Q 01/05

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in London in which year?

A) 1948

B) 1952

C) 1955

D) 1960

Answer · why

A) 1948

His father William was a composer and organist, his mother a violinist and pianist, and his younger brother Julian became a renowned cellist.

Q 02/05

By 2025, how many musicals had Andrew Lloyd Webber composed, by the tally that also lists a Latin Requiem?

A) 9

B) 12

C) 16

D) 21

Answer · why

D) 21

The New York Times called him "the most commercially successful composer in history" in 2001.

Q 03/05

Lloyd Webber and Rice's first collaboration, The Likes of Us (1965), was based on which philanthropist's story?

A) William Booth

B) Thomas Barnardo

C) George Peabody

D) Joseph Rowntree

Answer · why

B) Thomas Barnardo

The Oliver!-style show failed to find a backer and went unperformed until the 2005 Sydmonton Festival.

Q 04/05

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat began in 1968 as a cantata for which London school?

A) Westminster School

B) Harrow School

C) Colet Court

D) Dulwich College

Answer · why

C) Colet Court

A family friend who taught music there commissioned it, with a 100-guinea advance from the publisher Novello.

Q 05/05

Which Jesus Christ Superstar character sings the number built on Lloyd Webber and Rice's rejected 1969 Eurovision tune?

A) Judas

B) King Herod

C) Pilate

D) Mary Magdalene

Answer · why

B) King Herod

The original entry was called "Try It and See".