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Operation Mincemeat (musical) - Quiz
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  • 1. When was the world tour for Operation Mincemeat announced?
A) May 2023
B) February 2026
C) September 2026
D) May 2025
  • 2. How long was the initial UK stay planned for the world tour?
A) 40 weeks
B) 24 weeks
C) 36 weeks
D) 50 weeks
  • 3. Where did the world tour begin?
A) Fortune Theatre, London
B) Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
C) The Lowry, Salford
D) Providence Performing Arts Center, Rhode Island
  • 4. On what date did the world tour begin?
A) 16 February 2026
B) 20 September 2026
C) 28 November 2026
D) 12 May 2023
  • 5. Which of the following cast members returned from the West End cast for the UK tour?
A) Georgia Hagen
B) Charlotte Hanna-Williams
C) Katy Ellis
D) Jamie-Rose Monk
  • 6. By how many weeks was the UK leg extended in September 2026?
A) 12 weeks
B) 36 weeks
C) 20 weeks
D) 40 weeks
  • 7. Which new cities were added to the UK itinerary in September 2026?
A) New York and Boston
B) Salford and Manchester
C) Melbourne and Rhode Island
D) Belfast and Dublin
  • 8. When did the North American leg open?
A) September 2027
B) 12 May 2023
C) 16 February 2026
D) 20 September 2026
  • 9. Where did the North American leg open?
A) Fortune Theatre, London
B) The Lowry, Salford
C) Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
D) Providence Performing Arts Center, Rhode Island
  • 10. Where will the musical's Australian premiere take place in September 2027?
A) Providence Performing Arts Center
B) Fortune Theatre in London
C) The Lowry in Salford
D) Comedy Theatre in Melbourne
  • 11. How many members make up the principal cast?
A) Seven
B) Four
C) Six
D) Five
  • 12. How are the multiple roles played by the principal cast usually characterized?
A) Gender-swapped
B) Non-speaking
C) Puppetry-based
D) Age-swapped
  • 13. Who is listed as a notable replacement for Ewen Montagu & Others in the West End?
A) Jeff Kready
B) Emily Barber
C) Jessi Kirtley
D) Julia Knitel
  • 14. Who is listed as a notable replacement for Charles Cholmondeley & Others on Broadway?
A) Alex Young
B) Brandon Contreras
C) Jeff Kready
D) Emily Barber
  • 15. Who is listed as a notable replacement for Hester Leggatt & Others on Broadway?
A) Julia Knitel
B) Brandon Contreras
C) Jeff Kready
D) Jessi Kirtley
  • 16. When was the original West End cast recording released?
A) 16 February 2026
B) 20 September 2026
C) 12 May 2023
D) September 2027
  • 17. Which record label released the original West End cast recording?
A) Decca Records
B) Sony Music
C) Warner Records
D) Universal Music
  • 18. Who produced the original West End cast recording?
A) Greg Evans
B) Tim Bano
C) Frank Rizzo
D) Steve Sidwell
  • 19. Which live recording was released from the Fortune Theatre?
A) Charlotte Hanna-Williams' solo
B) Jak Malone's 'Dear Bill'
C) Ewen Montagu's theme
D) Steve Sidwell's overture
  • 20. Who gave the show a five-star review for The Stage?
A) Greg Evans
B) Frank Rizzo
C) Tim Bano
D) Shania Russell
  • 21. What did Tim Bano call the show in his review for The Stage?
A) An irresistible musical farce
B) A triumphant blend of slapstick and farce
C) An undeniable success of comic madness
D) A brilliant spy thriller, a brilliant comedy, and a brilliant musical
  • 22. Who reviewed the show for Variety?
A) Shania Russell
B) Tim Bano
C) Frank Rizzo
D) Greg Evans
  • 23. What did Frank Rizzo applaud the show for in Variety?
A) Brilliant spy thriller elements
B) Slapstick and intricate plotting
C) Comic madness and theatrical joy
D) British boldness and belly laughs
  • 24. What grade did Shania Russell from Entertainment Weekly give the show?
A) Five stars
B) An A
C) Ten out of ten
D) A B plus
  • 25. What did Shania Russell call the show in Entertainment Weekly?
A) A dull historical drama
B) A triumphant blend of slapstick
C) An irresistible musical farce
D) A brilliant spy thriller
  • 26. Who praised the show for being a 'triumphant blend of slapstick, farce, intricate plotting' in Deadline?
A) Greg Evans
B) Frank Rizzo
C) Steve Sidwell
D) Tim Bano
  • 27. What is the name of the musical comedy troupe that created Operation Mincemeat?
