Little Shop of Horrors Trivia
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107 free Little Shop of Horrors trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Little Shop of Horrors trivia for musical-theatre fans, movie-night regulars and anyone who has ever sung 'Suddenly, Seymour' into a hairbrush. The quiz covers all three lives of the story: Roger Corman's two-day, $28,000 1960 film with a young Jack Nicholson; Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's 1982 off-Broadway musical and its five-year run at the Orpheum; and Frank Oz's 1986 movie with Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs as the voice of Audrey II and cameos from Bill Murray and John Candy. Expect questions on the songs, the plot (how Orin dies, how Mushnik meets his end, what the plant is really planning), the puppetry and slow-motion trickery behind Audrey II, the reshot ending restored in 2012, the Broadway debut of 2003 and the later revivals with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jonathan Groff. Difficulty runs from easy to expert. Every answer has been checked against a reference page and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Who composed the music for the Little Shop of Horrors musical?
Alan Menken
Alan Menken wrote the score, his first major hit; with the same lyricist he went on to write The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin for Disney.
Q 02Who wrote the lyrics and book of the musical, and directed the original production?
Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman wrote the book and lyrics and staged the show himself; he died in March 1991, months before Beauty and the Beast opened with a dedication to the man "who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul".
Q 03Before Little Shop of Horrors, the same songwriters' first musical together adapted a novel by which author?
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater was the pair's first show, and it lasted only a few weeks off-Broadway; their second went on to run for five years.
Q 04Why did the original Little Shop of Horrors production never move to Broadway?
Its author wanted it kept off-Broadway
Its author wanted it kept off-Broadway: offered a transfer, he said the show was perfect where it was, so it stayed downtown for five years and did not play Broadway until 2003.
Q 05Which Second Avenue theatre in Manhattan housed Little Shop of Horrors for its original five-year run?
The Orpheum Theatre
The Orpheum Theatre took the show in July 1982, after a month's tryout at an off-off-Broadway house, and kept it until November 1987; it was later home to Stomp for 29 years.
Q 06In the stage musical, what does Mr. Mushnik offer Seymour to keep him and the plant at the shop?
To adopt him
To adopt him is Mushnik's scheme: having watched the plant draw crowds and overheard Seymour being urged to leave, he offers himself as a father so that both will stay.
Q 07How does Seymour discover what makes the plant grow?
He pricks his finger and it drinks
He pricks his finger and it drinks: a rose thorn draws blood, the wilting plant opens up for the drops, and Seymour realises what it has been hungry for all along.
Q 08The musical is loosely based on a 1960 low-budget film directed by whom?
Roger Corman
Roger Corman produced and directed the 1960 original but shot only its interiors himself: the outdoor scenes were left to his screenwriter, working as second-unit director.
Q 09Roughly what did the 1960 film cost to make?
$28,000
$28,000 is the commonly cited budget; the director shot the film in a hurry on leftover sets, using them before they were struck.
Q 10The interior scenes of the 1960 Little Shop of Horrors were shot in how many days?
2
2 days in late December 1959 covered every interior: the director ran more than one camera at once on a standing set, catching whole scenes in single takes.
Q 11Which future star plays a pain-loving patient in the 1960 Little Shop of Horrors?
Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson, with only a few films behind him, plays Wilbur Force, who demands to be treated without anaesthetic and walks out delighted with the result.
Q 12The musical calls the plant Audrey II, but what is it named in the 1960 Little Shop of Horrors?
Audrey Junior
Audrey Junior is Seymour's bashful tribute to his co-worker Audrey Fulquard, who is delighted to find that a plant has been named after her.
Q 13Under what working title was the 1960 Little Shop of Horrors made?
The Passionate People Eater
Q 21In the stage musical, how does Seymour lure Mr. Mushnik into the plant?
He says the takings are inside
He says the takings are inside: Mushnik, who suspects him over Orin's disappearance and wants him to talk to the police, climbs into the open jaws to look for the money.
