This DCOM premiered to a whopping 17.2 million live viewers, still a channel record, breaking the previous record set less than a year earlier by over 9 million viewers
High School Musical 2
Taylor Swift grew up on a Christmas tree farm in the small town of Wyomissing in this state
Pennsylvania
On February 11, 2012, this show celebrated its 10,000th performance, becoming the first Broadway production in history to do so
The Phantom of the Opera
Name one of the two Montgomery County public high schools named for someone born outside of the U.S. (+100 points if you can name both)
Albert Einstein + Winston Churchill
In 2008, Barack Obama and this man, his vice presidential pick, defeated John McCain and Sarah Palin in the election (you've all heard of this man)
Joe Biden
List 2 of the 3 names of the Jonas brothers’ characters in Camp Rock (+100 points if you can name all 3)
Jason, Nate, Shane
This Taylor Swift album is her only album to never reach the top of the Billboard 200
Taylor Swift
This show, premiering on Broadway in 2005, takes place at the 25th annual spelling bee set in this fictional American county
Putnam County
Founded in 1892, this public high school is fittingly the county’s oldest
Richard Montgomery
Fireflies by this artist hit the #1 spot on the Billboard charts in November of 2009
Owl City
Of the top 5 most viewed DCOM premieres, this is the only one not to have been released in the 2000s
Teen Beach Movie
Taylor Swift’s younger brother, an actor and producer on several of her music videos, shares his first name with a state capital
Austin
After hoping and praying to be sent to Orlando for his mission trip, Elder Price, along with Elder Cunningham, end up being sent to this country instead
Uganda
This company, based in Bethesda, is the world’s largest hotel chain with over 8,900 properties
Marriott
In 2002, this vocalist won the inaugural season of American Idol
Kelly Clarkson
After discovering that his stepdaughter is Radio Rebel, Tara’s father gets her a job at this fictional Seattle radio station
SLAM FM
This Taylor Swift album is by far her most successful in terms of album sales, with over 7.2 million sales in just the U.S. alone (according to Billboard)
Fearless
While primarily known for Hamilton, this show about a Dominican-American neighborhood in Manhattan was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first on Broadway
In the Heights
Montgomery County’s northeastern border is defined by the course of this river, the longest river entirely within Maryland
Patuxent River
List the first or last Pixar movie to be released in the 2000s (+200 points if you can name both)
Monsters Inc. (2001) & Up (2009)
This rival band constantly antagonizes the members of Lemonade Mouth throughout the movie
Mudslide Crush
Taylor Swift’s highest-ever single-night attendance for a live show came on February 16, 2024, when she performed in front of over 96,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in this country
Australia
This famous Broadway theatre is named for the composer of Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music
Richard Rodgers Theatre
This 75-acre reservoir in Derwood is Montgomery County’s largest lake
Lake Needwood
The first iPhone was both announced and released in this year
2007