189 Fun Facts About Glee

Which song does New Directions perform to close Glee's pilot episode?

The New Directions' performance of Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' in the pilot episode was a pivotal moment, convincing Will Schuester to stay as their director.

Which original song did New Directions perform at Regionals in Season 2?

Rachel wrote 'Get It Right' after Quinn told her she and Finn were back together, and when New Directions won Regionals she was named the club's competition MVP.

What subject is Will Schuester teaching at McKinley High when he takes over the glee club in Glee's pilot?

Spanish: after Santana complained about his teaching in Season 3, Will handed the class to his own night-school tutor and switched to teaching history.

Which rival glee club coach, played by Idina Menzel, adopts Quinn's baby Beth in Glee's first-season finale?

Shelby Corcoran is also the birth mother of Rachel Berry, New Directions' own lead singer, and she adopts Quinn's newborn daughter at the hospital in the finale.

Sue Sylvester's opinion segment on the local TV news was called what?

Sue's Corner first airs in 'Preggers': Sue brags to the staff room about her ratings, then uses the slot to argue that America should take up caning.

Which news anchor, playing herself, tells Sue Sylvester on Glee that she is the 'Loser of the Year'?

Katie Couric delivers the verdict in a television interview after Sue's cheer squad loses its regional title for the first time in seven years.

Which comedy legend guest-starred on Glee as Sue Sylvester's Nazi-hunting mother?

Carol Burnett's character reappears after years away, just in time for the wedding at which Sue marries herself.

At Regionals in Season 1, New Directions mashed up 'Any Way You Want It' with which other Journey song?

'Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'' was mashed up with 'Any Way You Want It' in an all-Journey Regionals set; New Directions still finished last, yet Sue talked Figgins into giving the club another year.

Glee's fictional high school is set in which real Ohio town?

Glee is set in Lima, Ohio, a real city, though William McKinley High School is fictional; the series was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

Where did the glee club lose Nationals in Glee's second season?

Season 2's Nationals were held in New York City, where New Directions placed 12th after Finn kissed Rachel on stage during their original-song set.

In Glee's series finale, McKinley High is repurposed as what?

A school for the arts is what the finale 'Dreams Come True' makes of McKinley High, with Will Schuester chosen to run it, right after New Directions wins Nationals in Season 6.

On Glee, which trademark hairstyle does Puck lose in Season 1, costing him his bad-boy reputation?

A mohawk: it is shaved off on his dermatologist's orders, and Puck tries to win back his standing by dating the newly popular Mercedes.

Which Oscar-winning British actress voiced Becky Jackson's inner monologue on Glee, uncredited?

Helen Mirren provides Becky's inner voice in Season 3's 'Yes/No', as Becky decides she wants a boyfriend and sets her sights on Artie.

In Glee's pilot, Will overhears Finn singing which REO Speedwagon ballad in the locker-room showers?

Can't Fight This Feeling convinces Will that the quarterback can sing, so he resorts to blackmail to get Finn into the club.

What was the name of the rival glee club from Carmel High, known for their elaborate performances?

Vocal Adrenaline, from Carmel High, was the New Directions' primary rival, known for their highly theatrical and competitive performances.

Which musical does Sandy Ryerson cast Rachel in after she quits glee in Season 1?

Cabaret was bait: Sue had Sandy Ryerson stage it to lure the club's star away, and Rachel took the role of Sally Bowles after Will gave Tina a solo she wanted.

After rivals performed its set list at Season 1 Sectionals, New Directions opened with which Rachel Berry solo?

'Don't Rain on My Parade' was Rachel's answer after rival choirs performed all three songs on the leaked set list; the club rebuilt its set on the spot and the judges still chose it unanimously.

In Glee's pilot, Kurt protests that his jacket comes from which designer's new collection?

Marc Jacobs: the jocks let Kurt take the jacket off before throwing him in the dumpster, and Chris Colfer has said he had never heard of the designer before the scene.

Which McKinley High staff member suffered from severe mysophobia and OCD?

Emma Pillsbury finally confronts it in Season 2's 'Born This Way': she starts seeing a psychiatrist and joins the club's number in a T-shirt that reads 'OCD'.

Who is Will Schuester's wife when Glee begins?

Terri Schuester faked a pregnancy after her hysterical pregnancy proved false; Will left her after finding the pregnancy pad in 'Mattress' and filed for divorce.

Which powerhouse vocalist quit New Directions in Season 3 to join the rival Troubletones?

Mercedes Jones left for the Troubletones, a second glee club set up inside McKinley; after it finished runner-up to New Directions at Sectionals, its singers were coaxed back.

Quinn, Santana and Brittany join the glee club as Sue's spies in which early Season 1 episode?

'Showmance', the second episode, also has the club scandalise a school assembly with Salt-N-Pepa's 'Push It', and ends a private rehearsal with Finn and Rachel kissing.

Which coach did McKinley's guidance counselor get engaged to in Season 1, while Will was still married?

Ken Tanaka, the football coach, called off the wedding on the day because of Emma's feelings for Will, who then stopped her leaving McKinley with a kiss.

Which Dalton Academy show choir did Darren Criss's character lead before transferring to McKinley?

Blaine Anderson fronted the Dalton Academy Warblers before transferring to McKinley in Season 3; in Season 6 Dalton burns down and the Warblers merge into New Directions.

