Historical Musicals

Description: This quiz will test your knowledge of historical musicals, which are a genre of musical theatre that are set in a specific historical period.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which historical musical is set during the American Revolution?

  1. Hamilton

  2. Les Misérables

  3. The Phantom of the Opera

  4. Chicago


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hamilton is a historical musical that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Which historical musical is set during the French Revolution?

  1. Les Misérables

  2. The Phantom of the Opera

  3. Chicago

  4. Cats


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Les Misérables is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of people during the French Revolution.

Which historical musical is set during the Victorian era?

  1. The Phantom of the Opera

  2. Chicago

  3. Cats

  4. The Lion King


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Phantom of the Opera is a historical musical that tells the story of a masked figure who terrorizes the Paris Opera House.

Which historical musical is set during the Roaring Twenties?

  1. Chicago

  2. Cats

  3. The Lion King

  4. Wicked


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chicago is a historical musical that tells the story of two women who are accused of murder in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties.

Which historical musical is set during the Great Depression?

  1. Cats

  2. The Lion King

  3. Wicked

  4. The Producers


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cats is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of cats who live in a junkyard.

Which historical musical is set during the Second World War?

  1. The Lion King

  2. Wicked

  3. The Producers

  4. Cabaret


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cabaret is a historical musical that tells the story of a nightclub in Berlin during the Second World War.

Which historical musical is set during the Cold War?

  1. Wicked

  2. The Producers

  3. Cabaret

  4. Chess


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chess is a historical musical that tells the story of a chess match between two grandmasters, one from the United States and one from the Soviet Union.

Which historical musical is set during the Vietnam War?

  1. The Producers

  2. Cabaret

  3. Chess

  4. Hair


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hair is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of young people who are protesting the Vietnam War.

Which historical musical is set during the Civil Rights Movement?

  1. Cabaret

  2. Chess

  3. Hair

  4. Dreamgirls


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Dreamgirls is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of African American women who form a singing group in the 1960s.

Which historical musical is set during the AIDS crisis?

  1. Chess

  2. Hair

  3. Dreamgirls

  4. Rent


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rent is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of young people who are living in New York City during the AIDS crisis.

Which historical musical is set during the September 11 attacks?

  1. Hair

  2. Dreamgirls

  3. Rent

  4. Come From Away


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Come From Away is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of people who were stranded in Gander, Newfoundland, after the September 11 attacks.

Which historical musical is set during the Great Recession?

  1. Dreamgirls

  2. Rent

  3. Come From Away

  4. Hamilton


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hamilton is a historical musical that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Which historical musical is set during the COVID-19 pandemic?

  1. Rent

  2. Come From Away

  3. Hamilton

  4. Jagged Little Pill


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Jagged Little Pill is a historical musical that tells the story of a family who is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Which historical musical is set during the Black Lives Matter movement?

  1. Come From Away

  2. Hamilton

  3. Jagged Little Pill

  4. Caroline, or Change


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Caroline, or Change is a historical musical that tells the story of a Black woman who works as a maid for a Jewish family in the 1960s.

Which historical musical is set during the January 6th attack on the Capitol?

  1. Hamilton

  2. Jagged Little Pill

  3. Caroline, or Change

  4. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a historical musical that tells the story of a group of middle school students who are competing in a spelling bee.

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