Q 01/05

Which Hall of Fame pitcher, named in Falsettos as a Jewish baseball success, was reportedly offended by the joke?

A) Sandy Koufax

B) Steve Carlton

C) Tom Seaver

D) Whitey Ford

Answer · why

A) Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax is named alongside Hank Greenberg in a number poking fun at the family's lack of athletic prowess, and the composer, who had invited him,...

Q 02/05

Where does Jason choose to hold his bar mitzvah in Falsettos, after Marvin and Trina fight over every detail?

A) A synagogue

B) A banquet hall

C) A hospital

D) A baseball field

Answer · why

C) A hospital

A hospital hosts the ceremony so that the gravely ill Whizzer can be there, a setting the show's composer said came to him in a dream.

Q 03/05

Which board game does Marvin try to teach Whizzer in Falsettos, in a lesson that ends with the couple splitting up?

A) Checkers

B) Chess

C) Scrabble

D) Monopoly

Answer · why

B) Chess

Chess turns bitter once Whizzer talks Marvin into letting him win, and the quarrel that follows keeps the two men apart for the next two years.

Q 04/05

Which illness, never once named in Falsettos, strikes Whizzer in the second act, set in New York in 1981?

A) Cancer

B) Leukemia

C) Lupus

D) AIDS

Answer · why

D) AIDS

AIDS goes unnamed because the act is set in 1981, the year the epidemic began, so Dr. Charlotte can only describe a mystery sickness spreading among y...

Q 05/05

What is Mendel's job in Falsettos, one he strains by marrying Trina, the ex-wife of his own client Marvin?

A) A psychiatrist

B) A divorce lawyer

C) A family doctor

D) A school counselor

Answer · why

A) A psychiatrist

A psychiatrist to Marvin and then to young Jason, Mendel is instantly attracted to Trina when she comes to see him and ends up proposing to her.