Broadway
Of all the “Romeo and Juliet” Broadway rip-offs, the most famous is what Hudson-adjacent drama that features Tony and Maria’s love in the context of a teenage street gang war?
West Side Story
In her 2005 hit “Hung Up” Madonna sampled “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” by which Swedish supergroup?
ABBA
The main character used the code name "Heisenberg" in what TV drama?
Breaking Bad
The movie includes a titular track from Kenny Loggins, Kevin Bacon performs much of his character's dancing, and John Lithgow leads the charge to ban dancing. All of this occurs in what 1984 film?
Footloose
Named after its philanthropist founder, what "B" institution headquartered on Washington, DC's Think Tank Row has provided public policy analysis since 1916?
Brookings
With over 10,000 performances, what spooky performance is the longest running show in Broadway history?
The Phantom of the Opera
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber partnered with what coffee-and-donuts chain in 2021 to rebrand their donut holes as "Timbiebs?"
Tim Hortons
What fictional president from television was a two-term governor of New Hampshire, like his real-life ancestor and a signer of the Declaration?
Jed Bartlet
What 2004 smash-hit teen comedy movie opened as a musical on Broadway in Spring 2018? The Hollywood Reporter noted in its review that one character changed from an "imperious arbiter of high school hotness to full-blown arch villainess."
Mean Girls
The third entry in an extremely popular post-apocalyptic video game franchise was set in an area known as "Capital Wasteland" which was the ruins of Washington, DC and the surrounding countryside. What is the name of this franchise that shares its title with the term for residual radioactive material in the atmosphere?
Fallout
Although John Williams is known for writing original film scores, he also won an Oscar for adapting the score in the 1971 film version of what Broadway musical?
Fiddler on the Roof
Kimbra already had a top five album in New Zealand when she teamed up with Gotye for what 2012 multi-national chart-topping single?
Somebody That I Used to Know
What daughter of former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin starred in her own namesake Lifetime reality television series subtitled “Life’s A Tripp” in 2012 about moving to “The Last Frontier” state after temporarily living in California?
Bristol Palin
Although the movie "Legally Blonde" is based on Harvard's Law School, the author of the book (source material for the movie) was based on Amanda Brown's experience at what other law school? Hint: the answer is in the same state as UCLA where much of the movie was filmed.
Stanford
The Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, formerly the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., occupies a Romanesque building originally built to serve what purpose?
Post Office
What colorful three-word term for Broadway, alluding to its distinction of being one of the first electrically illuminated streets in the country, was coined in 1901?
The Great White Way
What's the better known name of English pop star Charlotte Emma Aitchison, whose stage name is taken from the MSN Messenger display name she used as a young teen?
Charli XCX
"The Addams Family" television show is based on cartoons created by Charles Addams for what publication?
The New Yorker
What 1992 film depicts the lives of 4 real estate salesmen after their corporate owner sends Alec Baldwin's character to tell them all but the top two salesman will be fired at the end of the week? Always be closing.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Known for sporting the letters “T” and “C” on their official caps, what MLB team was founded in Washington D.C. as the Washington Senators in 1901?
Minnesota Twins
Elder Price dreams of being sent to Orlando for his mission in what hit 2010's Broadway musical?
The Book of Mormon
What celebrated American actress has also had a song on the Billboard Hot 100 charts—the title track of the 2008 film version of "Mamma Mia!"?
Meryl Streep
American Idol holds the record for most consecutive seasons at Number 1 on the Nielsen ratings. What controversial (at the time) show from the 1970s holds the record for most consecutive Number 1 seasons for a scripted television show?
All in the Family
What was the real first name of Indiana Jones? Hint: it's not Illinois or Iowa; it's much more boring than that.
Henry
Navy and yellow are the only two colors on the "sunburst" official flag of what Washington "trust instrumentality?"
The Smithsonian Institution