A) SpitLip
B) Monty Python
C) The Mischief Theatre
D) The Reduced Shakespeare Company
  • 28. How many Laurence Olivier Award nominations did the show receive?
A) Two
B) Eight
C) Six
D) Four
  • 29. How many Laurence Olivier Awards did Operation Mincemeat win?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Six
D) Zero
  • 30. How many Tony Award nominations did the show garner?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Six
D) Ten
  • 31. Which actor won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical?
A) Malone
B) Fleming
C) Montagu
D) Bevan
  • 32. What real-life historical event is the basis of the musical?
A) The Battle of Britain in 1940
B) A 1943 British deception operation during the Second World War
C) The evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940
D) The D-Day landings of 1944
  • 33. What was the purpose of the 1943 deception operation?
A) To disguise the Allied invasion of Sicily
B) To disguise the Allied invasion of Normandy
C) To fake an attack on mainland Germany
D) To protect British supply lines in the Atlantic
  • 34. Which locations did the Axis powers believe were actually imminent targets due to the operation?
A) Sardinia or Greece
B) Norway or Denmark
C) France or Belgium
D) Rome or Milan
  • 35. In what year does Act I of the musical begin?
A) 1941
B) 1945
C) 1939
D) 1943
  • 36. What is Ewen Montagu's military profession at the start of the show?
A) Naval intelligence officer
B) Royal Marines major
C) Army infantry colonel
D) Air Force pilot
  • 37. Who is the colonel who informs his subordinates about the strategy requirement?
A) Colonel Bernard Spilsbury
B) Colonel Charles Cholmondeley
C) Colonel Johnny Bevan
D) Colonel Ian Fleming
  • 38. Which well-known future author is mentioned as presenting an idea to Bevan alongside Montagu?
A) Ian Fleming
B) George Orwell
C) Arthur Conan Doyle
D) Winston Churchill
  • 39. What is Charles Cholmondeley's hobby or self-described status in addition to being an Air Force officer?
A) Master counterfeiter
B) Amateur naturalist
C) Professional novelist
D) Expert cryptographer
  • 40. Who formulated the strategy code-named 'Operation Mincemeat'?
A) Ewen Montagu
B) Johnny Bevan
C) Charles Cholmondeley
D) Ian Fleming
  • 41. Why does Charles initially feel his plan is doomed after encountering Montagu and his colleagues?
A) He loses his written notes in the hallway
B) The Germans intercept it early
C) Colonel Bevan rejects it before he can speak
D) He is bullied out of line
  • 42. What quality does Montagu realize he has that will help pitch Charles's plan to Bevan?
A) A natural flair for presentation
B) A personal friendship with Churchill
C) Access to classified enemy documents
D) A high military rank
  • 43. Who is Colonel Bevan's secretary?
A) Ivor Montagu
B) Bill Martin
C) Jean Leslie
D) Hester Leggatt
  • 44. Who joins Hester Leggatt's team as a new clerk eager to disrupt sidelined roles for women?
A) Ivor Montagu
B) Bernard Spilsbury
C) Bill Martin
D) Jean Leslie
E) HMS Seraph crew
  • 45. What song accompanies Jean Leslie's desire to rank alongside male officers?
A) The Pitch
B) Born to Lead
C) All the Ladies
D) Dead in the Water
  • 46. How do Montagu and Charles manage to present their plan to Bevan despite Jean trying to stop them?
A) They trick Ian Fleming into introducing them
B) They arrive at the last minute while Jean is bringing Bevan tea
C) They bypass Bevan and go straight to the Prime Minister
D) They break into Bevan's private office at night
  • 47. Who fumbles the presentation of Operation Mincemeat to Colonel Bevan?
A) Montagu
B) Charles
C) Jean
D) Hester
  • 48. Who steps in to explain Operation Mincemeat after Charles fumbles the pitch?
A) Johnny Bevan
B) Jean
C) Hester
D) Ian Fleming
  • 49. Where is the fake dead body supposed to be placed according to the plan?
A) Off the coast of Sicily
B) On a beach in Sardinia
C) Off the coast of neutral Spain
D) In the English Channel
  • 50. Who are the intelligence agents expected to discover the planted documents?
A) Italian resistance fighters
B) Soviet double agents
C) Nazi spies
D) American diplomats
  • 51. What covert assignment does Colonel Bevan give to Hester regarding Montagu?
A) To investigate Montagu for suspected contact with his brother Ivor
B) To follow Montagu to Scotland and arrest him
C) To steal Montagu's personal savings
D) To replace Montagu as head of intelligence
  • 52. Who is suspected to be a spy for the Soviet government?
