Act 1
Elphaba and Galinda are enrolled in this prestigious university.
What is Shiz University?
Nessarose's newly earned title aside from the Wicked Witch of the East, taken from her father.
"That is good question, one many find confusifying. Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness forced upon them?"
Who is Glinda?
"Dancing through life, skimming the surface,
Gliding where turf is smooth.
Life's more painless,
For the ______________"
What is "brainless?"
The term for the unique language of the Ozians.
What is "Ozspeak"?
Galinda takes on the new name of Glinda because this professor could never pronounce the former correctly.
Who is Dr. Dillamond?
Who is the Wizard of Oz?
"I'll have you know I'm incredibly selfish and deeply shallow."
Who is Fiyero?
"No one mourns the Wicked,
No one cries they won't return.
No one lays a ______ on their grave."
What is "Lily"?
We learn about this book, written by the ancient "Wise Ones," during the Wizomania performance.
What is the Grimmerie?
Where Elphaba and Galinda begin their journey to making amends among dozens of onlookers.
What is the Ozdust Ballroom?
Protected from all harm, this man becomes a flimsy figure of straw thanks to Elphaba's strange magic.
"It's all just smoke and mirrors--and that's the truth!"
Who is Elphaba?
"Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes the sun.
Like a stream that meets a boulder,
Halfway through the _____"
What is "wood"?
Oz's latent magic allows for these unique beings to exist in abundance until the Wizard turns on them.
What are talking animals?
The name of the palace guard who was first to receive Elphaba's terrible gift.
Who is Chistrey?
She takes Nessarose's shoes in order to finish her journey and return home.
Who is Dorothy?
"Where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true--we call it history."
"Popular. You're gonna be popular,
And with an assist from me
To be who'll you'll be,
Instead of dreary ___ ____ ____,
Well, are."
Oz has evidently never seen this trapping device before--it doesn't seem popular with the animals.
What is a cage?
It looks like this is the most popular means of transportation to magical cities with megalomaniacal figureheads.
What is a train?
Despite being rescued from a cage earlier, he joins the vicious hunt for Elphaba alongside the Tin Man.
Who is the Lion?
"Food grew scarce. When people are hungry and angry, they start looking for--"
"Someone to blame."
Who are Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba?
"And nobody in all of Oz,
__ ______ ____ _____ __ __ ___,
Is ever gonna bring me down."
The man who made all of this possible, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Hint: His initials inspired Elphaba's name.
Who is L. Frank Baum (L.F.B.)?