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About This Quiz
How well do you know the lyrics of the movie "Grease?" Take this quiz to find out.
Grease is the word, is the word, is the word... C'mon, admit it, you sang those words, you didn't read them. If you remember the title tune, performed by Frankie Valli, then you just might do well on this quiz. If you can sing every song word for word, it's a guaranteed ace in the hole.
Who could forget the iconic songs of "Grease," the movie adaptation of the Broadway stage play, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John? If you're wondering how the developers of the movie knew John Travolta could sing, you're probably not old enough to have owned one of his albums. Yup, the one and only former Sweathog (remember Welcome Back Kotter?) crooned his way onto twelve records, and if you followed his career, you already knew he could dance (he shook it in Saturday Night Fever in 1977. Of course, Olivia Newton-John was already an established singer by the time she appeared opposite Travolta as good girl Sandy Olsson. The interesting blend of an actor who had questionable singing talent and a singer who had questionable acting talent arguably worked in this case.
See if you can ace this quiz.
Sandy sings that she’s guessing she’s not the first ever to have this “broken.” What is it?
head
heart
The lyrics are: "Guess mine is not the first heart broken/ My eyes are not the first to cry.” Yes, this song is a heartbreak anthem.
hand
brain
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So if Sandy can’t get over Danny that fast, she says she is hopelessly feeling this about him.
devoted
The lyrics are: "There's nothin' else for me to do/ I'm hopelessly devoted to you.” We hear you, girl.
wired
stupid
drugged
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A heartbroken girl like Sandy would know that there’s no ____ a guy that fast.
killing on
moving on
replacing fast
getting over
The lyrics are: "I'm not the first to know/ There's just no getting over you.” Oh Sandy, is he worth it?
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If it’s automatic, systematic, and hyyyyyyyyydromatic, what could it be?
Maxed Rainstorm
Greased Lightnin’
The lyrics are: "This car could be automatic, systematic, hydromatic/ Why, it could be Greased Lightnin’!” It’s raring to go!
Clucked Cuckoo
Easy Ridin'
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What season were Danny and Sandy singing about in “___ loving had me a blast, ___ loving happened so fast?"
winter
spring
summer
The lyrics are: "Summer loving had me a blast/ Summer loving happened so fast.” It’s a hot time for our couple.
autumn
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Greased Lightnin’ is so supreme that girls are supposed to vocally react like this, so say the grease-haired boys.
whisper
scream
The lyrics are: "You are supreme/ The chicks'll scream for Greased Lightnin’." That’s confidence!
fawn
yodel
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Sandy urges Danny to shape up, because she needs _______ .
a man
The lyrics are: "You better shape up 'cause I need a man/ And my heart is set on you.” Go, Danny!
a hero
a partner
a dork
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Summer dreams could really be ripped at the ___.
seams
The lyrics are: "Summer dreams ripped at the seams.” But, oh, those summer nights, they really mess you up!
hem
sides
insides
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So Danny's got the chills, and what’s happening to them chills?
they’re exploding
they’re deflating
they’re lessening
they’re multiplying
The lyrics are: "I got chills, they're multiplying.” Okay, down, boy!
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According to Danny, Sandy’s power is ______.
hydrating
romanticizing
electrifying
The lyrics are: "'Cause the power you're supplying/ It's electrifying!” A show of skin will do this indeed!
draining
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So the kids and the dance band are all saying that this genre of music is here to stay and will never die. What is it?
bossa nova
rock ’n’ roll
The lyrics are: "Rock 'n roll is here to stay/ It will never die.” As they said, it was meant to be that way!
jazz
soul R&B
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When Rizzo, the leader of the Pink Ladies, was having a sleepover with the gals, they decided to mock newcomer, Sandy, singing how she is “lousy with” her _______.
marriage
virginity
The lyrics are: "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee/ Lousy with virginity/ Won't go to bed 'til I'm legally wed.” Such a judgmental girl, this Rizzo.
lesbianism
separation
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According to Rizzo, Sandra Dee doesn’t do many things, like __ or __.
drink or swear
The lyrics are: "I don't drink (no)/ Or swear (no)/ I don't rat my hair (eew)/ I get ill from one cigarette.” Sandra Dee sounds boring in Rizzo’s point of view.
box or slap
kick or faint
burp or belch
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Like rama lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong, the kids are singing how they go ______.
together
The lyrics are: "We go together like rama lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong.” They’re also remembered forever as shoobop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom, FYI.
apart
wobbly
stranded
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Danny feels pressured to shape up, because Sandy needs a man who can keep her _____ .
electrified
justified
magnified
satisfied
The lyrics are: "I better shape up 'cause you need a man/ I need a man who can keep me satisfied.” Ya better hear her, Danny!
