Q 01/05

Who directed and choreographed all three High School Musical films?

A) Adam Shankman

B) Rob Marshall

C) Bill Condon

D) Kenny Ortega

Answer · why

D) Kenny Ortega

He had earlier choreographed Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Q 02/05

Which Shakespeare play have the writer and many critics called the first film a modern adaptation of?

A) A Midsummer Night's Dream

B) Much Ado About Nothing

C) Twelfth Night

D) Romeo and Juliet

Answer · why

D) Romeo and Juliet

Screenwriter Peter Barsocchini got the idea from a high-school basketball teammate who secretly wanted to be a ballet dancer.

Q 03/05

Where do Troy and Gabriella first meet, singing a karaoke duet on New Year's Eve?

A) A school dance

B) A cruise ship

C) A beach resort

D) A ski lodge

Answer · why

D) A ski lodge

The song is 'Start of Something New', and the lodge is in Utah, where the films were shot.

Q 04/05

The Wildcats' fictional New Mexico school is called ___ High School. Fill in the blank.

A) West

B) South

C) North

D) East

Answer · why

D) East

The fictional school is in New Mexico, but filming took place at a real school of the same name in Salt Lake City.

Q 05/05

In which US state was High School Musical actually filmed?

A) New Mexico

B) California

C) Arizona

D) Utah

Answer · why

D) Utah

The real East High in Salt Lake City became a tourist stop, drawing 40 to 50 visitors a day in the summer of 2007.