Songs
The opening song in the film
What is "The Sound of Music"?
The actress who plays Maria in the film
Who is Julie Andrews?
In real life, Maria was in love with Captain Von Trapp
What is false; In her memoir, Maria claims that while she liked the captain, she truly married him because of her love for the children
Finish the lyrics.. "Do a"...
What is "a deer a female deer"?
True or false: The Sound of Music was the last Rogers and Hammerstein musical
What is true; This was following a number of other shows including Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and Cinderella
The song Maria taught the children to sing for the baroness
What is "The Sound of Music"?
True or false:Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trapp) really enjoyed his time working on this production.
What is false; Plummer actually hated the film claiming it was too sentimental. He cared so little about the movie he later admitted that he was intoxicated while filming the music festival scenes.
In real life, it wasn't Maria who taught the children to sing
What is true; It was actually a priest who came to the Von Trapp household, Father Wasner- who was excluded from the film
Finish the lyrics... "I am 16"...
What is "going on 17"?
True or false: The love scene between Maria and Captain Von Trapp was very intimate for Andrews and Plummer to film
What is false; In fact, Andrews could not stop giggling! This is why this scene was shot as a silhouette.
The song Captain Von Trapp sings while playing the guitar for Maria, the children, Max, and the baroness
What is "Edelweiss"?
True or false: Julie Andrews met the real Maria Von Trapp
What is true; She actually has a video of the two of them yodeling together!
In real life, the Von Trapp family completed in the Sulzburg music festival
What is true; True the film, the Von Trapp family completed in and won this competition
Finish the lyrics "So long"...
What is "farewell"?
True or false: One of the male Von Trapp children's growth posed a problem for filming --> Double or nothing to name which child
What is true; Friedrich grew 6 inches in the 6 months of filming the musical! This was an issue because Friedrich is supposed to be shorter than Liesl, but taller than Louisa. When the film began he was wearing lifts in his shoes, and as the movie progressed he had to take his shoes off while Liesl had to stand on a box!
What is "High On A Hill Lived A Lonely Goatherd"?
True or false: The actress who played Gretl most enjoyed the boat scene, when Maria and the children meet the baroness for the first time.
What is false; Kym, who played Gretl, was traumatized by this scene as she could not swim. Andrews was supposed to fall forward and rescue her, but instead she fell backwards. Unfortunately she swallowed a lot of water and ended up vomiting on Louisa!
In real life, Liesl was the oldest Von Trapp child
What is false; The oldest Von Trapp child was a boy named Rupert, who was not mentioned in the film
Finish the lyrics "Climb"...
What is "every mountain"?
True or false: In the dance number 16 going on 17, the pair completed the routine nearly perfectly on their first try while filming.
What is false; Carr, who played Liesl actually fell through the glass of the gazebo and injured her ankle.
The song sung by the nuns at Maria's wedding
What is "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria"?
True or false: Liesl was played by Mia Farrow
What is false; While Farrow auditioned for the part, Liesl was played by Charmain Carr
The original title for the film was "Love Song"
What is true; it was the composers' lawyers who convinced them to change the title of the film
Finish the lyrics "High on a hill lived"...
What is "a lonely goatherd"?
True or false: The Sound of Music is the highest grossing film of all time.
What is false; It is the third highest grossing film of all time, and considered to be the most successful musical ever to be on film.