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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked Alamy Stock Photo

Quiz: How much do you know about musical films?

Wicked: For Good starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande was released in Irish cinemas on Friday.

WICKED: FOR GOOD, also known as Wicked: Part Two, was released in Irish cinemas on Friday.

It’s an adaptation of the musical Wicked and it set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are among the film’s stars though the second outing hasn’t excited critics as much as the first.

But with the second instalment now in cinemas, we want to test your knowledge of musical films.

How many tulips were planted in a field in Norfolk to form the backdrop of Munchkinland in Wicked: Part I?
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3 million
6 million

9 million
12 million
Which of these songs from Grease was written halfway through filming and recorded after the rest of the movie had been completed?
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You're The One That I Want
Greased Lightnin'

Summer Nights
Hopelessly Devoted Yo You
Which of these musical films are among Pope Leo XIV’s favourite movies?
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The Wizard of Oz
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The Sound of Music

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Singin' in the Rain
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Les Misérables
True or false: The lion roars in The Lion King come from a voice actor and not real lions.
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True
False
Mamma Mia! is based on songs from ABBA but which came first, the movie or the musical?
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Musical
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Movie
What “haunts” film star Ryan Gosling about this movie poster for 2016’s La La Land?
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His leg placement
Colour of the tie

Top shirt button undone
His flat hand
Which of these songs were almost cut from Disney’s Frozen?
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Love Is an Open Door
For the First Time in Forever

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Let It Go
Afraid of being typecast due to his role as Wolverine, Hugh Jackman reportedly turned down what iconic part so that he could star in musicals like The Greatest Showman?
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James Bond
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Batman

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Superman
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The Hulk
West Side Story has had two film adaptations, one in 1961 and the other in 2021. What Shakespeare play was the musical inspired by?
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Love’s Labour’s Lost
Romeo and Juliet

Much Ado About Nothing
Measure for Measure
The Wizard of Oz won two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. What film won the Best Picture Award that year?
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Of Mice and Men

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Wuthering Heights
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Gone with the Wind
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Wicked
"Defying Gravity" with this quiz score
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Pope Leo XIV
A love for quizzing (and The Sound of Music)
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Frank Welker
The man behind the 'The Lion king' roars
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Ryan Gosling's "flat" hand
A "haunting" gesture (and quiz score)
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