'Wicked'

With "Wicked" opening Oct. 8 at the Fox Theatre, it's time to test your knowledge of all things Oz: The original books, the movie, the musical.

Phil Kloer

1. In the first Oz book, L. Frank Baum claimed the story was:
   1. Inspired by God
   2. A dream Dorothy had
   3. True
   4. Told by his father as a bedtime story
2. Buddy Ebsen had to drop out as the Tin Man during filming because
   1. His wife died in a car crash
   2. He was allergic to the makeup
   3. Director Victor Fleming decided he couldn't sing
   4. He got food poisoning
3. "Wicked" author Gregory Maguire said he modeled his heroine Elphaba (the Wicked Witch) after:
   1. Poet Emily Dickinson
   2. Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro
   3. Author Virginia Woolf
   4. All of the above
4. In "Wicked," what is the origin of Elphaba's name?
   1. The Greek muse of magic
   2. LFB — Lyman Frank Baum
   3. A Munchkin word meaning "Fearful One"
   4. She is named after her mother
5. A popular urban legend states the movie "The Wizard of Oz" syncs up to what record?
   1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
   2. "Dark Side of the Moon"
   3. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
   4. "Are You Experienced?"
6. Which is not a race of people mentioned in the original Oz books?
   1. The living kitchen utensils of Utensia
   2. An armless species called Hammerheads
   3. Paper dolls called Cuttenclips
   4. The Eatemups, a society of cannibals
7. In the movie, Toto was played by a
   1. Yorkshire terrier
   2. Cairn terrier
   3. Schnauzer
   4. Mutt