"Hamilton" Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Answer: Meet Me Inside

In "Meet Me Inside" George Washington orders Alexander Hamilton to return home from the war. John Laurens shot Charles Lee in the waist during their duel, and in this line Hamilton demonstrates his lack of remorse for permitting the duel to occur.

Answer: Farmer Refuted

In this song, Samuel Seabury argues against the revolution. Hamilton interjects and attempts to debate with him. This is one of multiple instances in "Hamilton" where the characters show awareness of the music: the score does, indeed, modulate up a half-step just prior to this line.

Answer: Double-check his utilities

The "Ten Duel Commandments" recur throughout the musical. In total, there are three duels: Laurens vs Lee; Phillip Hamilton vs George Eacker; and, of course, Alexander Hamilton vs Aaron Burr. Having the doctor "turn around to have deniability" is a means of protecting the doctor - if his back is turned, he can honestly say he didn't witness anything. Paying him in advance and treating him with civility are sensible if you want the doctor to do his best to treat you if necessary.

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette

This line comes from "Guns and Ships", a song that requires Lafayette to rap at breakneck speed. Lafayette convinces Washington that, if they are to win at Yorktown, Hamilton must take the lead. In the original Broadway production, Daveed Diggs played Lafayette in Act 1 and Jefferson in Act 2. He won the Tony for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.

Answer: I Know Him

King George appears on stage for a mere nine minutes, yet manages to squeeze in three songs. In "I Know Him", King George discovers that John Adams is to be the new President of the United States. King George is very critical of the Americans seeking independence and believes they would be better off under his rule.

Answer: I forgot my dang name

In the previous song, "Helpless", we see Alexander and Eliza meet for the first time. In "Satisfied", we rewind back in time (the characters move backwards and the turntable in the floor spins in the opposite direction) and view the scene from Angelica's point of view.

This ties into the musical's overall theme that everybody will have a different version of history and how things happened. "I forgot my dang name" refers, on the surface, to the euphoric feeling of attraction, but it also reflects Angelica momentarily forgetting that she is a Schuyler and has familial responsibilities to marry rich, as she realises later in the song.

In real life, however, Angelica was not the eldest Schuyler child and, indeed, was already married when she met Alexander.

Answer: Washington on Your Side

It is during this moment that Thomas Jefferson realises that he must resign from the Cabinet. This passage uses a dactylic meter (a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables) along with internal false rhyme, assonance and alliteration. Dactyls, a relatively uncommon meter, are also used in Lafayette's blistering rap: "No one has more resilience or matches my practical tactical brilliance".

This serves as a reference to the fact that Lafayette and Jefferson is a dual role, played by one actor.

Answer: My Shot

This is how Hercules Mulligan introduces himself. "Loco parentis" is Latin for "in the place of parents". This has a double-meaning in the show: he is saying that he views himself as a parental figure to his younger friends, but it also refers to the notion of Founding Fathers.

Answer: It's Quiet Uptown

This heartbreaking song details the grief of Alexander and Eliza following the death of their son, Phillip. Together, they slowly begin to piece their lives back together as Eliza forgives Alexander for his adultery. The following song begins with Jefferson asking "Can we get back to politics?", which offers the audience a reprieve from the confronting emotions of "It's Quiet Uptown".

Answer: Who tells your story?

All of these lines come from the show's final song, "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story". The show ends with the cast directly asking the audience who tells their stories. This musical ends in an emotional, tender way. While there are harmonies and orchestrations throughout the song, the final word is sung a cappella and as a single, unified note.