The Greatest Showman
Elements of Musicals
Types of Musical Numbers
1850s-1860s
Random Facts
100

True or False. The Greatest Showman is a thriller.

What is false?

100

What separates musicals from other film genres?

What is the musical numbers?

100

How many character sing in a duet?

What is two?

100

What major event happened in the 1860s?

What is the Civil War?

100

What is the name of the circus owner/main character from The Greatest Showman?

Who is P.T. Barnum?

200

True or False. Hugh Jackman plays the main character in The Greatest Showman.

What is true?

200

What are dance sequences?

What are musical numbers with choreography?

200

What is a song called in a musical?

What is a "number"?

200

What U.S. president was assassinated in the 1860s?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200
How old was Judy Garland (Dorothy) when The Wizard of Oz was filmed?

Who is sixteen?

300

What decade is The Greatest Showman set in?

What is the 1850s and 1960s?

300

What are musical films closely related to?

What is classical theater?

300

How many characters sing during a production number?

What is the entire cast?

300

What two types of music were most popular during the 1850s and 1860s?

What are hymns and classical music?

300

What happened to the actor who played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz?

What is lead poisoning from the silver paint?

400

Where is the Barnum American Museum located?

Where is Manhattan, New York?

400

Why do characters "bust out in song" during a musical?

What is to convey their thoughts and emotions?

400

What is a ballad?

What is a slow and reflective musical number?

400

What president from the 1850s died from drinking milk and eating cherries?

Who is Zachary Taylor?

400

What two Broadway stars sang the musical number "Popular" in the example video from Wicked?

Who is Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel?

500

What year was The Greatest Showman released?

When is 2017?

500

What three things are similar in classic theater and musical films?

What are songs, dance sequences, and music?

500
True or False: The lyrics are not important to the story line during a comedy song. It is just to make the audience laugh.

What is false?

500

On April 9, 1865, the Civil War officially ended. Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

What is the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia?

500

What is Ms. Franklin's favorite musical?

What is "Hello, Dolly!"?

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