My Little "Newsies" Quiz (You'll need a pen and paper because the answers are on the next page. Unless you have a really good memory) 1. What's the name of the man on the plaque on the statue at the beginning of the movie? 2. What was the quote on the statue? 3. What was the headline when the newsies got in the New York Sun? 4. How much did Pulitzer raise the price of the paper to the customers? 5. What does Seitz (that white-haired guy who told Pulitzer that raising the newsies' price was a bad idea) call Pulitzer? 6. What did Jack yell when they kicked him out of Pulitzer's building? 7. Who took Racetrack's cigar? (Carrying the Banner) 8. What's the name of the place Medda performs? 9. What makes Crutchy antsy? 10. Which Delancy has a feather in his hat? 11. What did Les think Jack was doing when Jack was being a scab? 12. Who wanted Havana cigars (that cost a quarter)? 13. What's the name of the clown who gives Les candy? 14. What are Jack's three names? (easy!) 15. Who only wanted half a cup from the nuns? 16. Who wouldn't give Racetrack a towel unless he paid a buck? 17. How did Jack sleep? (So how'd you sleep, Jack?) 18. When they jacked up the price, who said he'd be back sleeping on the streets? 19. How did Jack know Medda? 20. How long did Boots stay in Brooklyn? 21. How much did roast beef cost in the restaurant they were in during King of New York? 22. What was the name of the restaurant? 23. Who was in charge of the Lodging House? 24. Where was Spot from? (much, much too easy!) 25. Write down the prologue (how on earth do you spell that!) 26. Who said the little speech you just wrote down? 27. Who plays the harmonica in Seize the Day? 28. Who did Jack talk to in the window of the refuge, before he talked to Crutchy? 29. Why was Jack in jail? 30. Who was the warden? 31. When Jack was sentenced to time in the refuge, how old did they say he had to be before they let him out? 32. Pulitzer said he'd give Jack more money than he could make in how many lifetimes? 33. What war was Pulitzer in? 34. Did he win? 35. What do the Newsies have to do with their papers if they take too many? 36. How much did the Newsies originally buy their papers for? 37. Selling the paper sure beats what? (we's as free as fishes, sure beats_______) 38. What will the newsies do if they hate the headline? 39. Where does Jack want to go? (I have to through in a few easy ones) 40. What did Medda used to be? (I used to be your______________, then you said toodleedoo) 41. Even though they ain't got hats or badges, the newsies are a union, just by__________ 42. Who doesn't think the newsies are ready to stop the wagons? 43. When Jack says, "Are we gonna take what they give us, or are we gonna strike?" Who's the first one to yell "strike"? 44. What does Jack sometimes do besides sell Pulitzer's papers? (Well, I don't just sell your papes, Joe. Sometimes I ______) 45. What did Spot say he wanted in King of New York? 46. Who said Jack looked like a gentleman? 47. Who told Snyder Jack looked just like himself? 48. What are David's parents' names? 49. Where did Jack tell David his parents were? 50. Where were they really? 51. What was the other strike going on at the same time as the newsies' strike? 52. Who starts singing Seize the Day? 53. When Jack said, "Pulitzer and Hearst, they think we're nothing, are we nothing?" What did David tell him to say? 54. What was the weather like when Jack was at the Jacob's apartment? 55. What does Les carry around? 56. What was Sarah carrying when the Delancy's were bugging her? 57. What color are Spot's suspenders? 58. What color shirt did Spot wear at the rally? 59. What's the relationship between the Delancy's and Weasle? 60. Who composed the songs? 61. Who plays... a. Jack? b. Spot? c. Racetrack? d. Mush? e. Kid Blink? f. Boots? g. Sarah? h. Pulitzer? i. Medda? j. Denton? 62. Did the Newsies win the strike? Answers |