Q 01/05

Which future rock star fronted the Canadian glam band Sweeney Todd as a teenager before launching a solo career?

A) Bryan Adams

B) Corey Hart

C) Tom Cochrane

D) Geddy Lee

Answer · why

A) Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams replaced original singer Nick Gilder in the Vancouver band, whose hit Roxy Roller had topped the Canadian chart. He left within a year, af...

Q 02/05

Which actress, later a famous television sleuth, created the role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway in 1979?

A) Geraldine McEwan

B) Diana Rigg

C) Angela Lansbury

D) Tyne Daly

Answer · why

C) Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury won her fourth Tony Award for the part and stayed with it for 14 months. Murder, She Wrote made her a worldwide star five years later.

Q 03/05

Fleet Street, the London home of Sweeney Todd's barber shop, later became shorthand for which British industry?

A) Banking

B) Newspapers

C) Tailoring

D) Shipbuilding

Answer · why

B) Newspapers

Newspapers made the street's name: London's first daily, the Daily Courant, was published there in 1702, and by the 20th century most national titles ...

Q 04/05

Which Pirates of the Caribbean star took singing lessons to play the title role in the 2007 film Sweeney Todd?

A) Orlando Bloom

B) Geoffrey Rush

C) Bill Nighy

D) Johnny Depp

Answer · why

D) Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp was not known as a singer, and the film's producer called casting him a gamble. It brought him a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for ...

Q 05/05

In the musical Sweeney Todd, to which distant land was the barber transported on a false charge before his escape?

A) Australia

B) Newfoundland

C) Jamaica

D) Bermuda

Answer · why

A) Australia

Australia is where the barber spends fifteen years as a convict. That wronged-man backstory was added by the stage play the musical is based on; earli...