Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Quiz: As Seen in DC

Following on the heels of the DC Movie post from last week, here is a quiz to check your knowledge of DC television. This "PopQuiz" appears in the current TV Week from the Washington Post. Answers, as always, next week.

From the White House to the Pentagon, the Metro to the monuments, Washington's distinctive look, historic significance and essence of importance have made the region an irresistible television backdrop. Check your knowledge of how the District plays out in prime time with this quiz.
  1. Name the NBC drama that took place in the District's most famous home and whose nine Emmys in its freshman season set a record for most won by a TV series in one year (1999-2006).
  2. Paula Korologos, the real-life daughter of a longtime Republican lobbyist, had a guest role as a conservative TV reporter in what CBS series (1988-1998)?
  3. Name the NBC drama starring Benjamin Bratt and Dennis Hopper whose title referred to the offices along the outer edge of the Pentagon (2005-2006).
  4. Identify the semi-improvised HBO series that boasted cameos from real-life political figures but lasted just 10 episodes. (Hint: It was named after an iconic DC thoroughfare.) (2003).
  5. This stand-up comedian and former DC-area resident played a panelist on a fictional political talk show in what Fox sitcom (2003)?
  6. In Disney Channel's "Cory in the House," Victor Baxter (the father from "That's So Raven") works at the White House in what capacity (2007)?
  7. Kate Jackson played an Arlington housewife turned reluctant secret operative for the CIA-like "Agency" in which CBS series (1983-1987)?
  8. Name the ABC Oval Office series that featured the first recent president (fictional or otherwise) to send the kids to DC public schools (2005-2006).
  9. Name the spoof series (airing first on NBC, then on CBS) in which the District played host to a bumbling secret agent armed with gizmos such as a shoe phone (1965-1970).
  10. Patty Duke rant the nation while dealing with a group of zany Cabinet members and a two-timing hubby in what short-lived ABC comedy (1985)?
  11. CBS's forensic drama "NCIS" is based on a real-life agency whose offices are closest to which Metro station in the District (2003-present)?
  12. Name the Fox forensic drama whose crime scenes have included such local sites as Arlington National Cemetery and the Chesapeake Bay (2005-present).
  13. Which CBS drama starring Craig T. Nelson and Jonathan LaPaglia portrayed youth violence, political corruption, gang warfare and other gritty aspects of life in the nation's capital (2000-2004)?
  14. A pair of FBI agents, one working strictly by the book and the other drawn to paranormal conclusions, made Washington seem eerie and exciting in which Fox series (1993-2002)?
  15. Fox's animated series "American Dad," featuring a CIA dad and his wannabe-suave son, is set in a fictional town whose title combines which two real-life Fairfax County place names (2005-present)?

4 comments:

Anna van Schurman said...

Clearly, I do not watch enough TV: 1, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14. I think that's a failing grade.

Anonymous said...

I know the same ones as Anna.

I think #15 should be thrown out. Fairfax County has never been within the bounds of D.C., unlike Arlington & Alexandria.

What about JAG????

Archivalist said...

Hmph. Add 3 and 4 to Anna's answers for me, but subtract 13. Still failing. Guess I should stop reading books.

Anonymous said...

WOOO HOOO - i know a whole ONE!!!! ~ #1....