Hamilton Lyrics Quiz: the all-new Hamilton quiz

By Helen Wright

If you’ve read our travel with the musicals post, you’ll know we’ve been in a musical theatre mood recently. During lockdown, we couldn’t travel to Broadway or enjoy a night out in the West End to watch Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical, Hamilton, but thanks to Disney Plus we were able to enjoy the brilliance from home. To make it even more fun, we’ve put together a Hamilton quiz – or more specifically a Hamilton lyrics quiz – for you to play as you watch along, OR to simply test your superfan knowledge.

Answer all 25 Hamilton trivia questions and then click at the bottom to get the answers. Do you know which character warned that ‘history has its eyes on you’ and who was ‘reliable with the ladies’? Do you know every Hamilton song word perfect? Take the quiz and find out!

Cover image: Disney© / Disney Plus /Lin Manuel Miranda

Hamilton Quiz: 25 Hamilton Lyrics Quiz questions

hamilton lyrics quiz hamilton quiz — Lin Manuel Miranda performs in the recording on Disney Plus (image: Disney© / Disney Plus /Lin Manuel Miranda)

1. Which character, along with Hamilton, sings ‘Immigrants, we get the job done’.

2. Complete the lyric ‘In New York you can be a…’

3. Who needs to ‘talk less and smile more?

4. Who sings ‘and Peggy’?

5. Who does King George III say he will kill to show how much he loves them?

6. What does George Washington think is harder than dying?

7. Who does Angelica want included in the ‘sequel’ to the declaration of independence?

8. Which U.S State does Thomas Jefferson call his Home Sweet Home?

9. Who sings that they want to be in the room where it happens?

10. What do Alexander and Phillip joke is legal in New Jersey?

Hamilton quiz questions continue below:

Hamilton Lyrics Quiz

11. How many years does Eliza live after Alexander dies?

12. Fill in these blanks from Satisfied:

I’m a girl in a world in which
My only job is to ___ ___
My father has no sons so I’m the one
Who has to social climb for one
So I’m the ___ and the ____ and the gossip in
New York City is insidious
And Alexander is ___

13. What is the first line in the whole show?

14. In Helpless, why does Eliza laugh at Angelica?

15. Who describes themselves as Imitable and Original?

16. How many times does King George III sing da (dat / ya) in ‘You’ll be back’?

a) 56
b) 94
c) 102

17. Who is America’s favourite fighting Frenchman?

18. What Shakespeare play does Hamilton describe in his letter to Angelica as a Scottish tragedy?

19. In the same song, what grammatical mark confuses Angelica?

20. Name Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton’s children who will ‘come of age with our young nation’?

21. In The Reynolds Pamphlet, what political mistake does Hamilton effectively make, as sung about by Jefferson, Madison and Burr?

22. During ‘It’s Quiet Uptown’, what is said to the easier thing to do when you are already in too deep?

23. How does Alexander compare himself to his country?