Idina Menzel Trivia Quiz

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.

Answer: Maureen Johnson

"Rent" opened on Broadway on April 29, 1996. Jonathan Larson wrote the show on January 25, 1996, and never got to see his show open on Broadway. Menzel played the role from April 16, 1996 (workshop - Off-Broadway) until July 1, 1997.

Maureen Johnson once dated Mark Cohen, but before "Rent" began. We learn, when Benny asks Mark about her, that she left Mark for a woman named Joanne Jefferson. Maureen and Joanne were always fighting, breaking up, and making up. She explains to Joanne in the song "Take Me or Leave Me", "Ever since puberty everybody stares at me, boys, girls, I can't help it, baby."

Answer: Elphaba

In 2003, Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in "Wicked". She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance. This show also earned her a devoted group of fans. She was nominated for "Rent" but lost to Ann Duquesnay, who won for her performance in "Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Answer: Elsa

"Frozen" was loosely based on "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen. Elsa had the power to freeze things, and as a result, she almost killed her younger sister Anna when they were children. She spent the rest of her childhood in seclusion, scared of the harm she could cause. However, their parents died at sea, and Elsa was made queen, but when Anna wanted to marry a man she had just met that day, Elsa lost her temper and then ran.

While singing "Let It Go", Elsa creates an ice castle where she can be cut off from the rest of the world.

Answer: Taye Diggs

Taye Diggs played Benny in both the original Broadway cast and the movie cast of "Rent". Diggs and Menzel were married from 2003 - 2014. In 2009, Menzel gave birth to their son Walker Nathaniel Diggs.

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.