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Tony Awards Pub Quiz: 12 Trivia Questions
A ready-to-read Tony Awards quiz for pubs, parties, and theatre nights. Read a question aloud, take guesses, then reveal the answer.
1. Who are the Tony Awards named after?
Answer: Antoinette Perry
An actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
2. In what year were the first Tony Awards presented?
Answer: 1947
3. Which two organizations co-present the Tony Awards?
Answer: The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League
4. Which 2001 musical holds the record for most Tony Awards won by a single production?
Answer: The Producers
It won 12 Tony Awards.
5. Who holds the record for the most Tony Awards won by an individual?
Answer: Harold Prince
He won 21 Tony Awards over his career.
6. Which performer has won the most Tony Awards for acting?
Answer: Audra McDonald
She has won six competitive Tony Awards for acting.
7. At which New York venue are the Tony Awards most often held?
Answer: Radio City Music Hall
8. For a show to be Tony-eligible, it must play in what kind of New York theatre?
Answer: A Broadway theatre
There are 41 Broadway houses in the Theatre District and Lincoln Center.
9. Which 2016 musical won 11 Tony Awards, the second-highest total for a single production?
Answer: Hamilton
10. Which Stephen Sondheim musical won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1971?
Answer: Company
11. What non-competitive Tony honor recognizes outstanding contributions by theatre professionals such as stage managers and wardrobe crews?
Answer: Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre
12. Which legendary director and choreographer won Tonys for both West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof, among many others?
Answer: Jerome Robbins
He won for choreographing West Side Story and for directing and choreographing Fiddler on the Roof.
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