Q 01/05

What is the name of the fictional Chicago-area school where Grease is set?

A) Rydell High

B) Ridgemont High

C) Riverdale High

D) Bayside High

Answer · why

A) Rydell High

The stage show set it in Northwest Chicago and named it after singer Bobby Rydell; the film moved everything to the suburbs.

Q 02/05

The school in Grease takes its name from which real 1950s teen idol?

A) Bobby Darin

B) Bobby Vinton

C) Bobby Vee

D) Bobby Rydell

Answer · why

D) Bobby Rydell

Jim Jacobs based the whole show on his own years at Chicago's Taft High School.

Q 03/05

Where did the stage musical Grease have its very first performance, in February 1971?

A) The Eden Theatre, Manhattan

B) The Shubert Theatre, Boston

C) The Goodman Theatre, Chicago

D) Kingston Mines nightclub, Chicago

Answer · why

D) Kingston Mines nightclub, Chicago

That original version was raunchy and full of Chicago landmarks; it was toned down and re-scored before it moved to New York.

Q 04/05

When Grease's original New York run closed in 1980 after 3,388 shows, what record did it hold?

A) Most Tony Awards for a musical

B) Longest run in Broadway history

C) Most cast replacements

D) Highest-grossing musical ever

Answer · why

B) Longest run in Broadway history

A Chorus Line overtook it in 1983; it now sits 18th on the all-time list.

Q 05/05

Before playing Danny in the film, John Travolta toured in Grease as which T-Bird?

A) Kenickie

B) Sonny

C) Doody

D) Putzie

Answer · why

C) Doody

He also recorded the top-10 hit 'Let Her In' in 1976 and had just made Saturday Night Fever with the same producer.