Drama & Miniseries

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1.Which crime drama solved cases around mystery writer Jessica Fletcher from 1984?
- A. Murder, She Wrote
- B. The Rockford Files
- C. Bones
- D. 24
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Murder, She Wrote
Did you know? Angela Lansbury earned twelve straight Emmy nominations for Murder, She Wrote.
2.Which medical drama interned Meredith Grey at a Seattle hospital from 2005?
- A. House
- B. Marcus Welby, M.D.
- C. Grey's Anatomy
- D. Ben Casey
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Grey's Anatomy
Did you know? Grey's Anatomy is one of the longest-running American primetime medical dramas.
3.Which miniseries traced Kunta Kinte's family across slavery on ABC in 1977?
- A. The Day After
- B. Big Little Lies
- C. Roots
- D. Generation Kill
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Roots
Did you know? Roots drew enormous audiences across its eight 1977 episodes.
4.Which prestige drama practiced law before Walter White's era for AMC from 2015?
- A. True Detective
- B. Better Call Saul
- C. Mr. Robot
- D. Six Feet Under
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Better Call Saul
Did you know? Better Call Saul is a Breaking Bad prequel centered on Jimmy McGill.
5.Which crime drama solved whodunits backwards with Peter Falk's rumpled lieutenant from 1971?
- A. Monk
- B. Columbo
- C. Bones
- D. Hill Street Blues
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Columbo
Did you know? Columbo's first name was never revealed on screen.
6.Which medical drama licensed a teenage doctor played by Neil Patrick Harris from 1989?
- A. Dr. Kildare
- B. Marcus Welby, M.D.
- C. Doogie Howser, M.D.
- D. House
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Doogie Howser, M.D.
Did you know? Doogie Howser, M.D. ended each episode with the young doctor typing his journal.
7.Which miniseries counted radiation's cost in Soviet Ukraine for HBO in 2019?
- A. Godless
- B. Band of Brothers
- C. The Thorn Birds
- D. Chernobyl
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Chernobyl
Did you know? Chernobyl dramatized the 1986 nuclear plant disaster.
8.Which prestige drama cooked New Mexico's blue crystal for AMC from 2008 to 2013?
- A. The Shield
- B. Oz
- C. Breaking Bad
- D. Fargo
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Breaking Bad
Did you know? Breaking Bad starred Bryan Cranston as Walter White.
9.Which crime drama tattooed an escape plan across Michael Scofield in 2005?
- A. Ironside
- B. Kojak
- C. Prison Break
- D. NCIS
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Prison Break
Did you know? Prison Break aired four original seasons on Fox.
10.Which medical drama diagnosed impossible cases with Hugh Laurie's cynical doctor from 2004?
- A. House
- B. Ben Casey
- C. Nip/Tuck
- D. Dr. Kildare
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House
Did you know? House is loosely based on Sherlock Holmes's deductive model.
11.Which miniseries landed an English sailor in feudal Japan for NBC in 1980?
- A. Roots
- B. Shogun
- C. Jesus of Nazareth
- D. Pride and Prejudice
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Shogun
Did you know? Shogun adapted James Clavell's 1975 novel in 1980.
12.Which prestige drama poured 1960s Madison Avenue advertising on AMC from 2007?
- A. The Shield
- B. Mad Men
- C. Boardwalk Empire
- D. The Sopranos
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Mad Men
Did you know? Mad Men starred Jon Hamm as Don Draper.
13.Which crime drama cruised Bay City in a red Torino from 1975?
- A. Dragnet
- B. Kojak
- C. The Rockford Files
- D. Starsky & Hutch
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Starsky & Hutch
Did you know? Starsky & Hutch ran four seasons on ABC.
14.Which miniseries followed Easy Company through Europe for HBO in 2001?
- A. The Thorn Birds
- B. Chernobyl
- C. Godless
- D. Band of Brothers
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Band of Brothers
Did you know? Band of Brothers was produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.
15.Which prestige drama mapped Baltimore's drug trade across its institutions on HBO from 2002 to 2008?
- A. Mad Men
- B. Fargo
- C. The Wire
- D. The Sopranos
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The Wire
Did you know? The Wire devoted each season to a Baltimore institution.
16.Which crime drama counted Jack Bauer's day in real time on Fox from 2001?
- A. Bones
- B. 24
- C. Columbo
- D. NCIS
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24
Did you know? 24's each season covered twenty-four hours in twenty-four episodes.
17.Which miniseries dramatized America's second president for HBO in 2008?
- A. John Adams
- B. Pride and Prejudice
- C. Godless
- D. Unbelievable
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John Adams
Did you know? John Adams won a record number of Primetime Emmys for a miniseries.
18.Which prestige drama sent New Jersey's mob boss to therapy on HBO from 1999?
- A. Boardwalk Empire
- B. True Detective
- C. Oz
- D. The Sopranos
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The Sopranos
Did you know? The Sopranos starred James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.
19.Which crime drama worked Las Vegas forensics on CBS from 2000?
- A. Dexter
- B. Criminal Minds
- C. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- D. Dragnet
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Did you know? CSI's forensics format spawned Miami and New York spin-offs.
20.Which miniseries unwound Monterey mothers' secrets for HBO in 2017?
- A. It
- B. The Thorn Birds
- C. Big Little Lies
- D. The Queen's Gambit
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Big Little Lies
Did you know? Big Little Lies starred Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern.