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Frenchy, the Pink Lady who went to another kind of school, turned out to be a dropout later. What kind of school was this?
military school
teaching school
beauty school
The lyrics are: "Beauty school dropout/ No graduation day for you.” Oh poor Frenchy…
baking school
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What was Frenchy’s Teen Angel guardian encouraging her to do, when she became a beauty school dropout?
enter the military
go back to high school
The lyrics are: "Beauty school dropout/ Go back to high school.” That angel is smart!
get remedial classes
create a new ambition
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When the Rydell High School kids started dancing in front of national television, they showed the nation they were “born to ___ jive.”
foot
elbow
head
hand
The lyrics are: "Outdanced 'em all, he was born to hand jive/ Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!” Everybody sure did!
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As Danny sings “Sandy”, he’s hoping to develop something with her when they leave _________.
college
high school
The lyrics are: "When high school is done/ Somehow, someway/ Our two worlds will be one.” A guy can hope.
grade school
prep school
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This Elvis Presley song gets played in the dance, as the band sang “You ain’t nothing but a hound _____.”
dog
The lyrics are: "You ain't nothing but a hound dog/ Crying all the time/ You ain't never caught a rabbit/ And you ain't no friend of mine.” So harsh!
cat
horse
snake
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Rizzo sings about the worst things she could do, than go with a _______ or two.
girl
boy
The lyrics are: "There are worse things I could do/ Than go with a boy or two.” Rizzo also said "Even though the neighborhood thinks I'm trashy and no good/ I suppose it could be true."
gangster
punk
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When their Summer Nights turned cold, what did Danny tell Sandy?
Sandy Sandy why why why
May I have another chance
You can kiss my car
So, I told her we'd still be friends
The lyrics are: "It turned colder that's where it ends/ So I told her we'd still be friends.” Summer love really fizzles!
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How many miles is Greased Lightnin’ burning up?
ten miles
quarter mile
The lyrics are: "Go Greased Lightnin’/ You're burning up the quarter mile.” It’s also coasting through the heat lap trial — if it gets juiced!
a gallon
one whiff
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While she acknowledges that she is "wholesome and pure” as seen by others, Sandra Dee finally said this to herself in the reprise song. What did Sandy say?
goodbye
The lyrics are: "Hold your head high/ Take a deep breath and sigh/ Goodbye to Sandra Dee.” She’s turning over a new leaf.
game
surely
own it
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The drive-in scene found Danny losing his cool and wondering why Sandy did this to him. What did she do?
she hooked up with another fella
she fainted
she left
The lyrics are: "Love has flown all alone/ I sit and wonder why, oh why you left me/ Oh Sandy…” Dude, no means no, is why!
she hooked up with another gal
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Meanwhile, the girls wanted to know from Sandy if her summer love had one of these...
a car
The lyrics are: "Tell me more, tell me more/ Like does he have a car?” Girls are taken for a ride sometimes…
a joint
a job
a brother
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An old song in the background mentions tears falling on _______.
sheets
a pillow
The lyrics are: "Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart/ Caused by you.” Ouch!
clothes
one's face
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When you’re romantically inclined, they say “Love is a many _______ thing.”
enamored
overwhelmed
splendored
The lyrics are: “Love is a many splendored thing.” How true, if you’re in love...
hyper
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What term of endearment did Danny and Sandy use in singing "You're The One That I Want?”
poo-bear
sweetheart
honey
The lyrics are: "You're the one that I want/ You are the one I want/ Ooh, Ooh, Ooh honey.” Oh yes indeed!
baby
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If you’re still baffled by what Grease is, the opening and ending song is suggesting that it is the time, the place, the motion, and this...
the gangs who are full of issues
the title of the musical
the way we are feeling
The lyrics are: "Grease is the time, is the place is the motion/ Grease is the way we are feeling.” OK, got it!
the many splendored thing
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There are many changes that happen, and this kind that the heart arranges is described in one word.
happy
sad
monumental
magic
The lyrics are: "Those magic changes my heart arranges/ A melody that's never the same/ A melody that's calling your name.” Indeed, when you’re a teen, many changes are brought about by many feelings.
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Grease is also described as this...
the bomb
the apparel
the car
the word
The lyrics are: "Grease is the word/ Is the word/ Is the word/ Is the word..." Is that clear enough?
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Tell me more, tell me more: The boys wanted to know if Danny got __ __ with his summer night.
first base
very far
The lyrics are: "Tell me more, tell me more/ Did you get very far?” Oh, these boys!
some lovin’
a kiss
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So if Sandy’s _____ could talk, it would say, "Fool, forget him!”
head
The lyrics are: "My head is sayin' 'Fool, forget him'/ My heart is sayin' 'Don't let go.'” So we wonder which will "Hold on to the end."
heart
hand
foot
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Rizzo mocked Sandra Dee, even comparing her to Doris Day, since Ms. Day snagged an actor. Which actor was it?
Mark Wahlberg
James Dean
Rock Hudson
The lyrics are: "Watch it! Hey I'm Doris Day/ I was not brought up that way/ Won't come across/ Even Rock Hudson lost his heart to Doris Day.”
Cary Grant
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