Mamma Mia!
In what song does Sky proclaim that smoking was his only vice?
Lay All Your Love On Me
Donna sung this love song in a bar in Greece. The title means gently, slowly or at a walking pace in Italian.
Andante, Andante
Where does the name ABBA come from?
100 Bonus points if you can name each of the main four band members
ABBA is an acronym of the first letters of the band members' first names. Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frida.
The name of the ABBA jukebox musical that aired April 6, 1999 and has since played in over 60 countries.
Mamma Mia!
What is the next line:
"There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer"
"gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight"
Donna sings this song as she helps Sophie prepare for her wedding.
Slipping Through My Fingers
What song did Donna sing while exploring the broken down buildings she would turn into her Taverna?
I Have A Dream
What is the name of the cabaret act that ABBA debuted as in 1970?.
The name was chosen to play on two words with nearly identical pronunciations in Swedish: one meaning “party people,” and one slang for “engaged couples.”
Festfolk
This song's origins sprang from Ulvaeus, a keen runner, who would repeat a "tck-a-ch"-style rhythm to pace himself.
Funnily enough, the working title had been "Billy Boy" and was sung to Bill in Mamma Mia!
Take A Chance
What are the first two lines of this song?
"I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay."
In the play production, Donna and a purported father reminisce to "Our Last Summer", but in the movie it is sung by Sophie and her three dads on a boat. What is the father's name mentioned in the song?
Harry
"And now you're working in a bank
The family man, a football fan
And your name is Harry,"
Bill and Donna sang this song on Bill's boat. The song is a re-written version of ABBA's "Happy Hawaii".
Why Did It Have To Be Me?
While Festfolk failed to gain a following in Sweden, the song “People Need Love,” (recorded as Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid), was a modest hit in what year? Many consider this to be the year ABBA was formed.
In 1972.
After their 1973 song "Ring Ring" came third in Sweden's Melodifestivalen, this song won ABBA the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest and brought worldwide fame (nearly 160 years after the song's titular historical event).
What is Waterloo?
In 1977 ABBA performed a mini-musical as part of their concert tour through Europe and Australia titled "The Girl with the Golden Hair". Their mini-musical's last song includes these lyrics:
"I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair."
What is the name of the song?
Thank You for the Music
Sophie was named after this individual/being.
Bill's great Aunt Sophia, who lived on the island and who became a mother figure to Donna, in the absence of her actual mother, Ruby.
Both movies included various filming locations throughout Greece, but they also included the island of Vis, which belongs to which Adriatic country?
Croatia
What was the reason for ABBA's wild costumes?
Thanks to a Swedish tax law regarding costumes, ABBA's stage clothes were outlandishly-designed on purpose. According to the law, as long as the outfits were too impractical for everyday wear and couldn't be worn outside a performance, they were tax-deductible.
This song was written in 1979 by Bjorn Ulvaeus in a rush of emotion while he was drunk. Later, when he gave the lyrics to his soon to be ex-wife Agnetha, "a tear or two welled up in her eyes. Because the words really affected her."
Bjorn denies that this song is about his and Agnetha's divorce, but he does admit the heartache of their breakup inspired the song. Despite this, Bjorn has said not to take the lyrics for fact becuase "Neither Agnetha nor I were winners in our divorce."
The Winner Takes it All
Which European city does the song "Super Trouper" mention?
100 bonus points if you can name what a Super Trouper is.
Glasglow.
Including Glasglow in the song has since been revealed by saxophonist Ulf Andersson as a coded love note from Björn Ulvaeus to then-wife Agnetha Faltskog near the time of their divorce.
A Super Trouper was the brand name of a powerful spotlight used in stage productions.
Though not included in the play, Sam gives a toast as this song in the movie adaptation.
When All Is Said And Done
What song does Sophie sing with the Dynamos at the grand reopening of Hotel Bella Donna?
I've Been Waiting For You
In 2016 Andersson announced that the group was reuniting to prepare for a “virtual” tour that would feature holographic avatars (“ABBAtars”). They recorded two new songs—“I Still Have Faith in You” and “Don’t Shut Me Down” -- but the tour was postponed because of Covid. So ABBA returned to the studio to record a new album. What is the name of ABBA's November 2021 album?
Voyage
To facilitate a breakthrough in South America, ABBA recorded a Spanish-language version of this song, despite the fact the band had never learned the language. The Swedes sang the song phonetically and their efforts enhanced their popularity in a number of Latin America countries.
What is Chiquitita?
ABBA's teacher was trying to explain the laws of this this Mathematical Discipline when they Kissed the Teacher.
Geometry
Name at least 4 of the 9 studio albums that ABBA has released.
Fun facts: Agnetha and Bjorn got married 1971 then divorced in 1979. Benny and Friday got married 1978 then divorced in 1981.
Ring Ring (1973)
Waterloo (1974)
ABBA (1975)
Arrival (1976)
The Album (1977)
Voulez-Vous (1979)
Super Trouper (1980)
The Visitors (1981)
Voyage (2021)