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50 free HSMTMTS trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series turned the real East High into a mockumentary about theatre kids staging their own school's famous movie, launched Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett, and ran four seasons on Disney+. This HSMTMTS trivia covers the characters, the four featured productions, Camp Shallow Lake, the original-cast cameos, the songs and the behind-the-scenes story. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Where is East High, the real school where the films were shot and the series is set?
Salt Lake City, Utah
Production moved to Los Angeles for the camp-set third season before returning to Utah for the finale.
Q 02What production do the students stage in season 1?
High School Musical: The Musical
Miss Jenn picks it to celebrate the school's link to the original film.
Q 03Which Disney musical do the Wildcats stage in season 2?
Beauty and the Beast
They compete for a local student theatre prize against rival North High.
Q 04Where do the students spend the summer in season 3?
Camp Shallow Lake
The campers put on Frozen while a documentary crew films their rehearsals.
Q 05Which production does the camp stage in season 3?
Frozen
The season also borrowed music from Camp Rock, opening with a cover of "It's On".
Q 06What fictional sequel is being filmed on campus during season 4?
High School Musical 4: The Reunion
The students become extras in it while staging their own High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
Q 07Which role is Nini cast in for the season 1 production?
Gabriella Montez
Gina is her understudy, setting up the season's main rivalry.
Q 08Who plays Ricky Bowen?
Joshua Bassett
Bassett was the first actor cast, in October 2018, four months before the rest of the ensemble.
Q 09Ricky is cast as Troy Bolton in season 1 despite what?
No interest in musicals
The guitarist and skateboarder auditions mostly to win Nini back.
Q 10Which roles does Ricky play in seasons 2 and 3?
The Beast and Kristoff
He returns to Troy for the fourth and final season.
Q 11Who plays Gina Porter?
Sofia Wylie
Gina arrives as a transfer student and ends the series as Gabriella and the lead of the fictional film.
Q 12Which role does Gina play in the season 2 production?
Babette
She graduates to Anna in the camp's Frozen and Gabriella in season 4.
Q 13What is E.J. Caswell's relationship to Ashlyn?
Cousin
E.J. is the jock theatre kid Nini met at camp; Ashlyn is the aspiring songwriter.
Q 14What job does E.J. take on at the summer camp besides playing Sven?
Q 21Which role does Seb play in the season 1 production?
Sharpay Evans
The gender-swapped casting is one of the show's running examples of non-traditional casting.
Q 22Which couple forms when one invites the other to the dance in "Homecoming"?
Carlos Rodriguez and Seb
It begins the show's first same-sex relationship.
Q 23Miss Jenn appeared in the original High School Musical film in what capacity?
A background dancer
Kate Reinders plays her; she takes on Ms. Darbus in the season 4 production.
Directing the production
He later returns to play Coach Bolton in the second act of the season 4 show.
Q 15What is Big Red's hidden talent?
Tap dance
He also turns out to know electronics, and is cast as Le Fou in season 2.
Q 16What business does Big Red's family run?
A pizzeria
Howie, who plays the Beast for North High, works there.
Q 17Which role does Ashlyn play in season 1?
Ms. Darbus
She goes on to play Belle in season 2 and Kelsi in season 4.
Q 18Kourtney starts the series working in which department of the musical?
Costuming
She finally auditions in season 2 and lands Mrs. Potts, then Elsa and Sharpay.
Q 19Which role does Kourtney play in the camp production?
Elsa
Dara Renee co-wrote the season 3 song "Here I Come", inspired by her own anxiety.
Q 20What is Carlos's job on the first two East High productions?
Choreographer
He plays Lumiere, Olaf and finally Ryan Evans in the productions that follow.
Q 24What subject does Mr. Mazzara, the teacher initially hostile to the drama club, teach?
STEM
Mark St. Cyr's character ends up playing Coach Bolton in the first act of the season 4 show.
Q 25What is the name of the rival school in season 2?
North High
Miss Jenn's ex-boyfriend Zack teaches drama there.
Q 26Which Dancing with the Stars pro plays Zack, Miss Jenn's ex, in season 2?
Derek Hough
Zack is an actor who teaches drama at North High.
Q 27Who poses as a French exchange student at North High in season 2?
Antoine
Andrew Barth Feldman, Broadway's original Evan Hansen replacement, plays the method actor.
Q 28Which original High School Musical star hosts the camp documentary in season 3?
Corbin Bleu
He plays himself; he was Chad Danforth in the films.
Q 29Which Hannah Montana alumnus plays camp director Dewey Wood?
Jason Earles
Meg Donnelly from Zombies joined the same season as Val the choreographer.
Q 30Who plays Marvin, revealed in season 3 to be Nini's biological father?
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Marvin is an old friend of Nini's mothers Carol and Dana.