Sample question Which of the following screen stars performing in a play that opened this month was making her New York theater debut? Jessica Chastain, The Heiress Katie Holmes, Dead Accounts Chita Rivera, The Mystery of Edwin Drood Sigourney Weaver, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Several of the quiz questions this month involve drama critics, such as this one:
In a review of what work this month did New York Times drama critic Charles Isherwood use the word “Weltanschauung”? A Celebration of Harold Pinter A Christmas Story Golden Child The Whale New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Not that I'm taking the quiz, but haven't all those actresses been on a NY stage?
Jessica was in Othello with Phillip Seymour Hoffman Katie was in All my Sons on Broadway Sigourney was in all those Durang performances in NY And Chita... well, she's Chita
Only 33% of the people who have taken the quiz so far have answered question 7 correctly, the lowest correct response. The highest correct response -- 95% -- is to this question: True or false: Larry Hagman, who died this month at age 81 after a stellar career in television highlighted by roles as astronaut Tony Nelson in “I Dream of Jeannie” and as oil baron J.R. Ewing in “Dallas,” had a special connection to Broadway. New York Theater November 2012 Quiz