40 Musical Quiz Questions For Your Next Pub Quiz
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(Updated on 15 May 2026)
Are you even running a quiz if you don’t include a musicals round? With so many shows, songs, actors, theatres, and more, the number of questions you can come up with is endless. But do you need a little help? Don’t worry, we got you. Here are some musical quiz questions.
## **Musical quiz questions**
Below are 40 musical quiz questions covering three topics: name that musical quiz questions, general knowledge musical quiz questions, and Hamilton song quiz questions. No matter what you’re looking for, it should be covered below.
## **Name that musical**
Which 2001 musical was inspired by a toilet at Waterloo station?
Answer: Urinetown
Which 1982 musical set in Skid Row contains songs written by the composer of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin?
Answer: Little Shop of Horrors
Veronica and JD are the lead characters in which musical?
Answer: Heathers
Which musical features a terrifying sequence involving coffee?
Answer: The Book of Mormon
The songs I’m Alive and I Am the One are from which musical?
Answer: Next To Normal
Which musical received the most Olivier Award nominations for a single production?
Answer: Hamilton
Which musical is based in Peckham?
Answer: Only Fools and Horses
What was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first musical?
Answer: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Which musical contains the line “When you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle”?
Answer: Spamalot
Which musical is parodied in the comedy film Team America: World Police?
Answer: Rent
## **General knowledge musical quiz questions**
What is the oldest theatre site in the West End?
Answer: Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Who wrote Why Am I So Single?
Answer: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
What is the longest-running musical in West End history?
Answer: [Les Misérables](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/les-miserables-tickets)
What is the highest-grossing musical of all time?
Answer: [Disney’s The Lion King](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/the-lion-king-tickets)
What’s the name of the monstrous plant in Little Shop of Horrors?
Answer: Audrey II
What is Jean Valjean’s prison number in Les Misérables?
Answer: 24601
Who originated the role of Evan Hansen in the first West End production of Dear Evan Hansen?
Answer: Sam Tutty
Name five Stephen Sondheim musicals:
Company, Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Follies, A Little Night Music, Merrily We Roll Along, Saturday Night, Assassins, West Side Story, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear a Waltz?, Evening Primrose, The Frogs, Pacific Overtures, Passion, Road Show, Here We Are
Name two shows that take place in British factories:
Kinky Boots, The Sunshine Girl, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Made in Dagenham (and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a discretionary answer)
[Cats](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/cats-tickets) is based on the works of which famous poet?
Answer: T.S. Eliot
Which musical had the shortest production run in West End history? Bonus point for the length of the run.
Answer: Oscar Wilde closed after opening night
How many potential dads does Sophie have in Mamma Mia!?
Answer: Three
Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was made into a musical in 2019?
Answer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Finish the musical title: Hedwig and
Answer: the Angry Inch
Which musical has been adapted into two Oscar-winning films?
Answer: West Side Story
Which Kander and Ebb musical welcomed you to the Kit Kat Club?
Answer: [Cabaret](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/cabaret-london-tickets)
Who originated the roles of Elphaba and Galinda in the original Broadway production of Wicked?
Answer: Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth
Which 2000 teen film was turned into a musical with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda?
Answer: Bring It On
Samantha Barks starred in a West End film-to-stage adaptation from 2021 to 2024. Name the show and character.
Answer: Elsa in Disney’s Frozen
Spice Girls’ Mel C received an Olivier Award nomination for her role in which musical?
Answer: Blood Brothers
## **Guess the [Hamilton](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/hamilton-west-end-tickets) lyrics quiz questions**
Fill in the blanks and complete the Hamilton lyrics:
“And when push comes to shove, I will send a ____ _____ ____ to remind you of my love.”
Answer: Fully armed battalion (You’ll Be Back)
“I’m dedicating every day to you, ____ _____ was never quite my style.”
Answer: Domestic life (Dear Theodosia)
“Oceans rise, empires fall, next to _____, they all look ____”
Answer: Washington / small (I Know Him)
“Heed not the rabble who ____ ____”
Answer: Scream revolution (Farmer Refute)
“I go to France for more ____”
Answer: Funds (Guns and Ships)
“I remember those soldier boys tripping over themselves to win ____ ____.”
Answer: our praise (Satisfied)
"In clearing your name you have ____ our ____.”
Answer: ruined / lives (Burn)
“I’m a get a scholarship to ____ ____.”
Answer: King’s College (My Shot)
“The immigrant emerges with unprecedented ____ ____”
Answer: Financial power (The Room Where It Happens)
“I established the first ____ ____ in New York City.”
Answer: Private orphanage (Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story)