Judy Garland Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

Every Judy Garland quiz starts with Dorothy, then leaves Kansas behind. Guess the Judy Garland song from 'Over the Rainbow' and 'The Trolley Song' to 'Get Happy' and 'Come Rain or Come Shine', then test your trivia on the child star born Frances Ethel Gumm whose signature number was nearly cut from The Wizard of Oz. Tell the teenage voice of 1939 from the Carnegie Hall comeback of 1961, and find out how well you know Hollywood's greatest singing actress and the mother of Liza Minnelli.

Main genreTraditional pop and show tunes

Active1929-1969 (1930s to 1960s)

Real nameFrances Ethel Gumm

Best-known songs to guessOver the Rainbow, The Trolley Song, Get Happy, Come Rain or Come Shine

Deep cuts fans missThe Man That Got Away, Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Eras in the quiz1939 The Wizard of Oz, the 1940s MGM musicals, the 1961 Carnegie Hall comeback

Best known forPlaying Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Related artistsBing Crosby · Count Basie · Duke Ellington

Quiz difficultyEasy on 'Over the Rainbow', harder telling the teenage voice from the Carnegie Hall era

Start your solo quiz

Name as many tracks as you can from short audio clips. The faster you answer, the more you score.

10 questions4 answers each

Guess the Judy Garland Song

'Over the Rainbow', 'The Trolley Song' and 'Get Happy' are the numbers casual players place first.

Over the Rainbow

The Trolley Song

Get Happy

Come Rain or Come Shine

The Man That Got Away

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Puttin' On The Ritz

Judy Garland Trivia: From Oz to Carnegie Hall

The song nearly cut from the film, the name she was born with, and the concert album that made history.

✦'Over the Rainbow', sung by Garland as Dorothy in 1939's The Wizard of Oz, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1940 ceremony for songwriters Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, and became her lifelong signature.

✦The studio nearly cut 'Over the Rainbow' from The Wizard of Oz, believing it slowed the film down, before the number was restored.

✦Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm into a vaudeville family and was renamed Judy Garland as a child performer.

✦Her 1961 live album 'Judy at Carnegie Hall' captured a celebrated comeback and won the Grammy for Album of the Year, the first won by a woman.

✦'The Trolley Song', from 1944's Meet Me in St. Louis, was nominated for an Academy Award and remains one of her most recognizable up-tempo numbers.

How Well Do You Know Judy Garland's Voice?

The teenage Dorothy and the Carnegie Hall singer sound worlds apart, and telling them apart is the game.

Over the Rainbow and the Oz trap

The signature everyone names is 'Over the Rainbow'. The trivia is that the studio nearly cut it, and that its Oscar for Best Original Song, for the 1939 film, went to songwriters Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg at the 1940 ceremony, not to Garland herself.

The MGM musical numbers

'The Trolley Song' and 'Get Happy' come from her film musicals, so placing the movie is the harder half of the question.

The Carnegie Hall comeback voice

Her 1961 concert album captures a mature, dramatic voice. A clip from it sounds nothing like the teenage Dorothy of 1939.

The standards she made her own

'Come Rain or Come Shine' and 'The Man That Got Away' became Garland vehicles later covered by many, so spotting her version is the game.

Judy Garland Quiz FAQ

How is the Judy Garland quiz played?

You name a clip from her films and concerts, then answer trivia on The Wizard of Oz, her MGM musicals, and her Carnegie Hall comeback.

Which Judy Garland songs are included?

'Over the Rainbow', 'The Trolley Song', 'Get Happy' and 'Come Rain or Come Shine', plus 'The Man That Got Away'.

What is the trickiest part of the Judy Garland quiz?

Telling her teenage Dorothy voice from the mature concert singer, and placing each song to the right film.

What is Judy Garland most famous for?

Playing Dorothy in 1939's The Wizard of Oz and singing 'Over the Rainbow', whose Best Original Song Oscar, presented at the 1940 ceremony, went to songwriters Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg.

Who was Judy Garland?

Born Frances Ethel Gumm (1922-1969), she was an American singer and actress and the mother of Liza Minnelli.

Is the Judy Garland quiz free?

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