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New York Theater November 2012 Quiz

New York Theater November 2012 Quiz

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#1New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 11/30/12 at 12:21pm

See how many of the 10 you can answer correctly

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

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#2New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 12/1/12 at 8:50am

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
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#2New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 12/1/12 at 9:01am

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

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#3New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 12/1/12 at 9:13am

Please do take the quiz. You'll see the phrasing of the question on the quiz itself addresses your concern.
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#4New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 12/1/12 at 2:31pm

Got a 70%, missed #2,3,10

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#5New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 12/1/12 at 10:24pm

That's pretty good, Yankeefan. Impressive you got # 7 right, which I think is the most obscure.

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#6New York Theater November 2012 Quiz
Posted: 12/3/12 at 8:47am

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.
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