In the pilot, a rival glee club unnerves New Directions with which Amy Winehouse song?

'Rehab' is the number Vocal Adrenaline performs when Will and Emma take the club to scout the competition; its polish rattles New Directions, and soon afterwards Will tells them he is quitting.

In Glee's first season, which jock is revealed as the real father of cheerleader Quinn Fabray's baby, not her boyfriend Finn?

Quinn told Finn the baby was his even though they had never slept together. When Rachel works out that Noah Puckerman is the father, Finn attacks his best friend, dumps Quinn and quits the club.

To rekindle her passion for cheerleading, Sue Sylvester planned to fire a Cheerio out of what?

A cannon: Sue planned to fire Brittany out of one at a cheer competition, and when Sue pulled the squad from the football halftime show, Brittany, Quinn and Santana quit the Cheerios to perform in it.

New Directions win Nationals for the first time in Glee's third season, in which Midwestern city?

Chicago hosted the Season 3 Nationals; New Directions took the trophy and came home to a school that had once slushied them and now treated them as heroes.

Which Season 1 episode of Glee is built around the music of Lady Gaga?

'Theatricality' is Season 1's Lady Gaga episode: the girls and Kurt perform 'Bad Romance' in homemade Gaga costumes, while the boys answer with KISS.

Which pop superstar got a Glee tribute episode in Season 2 and appeared in it herself?

Britney Spears turns up in the club's dream sequences: one by one the singers go under dental anaesthetic and wake up inside her videos.

Which New Directions member admits to having faked a stutter since the sixth grade?

Tina Cohen-Chang began the act to deflect attention from herself; her confession in 'Wheels' sours a first date with a clubmate who thought they shared a struggle.

Which New Directions member transfers to Dalton Academy in Season 2 to escape a closeted bully?

Kurt Hummel left after a football player who had forcibly kissed him threatened to kill him; he returned to McKinley later that season once the bully apologised.

Which New Directions member has used a wheelchair since a car accident at the age of eight?

Artie Abrams tells the story in 'Wheels', the episode in which Will has the whole club spend time in wheelchairs to learn what his days are like.

Which Warbler throws the rock-salt slushie that injures Blaine's eye in Season 3?

Sebastian Smythe throws it at Kurt at the end of a Michael Jackson sing-off, but Blaine steps in front and needs eye surgery; Santana later records Sebastian admitting he added rock salt.

In Glee's fourth season, famously ditzy Cheerio Brittany reveals she has been offered early admission to which elite university?

The joke is that Glee's ditziest character turns out to be a secret genius: Brittany is offered early admission to MIT and gives the club an emotional goodbye before leaving after Regionals.

Which musical did Artie and Finn co-direct at McKinley in Season 4?

Grease: in 'The Role You Were Born to Play', Artie recruits Finn, then working at Burt's tire shop after leaving the army, to co-direct McKinley's production of Grease.

What is Santana Lopez's middle name?

Diabla means 'she-devil', a fit for the club's sharpest tongue; Santana later marries Brittany in a double wedding with Kurt and Blaine.

After Season 4, Noah 'Puck' Puckerman enlisted in which branch of the US military?

Air Force: in 'The Quarterback', Puck announces at Finn's memorial tree, which he had stolen and then replanted, that he has enlisted in the US Air Force.

Which McKinley High character is played by Iqbal Theba?

Principal Figgins: Iqbal Theba played McKinley's put-upon principal from the pilot onward, forever caving to Sue Sylvester's blackmail.

Who won McKinley's senior class presidency in Season 3 and later threw a dinosaur-themed prom?

Brittany S. Pierce beat Kurt to the post; told that her do-nothing term might get it abolished, she took over the prom and vowed to make it memorable.

Which performing arts school accepts Rachel Berry at the end of Glee's third season?

NYADA admits Rachel even though she forgot her lyrics at the audition, while Kurt, whose audition impressed the dean, is turned down.

In Glee's series finale, who takes over New Directions when Will Schuester moves up to run the school?

Sam Evans turns down Blaine's invitation to move away with him, saying he is happy where he is, and Will then introduces him as the club's new coach.

Which Season 4 newcomer, played by Melissa Benoist, develops an eating disorder?

Marley Rose, played by Melissa Benoist, develops bulimia in Season 4 under pressure from Kitty Wilde; Benoist went on to star as Supergirl.

Which New Directions graduate left for the Joffrey Ballet school and returned in Season 4 to choreograph?

Mike Chang's father wanted a doctor, not a dancer, but came round after watching him perform at Sectionals and told him to apply to the best dance schools.

In Season 1, Will Schuester considered quitting teaching to become what?

An accountant: in the pilot Will plans to quit for an accounting job to support his wife, until Emma shows him a video of his own 1993 Nationals performance and he hears the club rehearsing.

In Glee's Season 5 opener, Sue Sylvester schemes her way into which job at McKinley High?

Principal: Sue planted pornography in Figgins's office to have him removed, took over as interim head, and later used the post to disband the glee club after its second place at Nationals.

On which US network did Glee air for its entire six-season run?

Fox aired all six seasons; the pilot ran on May 19, 2009 after American Idol, months before the season proper premiered in September.

