Idina Menzel Trivia

1. Idina Menzel was born on May 30, 1971. What was her full name at birth?

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Idina Kim Mentzel

Idina Menzel was born in Manhattan, New York City but grew up in New Jersey and Long Island. Menzel changed the spelling of her last name from Mentzel to Menzel to help with pronunciation.

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: movie rental addiction

"I'd like to have babies with you/Like to have maybe two/Join a carpool and sing the kids to bed/they can have your coloring and my movie rental addiction" On the CD, this song is timed at four minutes and 17 seconds. In concert however, this song becomes over 11 minutes long and includes Idina revealing her fantasy of singing at Madison Square Gardens with Lenny Kravitz.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: T

Idina Menzel took the T out of her last name because people were pronouncing it incorrectly. Her birth name was Idina Kim Mentzel.

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: Maureen

"Rent," a rock opera by Jonathan Larson, opened January 25, 1996 in the New York Theatre Workshop and opened April 29, 1996 on Broadway. Idina Menzel auditioned for "Rent" because January and February were the slow wedding season months and she needed another way to make money when she couldn't sing at weddings. She played Maureen, the bisexual performance artist who moos, from 1996-1997 - and she never sang at weddings again.

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: the rain

"Down in Larissa's Lagoon, the skies they never looked blue, 'cause someone spiked the rain with a little extra juice."

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Still I Can't Be Still

"Still I Can't Be Still" was released in 1998 and "Here" was released in 2004. In 2007 she released a remix of the song "Defying Gravity" which she sang with Kristen Chenoweth in "Wicked".

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: Amneris

In 2000, Idina replaced Sherie Rene Scott as Amneris in "Aida." In fact, she sang a song from "Aida" at her audition for "Wicked". "I would rather wear a barrel than conservative apparel for dress has always been...my strongest suit!"

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Glee

Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) was a McKinley High student and a member of the Glee Club. She was adopted by two men and didn't know her mother. Her mother, Shelby Corcoran, turned out to be the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, a rival show choir to New Directions that Rachel was a part of. Menzel got the role due to how much she and Michele looked alike.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: May 30, 1971

Idina Kim Mentzel was born on May 30, 1971 to Stuart and Helene Mentzel. Idina's sister Cara is three years younger than her.

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: Jamaica

There are beautiful wedding pictures of Idina and Taye together in Jamaica on her fansites. They were right on the beach with the water just feet away from the ceremony. Taye was wearing a white suit which looked amazing on him and Idina looked so gorgeous.

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: your babysitter

"Your babysitter" falls in the third verse: "I can be your babysitter (who let you stay up late), or your best friend's mother (a really hot date)". Because this is a very sexual song, Idina admitted in an interview to not wanting her Dad to hear it.

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Answer: Aaron Lohr

Lohr and Menzel married on September 22, 2017. Lohr is an actor and has bit parts in television and film. He has also performed on the live stage.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel married January 11, 2003. He portrayed Benjamin Coffin III in "Rent" (2003).

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: a red track suit

Idina came on stage on January 9 wearing a bright red Adidas track suit. Idina played Elphaba from the Broadway opening of "Wicked" on October 30, 2003 until January 9, 2005.

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: My sister's smile

"I don't believe I'm beautiful but at least I've got my sister's smile" In his celebrity play list on iTunes, Idina's husband, Taye Diggs, chose this song "Because it is a perfect description of her".

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Answer: Still I Can't Be Still

"Still I Can't Be Still" was released with Hollywood Records. Along with the title song, the album also included songs such as "Larissa's Dragon", "Think Too Much", and "Straw Into Gold". The album was first released in 1998. The album did not do well and was taken out of print. However, after he popularity grew after "Wicked", the album was re-released in 2005.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Syosset High School

Idina Menzel was born in Syosset, New York. She graduated from Syosset High School.

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: Still I Can't Be Still

Idina has some awesome songs on "Still I Can't Be Still," released in 1998. She has such a beautiful voice with her high belt that anything she sings sounds amazing. Despite said awesomeness, however, her record label dropped her after her debut album. "Here," released in 2004, is the name of her sophomore CD.

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: The moon

All of the given answers are from the first verse of this song: "Do you think, do you think about the moon? Made you feel real special, cause it followed you everywhere. Do you think, Do you think about the sun showers? The way you like to run naked through them and shampoo your hair. Do you think about why we sneeze in the sun? Wish our freckles would just leave us alone! Do you think about when you're older? Will they make a Sunday night movie about your life, or do you think you have tattoos your grandkids are going to like?"

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Fell through a trap door

Idina Menzel was doing her second-to-last performance of "Wicked" on Broadway. Sadly because of the injury, it became her last performance. However, she did appear especially to sing her last song and was given a standing ovation.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Enchanted

In "Enchanted" Idina plays Nancy who is a fashion designer in New York. She dates Robert who soon falls in love with Giselle (the main character).

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: Wicked

Hopefully as an Idina fan, you know that she received a Tony Award for best actress in 2004 for her role as Elphaba in "Wicked." There's a hilarious parody of the moment in "Forbidden Broadway." She wore a really pretty blue dress, and of course Taye was with her!

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: Wear suits, have nipple rings, are nude

"Well my pizza delivery guys they all wear suits, and all my musicians they play in the nude. The lawyers wear nipple rings, ... And the French horn players, are in the most demand!"

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: A Hero Comes Home

She sings a version of "A Hero Comes Home" on the "Beowolf" (2007) soundtrack. The song is played at the end credits.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth portrayed the good witch in "Wicked". "Wicked" debuted on Broadway on October 30, 2003.

From Quiz Idina Menzel: The Green Goddess Who Moos

Answer: Desperate Housewives

Idina Menzel along with many other female artists is featured on the "Desperate Housewives" soundtrack, released in September 2005. I believe they were going for an all-women theme to celebrate the power (and desperation) of women.

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: Mercy, Hope, Love, Gold

"Spinning for mercy. Spinning for hope. Spinning for love. Spinning for gold."

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Uncut Gems

Adam Sandler played Howard Ratner, a jeweler with a gambling addiction and a con artist. Idina Menzel played his wife, Dinah, who he always cheated on. In major debt, Ratner had to start paying back the money and decide how important his family was before it was too late. He had to learn that his actions have consequences not just for himself but for others as well.

From Quiz Idina Menzel

Answer: Wedding singer

Idina was a wedding singer before she was cast as Maureen Johnson in Jonathan Larson's "Rent" (2005).

From Quiz Idina Menzel's "Still I Can't Be Still"

Answer: "Heart's on my Sleeve"

The last song on this amazing CD is the gorgeous ballad "Heart on My Sleeve". "But I will stand here before you, with no pride and prejudice. Just steadfast and certain that I will land on my own two feet. You think you can break me, bring my head down to my knees. But my power will defy you when my heart's on my sleeve."

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