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100

This musical involves a green-skinned witch that tells the untold story of the Land of Oz long before Dorothy arrived.

What is Wicked?

100

This William Shakespeare tragedy features the feuding Capulet and Montague families, whose children become star-crossed lovers.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

This famous pepper picker is known for grabbing a peck of pickled peppers.

Who/what is Peter Piper?

100

From the Sound of Music: "Do, a deer a ______ ____"

What is "female deer"?

100

What is Clarkson's Mascot?

The Golden Knight.

200

This revolutionary hip-hop musical features many founding fathers in United States history, which was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

What is Hamilton?

200

Set during the Salem witch trials, this 1953 Arthur Miller play with characters such as John Proctor served as an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare.

What is The Crucible?

200

This wood-loving creature is asked how much timber he could toss if he had the capability.

What is a Woodchuck?

200

Dear Evan Hansen, Evan sings: "Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need a friend to carry you, and when you're broken on the ground, you will be ___"

What is "found"?

200

President Larson is the 19th President of Clarkson University and is the first to do what in Clarkson's 128-year history?

She is Clarkson first female President. 

300

Written by Anaïs Mitchell, this musical reimagines the ancient Greek love stories of Orpheus and Eurydice.

What is Hadestown?

300

This William Shakespeare play about a Scottish general who commits regicide to become king is famously referred to by actors as "The Scottish Play" due to a centuries-old curse.

What is Macbeth?

300

She performs her retail business down by the ocean.

Who is "She" or "Sally"?

300

In Hamilton, King George III sends a delightfully passive-aggressive warning to the colonies: "You'll be back, soon you'll see, you'll remember you belong to me. You'll be back, time will tell, you'll remember that I serve ____ ____"

What is "you well"?

300

When was Clarkson Founded?

1896.

400

King Arthur and his knights start this medieval spoof with a classic overture and a fish-slapping song.

What is Spamalot?

400

This William Shakespeare tragedy set in Denmark features the brooding Prince soliloquizing about whether "to be, or not to be."

What is Hamlet?

400

This bear had no hair, which made him not very funny at all.

Who/what is Fuzzy Wuzzy?

400

Christine and the Phantom sing this ominous line during the title track: "The Phantom of the Opera is there... _____ ____ ____"

What is "inside your/my mind"?

400

How many acres is Clarkson's Campus?

640-acres located in the foothills of the Adirondack Park.

500

This demon barber of Fleet Street returns to London seeking bloody revenge with the help of Mrs. Lovett.

Who/what is Sweeney Todd?

500

In Michelle Giles’ popular, family-friendly murder mystery play, passengers drop dead from suspected poisoning while trapped on this specific westbound red-eye train.

What is Murder on the 518?

500

This six-legged creature bit a big black bear, causing the big black bear to bleed blood.

What/who is a big black bug?

500

Professor Harold Hill warns the parents of River City in The Music Man: "Ya got trouble, right here in River City! With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for ____"

What is "Pool!"?

500

What is the motto in Clarkson’s seal taken from Thomas S. Clarkson's favorite biblical verse in II Timothy?

"A Workman That Needeth Not to be Ashamed."

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