Q 01/05

Mary Poppins (1964) was the feature-film debut of which actress?

A) Audrey Hepburn

B) Debbie Reynolds

C) Shirley MacLaine

D) Julie Andrews

Answer · why

D) Julie Andrews

She had just been passed over for the My Fair Lady film, a role she originated on Broadway, and was three months pregnant when Disney approached her.

Q 02/05

Who wrote the songs for Mary Poppins?

A) Lerner and Loewe

B) Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

C) The Sherman Brothers

D) Rodgers and Hammerstein

Answer · why

C) The Sherman Brothers

Richard and Robert Sherman also suggested moving the story from the 1930s to the Edwardian era.

Q 03/05

Who directed the 1964 film?

A) Robert Wise

B) George Cukor

C) Walt Disney

D) Robert Stevenson

Answer · why

D) Robert Stevenson

Walt produced; the film was shot entirely at the Burbank studio against painted London backdrops.

Q 04/05

The 1964 film was based mainly on which of the Mary Poppins books?

A) The third, Opens the Door

B) All four combined

C) The first novel

D) The second, Mary Poppins Comes Back

Answer · why

C) The first novel

P. L. Travers first refused Disney the rights in 1938 and held out for more than 20 years.

Q 05/05

In what year did Walt Disney finally secure the film rights?

A) 1961

B) 1962

C) 1963

D) 1964

Answer · why

A) 1961

Travers won script-approval rights in the deal and was billed as the film's consultant.