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Wizard of Oz Quiz

Can you answer these questions about the Wizard of Oz, mostly based on the 1939 movie?
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Who starred as Dorothy in the 1939 movie?
Judy Garland
What is Dorothy's last name?
Gale
What U.S. state does Dorothy come from?
Kansas
What carries her to Oz?
a Tornado
What is the name of her dog?
Toto
What color are her slippers? (be specific)
Ruby
Who are the three companions of Dorothy, and what do they lack?
Cowardly Lion
Courage
Scarecrow
a Brain
Tin Man
a Heart
What is the name of the Good Witch?
Glinda
What animals does the Wicked Witch of the West send after Dorothy?
Flying Monkeys
What happened to the Wicked Witch that can also happen to an ice cube?
Melting
What city does the Wizard live in?
Emerald City
What road leads to that city?
Yellow Brick Road
Who wrote the book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?
L. Frank Baum
What words does Dorothy say to leave Oz?
There's No Place
Like Home
Who starred as Dorothy in the 1978 movie "The Wiz"?
Diana Ross
What 2003 stage musical tells the story from the perspective of the Wicked Witch?
Wicked
What band's album "The Dark Side of the Moon" is said to be
a soundtrack to the 1939 movie?
Pink Floyd
What song from the 1939 movie won an Oscar?
Over the Rainbow
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Level 87
May 5, 2017
Could you accept "Glenda" for the Good Witch? It's not really spelled out anywhere until the credits...
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Level ∞
May 6, 2017
Okay
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Level 86
May 9, 2017
Could cyclone be accepted as well as tornado? It's actually the word used in the movie.
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Level 84
May 11, 2017
For some reason I thought they said twister.
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Level 70
Jun 18, 2017
I tried twister as well.
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Level 89
Sep 13, 2017
They say both. One of the farmers says twister and later Dorothy says cyclone.
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Level ∞
Sep 14, 2017
All those will work now
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Level 28
Sep 15, 2017
Technically the house carried her away, just sayin'

(but that shouldn't be an answer)

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Level 74
Nov 1, 2017
Wellll technically her imagination carried her away.
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Level 66
Feb 4, 2020
Nice one redsplat
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Level 59
Feb 1, 2022
I tried wind, storm and hurricane. Totally forgot about the word tornado.
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Level 84
May 19, 2017
And the least known answer is who created the damned thing!
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Level 82
Jun 15, 2017
Yeah, amazing
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Level 67
Sep 6, 2017
You want amazing? Here's an anecdote from Harmetz' book about the making of the movie: When the wardrobe department was looking for a coat for Frank Morgan (Prof. Marvel / The Wizard), it decided it wanted one that looked like it had once been elegant but had since "gone to seed." They visited a second-hand store and purchased an entire rack of coats, from which Morgan, the head of the wardrobe department and director Victor Fleming chose one they felt gave off the perfect appearance of "shabby gentility." One day, while he was on set in the coat, Morgan idly turned out one of the pockets and discovered a label indicating that the coat had been made for L. Frank Baum. Mary Mayer, a unit publicist for the film, contacted the tailor and Baum's widow, who both verified that the coat had at one time been owned by the author of the original "Wizard of Oz" books. After the filming was completed, the coat was presented to Mrs. Baum.
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Level 74
Nov 1, 2017
@Baltimorean Whaaaaaat! Amazing.
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Level 68
May 21, 2017
Got all but the three least guessed.
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Level 84
May 31, 2017
I vividly remember the first time I watched this as a kid. That close-up of Margaret Hamilton's green face really creeped me out!
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Level 75
Sep 13, 2017
No one had color TV when I was a kid, so I had no idea her face was green until I saw it years later in color, and yes, it was really creepy.
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Level 66
Sep 13, 2017
Never heard that about Dark Side of the Moon. Can't imagine 'Money' being played over Wizard of Oz. Well I can, and I don't think it works.

Also, matching a 43 minute record to a 101 minute film is never going to be easy.

