60 free Bravo TV trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
46 free Bravo TV trivia questions with answers. Bravo launched in 1980 as a commercial-free channel for film and the performing arts, and today it is the home of the Real Housewives, Below Deck and Watch What Happens Live. This quiz covers the whole journey: the early years with Inside the Actors Studio, the 2003 breakout of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the class of 2006 (Top Chef, Million Dollar Listing and the first Housewives), Project Runway's departure and return, Vanderpump Rules and its spin-offs, Below Deck's yachts, Andy Cohen's rise from programming executive to late-night host, and BravoCon. The easy questions ask who hosts Watch What Happens Live and which company owns the network. The hard ones want the year Bravo launched, how much NBC paid for it, the first Inside the Actors Studio guest, the yacht renamed for the first Below Deck season and which channel originally shared Bravo's channel space. Built for Bravoholics, viewing parties and pop-culture quiz nights. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the network, its shows and its stars, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01In what year did Bravo launch?
1980
It went on air on 8 December as a commercial-free premium channel for film and the performing arts.
Q 02Which company owned Bravo as of 2025?
NBCUniversal
NBC bought it in 2002 and later merged with Vivendi Universal Entertainment.
Q 03What did Bravo originally focus on?
Fine arts and film
It claimed to be the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts.
Q 04In its early years, Bravo shared its channel space with which adult pay channel?
Escapade
Bravo itself broadcast only on Sunday and Monday nights at first.
Q 05Which oil company signed an underwriting deal with Bravo in 1992?
Texaco
The first Texaco Showcase production was a stage adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
Q 06How much did NBC pay for Bravo in 2002?
$1.25 billion
MGM had briefly held a 20% stake from 1999 to 2001.
Q 07Which drama did Bravo begin re-running in 2003, with holiday marathons?
The West Wing
That was the same year the makeover show changed the network's direction.
Q 08Which 2003 makeover series drew 3.5 million viewers and pushed Bravo toward reality TV?
Queer Eye
It won the Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2004 and spawned a spin-off for women.
Q 09What was the collective name for Queer Eye's team of experts?
The Fab Five
Carson Kressley, Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia and Jai Rodriguez made up the original line-up.
Q 10Which streaming service revived Queer Eye in 2018 with a new Fab Five?
Netflix
The original series had been based in New York City.
Q 11Which three Bravo hits all premiered in 2006?
Million Dollar Listing, RHOC and Top Chef
All three spawned spin-offs and international franchises.
Q 12Inside the Actors Studio premiered on Bravo in which year?
1994
James Lipton hosted for 22 seasons before it moved to Ovation for a final season in 2019.
Q 13Who was the first guest broadcast on Inside the Actors Studio?
Paul Newman
Alec Baldwin was actually interviewed first, but his episode aired later.
Q 21Who hosted the first season of Top Chef before Padma Lakshmi?
Katie Lee
Lakshmi hosted seasons 2 to 20; season 10 winner Kristen Kish took over from season 21.
Q 22Which two judges have been mainstays of Top Chef throughout?
Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons
Colicchio co-founded Gramercy Tavern and has five James Beard awards.
Q 23What is the name of Top Chef's short opening test each episode?
The Quickfire
Its winner traditionally gets immunity from elimination.
Q 14James Lipton's closing questionnaire was borrowed from which French TV host?
Bernard Pivot
Pivot's questions on Apostrophes were themselves adapted from the Proust Questionnaire.
Q 15Where was Inside the Actors Studio taped from 2005?
Pace University
The Michael Schimmel Center replaced the New School's Tishman Auditorium.
Q 16Project Runway premiered on Bravo in December 2004 with which host?
Heidi Klum
She stayed until 2017; Bravo made the first five seasons before Lifetime took over.
Q 17Project Runway returned to Bravo in 2018 after which studio went bankrupt?
The Weinstein Company
Klum and Tim Gunn left the same year to make Making the Cut for Amazon.
Q 18Who replaced Tim Gunn as Project Runway's mentor when it returned to Bravo?
Christian Siriano
He had won season four; Karlie Kloss took over hosting from Klum.
Q 19Tim Gunn chaired the fashion department at which New York institution before Project Runway?
Parsons
He then joined Liz Claiborne as chief creative officer.
Q 20Which company produces Top Chef, having also created Project Runway?
Magical Elves
Top Chef premiered on Bravo in March 2006.
Q 24The Top Chef season winner gets a feature in which magazine?
Food & Wine
Plus a cash prize and an appearance at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
Q 25The Real Housewives franchise began in March 2006 in which location?
Orange County
It was inspired by scripted soaps like Desperate Housewives and Peyton Place.
Q 26How many international adaptations of the Real Housewives exist?
32
The first was Athens in 2011; the longest-running is Cheshire.
Q 27How many spin-off series has the American Real Housewives franchise produced?
28
The most successful is Vanderpump Rules, which has spin-offs of its own.
Q 28Vanderpump Rules is set at restaurants in which Los Angeles neighbourhood?
West Hollywood
SUR, Pump and Tom Tom are all Lisa Vanderpump's.
Q 29What does SUR, the Lisa Vanderpump venue at the heart of her spin-off show, stand for?
Sexy Unique Restaurant
Lisa Vanderpump was born in Dulwich, London.
Q 30Below Deck's first season yacht was renamed what for filming?
Honor
The 164-foot Cuor di Leone was captained by Lee Rosbach on a Caribbean charter.