21.Which crime drama investigated naval crimes as a JAG spin-off from 2003?
- A. Ironside
- B. Starsky & Hutch
- C. NCIS
- D. Hill Street Blues
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NCIS
Did you know? NCIS became one of television's most-watched scripted series.
22.Which miniseries followed Beth Harmon's chess rise for Netflix in 2020?
- A. The Pacific
- B. The Queen's Gambit
- C. Big Little Lies
- D. Lonesome Dove
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The Queen's Gambit
Did you know? The Queen's Gambit adapted Walter Tevis's 1983 novel.
23.Which crime drama sucked lollipops as a New York lieutenant from 1973?
- A. Kojak
- B. Murder, She Wrote
- C. Ironside
- D. NCIS
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Kojak
Did you know? Kojak's Telly Savalas made "Who loves ya, baby?" famous.
24.Which crime drama asked for "just the facts" as a Los Angeles detective from 1951?
- A. Monk
- B. Murder, She Wrote
- C. Kojak
- D. Dragnet
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Dragnet
Did you know? Dragnet's creator and star, Jack Webb, played Sergeant Joe Friday.
25.Which crime drama reopened Philadelphia's unsolved murders from 2003?
- A. Cold Case
- B. Criminal Minds
- C. NCIS
- D. Kojak
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Cold Case
Did you know? Cold Case underscored each episode with period pop music.
26.Which medical drama rushed Chicago patients through County General for NBC from 1994?
- A. St. Elsewhere
- B. ER
- C. Ben Casey
- D. The Knick
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ER
Did you know? ER was created by novelist Michael Crichton.
27.Which miniseries brought Colin Firth's Darcy to the BBC in 1995?
- A. Rich Man, Poor Man
- B. North and South
- C. Chernobyl
- D. Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice
Did you know? The 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice adapted Jane Austen in six parts.
28.Which prestige drama funeralized the Fisher family on HBO from 2001 to 2005?
- A. Six Feet Under
- B. Mr. Robot
- C. Mad Men
- D. Breaking Bad
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Six Feet Under
Did you know? Six Feet Under was created by Alan Ball.
29.Which crime drama profiled criminals for the FBI's BAU from 2005?
- A. 24
- B. Columbo
- C. Dragnet
- D. Criminal Minds
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Criminal Minds
Did you know? Criminal Minds ran fifteen seasons on CBS.
30.Which medical drama reshaped Miami's cosmetic surgery scene on FX from 2003?
- A. Doogie Howser, M.D.
- B. Chicago Hope
- C. Nip/Tuck
- D. House
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Nip/Tuck
Did you know? Nip/Tuck followed plastic surgeons Sean McNamara and Christian Troy.
31.Which miniseries reinvestigated a rape case across two states for Netflix in 2019?
- A. The Queen's Gambit
- B. I, Claudius
- C. Unbelievable
- D. The Day After
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Unbelievable
Did you know? Unbelievable was based on a Pulitzer-winning ProPublica investigation.
32.Which prestige drama paired Louisiana detectives across time for HBO in 2014?
- A. The Sopranos
- B. True Detective
- C. Mad Men
- D. Six Feet Under
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True Detective
Did you know? True Detective follows an anthology format with new casts each season.
33.Which crime drama investigated as James Garner's laid-back private eye from 1974?
- A. Perry Mason
- B. The Rockford Files
- C. Bones
- D. Dragnet
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The Rockford Files
Did you know? The Rockford Files' answering machine messages opened each episode.
34.Which medical drama made house calls as Robert Young's general practitioner from 1969?
- A. Marcus Welby, M.D.
- B. Nip/Tuck
- C. Ben Casey
- D. St. Elsewhere
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
Did you know? Marcus Welby, M.D. won the 1970 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy.
35.Which miniseries relitigated the 1995 trial for FX in 2016?
- A. Generation Kill
- B. The People v. O. J. Simpson
- C. The Singing Detective
- D. Godless
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The People v. O. J. Simpson
Did you know? The People v. O. J. Simpson opened FX's American Crime Story anthology.
36.Which prestige drama snowed anthology crimes for FX from 2014?
- A. Boardwalk Empire
- B. The Wire
- C. Fargo
- D. Breaking Bad
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Fargo
Did you know? Fargo was adapted from the Coen brothers' 1996 film.
37.Which crime drama paired two female NYPD detectives from 1982?
- A. Cagney & Lacey
- B. Starsky & Hutch
- C. The Rockford Files
- D. Perry Mason
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Cagney & Lacey
Did you know? Cagney & Lacey won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy in 1985 and 1986.
38.Which medical drama staffed a rundown Boston teaching hospital from 1982?
- A. Grey's Anatomy
- B. The Knick
- C. St. Elsewhere
- D. Ben Casey
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St. Elsewhere
Did you know? St. Elsewhere is often cited as a pioneer of serialized TV drama.
39.Which miniseries followed a psoriasis-confined novelist's visions for the BBC in 1986?
- A. Jesus of Nazareth
- B. The People v. O. J. Simpson
- C. John Adams
- D. The Singing Detective
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The Singing Detective
Did you know? The Singing Detective is often ranked among the greatest British dramas.
40.Which prestige drama corrupted Farmington's precinct on FX from 2002?
- A. The Sopranos
- B. Better Call Saul
- C. Six Feet Under
- D. The Shield
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The Shield
Did you know? The Shield starred Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey.

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