Which Kanye West hit does Will Schuester perform with the glee club in Glee's second episode?

Gold Digger was Will's compromise after the club balked at performing his disco choice, Chic's 'Le Freak', for the school.

Which writer first conceived Glee as a film before Ryan Murphy reworked it?

Ian Brennan based the script on his own high school show choir in Illinois and wrote it with the help of Screenwriting for Dummies; a friend then handed it to Ryan Murphy.

In Glee's third-season premiere, Will scatters pianos of which colour around McKinley to flush out new singers?

Purple pianos are Will's bait: the club must burst into song whenever it comes across one, in the hope that hidden talent will join in.

How many Primetime Emmy Awards did Glee win over its run?

Six: Glee's Primetime Emmys include Jane Lynch's 2010 supporting-actress win, Ryan Murphy's directing award for the pilot, and guest-acting wins for Neil Patrick Harris and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Which actor played Sandy Ryerson, the glee club director fired in the pilot?

Stephen Tobolowsky, Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, plays another Ryerson here; after his firing, Sandy talks his way into Will's a cappella group by promising a celebrity guest.

Which actress played Terri on Glee?

Jessalyn Gilsig, Gina Russo in Ryan Murphy's earlier Nip/Tuck, played Terri, who bows out of the series by taking a store-manager job in Miami.

Which singer guest-starred as Glee's night-school teacher?

Ricky Martin's character wins the club over with a version of 'Sexy and I Know It', and by the end of the episode Will has helped him to a post on the staff.

Which actor played Burt Hummel, Kurt's mechanic father, on Glee?

Mike O'Malley's Burt answers Kurt's coming-out in 'Preggers' by saying he already knew and loves him just the same; the part earned O'Malley an Emmy nomination.

The exchange student who lodges with Brittany's family in Glee's third season comes from which country?

Ireland: Brittany decides her house guest is a leprechaun, and Rory, who has a crush on her, does not put her right.

Which pop star played Dani, Santana's girlfriend in Glee's fifth season?

Demi Lovato's Dani waits tables alongside Santana and Rachel, kisses Santana, and then joins the band Kurt puts together, which Rachel names Pamela Lansbury.

Which American Idol runner-up played Glee's Elliott 'Starchild' Gilbert?

Adam Lambert's Starchild gives such a flamboyant audition for Kurt's new band that Kurt at first resists letting him in.

Which actress joined Glee's main cast in season six after four years playing Coach Beiste?

Dot-Marie Jones, a 15-time world arm-wrestling champion, plays the coach who makes her football players join the glee club for a week, after which the united team wins the championship game.

Roughly how many viewers watched Glee's pilot on its first broadcast in May 2009?

About 9.6 million viewers watched the pilot after American Idol on May 19, 2009; a director's cut re-aired that September to a much smaller audience.

In the pilot, what does Will plant in Finn's locker to pressure him into joining?

Marijuana: Will claims to have found it in a locker check and offers to keep quiet if Finn joins New Directions; Finn gives in rather than upset his widowed mother.

Which opera star gives his name to the canary whose death Kurt mourns in song in Glee's second season?

Pavarotti the canary dies suddenly in Kurt's care, and Kurt's sung tribute is what makes Blaine realise he has feelings for him.

In which New Jersey town was the concert in Glee: The 3D Concert Movie filmed?

East Rutherford: the concert was shot at the IZOD Center during the 2011 Glee Live! tour, and the film also profiles fans, including a cheerleader with short stature.

Which Kesha hit does New Directions perform at the alcohol-awareness assembly that ends with two singers vomiting on stage?

'Tik Tok' stops dead when Brittany and Santana, still drunk like the rest of the club, throw up mid-song, which scares the whole school off drinking.

Which musical does the Glee cast's early hit 'Defying Gravity' come from?

Wicked: Kurt and Rachel sing off for the 'Defying Gravity' solo in 'Wheels', and Kurt deliberately blows the high note to spare his father more abusive phone calls.

Which Madonna cover closes Glee's 'The Power of Madonna' and became the episode's highest-charting single?

'Like a Prayer', sung by the whole club with a gospel choir, peaked at number 27 on the Hot 100; Madonna had opened her entire catalogue to the show.

In Glee's second season, what leaves Kurt's father, Burt, unconscious in hospital and sets the club arguing about faith?

A heart attack: the club offers songs and prayers from their different faiths, which Kurt, an atheist, turns down until, at his father's bedside, he admits he should have accepted them.

Which song opens 'The Quarterback', Glee's tribute to Finn Hudson?

'Seasons of Love' from Rent opens 'The Quarterback', sung by past and present New Directions; the tribute aired on October 10, 2013, three months after Cory Monteith's death.

In 'Born This Way', Quinn Fabray is revealed to have gone by which first name before reinventing herself?

Lucy was an overweight outcast who changed her nose and her school; Lauren digs up the past to sink Quinn's prom queen campaign, and it makes Quinn more popular instead.

Cory Monteith grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, but was born in which Alberta city?

Calgary: Monteith dropped out of school at 16 and only received his high school diploma in 2011, by which time he was already starring on Glee.

Which Glee star's first audition tape showed him drumming on Tupperware containers with pencils?

Cory Monteith: his agent sent the drumming tape, but it had no singing on it, so the producers asked him for more before casting him as Finn.

