The 6th Annual Biq Quiz in Precious Nonsense, the newsletter of the
Midwestern Gilbert and Sullivan Society, asked the question "Can
you name the tunes from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas Sir Charles
Mackarras used in his ballet suite Pineapple Poll, in the order of
their appearance?"  It was a trick question -- the answer was
either Yes or No.  However, many people turned in lists, and the
following list was compiled from these reader submissions.

OPENING DANCE:
         1.  Mikado, Opening Act 1.
         2.  Trial By Jury, "Hark, the hour of Ten is sounding".
         3.  Mikado, "So please you, sir, we much regret" ("But youth,
                 of course, must have its fling. . .").
         4.  Patience, "The Soldiers of our Queen".
         5.  Trial by Jury, "He will treat us with awe" ("Trial-la-
                 la").
         6.  Gondoliers, "Good Morrow, Pretty Maids" (orchestral back-
                 ground to the song)
         7.  Trial By Jury, "Hark, the hour of Ten is sounding".
         8.  Mikado, "So please you, sir, we much regret".

POLL'S DANCE AND PAS DE DEUX:
         1.  Gondoliers, Introduction to "Here is a Case Unprec-
                 edented".
         2.  Princess Ida, Introduction to "The Woman of the Wisest
                 Wit".
         3.  Gondoliers, "Here is a Case Unprecedented".
         4.  Patience, "Twenty Lovesick Maidens We" ("Go, breaking
                 heart").
         5.  Gondoliers, "Here is a Case Unprecedented" and Patience,
                 "Twenty Lovesick Maidens We" counterpoint.
         6.  Gondoliers, "Here is a Case Unprecedented".
         7.  Princess Ida, End of "The Woman of the Wisest Wit".

BELAYE'S SOLO:
         1.  Cox and Box, "Rataplan".
         2.  Patience, "In a Doleful Train".
         3.  Cox and Box", Rataplan (...rataplan, I'm a military man.
                 . .)"
         4.  Cox and Box, "Rataplan" (second appearance in the work,
                 when it is the only lyric).
         5.  Cox and Box, conclusion of overture.

PAS DE TROIS:
         1.  Mikado, Introduction to "Braid the Raven Hair".
         2.  Pirates of Penzance, "How Beautifully Blue the Sky".
         3.  Pirates of Penzance, "Did ever maiden wake from dream".
         4.  Pirates of Penzance, "How Beautifully Blue the Sky"
                 (naturally).
         5.  Ruddigore, "If somebody there chanced to be". (Refrain)
         6.  Pirates of Penzance, "How Beautifully Blue the Sky".
         7.  Pirates of Penzance, "Did ever maiden wake from dream".

FINALE:
         1.  Patience, "Twenty Lovesick Maidens We".
         2.  Pirates of Penzance, "The Pirates! Oh Despair!" (Orchestra
                 introduction).
         3.  Ruddigore, "Deny the Falsehood, Robin, as you should. . ."
                 (first act finale).
         4.  Iolanthe, "To You I yield my heart so rich. . ." (First
                 act finale).
         5.  Patience, Overture/"Oh list, while we a love confess"
         6.  Iolanthe, "To You I yield my heart so rich".
         7.  Patience, Overture (end).

POLL'S SOLO:
         1.  Iolanthe, Invocation.
         Transition to
JASPER'S SOLO:
         1.  Iolanthe, Overture (transition between "Welcome to Our
                 Hearts Again" and "He Loves").
         2.  Princess Ida, Overture ("Oh Goddess Wise" to the end).

BELAYE'S SOLO AND SAILOR'S DRILL:
         1.  Princess Ida, "When Anger Spreads His Wing".
         2.  Princess Ida, "For a Month to Dwell in a Dungeon Cell".
         3.  Gondoliers, "Two Kings of Undue Pride Bereft".
         4.  Ruddigore, "When a Man Has Been a Naughty Baronet"/Theme
                 from the original Ruddigore overture.

POLL'S SOLO:
         1.  Trial by Jury, "That She is Reeling is Plain to See".
         2.  Iolanthe, (motif)
         3.  Patience, Overture (before the music for "Turn oh Turn in
                 This Direction").
         4.  Princess Ida, "The World is But a Broken Toy".

ENTRY OF BELAYE WITH BLANCHE AS BRIDE:
         1.  Yeomen of the Guard, Flourish for Fairfax's Entrance to
                 Claim his Bride.
         2.  Trial by Jury, Entry of the Bridesmaids.
         3.  Iolanthe, First act Finale (the Peers' "Oh Horror" and
                 Fairies' response).
         4.  Iolanthe, "Once Again Thy Vows are Broken" ("Bow Thy Head
                 to Destiny").
         5.  Iolanthe, First act "Horror".
         6.  Iolanthe, "Once Again Thy Vows are Broken".
         7.  Trial by Jury, "I Love Him, I Love Him, with Fervor
                 Unceasing".
         8.  Iolanthe, "Go Away Madam" (First Act Finale).

RECONCILIATION:
         1.  Ruddigore, "The Battle's Roar is Over" (from Overture).

FINALE:
         1.  Mikado, Introduction to "The Threatened Cloud Has Passed
                 Away".
         2.  Trial by Jury, "Oh Joy Unbounded".
         3.  H.M.S. Pinafore, "Never Mind the Why and Wherefore".
         4.  Patience, Overture ("So Go to Him, and Say to Him").
         5.  Princess Ida, "Gently, Gently. . ." ("We've Learned that
                 Prickly Cactus").
         6.  Pirates of Penzance/Thespis, "Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
                 ("Let us Gaily Tread the Measure").
         (7.  Pirates of Penzance, "Sighing Softly to the River" (in
                 counterpoint to above) [I still can't hear it, but it's
                 supposed to be there.  Ed.])
         8.  Patience, Overture ("So Go to Him, and Say to Him").
         9.  Trial by Jury, "Oh Joy Unbounded".
         10.  Overture Di Ballo, Galop theme.
         11.  Yeomen of the Guard, Overture (Tower Theme)
         12.  Patience, Overture.
         13.  H.M.S. Pinafore, Overture/Ruddigore, Overture (very end).
         14.  Mikado, First act Finale (very end).

[This list appeared in Issue 27 of Precious Nonsense, the
newsletter of the Midwestern Gilbert & Sullivan Society.  Posted by
permission of Sarah Cole, Society Secretary/Archivist.  For
information on Society membership write to:  The Midwestern Gilbert
& Sullivan Society, c/o Miss Sarah Cole, 613 W. State St., North
Aurora, IL 60542-1538.] .