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Musical Theatre trivia quiz

Musical Theatre trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 Musical Theatre questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Musical Theatre questions cover

  • Choreography
  • Composers
  • Sondheim
  • Original Cast
  • Pulitzer
  • Adaptations
  • Arthurian
  • Assassins
  • Broadway Stars
  • Design
  • Directors
  • Fiddler

Try three Musical Theatre questions

Question 1

Who composed the musical about a masked figure haunting the Paris Opera House?

  1. Andrew Lloyd Webber
  2. Leonard Bernstein
  3. Stephen Sondheim
  4. Cole Porter
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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Question 2

Which creator wrote the music and lyrics for the hit musical about Alexander Hamilton?

  1. Jonathan Larson
  2. Lin-Manuel Miranda
  3. Jason Robert Brown
  4. Trey Parker
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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Question 3

Who became a major star after playing Fanny Brice in the original Broadway production about a Ziegfeld Follies performer?

  1. Patti LuPone
  2. Liza Minnelli
  3. Barbra Streisand
  4. Julie Andrews
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Barbra Streisand

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Musical Theatre match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Musical Theatre questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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