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MAMMA MIA!
1 THE Mamma Mia! sequel, Here We Go Again, is released on July 20. Which of these records did the first film hold?
A. Meryl Streep’s biggest box-office hit B. The highest grossing live action musical
2 IN which country was the second film shot?
A. Manchester B. Greece C. Croatia D. Sweden
3 TRUE OR FALSE: Cher (left) plays Streep’s mother in the film, even though she is younger than her. 4 WHICH comedienne fluffed an audition for a part in the original picture?
A. Miranda Hart B. Jennifer Saunders C. Dawn French D. Jo Brand
5 LONG before the film, why did Streep write to the producers of Mamma Mia! on Broadway?
A. To complain B. Because she wanted a part in the show C. Because as a student she had a crush on Bjorn Ulvaeus from Abba D. Because the show cheered her up in the wake of 9/11
6 WHICH presenter has admitted to seeing the stage show seven times?
A. Kathryn Thomas B. Jenni Murray C. Graham Norton D. Elaine Crowley
ANSWERS 1) Both of them
IT REMAINS Streep’s biggest box office success, ahead of Into The Woods and The Devil Wears Prada. It was also at one point the highest grossing live action musical film but was overtaken by Beauty and the Beast just last year.
The DVD was the first to sell more than five million copies in Britain, meaning it is in almost one in four households.
2) C. Croatia
WHILE both films are set on the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi, the first was actually filmed in Greece (on the island of Skopelos) while the second was made on the Croatian island of Vis. The former Yugoslav Army base has a population of fewer than 4,000 people, but is bracing itself for an influx of Abba-crazed tourists.
3) FALSE
HOWEVER, Cher is only three years older than her on-screen daughter, Streep.
4) C. Dawn French
SHE said she was told the part ‘was pretty much mine’, but things changed when she was asked to sing. Instead, she settled for doing a French and Saunders spoof for Red Nose Day and Julie Walters got the part.
5) D. Because the show had cheered her up in the wake of 9/11
STREEP first saw the Broadway show in October 2001, when she took her daughter and her friends to cheer them up. ‘Everybody was really dimmed spiritually after 9/11,’ she said. ‘We all went out of the theatre floating on the air. I thought: “What a gift to New York right now.” ’
6) B. Jenni Murray
THE radio host and journalist has called herself ‘Mamma Mia!’s biggest fan’. She was disappointed by the film, preferring the stage show, but said it still made her cry.