Which Glee star was cast at age four in the Redd Foxx sitcom The Royal Family?

Naya Rivera played Hillary Winston on The Royal Family, which lost its star weeks into its run when Redd Foxx collapsed on the set during rehearsals and died the same day.

Which 2013 solo single did Naya Rivera release with rapper Big Sean, her boyfriend at the time?

Sorry: Rivera released it in September 2013, a month before she and Big Sean got engaged; the engagement ended the following April and no solo album ever followed.

Which Broadway musical did Lea Michele star in from 2006 to 2008 before Glee?

Spring Awakening: Michele played Wendla from the first workshops and stayed with the show for its Broadway opening, passing up the part of Eponine in a Les Miserables revival.

What was the title of Lea Michele's 2013 debut single?

Cannonball: co-written by Sia, it was added to the finished album Louder after the death of Michele's boyfriend and co-star, and she said the song helped her cope with the loss.

Which role did Lea Michele play in the 2022 Broadway revival of Funny Girl?

Fanny Brice: Michele took over the lead in September 2022, the part Rachel Berry chased on Glee; Jane Lynch had played Mrs. Brice in the same revival but left before Michele started.

Which game show revival did Jane Lynch begin hosting in 2020?

The Weakest Link: Lynch said she built her hosting persona for the revival from a smarmier version of herself with a little of Sue Sylvester, her Glee character, sprinkled in.

Jane Lynch is known for mockumentaries with which director, including Best in Show?

Christopher Guest shot Best in Show from an outline with largely improvised dialogue, and kept Lynch in the troupe of regulars he reused for A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration.

Before Glee, Matthew Morrison originated which teen heartthrob role in Broadway's Hairspray?

Link Larkin: Morrison dropped out of NYU's Tisch School after two years to join Footloose on Broadway, then created the role of Hairspray's heartthrob.

Which Dr. Seuss character did Matthew Morrison play in a 2020 NBC musical special?

The Grinch: unlike NBC's earlier holiday musicals, which went out live, this one was filmed in advance at the Troubadour Theatre in London.

Which best-selling children's book series did Chris Colfer write?

The Land of Stories: Colfer signed a two-book deal in 2011 while still starring on Glee, and the bestselling first novel grew the fairy-tale saga into six books plus prequels.

Which award did Chris Colfer win in 2011 for playing Kurt Hummel?

A Golden Globe: accepting it in January 2011, Colfer dedicated the award to bullied kids who are told they can't be who they are, telling them 'screw that'.

Darren Criss first found fame playing which character in a StarKid musical?

Harry Potter: Criss co-wrote the songs and starred in A Very Potter Musical, a University of Michigan student show whose YouTube upload went viral in 2009 and launched StarKid.

Darren Criss won an Emmy for playing which spree killer in American Crime Story?

Andrew Cunanan: Criss's portrayal of Gianni Versace's killer in The Assassination of Gianni Versace won the 2018 Emmy for lead actor in a limited series and a Golden Globe.

Amber Riley won an Olivier Award for originating which role in the West End?

Effie White in Dreamgirls: the 1981 Broadway hit waited 35 years for its London premiere, and Riley's Effie at the Savoy won the 2017 Olivier for Best Actress in a Musical.

Which US reality competition did Amber Riley win in 2013?

Dancing with the Stars: Riley and partner Derek Hough won season 17, a turnaround for a singer whom American Idol's producers had turned away when she auditioned at 17.

Which Glee co-star launched the recap podcast Showmance with Kevin McHale in 2019?

Jenna Ushkowitz and Kevin McHale began Showmance in 2019 to talk about their friendship, but listeners kept asking about Glee, so its second season became an episode-by-episode recap.

In which city was Tina Cohen-Chang's actress born before being adopted as an infant?

Seoul: Jenna Ushkowitz was adopted as a baby and raised on Long Island, and she later co-founded Kindred, a foundation that helps adoptees and their families.

Tina Cohen-Chang's actress won a Tony as a producer of which Broadway musical revival?

Once on This Island: Jenna Ushkowitz was a producer of the revival that won the 2018 Tony for Best Revival of a Musical; she won a second Tony for producing The Inheritance.

Dianna Agron starred in which 2011 young adult sci-fi film after Glee took off?

I Am Number Four: Agron played Sarah Hart opposite Alex Pettyfer's teenage alien in a film meant to launch a franchise from the Lorien Legacies novels, but the planned sequel was never made.

In Glee's third season, Quinn Fabray's car is hit by a truck while she is doing what?

Sending a text: Quinn is typing 'On my way' in reply to Rachel, who is refusing to start her wedding to Finn without her, when the truck hits her car.

Which business does Puck run in Glee's first season as a way to meet older women?

Pool cleaning: Puck then joins Will's all-male a cappella group, Acafellas, hoping to impress the mothers when it performs at a PTA meeting.

Heather Morris was a backup dancer for which superstar before joining Glee?

Heather Morris danced behind Beyoncé on The Beyoncé Experience world tour and the 2008 'Single Ladies' promo run, including Saturday Night Live, before Glee hired her to teach that routine.

Which TV talent show did Heather Morris appear on in 2006 without making the top 20?

