The Backroom Gay Trivia Challenge
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  1. The body of what singer, loved by many gay people, was on view in New York City the day of the historic Stonewall riot in June, 1969?
  2. What gay Russian composer died soon after conducting his Sixth Symphony for the first time?
  3. What train station do you exit to hit the ferry for Fire Island?
  4. At which bathhouse did Bette Midler start her professional singing career?
  5. What, according to Gay Monopoly's hanky code, does a black handkerchief in the right pocket mean?
  6. Who sang "Ball and Chain"?
  7. Who was Bette Midler's first musical conductor and piano player?
  8. Who said, "Oh it's sad, believe me, missy, when you're born to be a sissy without the vim and voive..."?
  9. In what Queens neighborhood did vigilantes cut down park trees in 1969 to scare off gay loiterers?
  10. What year did the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" first appear?
  11. What 20th Century famous writer said, "I was a beautiful little boy, and everyone had me - man, woman, dogs, and fire hydrants."?
  12. What Roman conqueror dressed himself in animal skins and tore at the sexual organs of prisoners tied to stakes?
  13. What legendary comedian with effeminate mannerisms once joked to Johnny Carson, "I do everything like a girl...THAT too!"
  14. What three one act plays comprise "Torch Song Trilogy"?
  15. Where did Harvey Fierstein study painting (what he did before play writing)?
  16. Who has police authority on the beach on Fire Island?
  17. What film is based on the holdup of a Chase Manhattan Bank to finance a sex-change operation?
  18. What school did the five boys attend in the book "Special Teachers/Special Boys"?
  19. What actor played James Dean's androgynous friend in "Rebel Without a Cause"?
  20. What drag performer appeared as Bette Midler in a scene in "The Rose"?

ANSWERS:

  1. Judy Garland
  2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3. Sayville
  4. The Continental Baths
  5. Beat Me, Whip Me, Make Me Write Bad Checks.
  6. Janis Joplin
  7. Barry Manilow
  8. Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, "The Wizard of Oz"
  9. Kew Gardens
  10. 1974
  11. Truman Capote
  12. Nero
  13. Jack Benny
  14. The International Stud, Fugue in Nursery, Widows and Children First
  15. Pratt Institute
  16. The U.S. Parks Service
  17. Dog Day Afternoon
  18. Lennox School, NY
  19. Sal Mineo
  20. Michael Greer

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