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