A) Bernard Spilsbury
B) Charles Cholmondeley
C) Ivor Montagu
D) Johnny Bevan
  • 53. What is the name of the fake Royal Marines major created by the team?
A) Bill Martin
B) John Smith
C) Arthur Pendelton
D) George Thompson
  • 54. How does Hester ensure Bill Martin's identity is watertight?
A) She buys him a real birth certificate from a church
B) She interviews his fake family members
C) She bribes local police officers
D) She falsifies numerous identification papers
  • 55. What file-handling habit of Montagu's does Charles notice and suppress his concerns about?
A) He leaves his office door unlocked
B) He shows secret plans to his brother
C) He occasionally misplaces important files
D) তিনি keeps classified documents in his pocket
  • 56. What is the cause of death of the actual corpse obtained for the operation?
A) A plane crash at sea
B) Drowning in the Thames
C) A heart attack during a pub crawl
D) Ingested rat poison
  • 57. Who helps the team obtain the corpse?
A) Ian Fleming
B) Ivor Montagu
C) Johnny Bevan
D) Bernard Spilsbury
  • 58. What is Bernard Spilsbury's relationship to Montagu?
A) A strict superior officer
B) A lifelong childhood friend
C) A brother-in-law
D) A morally dubious acquaintance
  • 59. Why is Montagu adamant about using this specific corpse despite ethical concerns?
A) It is the only corpse available in all of London
B) He believes it is better if the corpse is a 'nobody'
C) It has the exact physical measurements required
D) Spilsbury refuses to provide any other body
  • 60. What does Colonel Bevan suggest Bill should be carrying after being unimpressed by the spending spree?
A) A map of Berlin
B) A letter from his fiancée
C) A secret diary detailing Allied troop numbers
D) A fake passport for neutral countries
  • 61. How does Bevan react to Charles and Jean's initial efforts at writing the fiancée's letter?
A) He dismisses their questionable efforts
B) He tells them to delete it entirely
C) He praises them for their emotional depth
D) He asks Ian Fleming to rewrite it
  • 62. What personal experience does Hester relate when explaining how to write the letter?
A) Her parents' separation during the Great War
B) Her engagement to a pilot who survived the Blitz
C) Her own story of the lover she lost during World War I
D) Her brief romance with a Spanish spy
  • 63. Where do Montagu and Charles travel at night to load Bill's corpse onto the submarine?
A) Wales
B) Northern Ireland
C) Scotland
D) Gibraltar
  • 64. What is the name of the submarine used to transport Bill's corpse?
A) HMS Trident
B) HMS Conqueror
C) HMS Invincible
D) HMS Seraph
  • 65. What are the crew of the submarine told is inside the sealed canister?
A) Classified radar blueprints
B) Emergency rations and medical supplies
C) Encrypted radio transmitters
D) Meteorological equipment
  • 66. How does Charles feel about the result of the operation just before it is launched?
A) Indifferent and bored
B) Deeply insecure
C) Completely confident and arrogant
D) Excited to join the submarine crew
  • 67. Whom does Charles witness Montagu meeting briefly during their pub crawl?
A) Bernard Spilsbury
B) A Nazi spy
C) His brother Ivor
D) Colonel Bevan
  • 68. How do the crew of the Seraph feel when they open or handle the canister?
A) They discover the secret radio transmitter
B) They refuse to follow their orders
C) They are unnerved by its contents
D) They are excited to see a dead body
  • 69. What do the crew of the Seraph do after placing Bill in the sea?
A) They thank him for his service
B) They destroy the canister
C) They report Montagu to MI5
D) They search for Nazi spies nearby
  • 70. Which song opens the musical with Ewen Montagu welcoming the audience to MI5?
A) Making a Man
B) Born to Lead
C) Dead in the Water
D) The Pitch
  • 71. Which song is performed when Montagu and Charles pitch Operation Mincemeat to Bevan with Jean's help?
A) Just For Tonight
B) Making a Man
C) Dear Bill
D) The Pitch
  • 72. What is the title of the song where Montagu, Jean, and Charles create the persona and background of Bill Martin?
A) Love is a Bird
B) Born to Lead
C) Making a Man
D) Spilsbury
  • 73. Which song features the obtention of the corpse with the help of Bernard Spilsbury?
A) Sail On, Boys
B) Dear Bill
C) Spilsbury
D) The Pitch
  • 74. What is the name of the song where Hester writes the letter from the fake fiancée?