So You Think You Can Dance: Morris survived Vegas Week in season 2 but missed the final 20 on a 3-2 judges' vote; a year later she was touring the world as a pop star's backup dancer.

Before Glee, Jayma Mays played a waitress with a perfect memory on which superpowers drama?

Heroes: Mays played Charlie Andrews, the Texas diner waitress murdered by Sylar, whom Hiro travels six months back in time to try to save.

Which member of a rival glee club does Rachel Berry end up marrying, per the finale?

Jesse St. James once lured Rachel to a parking lot so his teammates could pelt her with eggs, yet he is her husband in the finale's flash-forward, where she wins a Tony.

What is Rachel Berry's middle name?

Barbra: the middle name honours Barbra Streisand, and when Rachel considers a nose job, Kurt and Puck stage a mall 'Barbra-vention' to remind her that her idol refused to change hers.

What is the name of McKinley High's football team on Glee?

The Titans: long a losing side, they won the Season 2 conference championship after the players joined the glee club for a half-time 'Thriller' number.

What is Kurt Hummel's unusual middle name?

Elizabeth: there was no Kurt in the original plan; Chris Colfer auditioned for the part of Artie, and the producers were so impressed that they created Kurt Elizabeth Hummel for him.

Matthew Morrison was cast as Glee's Will after the showrunner spent three months doing what?

Watching actors on Broadway: instead of holding the usual network casting calls, Glee's co-creator scouted the theatre for three months, and found Lea Michele there as well.

In Glee's fourth season, Kurt lands a New York internship at the website of which magazine?

Vogue: Kurt interns at Vogue.com under Isabelle Wright, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, who helps him give Rachel a makeover and urges him to consider a career in fashion.

Blaine Anderson first appeared in which episode of season two?

The sixth: Blaine debuts in 'Never Been Kissed', Season 2's sixth episode, singing 'Teenage Dream'; Darren Criss had earlier auditioned for Finn.

In 'Preggers', Kurt Hummel briefly joins the McKinley football team in which position?

Kicker: caught dancing to 'Single Ladies', Kurt lets his father believe he is on the team, then really joins it and kicks the extra point that wins the game.

What is the name of Brittany's cat, who she suspects of various misdeeds?

Lord Tubbington: Brittany accuses her overweight cat of smoking, joining a gang and reading her diary, and he turns up as a guest on her web talk show, Fondue for Two.

What is the name of Sue Sylvester's older sister, who has Down syndrome?

Jean Sylvester lives in a care home and is the one person Sue is tender with; when she dies in Season 2, the glee club stages a funeral themed on her favourite film, Willy Wonka.

Which Aretha Franklin song did Mercedes Jones sing to audition for New Directions?

'Respect' was Mercedes' pilot audition song; she later stunned the club in 'Sectionals' with 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going'.

Kurt's father, Burt Hummel, wins election to what in Glee's third season?

The US Congress: Burt enters the special election to stop Sue Sylvester, who is campaigning on a promise to cut the arts in schools, and he beats her.

Which song does Artie perform in his 'Dream On' fantasy flash mob?

'Safety Dance': after the daydream in 'Dream On', Artie turns down a dance number with his partner, tells her to pick someone else and sings 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' while they dance.

Which Katy Perry song did Tina Cohen-Chang use to audition for the glee club?

'I Kissed a Girl' was Tina's pilot audition; when she is given the solo 'Tonight' in 'Preggers', Rachel quits the club in protest.

Which actor played Carl Howell, the dentist Emma Pillsbury married in Las Vegas?

John Stamos played dentist Carl Howell in Season 2; months after the wedding he and Emma had still not consummated the marriage, and it ended in an annulment.

Which actor played Mike Chang on Glee?

Harry Shum Jr. played Mike Chang as a guest star for two seasons before being promoted to series regular for the third, which gave him his first solo song in 'Asian F'.

Which Travie McCoy song does Sam Evans sing with the glee boys in his first Glee episode?

Billionaire: Sam sings it with Finn, Puck, Artie and Mike in the Season 2 premiere, then declines to audition for the club because of its members' low social status.

Which actor played Dave Karofsky on Glee?

Max Adler was hired for one episode with two lines, but the writers kept bringing Dave Karofsky back and eventually built a coming-out storyline around him.

Which actor played Unique Adams, the transgender singer introduced in Glee's third season?

Alex Newell won only a two-episode guest spot as a runner-up on The Glee Project, but Unique proved so popular that Newell was promoted to the main cast for the fifth season.

Unique makes her Glee debut in a Season 3 episode built around which dance film's soundtrack?

Saturday Night Fever: Will sets the disco week in 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' to motivate seniors who are unsure of their futures, and Unique takes the stage for a rival choir in 'Boogie Shoes'.

Coach Shannon Beiste takes which first name after coming out as a transgender man in Glee's final season?

Sheldon: when Beiste returns to McKinley after surgery, Unique and a choir of transgender singers gather in the auditorium to welcome him.

Which film star played substitute teacher Holly Holliday on Glee, a role created to show off her singing?

Gwyneth Paltrow: a friend of the show's co-creator, she was given the part to showcase her voice ahead of her country-singer film Country Strong, and it won her an Emmy.

On which cable channel did the reality competition The Glee Project air?

Oxygen aired The Glee Project for two seasons; its first finale named two winners instead of one, Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen, and gave both runners-up two-episode arcs as well.

