60 free Little Shop of Horrors trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Little Shop of Horrors trivia for musical-theatre fans, movie-night regulars and anyone who has ever sung 'Suddenly, Seymour' into a hairbrush. The quiz covers all three lives of the story: Roger Corman's two-day, $28,000 1960 film with a young Jack Nicholson; Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's 1982 off-Broadway musical and its five-year run at the Orpheum; and Frank Oz's 1986 movie with Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II and cameos from Bill Murray and John Candy. Expect questions on the songs, the plot (how Orin dies, how Mushnik meets his end, what the plant is really planning), the puppetry and slow-motion trickery behind Audrey II, the reshot ending restored in 2012, the Broadway debut of 2003 and the later revivals with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jonathan Groff. Difficulty runs from easy to expert. Every answer has been checked against a reference page and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Who composed the music for the Little Shop of Horrors musical?
Alan Menken
He and his lyricist went on to write The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin for Disney.
Q 02Who wrote the lyrics and book of the musical, and directed the original production?
Howard Ashman
He wrote that the show satirises science fiction, B movies, musical comedy itself and even the Faust legend.
Q 03The score is written in the style of which musical era?
Early 1960s rock, doo-wop and Motown
The three street-urchin narrators are named after girl groups of the period.
Q 04In which year did the musical premiere?
1982
It opened off-off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in May and moved to the Orpheum in July.
Q 05At which off-Broadway venue in the East Village did the musical run for five years?
The Orpheum Theatre
When it closed in 1987 it was the third-longest-running and highest-grossing show in off-Broadway history.
Q 06How many performances did the original off-Broadway production give before closing in 1987?
2,210
Author Howard Ashman felt the show belonged off-Broadway and turned down a Broadway transfer.
Q 07Why was the original 1982 production ineligible for the Tony Awards?
It never played on Broadway
It did win the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award instead.
Q 08The musical is loosely based on a 1960 low-budget film directed by whom?
Roger Corman
His screenwriter Charles B. Griffith later sued when the 1986 movie was in development.
Q 09Roughly what did the 1960 film cost to make?
$28,000
By comparison the 1986 movie musical cost about $25 million.
Q 10The 1960 film's interior scenes were shot in how many days?
2
The director had temporary use of sets left standing from his previous film, A Bucket of Blood, before they were torn down.
Q 11Which future star appears in the 1960 film as a pain-loving patient, heavily promoted on later video releases?
Jack Nicholson
He had appeared in just two films at that point and said the audience laughed so hard he could barely hear the dialogue.
Q 12What is the plant called in the 1960 film?
Audrey Junior
Seymour names it to flatter his co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and Mushnick soon tells him to call him 'Dad'.
Q 13Why is the 1960 film in the public domain?
Its producer never copyrighted it
The director did not think it had any prospects after its first run, so he did not bother.
Q 21How does Orin die in the musical?
He suffocates on laughing gas
Seymour goes to kill him but loses his nerve; the gas mask jams in the on position and Seymour simply lets him die.
Q 22How does Seymour lure Mr. Mushnik into the plant's jaws?
He says the day's takings are inside it
Mushnik had just confronted him about Orin's death and wanted him to talk to the police.
Q 23In the musical's finale, the plant is revealed to be planning what?
World conquest
Q 14Under what working title was the 1960 film produced?
The Passionate People Eater
Screenwriter Charles B. Griffith had first pitched a vampire music critic story called Cardula, then one about a cannibal salad chef.
Q 15In the 1960 film, where does Seymour say he got the seeds for his plant?
From a Japanese gardener
In the 1986 film the story changes to a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse.
Q 16On its October 1960 release, the film was paired on a double bill with which other Filmgroup title?
Last Woman on Earth
It later found its cult audience as the B picture beneath Mario Bava's Black Sunday.
Q 17Which of these is one of the three street-urchin narrators in the musical?
Chiffon
Her companions are Crystal and Ronnette; the trio act as a doo-wop Greek chorus.
Q 18In which song does Audrey dream of a tract house, frozen dinners and plastic on the furniture?
Somewhere That's Green
It is reprised as she dies and asks Seymour to feed her to the plant so they can be together.
Q 19In which duet do the florist and Audrey finally admit their feelings for each other?
Suddenly, Seymour
It comes just after Audrey confesses she feels guilty about Orin's disappearance because she secretly wished for it.
Q 20What is the profession of Audrey's sadistic boyfriend, Orin Scrivello?
Dentist
His signature number lets him boast about how much he enjoys inflicting pain.
A salesman from World Botanical Enterprises wants to sell leaf cuttings in florists across America.
Q 24Who directed the 1986 film adaptation?
Frank Oz
He was finishing The Muppets Take Manhattan when producer David Geffen offered him the job.
Q 25Who plays Seymour Krelborn in the 1986 film?
Rick Moranis
He was already a Ghostbusters and SCTV favourite, and had to lip-sync in slow motion for many plant scenes.
Q 26Who plays Orin Scrivello in the 1986 film?
Steve Martin
His character is described as nitrous-oxide-addicted, and Bill Murray turns up as his most enthusiastic patient.
Q 27Which Motown lead singer voiced Audrey II in the 1986 film?
Levi Stubbs
The Four Tops frontman also has a quick on-camera cameo as a citizen singing in the 'Skid Row' number.
Q 28Which comedian improvised all his dialogue as masochistic patient Arthur Denton?
Bill Murray
The character had been cut from the stage show but was restored for the film, renamed from Corman's Wilbur Force.
Q 29Which comedian plays radio DJ Wink Wilkinson in the 1986 film?
John Candy
His WSKID show 'Wink Wilkinson's Weird World' makes Seymour a local celebrity.
Q 30Which actress played Audrey both in the original 1982 production and in the 1986 film?
Ellen Greene
She reprised the part yet again in London in 1983 and opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in a 2015 concert staging.