A) All the Ladies
B) Love is a Bird
C) Dear Bill
D) Just For Tonight
  • 75. Which song accompanies the loading of Bill's corpse onto the submarine HMS Seraph?
A) Dead in the Water
B) Spilsbury
C) Sail On, Boys
D) Born to Lead
  • 76. What song is sung during Montagu and Charles's carefree pub crawl in Scotland?
A) Just For Tonight
B) The Pitch
C) Making a Man
D) All the Ladies
  • 77. What song features Charles and Jean attempting to write a letter before Hester takes over?
A) Love is a Bird
B) Sail On, Boys
C) Making a Man
D) The Pitch
  • 78. How does the German army present a display of their apparent dominance in Act II?
A) A high energy boy band performance
B) A massive military parade
C) A formal diplomatic address
D) An aerial dogfight demonstration
  • 79. What is the name of the song performed by the German army in Act II?
A) Der Sieg
B) Das Vaterland
C) Die Macht
D) Das Übermensch
  • 80. What is the title of the song where Bevan updates the team on the progression of Mincemeat?
A) Bevan's Update
B) The Situation Room
C) The Progress Report
D) Bad News
  • 81. Who is the Vice-Consul reporting from Huelva?
A) William Martin
B) Ivor
C) Francis Haselden
D) Glyndwr Michael
  • 82. What is the title of the song about Haselden ensuring the briefcase reaches the authorities?
A) Haselden's Got a Good Feeling
B) Haselden's Success
C) The Briefcase Journey
D) To Berlin
  • 83. What is the title of the song where Hester helps Jean to 'grow'?
A) Growing Up
B) Valuable
C) Behind the Scenes
D) Useful
  • 84. Whose whisper campaign update confirms that German troops are being transferred?
A) Haselden
B) Spilsbury
C) Montagu
D) Bevan
  • 85. Who personally orders the transfer of German troops from Sicily to Sardinia?
A) General Eisenhower
B) Winston Churchill
C) Francis Haselden
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 86. Who was the man known as Bill Martin actually identified as thanks to Montagu's archives?
A) A gardener named Glyndwr Michael
B) A missing British diplomat named William Watkins
C) A Spanish spy named Haselden
D) An American soldier named William
  • 87. What is the title of the grand finale song that summarises the post-war fates of the characters?
A) A Glitzy Finale
B) The End of the War
C) Final Bow
D) Victory Song
  • 88. Who replaced Rory Furey-King for the Southwark Playhouse run in January 2020?
A) Chloe Hart
B) Emily Barber
C) Seán Carey
D) Claire-Marie Hall
  • 89. Why was the May 2020 run at Southwark Playhouse's The Large stage postponed?
A) The theatre was undergoing renovations
B) David Cumming broke his collarbone
C) COVID-19 pandemic
D) Lack of popular demand
  • 90. When did the postponed Southwark Playhouse run eventually begin?
A) 14 January 2020
B) 29 March 2023
C) 28 April 2022
D) 23 July 2021
  • 91. Who temporarily replaced David Cumming during the Riverside Studios run because he broke his collarbone?
A) George Jennings
B) Christian Andrews
C) Jonty Peach
D) Seán Carey
  • 92. When did David Cumming return to the stage after breaking his collarbone?
A) 28 April 2022
B) 23 July 2022
C) 14 January 2022
D) 18 June 2022
  • 93. Who joined the cast as 'Johnny Bevan & Others' in May 2024?
A) Emily Barber
B) Holly Sumpton
C) Claire-Marie Hall
D) Chloe Hart
  • 94. Who joined the cast as 'Jean Leslie & Others' in December 2024?
A) Emily Barber
B) Chloe Hart
C) Zoë Roberts
D) Madeleine Jackson-Smith
  • 95. How many five-star reviews had the West End production received by May 2025?
A) 88
B) 4
C) 2027
D) 18
  • 96. Which venue hosted the final Off-West End run?
A) Fortune Theatre
B) Southwark Playhouse
C) Riverside Studios
D) New Diorama Theatre
  • 97. How many extensions has the West End production reached by the time it is scheduled until February 2027?
A) 4th extension
B) 10th extension
C) 88th extension
D) 18th extension
  • 98. What was the originally slated length of the Broadway run?
A) 16-week limited run
B) An open-ended run
C) 12-week limited run
D) 20-week limited run
  • 99. How were the reviews for the Broadway opening generally described?
A) Mixed
B) Generally negative
C) Generally positive
D) Universally panned
  • 100. Which specific group of people was mentioned in the resonant quote about blindly following orders?
A) Traitors
B) Spies
C) Nazis
D) Fascists
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