Which two celebrity singers judged Regionals in Glee's first-season finale?

Josh Groban and Olivia Newton-John sat on the Regionals panel with Sue and newsman Rod Remington in 'Journey to Regionals'; New Directions came last, but Sue then talked Figgins into keeping the club.

Which Broadway star played April Rhodes, the hard-drinking former glee club star?

Kristin Chenoweth played April Rhodes, a McKinley dropout Will brings back to replace Rachel; she wins the club over by getting Kurt drunk and teaching Mercedes and Tina to shoplift.

Which actress, introduced in 'Wheels', played Cheerio Becky Jackson?

Lauren Potter, who has Down syndrome, played Becky Jackson from 'Wheels' onward, and in 2011 President Obama appointed her to his committee for people with intellectual disabilities.

Which two stars of the original Rocky Horror film cameoed in 'The Rocky Horror Glee Show'?

Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf, Brad and Eddie in the 1975 film, cameo as news station managers who ask Sue to make an undercover expose of Will's school production.

In Glee's second season, whose face does Finn believe he sees in a grilled cheese sandwich?

Jesus: Finn dubs it 'Grilled Cheesus' and prays to the sandwich for favours through the episode, then quietly eats what is left of it at the end.

Which Broadway legend, playing herself, meets a starstruck Rachel at Sardi's on Glee?

Patti LuPone: Rachel musters the courage to approach her idol during a dinner date with Finn, and LuPone tells her never to give up, adding that Finn is cute.

Which celebrity played herself as a judge at Nationals in Season 3?

Lindsay Lohan played herself on the Season 3 Nationals panel beside gossip blogger Perez Hilton; the judges named a rival soloist MVP but handed New Directions the trophy.

Which singer played Santana's mother, Maribel Lopez, in Glee's third-season finale?

Gloria Estefan played Maribel Lopez in 'Goodbye'; when Santana says she doesn't want college, Maribel hands over the money saved for it and tells her to use it for New York.

Which Real Housewives of Atlanta star played Roz Washington, the coach who takes over Glee's Cheerios?

Nene Leakes played Roz Washington, a bronze-medal synchronised swimmer who inherits the Cheerios when Sue is fired for a gunshot she falsely claims was her fault.

Glee's finale shows Sue re-elected to which office?

Vice President: in a 2020 flash-forward Sue has won a second term on Jeb Bush's ticket and says she will run for president in 2024, then renames McKinley's auditorium after Finn Hudson.

Which Fleetwood Mac album gets a full tribute episode in Glee's second season?

Rumours: Sue revives the school newspaper to print gossip that splits the club, and Will answers by setting songs from the 1977 album, made by a band that was itself falling apart.

Which Christmas standard do Kurt and Blaine sing together in Season 2's 'A Very Glee Christmas'?

Baby, It's Cold Outside: Blaine asks Kurt to help him rehearse the song for a Christmas show, then tells him he is much better than the girl he will be singing it with.

Glee's fifth season opens with a two-part tribute to the songs of which band?

The Beatles: Will sets a two-week assignment on the band, and in the first episode Blaine recruits rival show choirs to help him propose to Kurt.

How long after receiving Glee's rewritten script did the network take to order the pilot?

15 hours: the co-creator put the speed down to the network already having TV's biggest hit in a music contest, American Idol, which made a scripted musical an easy sell.

Which musical does McKinley High stage in Glee's third season, with Rachel and Blaine as the leads?

West Side Story: Kurt sets his heart on playing Tony, but the directors give the lead to his boyfriend Blaine, and Kurt ends up cast as Officer Krupke.

Which band at first refused Glee the rights to its songs, then changed its mind in June 2010?

Coldplay: after first saying no, the band reversed its decision in June 2010 and opened its catalogue, and in 2011 Will sings 'Fix You' for Emma in 'Asian F'.

Which film star played Cassandra July, Rachel's ruthless New York dance teacher, in Glee's fourth season?

Kate Hudson played Cassandra July, a hard-drinking instructor nursing crushed Broadway dreams of her own, who turns on Rachel from their very first class.

Roughly how many US viewers watched Glee's post-Super Bowl episode, the show's biggest audience ever?

27 million: 'The Sue Sylvester Shuffle' drew 26.8 million viewers to a lavish episode in which the football team joins the glee club for a 'Thriller' mash-up at half-time.

Which late singer gets a tribute episode in Glee's third season?

Whitney Houston: 'Dance with Somebody' aired about ten weeks after her death, and the school's counselor suggests the students are dwelling on it to avoid the pain of leaving their friends at graduation.

In Glee's 'Wheels', the whole club performs which Tina Turner hit while seated in wheelchairs?

Proud Mary: Will has every member spend time in a wheelchair that week to learn what daily life is like for a clubmate, and the closing number is staged entirely on wheels.

Which two actors played Rachel Berry's dads, Hiram and LeRoy, in Season 3?

Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stokes Mitchell first appear in the Valentine's episode 'Heart', where Rachel's dads learn she is engaged to Finn and scheme to make the couple think twice.

In Glee, Brittany Pierce is convinced the exchange student living with her family is which magical creature?

She decides Rory Flanagan is a leprechaun whom only she can see, sent to grant her three wishes.