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Level 81
Sep 13, 2017
You should check it out. There is a youtube video of it synced up. Some people say you can restart the album after it ends, but it doesn't really work the second time around. It wasn't as good as I remembered it when I saw the youtube video, but the first time I saw it I was umm... in an altered state.
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Level 81
Sep 13, 2017
BTW, the song Money starts at the exact moment Dorothy steps into Oz.
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Level 57
Sep 13, 2017
100% with 1:05 minutes left
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Level 91
Sep 13, 2017
Witch's last words are still wrong...
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Level 82
Sep 13, 2017
This was my favorite movie when I was about 5 or 6 years old. Prior to 1986 when it became The Transformers...
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Level 66
Sep 13, 2017
Should accept "tin woodSman", not tin woodman."
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Level ∞
Sep 14, 2017
Tin Woodsman is incorrect. But I'll accept it anyway. :)
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Level 67
Sep 13, 2017
Everyone should read Roger Ebert's review of this movie. It is truly excellent.
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Level 47
Sep 13, 2017
100% 2:53 left.
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Level 70
Sep 13, 2017
I agree with the earlier posts - you really should accept cyclone.
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Level 36
Sep 13, 2017
I just wanted to add the book was written as a political satire with Dorothy's shoes being sliver- to represent the miners. The lion was William Jennings Bryant and they were going to Washington to protest. Then it became a hit as a children's book. Fun?
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Level 67
Sep 22, 2017
I just read up on this. The satire angle appears to be a fairly popular interpretation among scholars, but it is not an undisputed fact that Baum intended the work as a satire, or that the lion is Jennings Bryan. Seems Baum himself never acknowledged those claims.
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Level 76
Jan 29, 2022
This theory was first put forth by Henry Littlefield in 1964, over 60 years after the original book was published. It can be made to fit, but there's no evidence that Baum intended the story to be taken this way, and plenty evidence that the places and characters were drawn from things in Baum's own life. It's also undercut by Baum's own introduction to the book, in which he says that the story "aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out," and "was written solely to please children of today."
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Level 72
Jan 30, 2022
It's probably worth noting though that Baum was also a notorious liar (I suppose we'd say troll these days), which is a fair reason to doubt him on his word.
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Level 76
Aug 23, 2022
Okay? I've done my fair share of reading about Oz and Baum and haven't come across a reputation as a "notorious liar." Even if that's the case, though, there's still no evidence that Baum intended the books as any sort of political satire or allegory.
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Level 75
Nov 30, 2023
The interpretation I was familiar with, which I learned in an American History class, is one of satire of the dispute regarding monetary policy. Supposedly, the silver shoes represent, well, silver, while the Yellow Brick Road represents the gold standard, which leads to lies and deception, represented by the Wizard of Oz (oz as in "ounce") living in a city the color of paper money, with no actual value. The Cowardly Lion represents the politicians who don't have the courage to stand up for what's right; the Tin Man represents the heartless industrialists, with their constant need for oil; and the Scarecrow represents the brainless farmers. Ultimately the silver shoes are all that Dorothy needs to get back home, after being led astray by gold and the promise of a better future. Probably just a theory, but a fun way to see the book and the movie from a different perspective.
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Level 25
Nov 13, 2017
Great quiz! I got 100%
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Level 46
Jul 4, 2020
Dorothy's slippers in the movie were ruby red, but in the book they were actually silver.
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Level 66
Nov 10, 2020
yes, silver should be accepted please
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Level 76
Jan 29, 2022
Technically, she didn't have any slippers in the book, as they were actually called the Silver Shoes. But, yes, it should accept silver, or specify that it's asking about the movie in that question.

In addition, the Winged Monkeys aren't the only animals the Witch sends after them in the book. Before she sends them, she sends bees, crows, and wolves, all of which get defeated.

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Level 70
Jan 29, 2022
It's been at least 7 years since I saw this film for the last time, and probably 8 or 9 since I read the (children version of the) book. Even so, I managed to get 19/23 (83%)! Very proud of myself, considering it was not one of my favourite movies -- but must say, I only got some of the answers thanks to pop songs from the 60s and 70s. So, I also must thank sir Elton John, America and The Seekers for helping me with the answers!
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Level 70
Mar 7, 2022
So glad someone else remembers that Seekers song!
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Level 67
Jan 29, 2022
15/23, haven't really watched most of this movie in 10 years but I've been meaning to see it again