Name That God
The supreme god of the Greeks, who ruled the Olympian gods and the universe
Zeus
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer
The Sound of Music
Broadway’s third-longest-running show is also its highest grossing, and by a fairly wide margin. Based on the hit 1994 Disney animated film, this musical has consistently pulled in sell-out crowds since opening in 1997 and grosses amongst the highest on Broadway week-to-week. The production also played the first nine years of its run at the New Amsterdam Theatre, which boasts one of Broadway’s highest seating capacities at 1,801 seats. The show continues its hit run at the Minskoff Theatre
The Lion King
$1,463,250,222
Total performances: 8,519
In a famous Tchaikovsky ballet, every morning Odette, a beautiful young woman, transforms into what majestic white bird?
Swan
Bibliosmia is a term that describes the love of what?
The smell of old books
The Greek god of the oceans
Poseidon
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
The Graduate
burst onto the Broadway scene as the mega-hit of 2003 and has continued its run since then at Broadway’s largest theatre, The Gershwin, which has a seating capacity of 1,935. The backstory of the witches of The Wizard of Oz, it has become one of Broadway’s most iconic properties, known for its high-flying (and high-belting) star-making performances.
Wicked
$1,190,774,930
Total performances: 6,046
one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite hobbies was racing what type of bird
Pigeons
What is a group of flamingoes called?
A Flamboyance.
The Greek warrior goddess who was born out of Zeus' head
Athena
Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
The Jungle Book
the production celebrated its 30th anniversary at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre in 2018, making it the longest-running Broadway show of all time by an incredible eight-year margin. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s soaring, romantic score and Maria Björnson’s gorgeous costume and production designs have made The ______ one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals.
The Phantom of the Opera $1,150,057,053
Total performances: 12,574
La Paz Waterfall Gardens in Costa Rica is a popular choice for tourists to admire the flora and fauna. This park attracts half of all of the 52 native species of what small hovering bird?
Hummingbird
What Benedictine monk invented champagne?
Dom Pierre Pérignon
The Greek goddess of love, pleasure, and beauty
Aphrodite
In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
My Fair Lady
With a run of 5,773 performances, _____ is currently the ninth longest-running show in Broadway history and the fourth highest-grossing. With a score of ABBA hits, it was Broadway’s first true mega-hit jukebox musical
Mamma Mia!
$624,391,693
Total performances: 5,772
Louisiana’s state flag has an image of what big-beaked mamma bird feeding its babies?
Pelican
A group of Ravens is called?
An Unkindness
The Roman god of fire, blacksmith, and metalworking
Vulcan
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Thunderball
This Kander and Ebb classic went head-to-head with A Chorus Line when it originally opened on Broadway in 1975, running only two years and 936 performances. Its 1996 Broadway revival has far eclipsed A Chorus Line now with nearly 9,000 performances, making it the second longest-running show in Broadway history, the longest-running American musical, and by far the most-successful revival ever.
Chicago (1996 revival),
$613,892,561
Total performances: 8,908
A player can throw another player’s knife murder investigation into chaos with one black bird card in an Atlas Games thriller called, “A Murder of…” what birds?
Crows
Coprastastaphobia is the fear of what?
Constipation
Known as the Norse god of trickery, who caused chaos and plotted schemes
Loki
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
2001: A Space Odyssey
______ drew from the real-life stories of The Four Seasons themselves for its plot rather than constructing an original story around their music. This true story—along with their chart-topping music catalog—resonated with audiences
Jersey Boys
$558,416,084
Total performances: 4,680
Its scientific name is Struthio camelus, but what is the common name for the bird that can’t fly but does lay the largest egg of any living bird species?
Ostrich
In Swedish, what is “entrance” and “driveway,” respectively?
“Infart” and “Uppfart.”
The Norse goddess was a golden-haired beauty associated with fertility, military strategy and magical powers of clairvoyance called Seiðr. Her unyielding nature granted her the title of captain of the Valkeries, and she reigned over Fólkvangr, an alternative resting place for dead soldiers
Freya
A White couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her Black fiancé.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
When South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced they were writing a musical, few doubted their show would be funny. Still, few predicted what a massive success ________, which pokes fun at the Salt Lake City-based religion, would turn out to be.
The Book of Mormon
$546,598,332
Total performances: 2,966
What’s the common name for birds in the Cuculidae family, which includes the red-chested, shining bronze, Asian emerald, and black-eared species?
Cuckoo
A group of Cobras is called?
A Quiver
The Hindu creator of the universe
Brahma
Several different motorists witness a single car crash in the California desert and, after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, turn against each other in a mad dash across the state to get to it.
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
the first musical Disney ever brought to Broadway. Writing about the original animated film, New York Times theatre critic Frank Rich famously described Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s work as “the best Broadway musical score of 1991,” even though it wasn’t on Broadway at that time. Lightbulbs illuminated at Disney, because three years later, a stage adaptation opened at the Palace Theatre.
Beauty and the Beast
$429,158,458
Total performances: 5,507
In the 2014 Disney film “Maleficent,” Sam Riley’s character Diaval is portrayed as a human who is able to transform into what dark-feathered bird?
Raven
In which country is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded?
Norway, the other Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden
The Hindu preserver and maintainer of the universe, often appearing in various incarnations (avatars) to provide salvation
Vishnu
During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
The Dirty Dozen
Another of the long-running British musicals,_________ is clearly a Broadway favorite; the original production ran for over 6,000 performances (it’s currently the fifth longest-running Broadway show ever), and since its closing just 15 years ago, the show has already been revived twice on Broadway. Though both revivals enjoyed healthy runs, it’s the original juggernaut that ran at the Broadway Theatre that holds the record here as the ninth highest-grossing show in Broadway history.
Les Misérables
$406,258,901
Total performances: 6,691
The five thousand colones note is often referred to by what nickname? This nickname derives from a type of colorful bird with a large bill whose image used to feature on the note.
Toucan
A little less than half the size of Great Britain, what is Europe’s second largest island?
Iceland
The Hindu destroyer, responsible for the cyclical destruction and renewal of the universe
Shiva
Two bikers head from L.A. to New Orleans through the open country and desert lands, and along the way they meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap of which they had been unaware.
Easy Rider
the original of the British long-running mega-musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ______. Based on a book of T.S. Eliot poetry.
Cats
$388,000,000
Total performances: 7,498
Bogoslof Island in the Aleutian Islands is home of thousands of nesting birds, including the "tufted" species of what kind of bird that makes its home in Arctic climates?
Puffin
A Groups of Apes is called
A Shrewdness