Q 22In the musical's finale, the plant is revealed to be planning what?
World conquest
World conquest is the plan: a salesman from World Botanical Enterprises wants to sell cuttings to florists across America, and the finale warns the audience not to feed the plants.
Q 23Who directed the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors?
Frank Oz
The Passionate People Eater was the title on the script, whose writer kept things in the family: he took small parts himself and cast his father and his grandmother, who plays Seymour's mother.
Q 14In the 1960 Little Shop of Horrors, where does Seymour say he got the seeds for his plant?
From a Japanese gardener
From a Japanese gardener over on Central Avenue, Seymour says; just fired, he is talking up the odd plant he grew from them in the hope of winning his job back.
Q 15On its October 1960 release, the film was paired on a double bill with which other Filmgroup title?
Last Woman on Earth
Last Woman on Earth, another Filmgroup cheapie from the same director, shared the original double bill; the film later reached a wider audience as the second feature under Mario Bava's Black Sunday.
Q 16Which of these is one of the three street-urchin narrators in the musical?
Chiffon
Chiffon, Crystal and Ronnette take their names from 1960s girl groups; the musical invented the trio, in place of two teenage girls in the 1960 film, to comment on the action like a Greek chorus.
Q 17In which song does Audrey dream of a tract house, frozen dinners and plastic on the furniture?
Somewhere That's Green
"Somewhere That's Green" is Audrey's fantasy of suburban bliss with Seymour; it is reprised as she dies and asks him to feed her to the plant so they can be together.
Q 18In which Little Shop of Horrors duet do Audrey and her shy co-worker finally admit their feelings?
Suddenly, Seymour
"Suddenly, Seymour" follows Audrey's confession that she feels guilty about Orin's disappearance because she had wished for it; Seymour answers that she deserves better.
Q 19What is the profession of Audrey's sadistic boyfriend, Orin Scrivello?
Dentist
Dentist is his trade, celebrated in the number "Dentist!", in which Orin boasts that his mother steered him into a job where he could be paid to inflict pain.
Q 20How does Orin die in the musical?
He suffocates on laughing gas
He suffocates on laughing gas: Seymour arrives meaning to shoot him but loses his nerve, and when Orin's nitrous-oxide mask jams, Seymour simply stands by and lets him die.
Frank Oz, the Muppet performer fresh from directing The Muppets Take Manhattan, first turned the job down, then said yes once he saw how to open the stage show up for the screen.
Q 24Who plays Seymour Krelborn in the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors?
Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis, known from SCTV and Ghostbusters, was the producer's first choice for Seymour, and in the released film his florist survives, which the stage Seymour never does.
Q 25Who plays Orin Scrivello in the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors?
Steve Martin
Steve Martin plays only Orin, Audrey's leather-jacketed boyfriend; on stage the same actor also takes a run of bit parts, a track Broadway's playbill billed as "everyone else".
Q 26Which Motown lead singer voiced Audrey II in the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors?
Levi Stubbs
Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops, recorded the plant's songs before filming began, and the puppeteers then rehearsed the giant puppet until its mouth matched his voice.
Q 27Which comedian plays the masochistic patient Arthur Denton in the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors?
Bill Murray
Bill Murray plays Arthur Denton, the patient who delights in pain, a part the stage musical had dropped and the film brought back from the 1960 original.
Q 28Which comedian plays radio DJ Wink Wilkinson in the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors?
John Candy
John Candy plays the motor-mouthed radio host whose on-air interview about the strange plant makes Seymour a local celebrity.
Q 29Which actress played Audrey both in the original 1982 production and in the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors film?
Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene created Audrey off-Broadway and in London, yet the film's producer wanted a bigger name; the director insisted on a screen test, and it won her the part.
Q 30Which pop star did the producer of the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors want to play Audrey?
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper was the star name the producer wanted, but the director held out for the actress who had created Audrey on stage and won the argument with a screen test.