Weird Al’s “The Hamilton Polka” dropped today, inspiring this round of trivia.
- Before Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote music and lyrics for and starred in what Tony award winning musical set in a mostly Hispanic New York neighborhood?
- Name both the song and classic TV show being parodied in the video from which the still below is taken.
- An excise tax favored by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton on what he deemed were “luxury goods” lead to an insurrection centered in Pennsylvania that reached a violent head in 1794. What domestically produced product was at the heart of this conflict?
- “Headline News”, which refers to bizarre crimes of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbitt, is a parody of what 1993 song that is also about puzzling incidents?
- What festive polka by JaromÃr Vejvoda is often played at Wisconsin sporting events, most notably during the seventh inning stretch of Milwaukee Brewers baseball games?
Answers
- In the Heights
- “Money for Nothing”, The Beverly Hillbillies
- whiskey
- “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”
- “Beer Barrel Polka” aka “Roll Out the Barrel”
