilty that they all burst into tears.
Question 5
In which year did The Sound of Music open on Broadway?
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A1958
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B1959
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C1960
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D1961
1959
The musical's four-year, 1,443-performance run began at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and then moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The show won multiple Tony Awards, including a tie (with <i>Fiorello!</i>) for Best Musical and Best Actress for Mary Martin (as Maria).
Question 6
Why aren't the Nazi soldiers able to chase the family as they flee out of town?
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AThey can't find their cars
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BThe von Trapp children punctured their tires
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CTheir commander instructs them to let the family go
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DThe nuns disabled their engines
The nuns disabled their engines
It's one of the best lines of the film: "Reverend Mother? I have sinned" (said as they hold up the stolen engine parts).
Question 7
Which noble title does Captain Von Trapp's fiancée Elsa von Schraeder hold?
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ABaroness
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BViscountess
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CCountess
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DMarquess
Baroness
Ah, the glamorous, villainous Baroness Schraeder. Poor Maria looked pretty dumpy next to the coiffed-to-the-nines, fur-wrapped, and diamond-dripping Baroness. Thankfully, true love prevailed (with the help of the Baroness, no less).
Question 8
Which treacherous character blows the whistle to alert the Nazis of the family's hiding place?
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AMax Detweiler
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BElsa von Schraeder
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CThe Mother Abbess
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DRolfe
Rolfe
Liesl's one-time beau may have joined Hitler Youth but he still had a shred of affection for her. Although he blows the whistle, he hesitates a moment before doing so — long enough for the family to bolt.
Question 9
The Sound of Music was based on whose memoir?
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ACaptain Von Trapp
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BAgathe von Trapp (Liesl)
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CMaria Von Trapp
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DRupert Von Trapp (Friedrich)
Maria Von Trapp
Maria's best-selling book, <i>The Story of the Trapp Family Singers</i>, was first published in 1949. Among other differences between her autobiographical account and the musical version of the story, Captain Von Trapp was actually a warm and loving parent and not the music-hating drill sergeant we first meet in the film.
Question 10
How many governesses have the von Trapp children had prior to Maria's arrival?
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A5
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B8
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C11
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D15
11
The Captain informs Maria that she is the 12th in "a long line of governesses" who have come and gone following his wife's death — and that the last one lasted exactly two hours.
Question 11
Complete the line.
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ABones
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BWhistles
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COrders
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DCommands
Whistles
Maria is utterly horrified as Captain von Trapp introduces each of his children by their personal whistle signal, drill-sergeant style. When he demands that she take the whistle, she refuses. When he demands that she have her own signal, she lets him have it: <i>Whistles are for dogs, not people.</i>
Question 12
Who is "sixteen, going on seventeen"?
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ABrigitta
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BLiesl
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CMarta
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DFriedrich
Liesl
The song is a duet between two teenagers, Liesl and her beau Rolf, who's all of one year older yet imparts worldly advice to his junior belle: <br><i>You need someone/Older and wiser/Telling you what to do/I am 17 going on 18/I'll take care of you</i>
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