Taste our Delicious, “Just for Fun”, New Theatre Quiz
					
						Phil Willmott
						18 March, 2019, 09:51
					
									The arrival of the delightful pie-baking musical WAITRESS to London has inspired our latest “just for fun” quiz about references to food in theatre.
- What is the name of The Demon Barber of Fleet Street whose customers are turned into pie filling?
 - In Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the barber what do the lyrics claim the shepherd’s pie is peppered with?
 - In what Bernstein musical does a character declare “I can cook too”?
 - Who does Oliver Twist ask for more gruel in the musical Oliver!
 - In which Howard Goodall musical did a father-in-law cook a pasta dish on stage?
 - In what classical Broadway musical do the characters discuss betting on cheesecake?
 - Which Shakespeare character bakes his enemy’s children in a pie?
 - What is the name of the over-eating child in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
 - What is the name of the new confection invented in Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang!?
 - What do the town-folk feast on in the musical Carousel?
 
Hide answers
- Sweeney Todd
 - “Actual shepherd”
 - On the Town
 - Mr Bumble
 - Love Story
 - Guys and Dolls
 - Titus Andronicas
 - Augustus Gloop
 - Toot Sweets
 - Clams
 
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