Here are the correct answers to our quiz. You can get your grade at the bottom of this page.

Question
1. What language are the schoolboys in Spring Awakening studying in Act I?

d. Latin. They are translating Virgil.

2. What subject does Professor Frankenstein teach in The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein?

a. Anatomy

3. What is the name of the school Danny, Sandy, and their friends attend in the musical Grease?

d. Rydell High

4. At the beginning of In the Heights, Nina arrives home in upper Manhattan after finishing her freshman year at what West Coast university?

b. Stanford

5. In Legally Blonde The Musical, college senior Elle Woods pulls out the stops to go to Harvard Law School after graduating from what West Coast university?

c. UCLA

6. In South Pacific, Lt. Cable sings "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught." What social ill does he argue is schooled, rather than innate?

c. Racism. "You've got to be taught to be afraid/Of people whose eyes are oddly made/And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade."

7. In her high school drama class, what object did the character Diana in A Chorus Line (now on national tour) attempt to portray, only to feel "Nothing"?

d. An ice cream cone. She tries, unsuccessfully, to melt.

8. Who is Madame Morrible?

d. The headmistress of Shiz University in Wicked

9. What schoolyard sport proves Tracy Turnblad's undoing in Hairspray?

a. Dodge ball. Amber Von Tussle knocks Tracy unconscious by deliberately aiming the ball at her head, but heartthrob Link is on hand to comfort Tracy.

10. What does an 11-year-old schoolboy named Billy Elliott stumble into that will change his life? a. The title character of Billy Elliot the Musical happens upon a ballet class while on his way to a boxing lesson.

11. Who enrolls Dan Quayle Junior High in Appleton, Indiana?

b. Evan Goldman is a New Yorker who moves to Indiana when his parents divorce. He strives to be part of the "in" crowd at his new school, which is the setting for 13, a new musical from Jason Robert Brown.

12. Who sings "What Do You Do with a BA in English?"

b. At the beginning of the musical Avenue Q, Princeton has just graduated from college and is looking for his first apartment.

Grade Yourself

How many questions did you answer correctly?

11 or 12 correct: A
Congratulations! You are at the head of the class. Give yourself a standing ovation.

9 or 10 correct: B
Not bad. Though there's room for improvement, you're on your way to becoming a Broadway braniac.

7 to 8 correct: C
You're an average student. Homework assignment: Catch the shows that correspond to the questions you missed.

5 to 6 correct: D
Better start taking remedial classes, and see as many Broadway
shows as possible!

0 to 4 correct: F
There's hope. Go to the theatre as much as you can, listen to cast albums of all the musicals, and visit ILoveNYTheater.com, where you will find links to all the shows' official websites, which you should study.