The Everything is Rent Trivia Challenge


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Question # 1 Where does Jill, the model, live?

    A) the abandoned lot
    B) Penthouse A
    C) Apt. 3B
    D) Apt. #17

Question # 2 What is Alexi Darling's home phone number?

    A) 763-0090
    B) 970-4301
    C) 919-0090
    D) 863-6754

Question # 3 If Rent had followed the story of La Boheme more closely, some things would have been different. Which of these things would NOT have happened? (For a hint, try here.)

    A) Mimi would've died
    B) Maureen would've gone back to Mark
    C) Benny would've had an affair with Mimi and Maureen
    D) Collins never would have lost his coat

Question # 4 Which of these Christmas songs is NOT used in Rent?

    A) O Christmas Tree
    B) White Christmas
    C) Joy to the World
    D) O Little Town of Bethlehem

Question # 5 What does Maureen want to dress as to protest the ground breaking of the lot?

    A) a backhoe
    B) a groundhog
    C) a cow
    D) a bulldog

Question # 6 What's Mark's sister's name?

    A) Cindy
    B) Allison
    C) Rachel
    D) Martha

Question # 7 What's Benny's last name?

    A) Grey
    B) Johnson
    C) Coffin
    D) Goodman

Question # 8 After the party at the Life Cafe, Mark will preview his documentary about:

    A) his inability to hold an erection
    B) mucho masturbation
    C) Roger's attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
    D) the life of his friends

Question # 9 Who pays for Angel's funeral?

    A) Collins
    B) Benny
    C) Everyone chipped in
    D) No one, they left without paying

Question # 10 Where did Joanne go to college?

    A) Harvard
    B) Miss Porter's
    C) Columbia
    D) Princeton

Question # 11 What is Mark and Roger's "illegal wood burning stove?"

    A) A very old wood burning stove -- a touch thrown in from La Boheme
    B) A stove that is so broken down that it is no longer legal to use
    C) a campfire-like pit
    D) a trash can

Question # 12 How much does Angel pay for Collins' new coat? (in "Christmas Bells")

    A) $10
    B) $15
    C) $20
    D) $25

Question # 13 Which of these people do NOT speak at Angel's funeral?

    A) Joanne
    B) Mark
    C) Maureen
    D) Mimi

Question # 14 What time is the "Life Support" meeting on Christmas Eve?

    A) 9:00 PM
    B) 9:30 PM
    C) 10:00 PM
    D) 10:30 PM

Question # 15 Roger tells Benny, furiously, that he can't kick out all the homeless in the lot and then go watch what movie on TV?

    A) A Christmas Story
    B) Miracle on 34rth street
    C) A Charlie Brown Christmas
    D) It's a Wonderful Life

Question # 16 What is Alison's mood when we first see Benny speaking with her?

    A) sad
    B) tired
    C) anxious
    D) mad

Question # 17 What is the name of the "Life Support" group leader?

    A) Steve
    B) Gordon
    C) Paul
    D) Ali

Question # 18 Who do we see in Mark's film "Today 4 U: Proof Positive" before the power blows?

    A) Roger
    B) Roger and Mark
    C) Roger, Mark and Benny
    D) Roger, Mark, Benny and Angel

Question # 19 In the Original Broadway Cast, who played Mimi's Mother?

    A) Fredi Walker
    B) Gwen Stewart
    C) Kristen Lee Kelly
    D) Aiko Nakasone

Question # 20 Where was Rent first performed?

    A) the Nederlander
    B) the Shubert
    C) the Shaftesbury
    D) the New York Theatre Workshop

Question # 21 How long was Rent in production from the time of the first idea to the time of it's first performance in the Nederlander?

    A) 3 years
    B) 5 years
    C) 7 years
    D) 8 years

Question # 22 How many items are ordered at the Life Cafe? (besides wine and beer)

    A) 13
    B) 15
    C) 24
    D) 28

Question # 23 How many different holidays do we witness in Rent?

    A) 2
    B) 3
    C) 4
    D) 5

Question # 24 How many voice mail messages are received?

    A) 4
    B) 5
    C) 9
    D) 11

Question # 25 Everything is Rent: how many times is the word 'Rent' spoken or sung during the musical? (Note: Each "rent" counts as one. So, "Rent rent rent re-ent rent" counts as five.)

    A) 21
    B) 23
    C) 24
    D) 25

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