Kansas City Performing Arts Trivia Challenge
1) The Union Station Power House, designed by Jarvis Hunt in 1913, supplied coal-powered energy to the station and nearby buildings. It is now known as:
a) Kansas City Performing Arts Center
b) Municipal Auditorium
c) Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity
2) This theater, originally known as the Standard Theater, features a 2,400-seat auditorium and was built for $250,000 in 1900 to showcase vaudeville acts.
a) Barney Allis Theater
b) Folly Theater
c) Big Creek Country Show
3) This facility is nearly 285,000 square feet with two main performance halls, including one large glass-enclosed area called The Brandmeyer Great Hall are in:
a) Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
b) Kemper Arena
c) The Sprint Center
4) In 1991, the 1,250-seat auditorium in the Carlsen Center was named for Arthur and Alma Yardley, who gave a $1 million gift to what local college to support the performing
arts?
a) UMKC
b) Park University
c) Johnson County Community College
5) Located in downtown Kansas City in the Power & Light District, this theater opened in 1927 and hosted many wellknown artists throughout its history:
a) Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre
b) Quality Hill Playhouse
c) Midland Theatre
6) This popular jazz venue was originally built in 1912 as a silent film movie house named the Star Theater and catered primarily to African American audiences:
a) The Blue Room Theater
b) The Gem Theatre
c) Quality Hill Playhouse
7) To celebrate the arrival of this queen, the Kansas City Federation of Music organized a showcase of local talent for the queen that was also open to the public raising $7,000 to begin building Starlight Theatre in 1925.
a) Romania’s Queen Marie
b) England’s Queen Alexandra
c) Spain’s Queen Victoria
8) The Lyric Opera of Kansas City is one of the nation’s premier regional opera companies, having performed 99 different productions (31 of which are American operas and three are world premieres). How many seasons is the Lyric celebrating this year?
a) 72
b) 49
c) 55
Answer Key: 1 = C; 2=B; 3=A; 4=C; 5=C; 6=B; 7 =A; 8=C