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Musicals Theatres

29 questions

Take center stage with theater trivia! Test your knowledge of Broadway musicals, famous plays, theater history, legendary performers, Tony Award winners, and the magic of live theater.

Easy(7)Medium(13)Hard(9)

Easy Questions

Question 1easy

Who wrote the award winning musical "In The Heights"?

A.Francis Scott Key

B.John Phillips Sousa

C.Lin-Manuel Miranda

D.Steven Sondheim

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Lin-Manuel Miranda

Question 2easy

In Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Caesar's last words were...

A.Aegri somnia vana.

B.Et tu, Brute?

C.Iacta alea est!

D.Vidi, vini, vici.

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Et tu, Brute?

Question 3easy

How many plays is Shakespeare generally considered to have written?

A.18

B.25

C.37

D.54

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. 37

Question 4easy

Who wrote the play 'Angels in America'?

A.Anthony Neilson

B.Matthew Lopez

C.Tom Stoppard

D.Tony Kusher

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Tony Kusher

Question 5easy

"Doctor Who" star David Tennant performed in a rendition of which Shakespearean play?

A.Hamlet

B.Othello

C.The Taming of the Shrew

D.The Tempest

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Hamlet

Question 6easy

What is Jean ValJean's first prisoner number?

A.1729

B.24601

C.32769

D.9430

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 24601

Question 7easy

Which Shakespeare play inspired the musical 'West Side Story'?

A.Hamlet

B.Macbeth

C.Othello

D.Romeo & Juliet

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Romeo & Juliet

Medium Questions

Question 1medium

What play is the quote "Hell is other people" from?

A.No Exit

B.The Condemned of Altona

C.The Devil and the Good Lord

D.The Flies

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. No Exit

Question 2medium

The musical "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is set in what country?

A.France

B.Germany

C.Sweden

D.USA

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. France

Question 3medium

In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?

A.Hamlet

B.King Lear

C.Macbeth

D.Othello

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Hamlet

Question 4medium

Which of the following is not a piece from the 1950's musical West Side Story?

A.Mambo

B.Maria

C.The Back Alley

D.Tonight

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. The Back Alley

Question 5medium

Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway run of Hamilton?

A.Daveed Diggs

B.Javier Muñoz

C.Lin-Manuel Miranda

D.Wayne Brady

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Daveed Diggs

Question 6medium

What was George Bizet's last opera?

A.Carmen

B.Don Rodrigue

C.Grisélidis

D.Les pêcheurs de perles

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Carmen

Question 7medium

Which of these musicals won the Tony Award for Best Musical?

A.American Idiot

B.Newsies

C.Rent

D.The Color Purple

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Rent

Question 8medium

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" is based off a book of poems written by which author?

A.Andrew Lloyd Webber

B.Emily Dickenson

C.Robert Frost

D.T.S. Elliot

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. T.S. Elliot

Question 9medium

In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"?

A.Hamlet

B.King Lear

C.Macbeth

D.Twelfth Night

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Hamlet

Question 10medium

When was the play "Macbeth" written?

A.1605

B.1606

C.1628

D.1723

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. 1606

Question 11medium

The World Chess Championship in Chess, Act 1 is set in which Italian city?

A.Merano

B.Milan

C.Rome

D.Venice

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Merano

Question 12medium

In Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds, the chances of anything coming from Mars are...

A.A billion to one

B.A hundred to one

C.A million to one

D.A trillion to one

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. A million to one

Question 13medium

Who is the musical director for the award winning musical "Hamilton"?

A.Alex Lacamoire

B.Leslie Odom Jr.

C.Lin-Manuel Miranda

D.Renee Elise-Goldberry

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Alex Lacamoire

Hard Questions

Question 1hard

In Macbeth, the eyes of what animals were used in the Witches' cauldron?

A.Humans

B.Newts

C.Sharks

D.Squids

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Newts

Question 2hard

Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's 1957 Brodway musical West Side Story?

A.Himself

B.Oscar Hammerstein

C.Richard Rodgers

D.Stephen Sondheim

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Stephen Sondheim

Question 3hard

What is the name of Broadway's first "long-run" musical?

A.Hamilton

B.The Book of Mormon

C.The Elves

D.Wicked

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. The Elves

Question 4hard

Who played "Charlie Price" in the musical "Kinky Boots" on Broadway in New York from May 26th - Aug 6th 2017?

A.Brendon Urie

B.Dallon Weekes

C.Ed Sheeren

D.Tom Cruise

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. Brendon Urie

Question 5hard

Which of these plays was famously first performed posthumously after the playwright committed suicide?

A.4.48 Psychosis

B.Hamilton

C.Much Ado About Nothing

D.The Birthday Party

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

A. 4.48 Psychosis

Question 6hard

Which Shakespeare play features the stage direction "Enter a messenger, with two heads and a hand"?

A.King Lear

B.Macbeth

C.Othello

D.Titus Andronicus

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

D. Titus Andronicus

Question 7hard

Who serves as the speaker of the prologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

A.Capulet

B.Chorus

C.Montague

D.Refrain

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

B. Chorus

Question 8hard

After England, more Shakespeare plays are set in this present day country than in any other.

A.France

B.Greece

C.Italy

D.United States

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Italy

Question 9hard

In Les Misérables, who is Prison Code 24601?

A.Javert

B.Jean Claude Van Damme

C.Jean Valjean

D.Marius Pontmercy

Reveal Answer

The correct answer is:

C. Jean Valjean