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Can You Beat "Mamma Mia 2" Star Lily James At This ABBA Lyric Quiz?

Can You Beat &quot;Mamma Mia 2&quot; Star Lily James At This ABBA Lyric Quiz?

<p>Ten years later, and the film's all-star cast is back in Greece, dancing and <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferabidor/this-clip-of-cher-singing-fernando-from-mamma-mia-here-we?utm_term=.rmZd8manEn#.ywzA580ZqZ">singing to ABBA songs</a>, and just generally having the time of their lives – and this time we get to see how it all started.</p>

**Lily James:** My mum came in that day, when Cher was performing it, which was… There are no words. We were watching hidden at the monitor and my mum’s whole body was shaking. It was like being on the front row of a Cher concert.

"Fernando"

DO YOU RECALL  
THE FATEFUL NIGHT  
WE CROSSED THE  
RIO GRANDE?

**LJ:** I don’t know who planned it, but it was the first thing we shot, which was terrifying. It was I think one of the biggest production numbers, and we had been rehearsing for about six weeks, but it was very intense to try and conquer that number so early on. By the end, me and the Dynamos were finishing each other’s sentences, finishing each other’s dance moves. It was quite tricky at the start, but it was very fun.

"When I Kissed The Teacher"

AS I HELD MY BREATH,  
THE WORLD STOOD STILL,  
BUT THEN HE JUST SMILED  


**LJ:** I sang this in a little shack as Jeremy Irvine lay semi-naked in bed, which was fun. I also had a really bad ingrown toenail, so I was limping, but I had to cartwheel through an orange grove in slow motion. They did the slow motion after.

"The Name of the Game"

I WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE  
CASE, NO ONE EVER  
COULD REACH ME  


**LJ:** Is that “Knowing Me, Knowing You”? No. What is that song? I know what it is. "SOS"! My memory of that is just watching Meryl and Pierce sing it in the first movie, which I’ve watched more times than there is a number for. I literally couldn’t have watched it any more.

"SOS"

WHERE ARE THOSE  
HAPPY DAYS? THEY SEEM SO HARD TO FIND

**LJ:** My memory of that is Amanda – who I think has the most beautiful, pure, stunning singing voice. Watching her onscreen is like being in the presence of an angel. I remember listening to her singing that in the first film, and then I had to sing it in this film, so it was really surreal. I had to do it in my audition, which was terrifying.

"I Have A Dream"

MY DESTINATION MAKES IT WORTH THE WHILE, PUSHING THROUGH THE DARKNESS, STILL ANOTHER MILE

**LJ:** Hugh Skinner! He’s the greatest, he is so funny. I had a broken toe during that one, and he was flinging me around. The whole thing was hilarious, and the dancers were incredible. That’s also a huge production number, but that was near the end.

"Waterloo"

I TRIED TO HOLD YOU BACK, BUT YOU WERE STRONGER, AND NOW I SEE MY ONLY CHANCE  
IS GIVING UP THE FIGHT  


**LJ:** I had to cry at the end on a horse, and every time I thought I was doing good crying acting, the horse would head-butt me off its face. I think there were only about two takes when the horse actually wanted to be hugged by me singing and snotting and crying in its face. So I don’t think my acting’s great in that moment, but it wasn’t my fault!

"Knowing Me, Knowing You"

NO MORE CAREFREE LAUGHTER, SILENCE EVER AFTER

**LJ:** I recorded that in Stockholm with Benny and Bjorn from ABBA, but also, previously to that, at my mum’s birthday dressed in sparkly dungarees. I was drunk and I stood on a table with my mum’s boyfriend and sang it holding a birthday cake knife as a microphone. There’s a video. And then, like, a month later I was cast.

"Mamma Mia"

YES, I'VE BEEN BROKEN-HEARTED, BLUE SINCE THE DAY WE PARTED

**LJ:** All the cast, every single one of us, was together for the big, huge finale of the movie, and it was just amazing. I danced with Meryl – every younger part danced with their legacy character – and that was very funny, watching all of us dance with these living legends. Oh, and everyone had very funny costumes on, particularly the boys in their lycra. They were discussing hiding things down their pants.

"Super Trouper"

I WAS SICK AND TIRED  
OF EVERYTHING WHEN  
I CALLED YOU LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW

**LJ:** That’s it. That scene is shot really cool. It almost has a feeling of old _Grease_ movies – it has an old-school musical feel to it. The cinematographer is a legend.

"One Of Us"

SORRY FOR HERSELF, FEELING STUPID, FEELING SMALL, WISHING SHE HAD NEVER LEFT AT ALL

**LJ:** That’s what I meant! That’s actually what I meant.

"Thank You For The Music"

WHERE DID IT ALL START? WHO FOUND OUT NOTHING CAN CAPTURE A HEART LIKE A MELODY CAN?  


**LJ:** [_laughs_] I wasn’t in that one. My favourite thing about that number – apart from, obviously, all the brilliant actors in it – is that in the original film there’s this old Greek lady who’s carrying loads of twigs on her back, and when the music gets really good she throws them off and in a _Mamma Mia_ way runs off to join the dance. They got the same actress back, and she is in our film and has a similar moment. For the _Mamma Mia_ fans out there like me, you’ll like that.

"Dancing Queen"

ANYBODY COULD BE  
THAT GUY, NIGHT IS YOUNG AND THE MUSIC'S HIGH

Don't worry, though – she definitely has the upper hand.

You didn't beat Lily James!

Did you just become best friends? I think so!

You tied with Lily James!

You beat the star of _Mamma Mia 2_ herself, which means you're officially the #1 ABBA expert.

You beat Lily James!

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Can You Beat "Mamma Mia 2" Star Lily James At This ABBA Lyric Quiz?

It's been an entire decade since Mamma Mia! first hit our big screens and took the world by storm, and fans have been begging for a sequel ever since.

So, to celebrate the release of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, we at BuzzFeed met up with star Lily James – who plays a younger version of Meryl Streep's Donna – to test her knowledge of the ABBA songs we'll be dancing to all summer.

But can you beat her score? All you need to do is match the lyrics to the songs they come from...

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Thanks for playing along, Lily! You can watch Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again in cinemas worldwide from Friday 20th July.

Can You Beat "Mamma Mia 2" Star Lily James At This ABBA Lyric Quiz?

It's been an entire decade since Mamma Mia! first hit our big screens and took the world by storm, and fans have been begging for a sequel ever since.

So, to celebrate the release of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, we at BuzzFeed met up with star Lily James – who plays a younger version of Meryl Streep's Donna – to test her knowledge of the ABBA songs we'll be dancing to all summer.

But can you beat her score? All you need to do is match the lyrics to the songs they come from...

View this post on Facebook

Thanks for playing along, Lily! You can watch Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again in cinemas worldwide from Friday 20th July.

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