High School Musical 2
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50 free High School Musical 2 trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
High School Musical 2 picked up the Wildcats on the last day of school and sent them off to work for the summer. When it premiered in August 2007 it drew the biggest audience basic cable had ever seen, and its songs went straight into the charts. This quiz follows the film from the final school bell to the closing party. Expect questions on the jobs the gang take at the Evans family's country club, Sharpay's schemes to win Troy over, the talent show that brings everything to a head, and the musical numbers along the way. There are also questions on the cast, the people behind the camera, the awards and the records the film broke. It is written for fans who know the songs by heart, but most questions carry a clue, so a casual viewer can reason their way to plenty of them. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01In High School Musical 2, what is the name of the country club owned by Sharpay's family?
Lava Springs
Lava Springs is also where Sharpay's parents stage the Midsummer Night Talent Show that drives the plot. Every song after the opening school number is set somewhere on its grounds.
Q 02Which Disney Channel star has a brief cameo at the closing pool party of High School Musical 2?
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus was the star of Hannah Montana at the time, and she is on screen only as a guest in the crowd. The scene is the film's last, set the day after the talent show.
Q 03Sharpay's song Humuhumunukunukuapua'a in High School Musical 2 takes its title from the Hawaiian name for what?
A reef fish
A reef fish, the reef triggerfish, carries that Hawaiian name, which means a triggerfish with a snout like a pig. The number was cut from the first TV broadcast and restored on DVD.
Q 04Which summer job does Gabriella take at the Evans family's country club in High School Musical 2?
Lifeguard
Lifeguard duty puts Gabriella beside the very pool where Sharpay holds court. Sharpay tries to have her fired, fails, and tells the manager to make the job miserable instead.
Q 05Which Disney Channel cartoon was previewed straight after the record premiere of High School Musical 2?
Phineas and Ferb
Phineas and Ferb showed its first episode, Rollercoaster, as a sneak preview that night, with Sharpay's actress voicing big sister Candace. It held on to more than half of the film's audience.
Q 06In High School Musical 2, what does a jealous Sharpay have switched on to spoil Troy and Gabriella's picnic?
Sprinklers
Sprinklers come on across the course, yet the plan backfires and the romantic moment survives. It is one of several schemes Sharpay tries before she turns to tempting Troy with perks.
Q 07Which director of Hocus Pocus and Newsies returned to direct and co-produce High School Musical 2?
Kenny Ortega
Kenny Ortega directed all three films in the trilogy, and his own dog appears in the sequel as Sharpay's pet, Boi. He also hosted the premiere telecast with the cast.
Q 08Which High School Musical 2 solo does Troy sing on the golf course as he resolves to put things right?
Bet on It
Bet on It is the film's only number sung by one character alone, and Entertainment Weekly's critic called it a terrific crisis-of-conscience number. Troy sings it after his friends turn on him.
Q 09High School Musical 2 is set in New Mexico, but in which US state was it mainly filmed?
Utah
Utah hosted all three films, and the sequel went back to the real East High School in Salt Lake City for its school scenes. A real country club in the state stood in for the Evans family's resort.
Q 10High School Musical 2 was followed in 2008 by a cinema-released third film with which subtitle?
Senior Year
Senior Year was the only film in the franchise to open in cinemas, and its opening weekend was then the biggest ever for a movie musical. It closed the original trilogy.
Q 11In High School Musical 2, which country club manager hires Troy on Sharpay's orders?
Mr. Fulton
Mr. Fulton is uptight and fond of structure and discipline, yet he is obliged to do whatever Sharpay tells him. That includes trying to drive the Wildcats out once they arrive.
Q 12In High School Musical 2, which Wildcat writes a new duet for Troy and Gabriella to sing at the talent show?
Kelsi Nielsen
Kelsi Nielsen spends the summer as the club's dining-room pianist, and Sharpay later forces her to rework the ballad into an up-tempo number for herself and Troy.
Q 13In High School Musical 2, Sharpay arranges for Troy to take which job at her father's side?
Caddy
Q 21Which High School Musical 2 song does Sharpay sing at the pool, with dancers circling a floating piano?