Sam Evans starts a one-man tribute band in Glee's 'Comeback' to win over Quinn by imitating which teen pop star?

Justin Bieber fever hit the glee girls so hard that three more boys talked their way into the act, which Sam had named The Justin Bieber Experience.

Quinn Fabray is accepted by which Ivy League university in Glee's third season, shortly before a serious car crash?

Yale stays in the story: when Quinn visits McKinley the following year, she is dating one of her teachers there.

Which Glee parent beats Sue Sylvester to a seat in Congress after entering the race as a write-in candidate?

Burt Hummel ran because Sue's platform was cutting all funding for school arts, and he also lined up local businesses to pay for the school musical.

In Glee's 'Duets', Will Schuester promises the winners of a singing contest a free dinner at which restaurant?

Breadstix went to Sam and Quinn, whose prize dinner turned into what Quinn called their first date.

Noah 'Puck' Puckerman loses the respect of McKinley's students in Glee's 'Laryngitis' when a doctor shaves off what?

His mohawk gone, Puck romances Mercedes, by then a popular cheerleader, purely to win his status back.

Brittany Pierce seems to out Santana in Glee's 'Rumours' while hosting which internet talk show of her own?

Fondue for Two came from a fan, who described her own planned web show of that name in a letter delivered to Cory Monteith.

Mike Chang's father brands which chemistry exam grade an 'Asian F' in Glee, fearing it will cost his son Harvard?

A-minus was enough for Mike's father to demand that he give up both glee club and his girlfriend to focus on his studies.

Which relative disowns Santana Lopez in Glee's third season after she comes out, even though her parents accept her?

Her grandmother, Alma, is offended that Santana has made it public, and is still disapproving years later when Santana and Brittany try to win her round.

Which actor, the son of a Nashville country songwriter, joined Glee in its second season as Sam Evans?

Chord Overstreet lent Sam his own celebrity impressions: a producer phoned to ask which ones he could do, then wrote them into the next script.

Mercedes Jones leads a student protest in Glee when Sue Sylvester's healthy-eating drive bans which cafeteria favourite?

Tater tots meant so much to Mercedes that she stuffed them into the tailpipe of Sue's car, causing $17,000 of damage.

Sam Evans hides from the Glee club that his family of five is living where after losing their house?

A motel room is all the family can afford once Sam's father loses his job, and friends seen leaving it spark false rumours of an affair.

Which Glee character is both president of McKinley's AV club and a state champion in Greco-Roman wrestling?

Lauren Zizes got onto the wrestling team only after her parents sued the school district, and Puck later fell for her as a bigger rebel than he was.

Sam Evans tries to charm Quinn in Glee's 'Duets' by speaking a fictional language from which blockbuster film?

Avatar gave Sam his chat-up lines in Na'vi, and the actor who plays him admitted that blurting out that sort of thing to a girl was very much like him.

Sam Evans leaves Ohio for the big city in Glee's fifth season, hoping to build which career?

Modelling takes Sam as far as an advert on the side of a bus, his stated ambition, and he then moves back to Ohio.

Which Glee student's wealthy father pays for a second McKinley glee club after New Directions rejects her audition?

Sugar Motta blames her bluntness on self-diagnosed Asperger's, and later confesses she simply wanted to be on a winning side for a change.

Which Glee cheerleader secretly takes in a rival's school musical costumes to convince her she is gaining weight?

Kitty Wilde owns up during a school lockdown later that season, apologises in tears and is forgiven.

Which Glee football player learns he is dyslexic after Finn Hudson persuades him to take a test?

Ryder Lynn was played by Blake Jenner, who won the part as the champion of The Glee Project's second season.

Which Glee character edits McKinley's school newspaper, runs a gossip blog and nurses an unwelcome crush on Rachel?

Jacob Ben Israel also fronts the mock documentaries that open seasons two, three and four, catching viewers up on the club.

Which home-schooled Christian with dreadlocks joins Glee's New Directions after helping Quinn with physical therapy?

Joe Hart was played by Samuel Larsen, a winner of The Glee Project whose prize was a seven-episode arc on the show.

Will Schuester first discovers Finn Hudson's singing voice in Glee's pilot when he overhears him where?

The showers scene has Finn singing an REO Speedwagon hit, and it stayed his only solo number until the show's tenth episode.

Which instrument does Finn Hudson play in Glee, a skill actor Cory Monteith showed off on his audition tape?

Drums were improvised for that tape: Monteith's agent sent in a video of him drumming with pencils on Tupperware containers.

Quinn convinces Finn Hudson early in Glee that he got her pregnant without sex while the pair were where?

A hot tub is the cover story Quinn invents after cheating on him, and Finn believes it until the truth comes out at Sectionals, halfway through the season.

Finn Hudson learns in Glee's third season that his father was not killed in action but died of what?

A drug overdose, probably tied to untreated PTSD after a dishonourable discharge, was the truth his mother had hidden from him.

How does Finn Hudson break the news of Quinn's pregnancy to her parents over dinner in Glee's first season?

In a song at the dinner table: her parents respond by throwing Quinn out, and she moves in with Finn and his mother.

In Glee's 'Furt', Finn Hudson sings to his new stepbrother at their parents' wedding with a song by which artist?

