Q.1
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father got a lot farther by?
Working a lot harder
Being a lot smarter
Being a self-starter
All of the above
None of the above
Q.2
Who says "I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me."
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
The Marquis de Lafayette
King George III
Q.3
The song “You’ll Be Back” by King George III gives musical nods to?
Adele
The Beatles
Gilbert and Sullivan
Mozart
Tupac Shakur
Q.4
In "Right Hand Man," the lyrics sung by General George Washington ("Now I'm the model of a modern major general") quote from a song by?
Adele
The Beatles
Gilbert and Sullivan
Mozart
Tupac Shakur
Q.5
There are two rap battles in “Hamilton” over issues facing the new nation. Which issue is not debated in the musical?
Whether the federal government should assume state debt and establish a national bank.
Whether the U.S. should provide aid and troops to its revolutionary French allies
Whether the U.S. should ban the importation of slaves
Q.6
Which of the original Broadway cast members reportedly rapped 19 words within three seconds in the song "Guns and Ships"
Daveed Diggs
Reneé Elise Goldsberry
Jonathan Groff
Christopher Jackson
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Leslie Odom Jr.
Phillipa Soo
Q.7
Which member of the original Broadway cast (all of whom are in the Disney Plus film) has the most Broadway credits?
Daveed Diggs
Reneé Elise Goldsberry
Jonathan Groff
Christopher Jackson
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Leslie Odom Jr.
Phillipa Soo
Q.8
True or false, of the seven cast members listed above, only Phillipa Soo has performed in a show on Broadway after Hamilton
True
False
Q.9
True or false. There is one scene from the musical that Miranda purposefully left off the cast recording, which is in the online film.
True
False
Q.10
Where was Lin-Manuel Miranda on vacation when he read historian Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton that inspired Miranda to write about the Founding Father?
Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis
England
Hamilton, Bermuda
Hamilton College
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Scotland
Q.11
Where did Miranda debut the first song he wrote for what was then called the Hamilton Mixtape?
Ars Nova
Lincoln Center
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar
The White House
Q.12
True or false. Before it even opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater in February, 2015, Hamilton received enthusiastic praise from reigning musical theater composer Stephen Sondheim -- and then later from Andrew Lloyd Webber
True
False
Q.13
Before it opened on Broadway In August, 2015, a series of conservative politicians and columnists dismissed Hamilton for its non-traditional casting and other issues.
True
False
Q.14
Hamilton opened on Broadway in August, 2015, the first show of the season. Which of the following statements if any was NOT in one or another professional review of the show?
Do whatever you have to do short of grand larceny to score a ticket to Hamilton.
I am loath to tell people to mortgage their houses and lease their children to acquire tickets to a hit Broadway show. But 'Hamilton’…might just about be worth it
It is nothing short of a masterpiece, destined to change Broadway forever
It's all like nothing you've ever heard or seen before.
With 'Hamilton,' Broadway is officially the coolest place on the planet. And the smartest. And most exhilarating.
Does 'Hamilton' live up to all — any — of this hype? And does it need to? From my perspective, the answers are, respectively, a definite no and a solid yes.
All of these statements were in professional reviews
None of these statements were in professional reviews
Q.15
True or false: When she was First Lady, Michelle Obama called Hamilton “the best piece of art in any form that I have ever seen in my life.”
True
False
Q.16
Which honor or award has either "Hamilton" or its creator not received?
Emmy
Grammy
MacArthur “Genius” Award
Olivier Award
Pulitzer Prize
Kennedy Center Honors
Tony
"World's Greatest Leaders" list from Fortune Magazine
Honorary Knighthood from the Queen of England
Q.17
True or False. When a production of Hamilton opened in London in 2017, the British critics were offended by its depiction of King George III.
True
False
Q.18
Which song has Miranda said is the most “ambitious” in his musical, “and that’s saying a lot”?
Alexander Hamilton
My Shot
The Room Where It Happened
Satisfied
Wait for It
The World Was Wide Enough
Q.19
Hillary Clinton quoted lyrics from three Hamilton songs during her acceptance speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. One of them was: "Let our legacy be about 'planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.' Which song is that from?
Alexander Hamilton
My Shot
The Room Where It Happened
Satisfied
Wait for It
The World Was Wide Enough
Q.20
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton took the title of his new tell-all book about Trump from Hamilton -- The Room Where It Happened. Which other Hamilton song did he quote from to explain why he refused to testify at the House Impeachment hearings, and instead waited to go public when he had a book to sell?
Burn
My Shot
Satisfied
Wait for It
Alexander Hamilton
The World is Wide Enough