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30 Dramas trivia questions
Q1. Which acclaimed drama follows fictional US President Josiah Bartlet and his staff?
Answer: The West Wing
💡 Aaron Sorkin created it; Martin Sheen played Bartlet across seven NBC seasons.
Q2. Michael Crichton's hospital drama ER unfolds in an emergency room in which city?
Answer: Chicago
💡 Set in fictional County General Hospital, ER ran 15 seasons and launched George Clooney.
Q3. The Dutton family's sprawling cattle ranch in Yellowstone lies in which US state?
Answer: Montana
💡 Creator Taylor Sheridan pitched the saga as 'The Godfather in Montana.'
Q4. What fictional hospital is the setting of Grey's Anatomy?
Answer: Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital
💡 The hospital was originally named Seattle Grace Hospital before being renamed in season 10.
Q5. Which streaming service produced The Crown?
Answer: Netflix
💡 The Crown reportedly cost $130 million to make the first two seasons.
Q6. In 'The Crown', who plays Queen Elizabeth II in the first two series?
Answer: Claire Foy
💡 Claire Foy won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II.
Q7. Which TV show follows advertising executives in 1960s New York?
Answer: Mad Men
💡 Mad Men ran for 7 seasons and won 16 Emmy Awards. It sparked a global revival of interest in 1960s fashion and interior design, and is credited with reigniting interest in whisky cocktails like the Old Fashioned.
Q8. In 'Downton Abbey', what is the name of the aristocratic family at the centre of the show?
Answer: The Crawleys
💡 Downton Abbey filmed at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the seat of the Earl of Carnarvon. The 5th Earl of Carnarvon was the sponsor of Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
Q9. Which prolific showrunner created the medical drama Grey's Anatomy?
Answer: Shonda Rhimes
💡 Ellen Pompeo has led the ABC series as Dr. Meredith Grey since 2005.
Q10. The praised 2019 miniseries about the nuclear disaster, Chernobyl, aired on which network?
Answer: HBO
💡 Craig Mazin's series won the 2019 Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series.
Q11. The heartfelt time-hopping drama This Is Us follows which family across decades?
Answer: The Pearsons
💡 Dan Fogelman's NBC hit starred Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore as the parents.
Q12. Which Oscar-winning actress played the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey?
Answer: Maggie Smith
💡 Her Violet Crawley delivered many of the show's most-quoted put-downs.
Q13. The landmark 1977 miniseries Roots traced author Alex Haley's family to which continent?
Answer: Africa
💡 Its finale drew a then-record audience of over 100 million US viewers.
Q14. Which star plays ranch patriarch John Dutton in Yellowstone?
Answer: Kevin Costner
💡 Costner exited the neo-Western before its final episodes in 2024.
Q15. Which British drama series is based on a novel by Sally Rooney?
Answer: Normal People (2020 BBC)
💡 Normal People was adapted by Sally Rooney herself (with Alice Birch and Mark O'Rowe). Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal became international stars overnight, and Paul Mescal's Connell chain necklace sold out across the UK.
Q16. In 'Succession', what is the name of the Roy family media conglomerate?
Answer: Waystar Royco
💡 ATN is a Waystar subsidiary, GoJo is the rival tech company, and Pierce is a rival media family — the parent conglomerate the Roy children fight over is Waystar Royco. Succession is a thinly veiled satire of the Murdoch media empire.
Q17. Downton Abbey was filmed largely at which real English stately home?
Answer: Highclere Castle
💡 Writer Julian Fellowes had Highclere in mind while penning the scripts.
Q18. Which veteran actor plays media mogul patriarch Logan Roy in Succession?
Answer: Brian Cox
💡 The HBO satire won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy three times.
Q19. The acerbic diagnostician Dr. Gregory House works at which fictional hospital?
Answer: Princeton-Plainsboro
💡 British actor Hugh Laurie's American accent fooled the show's own producers.
Q20. In Bridgerton, gossip writer Lady Whistledown is voiced by which screen legend?
Answer: Julie Andrews
💡 The Netflix hit adapts Julia Quinn's Regency-era romance novels.
Q21. Friday Night Lights centers on a high-school football team in which fictional Texas town?
Answer: Dillon
💡 Kyle Chandler starred as coach Eric Taylor, mentor to the Dillon Panthers.
Q22. In Outlander, nurse Claire time-travels from 1945 to Scotland of which century?
Answer: 18th century
💡 Based on Diana Gabaldon's novels, she lands in 1743 amid the Jacobite risings.
Q23. The Handmaid's Tale is set in a totalitarian nation called what?
Answer: Gilead
💡 Elisabeth Moss stars as the handmaid Offred, later revealed to be June.
Q24. Whose 1985 dystopian novel is the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale based on?
Answer: Margaret Atwood
💡 In 2017 the show became the first streaming series to win the drama series Emmy.
Q25. Big Little Lies relocated its story from Australia to which California town?
Answer: Monterey
💡 Author Liane Moriarty originally set the tale in a Sydney suburb.
Q26. Who took over as Queen Elizabeth II for the final two seasons of The Crown?
Answer: Imelda Staunton
💡 Staunton also played Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films.
Q27. The espionage drama Homeland was adapted from a hit series from which country?
Answer: Israel
💡 It reworked the Israeli show Prisoners of War, shifting focus to a CIA officer.
Q28. Which Oscar winner joined Big Little Lies in season two as Mary Louise Wright?
Answer: Meryl Streep
💡 The HBO drama's first season swept eight Emmy Awards in 2017.
Q29. What surname do the siblings who run the funeral home in Six Feet Under share?
Answer: Fisher
💡 Alan Ball's HBO drama opened each episode with a different character's death.
Q30. The period drama Call the Midwife is set among nuns and nurses in which London district?
Answer: Poplar
💡 It draws on Jennifer Worth's 1950s memoirs of the Nonnatus House convent.
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