Fabulous
Fabulous was written by David Lawrence, who also composed the film's score, with Faye Greenberg. The same pair wrote the Sharpay number that was cut from the first broadcast.
Q 22Which High School Musical 2 song do the Wildcats sing in the club kitchen as Troy rallies their spirits?
Work This Out
Work This Out follows the manager's attempt to make the staff's jobs miserable, and Troy has to talk round a reluctant Chad before everyone joins in.
Q 23Which High School Musical 2 song does Gabriella sing as she quits her job and breaks up with Troy?
Gotta Go My Own Way
Caddy duty is only the first rung, because Troy is soon promoted again and given the run of the club's facilities. The perks are Sharpay's way of pulling him away from Gabriella.
Q 14Which opening number of High School Musical 2 has East High's students counting down to the last school bell?
What Time Is It?
What Time Is It? was also the soundtrack's lead single, and it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number six. Radio Disney gave it a world premiere almost three months before the film aired.
Q 15Which High School Musical 2 duet for Ryan and Chad was the theme song of the 2007 Little League World Series?
I Don't Dance
I Don't Dance had a promotional video that cut the film's routine together with clips of Major League Baseball stars. It was shown in ballparks across the country that summer.
Q 16Zac Efron sang all of Troy's vocals in High School Musical 2; whose voice was blended with his in the first film?
Drew Seeley
Drew Seeley also co-wrote one of the first film's songs and stood in for Efron on the cast's concert tour. Efron later said he had to fight to be heard on the sequel.
Q 17Which High School Musical 2 star was also playing Maddie Fitzpatrick on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody?
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale was singled out as a scene stealer by Variety's reviewer for her return as Sharpay. The hotel sitcom ran from 2005 to 2008, overlapping with the first two films.
Q 18After the talent show in High School Musical 2, Troy and Gabriella finally kiss as the Wildcats watch what?
Fireworks
Fireworks light up the golf course for the scene, the same place where Sharpay had tried to wreck the couple's picnic earlier in the summer.
Q 19Sharpay's dog Boi, played in High School Musical 2 by the director's own pet, is which breed?
Yorkshire Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier Boi came back for the third film and for Sharpay's own spin-off, in which a Broadway producer turns out to want the dog rather than her.
Q 20Which Wildcat with a passion for baking assists Chef Michael in the club kitchen in High School Musical 2?
Zeke Baylor
Zeke Baylor still has his crush on Sharpay in the sequel, though the two are not seen together until the end of the film. She finally asks him to prom a year later.
Gotta Go My Own Way is a pop ballad built on gentle beats and acoustic guitars, and Troy's voice joins hers partway through, turning her farewell into a duet.
Q 24Which song does Ryan hand Troy moments before the talent show in High School Musical 2, for a duet with Gabriella?
Everyday
Everyday begins as a duet and ends with the Wildcats joining the pair on stage. It was later released as a single from the soundtrack.
Q 25Which High School Musical 2 finale do the six leads sing at the end-of-summer pool party?
All for One
All for One was written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, the duo who also wrote the film's opening number. It is set the day after the talent show.
Q 26Zac Efron missed the cast's concert tour before High School Musical 2 because he was shooting which movie musical?
Hairspray
Hairspray cast him as Link Larkin, and it reached cinemas in the same year the sequel aired. He was the only original lead absent from the tour.
Q 27Which High School Musical 2 actress, who plays Gabriella's best friend, competed on Dancing with the Stars in 2006?
Monique Coleman
Monique Coleman had also been a recurring guest on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody before the films made her name. She returned for the third film a year after the sequel.
Q 28In High School Musical 2, Chad takes his job at the country club hoping to save up for what?
A car
A car is Chad's goal for the summer, and he is the Wildcat who most reluctantly agrees to join the staff's act for the talent show.
Q 29In High School Musical 2, what is the talent show prize that Sharpay ends up presenting to her brother Ryan?
Star Dazzle Award
The Star Dazzle Award was meant to be hers, since the contest is fixed, but she gives it up to the brother who arranged Troy and Gabriella's duet.
Q 30Which High School Musical 2 star had led the Disney Channel movie Jump In! earlier the same year?
Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu saw Jump In! become the network's highest-rated premiere that January, a record his own sequel went on to break in August.