Q 01/05

In Guys and Dolls, Nathan Detroit bets that Sky Masterson cannot take Sarah Brown to dinner in which city?

A) Miami

B) San Juan

C) Havana

D) Nassau

Answer · why

C) Havana

Havana is where the strait-laced missionary lets her guard down, and a nightclub brawl sends the pair running. Nathan picked her because he was sure s...

Q 02/05

Which actor did his own singing as Sky Masterson in the 1955 film Guys and Dolls?

A) Marlon Brando

B) Montgomery Clift

C) Kirk Douglas

D) Burt Lancaster

Answer · why

A) Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando sang every note himself, with no professional brought in to dub him. The producer wanted him because he was the world's biggest ticket-s...

Q 03/05

Which singer played Nathan Detroit in the 1955 film Guys and Dolls after hoping to land the role of Sky?

A) Sammy Davis Jr.

B) Bing Crosby

C) Perry Como

D) Frank Sinatra

Answer · why

D) Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra coveted the romantic lead and resented losing it, which soured the mood on set. A new song was written for his character to give him mor...

Q 04/05

In the Guys and Dolls song Adelaide's Lament, which ailment does Adelaide blame on her endless engagement?

A) A migraine

B) A cold

C) Insomnia

D) A rash

Answer · why

B) A cold

A cold that never clears is, her medical book suggests, her body's protest at a fiancé who keeps putting off the wedding. The number is often called a...

Q 05/05

Guys and Dolls is based on short stories about New York gamblers and hustlers by which writer?

A) Damon Runyon

B) Ring Lardner

C) Dashiell Hammett

D) O. Henry

Answer · why

A) Damon Runyon

Damon Runyon wrote his Broadway tales in the 1920s and 1930s in a comic dialect all his own. He also spent decades as a newspaper sports reporter.