I’m back after a three-week hiatus (work trip followed by a family holiday). Japan was good for the soul. Expect a lot more questions from the land of the rising sun in the next couple of weeks.

Question 1

Lin-Manuel Miranda has won everything from a Pulitzer to an Olivier. He also has two Oscar nominations - Best Original Song for the movies Moana and Encanto. With Moana 2 coming out later this year, LMM will have another go at winning an Oscar which will put him in a truly elite prize-winning club that only has 19 performers till date in it. What is this elite club?

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Answer: 

EGOT - people who have completed the quad of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Elton John is the latest entrant to this truly prestigious club. LMM already has multiple Es, Gs and Ts under his belt. 

Question 2

LMM is most famous for turning Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton into the massive global musical sensation Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton’s efforts as the United States’ first Secretary of Treasury and his fierce advocacy for a powerful federal government led to the formation of the first political party in the US. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison created their own political group in opposition to this party, the Democratic-Republican Party. Name the political party?  

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Answer: 

Federalist Party

Question 3

Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent was a massive influence on the young LMM and paved his way towards becoming a writer of musicals. So it was no surprise that LMM decided to turn another Larson musical (a semi-autobiographical one) into his feature film directorial debut. Andrew Garfield won an Oscar nomination for playing Jonathan Larson in this movie. Identify.

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Answer: 

Tick, Tick... Boom!

Question 4

LMM is a formidable actor as well and Disney delighted fans by choosing him to play a Greek god in their Percy Jackson TV series. This Greek god shares a lot of similarities with the Egyptian god Thoth. They are both patrons of writers and represent wisdom, the written word (Thoth invented writing) and communication. Identify this Greek god. 

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Answer: 

Hermes