NYC
This island in New York is commonly referred to as "the city". What is its PROPER name, taken from the Lenape Indians? The Island of...
What is MANHATTAN
What New York City neighborhood was Lin Manuel Miranda raised in?
What is Washington Heights
Washington Heights derives its name from this revolutionary war fort built on the Hudson River. It shares the name with a bridge connecting it to Fort Lee, NJ
What is Fort Washington
Throughout the movie, Lin Manual Miranda appears as a man selling Piragua, a desert from Puerto Rico served with flavoring and a cone full of this shaved material.
What is ICE
This August day is Maya's ACTUAL Birthday.
What is August 23rd.
Lin Manuel Mirando wrote both In The Heights and Hamilton. In The Heights takes place in Washington Heights. But true or false- Hamilton Heights is ALSO a place in NYC.
True! It's right below Washington Heights.
Music for this Disney/ Pixar movie was written at the same time Lin Manual Miranda was working on Hamilton, making it (in his words) a cousin to Hamilton.
What is Moana
What is the name of the bridge that connects NYC to Fort Lee, NJ in Washington Heights?
George Washington Bridge
This Kermit the Frog colored sea creature appears several times in the movie, and is the subject of a lot of debate on the internet.
What is a green crab
Maya likes pretty much all pizza- but her favorite pizza comes from THIS local restaurant.
What is Arturo's
How many floors are in the Empire State Building?
102
His first broadway musical won him 13 Tony Awards, including 4 for Best Musical and Best Original Score. What was it?
What is In The Heights
The man who created Marvel comics such as Iron Man, Spirder-Man, Thor and more, not only appears in every Marvel Universe movie- but also spent his childhood In The Heights!
Who is Stan Lee
During the song Breathe in the movie, an older couple gets out of a car and says "Welcome home". What is their relationship in real life to Lin Manuel Miranda?
His parents!
Maya plays which musical instrument mostly?
The Flute
Commuters from New Jersey generally take the train into THIS large and recently renovated startion.
Which US President did the cast of Hamilton perform for in Washington DC?
President Obama
True or False- the highest natural point in all of New York City is in Washington Heights?
True!
The narrator and central character in the movie is Usnavi. Who played him in the original Broadway production?
Who is Lin Manual Miranda
Maya has 2 cats. Can you name them both?
Who are Nelly and Dusty!
The now-famous neighborhood north of 155th Street between the Harlem River and the Hudson River is called....
Washington Heights
Before he started acting and before his shows became famous, what was his job?
School teacher.
There aree TWO Subway lines in New York City that serve Washington Heights. Can you name ONE of them?
The A train or the C train.
One of the central characters of the movie shares the same first name as Lin Manual Miranda's real life wife.
Who is Vanessa
Where did Maya live right before moving to Maplewood?
Brooklyn!