"Bus Stop" Quiz

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Quiz Questions

1.
What is the reason the bus passengers are stuck at the diner?
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- A.
  a mechanical breakdown
- B.
  a freak snow storm
- C.
  law enforcement
- D.
  the Pullman strike
2.
Which of the following plays was not by William Inge?
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- A.
  Come Back, Little Sheba
- B.
  Picnic
- C.
  Bus Stop
- D.
  Summer and Smoke
- E.
  Dark at the Top of the Stairs
3.
On Broadway, Cherie was played by Kim Stanley, but in the movie it was:
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- A.
  Natalie Wood
- B.
  Marilyn Monroe
- C.
  Jayne Mansfield
- D.
  Eva Marie Saint
4.
What Broadway director, whose stage successes included "Annie Get Your Gun" and "South Pacific," directed the film version of "Bus Stop?"
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- A.
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  Joshua Logan
- B.
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  Harold Clurman
- C.
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  Harold Prince
- D.
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  Lee Strasberg
5.
What actor, best remembered for appearing on television’s “Bewitched” replaced Albert Salmi as Bo in the original 1955 Broadway production of “Bus Stop”?
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- A.
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  Dick York who played Darrin I
- B.
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  Dick Sargent who played Darrin II
- C.
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  Bernard Fox who played Dr. Bombay
- D.
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  David White who played Larry Tate
6.
In what year was Aurora Players, which will produce “Bus Stop” formed?
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- A.
  1934
- B.
  1944
- C.
  1954
- D.
  1964
7.
Which three actresses all played Grace, the owner of the café in “Bus Stop?
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- A.
  Elaine Stritch, Agnes Moorehead, and Eve Arden
- B.
  Eileen Heckart, Thelma Ritter, and Kim Stanley
- C.
  Margaret Hamilton, Kim Novak, and Jane Russell
- D.
  Elaine Stritch, Betty Field, and Kelly Bishop
8.
Kim Stanley, who originated the role of Cherie, Barbara Baxley, who replaced her in the original Broadway production, and Marilyn Monroe, who played the role in the film, all studied with what famed acting teacher?
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- A.
  Lee Strasberg
- B.
  Stella Adler
- C.
  Sanford Meisner
- D.
  Cheryl Crawford
9.
“Bus Stop” is set 25 miles outside what midwestern city?
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- A.
  Chicago
- B.
  St. Louis
- C.
  Milwaukee
- D.
  Kansas City
10.
In “Bus Stop,” Cherie is from
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- A.
  The Ozarks
- B.
  Brooklyn
- C.
  Dallas
- D.
  Atlanta
11.
In “Bus Stop,” Bo and his fatherly friend Virgil are on their way to
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- A.
  visit a sick relation
- B.
  a rodeo
- C.
  Philadelphia
- D.
  jail
12.
A 1972 musical based on “Bus Stop” was scheduled for Broadway but never opened. It was called...
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- A.
  Bus Stop!
- B.
  The Cowboy and the Showgirl
- C.
  Adam and Eve on a Raft
- D.
  Cherry

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"Bus Stop" Quiz

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