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Rent Musical Pub Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions
A ready-to-read Rent quiz for pubs, parties, and theatre nights. Read a question aloud, take guesses, then reveal the answer.
1. Who wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Rent?
Answer: Jonathan Larson
2. Which Puccini opera inspired Rent?
Answer: La Boheme
3. In what Manhattan neighborhood is Rent set?
Answer: The East Village (Alphabet City)
4. What is the name of the aspiring filmmaker who narrates much of Rent?
Answer: Mark Cohen
5. How many minutes are in a year, according to "Seasons of Love"?
Answer: 525,600 minutes
6. In what year did Rent open on Broadway?
Answer: 1996
7. Which Broadway theatre hosted Rent's long New York run?
Answer: The Nederlander Theatre
8. Who directed the original Broadway production of Rent?
Answer: Michael Greif
9. What happened to Jonathan Larson on the morning of Rent's first preview?
Answer: He died suddenly of an aortic dissection
The show went on that night at New York Theatre Workshop.
10. Which two characters sing the duet "Take Me or Leave Me"?
Answer: Maureen and Joanne
11. Besides its Tony Awards, what major prize did Rent win in 1996?
Answer: The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
12. What is the drag performer and street drummer character's full name in Rent?
Answer: Angel Dumott Schunard
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