Bruno Mars supplied two songs for the day: the whole club danced down the aisle to one before Finn sang the other to Kurt.

Finn Hudson cashes in on his rising popularity in Glee's second season by setting up which fundraising stall?

A kissing booth was really his way to kiss ex-girlfriend Quinn again, and the two soon start dating in secret behind Sam's back.

Finn Hudson takes over New Directions in Glee's fourth season while Will Schuester serves on a panel in which city?

Washington needed Will for a blue-ribbon panel, and despite a rocky start as interim director Finn won the club's acceptance.

Finn Hudson accidentally breaks which part of Rachel Berry's face during a dance rehearsal in Glee's 'Born This Way'?

Her nose is broken badly enough that a doctor recommends surgery, and Rachel spends the episode deciding whether to have it reshaped.

Finn Hudson first stands up to his teammates' bullying in Glee's pilot by rescuing Artie from what?

A portable toilet with Artie trapped inside is the turning point: Finn frees him, then declares he will carry on with both sport and glee.

The McKinley football team wins a game in Glee's 'Preggers' by breaking into which pop hit's dance routine mid-play?

Single Ladies reached the team through Kurt, who had told his father the dance was a football drill after being caught performing it at home.

Which vocal group does Will Schuester form in Glee's first season after Rachel criticises his choreography?

Acafellas kept Will so busy that the glee club, left to itself, hired a rival choir's choreographer to coach it.

While Quinn Fabray is rushed to hospital in Glee's first-season finale, a rival choir performs which Queen song?

Bohemian Rhapsody took the title for the rivals, while New Directions, most of whom had gone to the hospital with Quinn, finished last.

Which actor won an Emmy for guest-starring in Glee's 'Dream On' as Bryan Ryan, Will Schuester's old glee club rival?

Neil Patrick Harris turned up as a school board auditor, in an episode directed by Buffy creator Joss Whedon.

Quinn Fabray is introduced in Glee as Finn's girlfriend and the president of which McKinley High club?

Celibacy club membership fits Quinn's conservative Christian upbringing, and she joins the glee club only to keep an eye on her boyfriend.

Most New Directions boys answer the girls' pop-diva costumes in Glee's first season by dressing as which rock band?

Kiss costumes were the boys' way out of an assignment they refused: performing a Lady Gaga number with the girls and Kurt.

New Directions lose their amateur status in Glee's first season after being paid for a TV commercial selling what?

Mattresses were the payment too, and because Will was the one who accepted it, the club could only compete at Sectionals without him.

Will Schuester's wife takes which McKinley job in Glee's first season, despite having no qualifications for it?

School nurse suited her plan to stay close to Will, and she was soon handing the glee boys decongestant tablets to perk them up.

A choir from a school for the deaf performs which John Lennon song in Glee's 'Hairography', joined by New Directions?

Imagine nearly did not happen: Yoko Ono was hesitant about granting Glee the rights to the song.

Which after-hours job does Will Schuester take at McKinley in Glee's first season to earn extra money?

Janitor shifts were his compromise after he decided not to quit teaching for a better-paid career when his wife said she was pregnant.

Blaine Anderson makes his Glee debut leading an all-boys school choir through which Katy Perry song?

Teenage Dream became the first Glee single to top Billboard's Digital Songs chart, and the show's fastest seller.

The Troubletones close Glee's 'Mash Off' with a celebrated mash-up of two songs by which British singer?

Adele supplied both halves of the show's 300th musical number, which sold 160,000 copies in its first week.

Noah 'Puck' Puckerman dedicates his first solo to Rachel in Glee's 'Mash-Up', singing which Neil Diamond classic?

Sweet Caroline nearly stayed off the show: Neil Diamond was reluctant to license it, then enjoyed the cover once he had.

Which substitute teacher impresses Glee's New Directions on arrival with her version of CeeLo Green's 'Forget You'?

Holly Holliday sang a cleaned-up version of the hit, one of four numbers her actress recorded in a single afternoon.

Kurt Hummel auditions for New Directions in Glee's pilot with which song from the musical Chicago?

Mr. Cellophane was also the song Chris Colfer sang at his real audition, which impressed the creators enough to write Kurt for him.

Santana Lopez sings lead at Sectionals in Glee's second season, as Brittany and Mike dance, on which song?

Valerie helped earn a tie for first place, which sent both New Directions and a rival choir on to Regionals.

Which original song does Santana perform as a tribute to Sam Evans when New Directions try songwriting in Glee?

Trouty Mouth teases Sam about the size of his mouth, and like most of the club's first efforts it never reaches the Regionals set.

Which song, first famous as a viral video, do Puck, Artie and Sam perform at the junior prom in Glee's second season?

Friday, the Rebecca Black video that went viral that March, was chosen by the show's co-creator as a tribute to pop culture, and sung after the principal asked the glee club to play the prom.

Santana duels a rival singer in Glee's Michael Jackson tribute episode, backed by two cellists, on which song?

Smooth Criminal put the real Croatian cello duo 2Cellos on screen, and one critic wrote that they, not either singer, won the duel.

Sam Evans secretly films Mercedes singing which song in Glee's 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' and posts it on YouTube?

Disco Inferno paid off: the clip Sam uploaded later got Mercedes signed as a backup singer by an independent label in California.