"Hamilton" Trivia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wait for It

"Wait for It" is sung by Aaron Burr, who was played by Leslie Odom Jr in the original Broadway cast.

Answer: $10

Not only do cast members from "Hamilton" perform at the outdoor (and sometimes online) Ham4Ham shows - cast members from nearby musicals such as "Fun Home" and "Les Mis" have also participated in raffling off Hamilton tickets!

Answer: When he got a dog

This isn't the full story - Lin says in "Hamilton: a Revolution" that already they had been struggling when they went to a vacation to the Dominican Republic with his wife's family. "My wife's aunt [...] was struggling was ALS, so the air was heavy: we dreaded/anticipated the news of her passing even as we attempted to make the best of this vacation. Amidst all this, one day a tiny stray puppy jumped up on my wife's beach chair and nipped at her ankle, with large brown eyes that pleaded, "Get me off this island." [...] Vanessa, a lifelong cat person, switched teams in that moment and Tobillo (Spanish for ankle) entered our lives for good."

Answer: Where I come from, some get half as many.

Cast member Anthony Ramos (John Laurens / Phillip Schuyler) said that he related to this quote. In the neighborhood where he grew up, it was considered lucky to live past the age of 21 because so few did.

Answer: True

At first, the role was given to Brian D'Arcy James. After several rehearsals, however, it was passed on to "Groffsauce", as he has been dubbed by both Mr. Miranda and the fandom.

Answer: Jefferson/Lafayette

This is said together by Jefferson/Lafayette and Madison/Mulligan. Interestingly enough, the double casting is totally intentional. While Jefferson fought against Hamilton, Lafayette fought alongside him.

Answer: Peggy

She plays Maria Reynolds (hence the "I loved him" in the opening scene alongside Angelica and Eliza).

Answer: Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree.

He apparently quoted the line often while he was alive. Lin-Manuel Miranda didn't know this until he was personally informed by Hamilton's biographer, and he decided to put the line into the musical.

Answer: I like you a lot

Just before this compliment to Laurens, he sang, "Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot, I think your pants look hot." The fact that Hamilton takes less than a moment to come up with personalized comments and then moves on to making revolutionary plans ("...

A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?/ Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!") is yet one more example of his rapid-fire thought.

Answer: False

This is a nod to the clear lack of letters and documents. Lin tried to imagine why this was, and came up with the song "Burn", describing how Eliza went after her husband's legacy - the thing he treasured above all else - after he made his affair with Maria Reynolds public.

A Ron Chernow's biography of Hamilton asserts that she burned her letters to him, but it is that author's opinion, not a fact that was documented at the time. All we have as evidence is a lack of correspondence.

Answer: Your Obedient Servant

"Your Obedient Servant" is a shout-out to the way people back then signed their letters (the equivalent of 'sincerely'). This line is also used ironically, since "your obedient servant" implies civility while the song is an argument between Hamilton and Burr.

Answer: Betsy Struxness

The Gypsy Robe is a theater tradition in which a chorus member with the most Broadway credits receives a robe on opening night. Before curtain, everyone associated with the show gather onstage for the Gypsy Robe ceremony.

Answer: RENT

"RENT" tells the story of a group of starving young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It ran on Broadway from 1996 to 2008, closing before "Hamilton" opened.

Answer: They have not your interests at heart

The song "Farmer Refuted" is based on an anonymously published pamphlet by Samuel Seabury signed, "A Westchester Farmer". Hamilton's responses were "A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress" and "The Farmer Refuted".

Answer: David Bowie

Many, many famous people- from Emma Watson to Bernie Sanders have seen this show (and loved it!). The Obamas liked it so much that they invited the cast over to the White House to perform. But David Bowie never saw it before his death in 2016.