Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia
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This Brooklyn Nine-Nine trivia quiz has 97 free questions with answers and covers all eight seasons of the 99th precinct, from the day Captain Holt walked in wearing a tie to the series finale heist. Expect questions on Jake and Amy, Rosa, Charles Boyle, Terry, Gina, Hitchcock and Scully, and on the recurring favourites: Doug Judy the Pontiac Bandit, Madeline Wuntch, the Vulture, Adrian Pimento, Kevin and of course Cheddar. It also digs into the show's history and cast: which network cancelled it and who saved it thirty hours later, the real Brooklyn precinct used for the exterior, the Golden Globes, the Halloween heist that ended in a proposal, and what the actors did before and after the show, from SNL and the NFL to Encanto. About a third are easy for casual viewers; the rest reward the fans who have watched every cold open twice. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its episodes and characters, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01Which two writers, who had worked together on Parks and Recreation, created Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
Dan Goor and Michael Schur
Dan Goor and Michael Schur created the show in 2013; the two had been Harvard classmates and both wrote for Parks and Recreation before pitching a police-station comedy.
Q 02Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired its first five seasons on which network?
Fox
Fox aired seasons one through five, from the September 2013 premiere until the show's cancellation in May 2018.
Q 03Who plays the stern, deadpan Captain Raymond Holt?
Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher played Captain Raymond Holt from the 2013 pilot to the 2021 finale, earning Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Q 04Which mobile game does Captain Holt become addicted to in season one?
Kwazy Cupcakes
Kwazy Cupcakes, a match-three phone game, hooks the normally unflappable Holt in the season-one episode 'Tactical Village', where the squad catches him playing it obsessively.
Q 05What is the name of Holt and Kevin's beloved corgi?
Cheddar
Cheddar is Holt and Kevin's corgi, a regular since season one; the series finale reveals Holt's secret tattoo to be Kevin's head on Cheddar's body.
Q 06Kevin Cozner, Holt's husband, is a professor of what at Columbia University?
Classics
Kevin teaches Classics at Columbia University, where he chairs the department; he is played by Marc Evan Jackson, who also played Shawn on The Good Place.
Q 07What is the name of Jake and Amy's son, born at the end of season 7?
Mac
Mac, short for McClane, is Jake and Amy's son, born in the season 7 finale 'Lights Out' during a citywide blackout in New York.
Q 08Jake constantly quotes which action film, and even names his son after its hero?
Die Hard
Die Hard, the 1988 Bruce Willis thriller, is Jake's all-time favourite film; he quotes it constantly and dreams of living out its Nakatomi Plaza scenario.
Q 09Which crook, played by Craig Robinson, steals only Pontiacs and keeps escaping Jake?
Doug Judy
Doug Judy, the Pontiac Bandit, first appears in season one posing as an informant on the Bandit before revealing he is the car thief himself and slipping away.
Q 10Which cop, nicknamed 'The Vulture', is notorious for swooping in on nearly solved cases?
Keith Pembroke
Keith Pembroke, 'The Vulture', is played by Dean Winters; he first swoops in during season one, snatching a murder case the squad had all but closed.
Q 11Which actress plays Madeline Wuntch, Holt's despised long-time rival in the NYPD hierarchy?
Kyra Sedgwick
Wuntch and Holt were once partners and friends; she once banished him to run the NYPD Public Affairs Division to humiliate him.
Q 12Jake and Holt hide from Jimmy 'The Butcher' Figgis in witness protection in which state?
Florida
Florida is where Jake and Holt spend six months hiding in the town of Coral Palms; once the squad takes Figgis down, the whole precinct is punished with the night shift.
Q 13Which unhinged former undercover detective, played by Jason Mantzoukas, gets engaged to Rosa?
Adrian Pimento
He had spent 12 years undercover inside Figgis's organisation, and the wedding was derailed when he had to fake his own death.
Q 21Which real Brooklyn precinct's building was used for the exterior of the fictional Nine-Nine?
The 78th
The 78th Precinct's station house on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope supplies the exterior shots; the NYPD's Brooklyn precincts are numbered only from the 60th to the 94th.
Q 22Where was Brooklyn Nine-Nine actually filmed?
CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles
CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles housed the precinct sets throughout the run; the show shot on the Studio City lot, using New York only for establishing shots.
Q 23Brooklyn Nine-Nine's first season won which major award for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy?
The Golden Globe
Q 14Terry's twin daughters are named after which classic TV cop duo?
Cagney and Lacey
Cagney and Lacey, the long-running CBS series about two female NYPD detectives, inspired the names of his twin girls; a third daughter, Ava, arrives in season three.
Q 15Terry famously refers to himself in the third person and declares his love for which food?
Yogurt
Yogurt is the food: his third-person declaration that he 'loves yogurt' became a season-one catchphrase, and he is forever eating it at his desk.
Q 16What is the name of the Latvian boy Charles Boyle and Genevieve adopt?
Nikolaj
Nikolaj is the Latvian boy Charles and Genevieve adopt in season three; Charles's fussy pronunciation of the name, which no one else can match, is a running gag.
Q 17Gina Linetti has a child, Enigma ('Iggy'), with a member of which colleague's family?
Charles Boyle's cousin
Iggy's father is Charles Boyle's cousin Milton Boyle, played by Ryan Phillippe; Gina's maternity leave in season five was written around Chelsea Peretti's real pregnancy.
Q 18Which musician plays Marcus, Holt's nephew, who dates Rosa in season 2?
Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon plays Marcus, Holt's nephew, whom Rosa dates in season two; the rapper and TV host is best known for hosting The Masked Singer.
Q 19In which annual event do the detectives compete for the title of 'Amazing Detective/Genius'?
The Halloween heist
The Halloween heist began in season one when Jake bet Holt he could steal his Medal of Valor; the winner is crowned 'Amazing Detective/Genius'.
Q 20Which season-five episode ends with Jake proposing to Amy in the evidence lockup?
HalloVeen
HalloVeen, the fourth episode of season five, ends with Jake having the champion's belt re-engraved with a proposal; Amy says yes, and the squad erupts.
The Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy went to the show in January 2014, the same night Andy Samberg won Best Actor in a TV comedy.
Q 24For its LGBTQ+ portrayals, the show won which organisation's 2018 award for Outstanding Comedy Series?
GLAAD
GLAAD gave the show its 2018 Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, recognising Holt's marriage to Kevin and Rosa's coming out as bisexual in season five.
Q 25Before Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andy Samberg was a cast member of which show from 2005 to 2012?
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live employed Samberg from 2005 to 2012, where he and Lonely Island partners Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone popularised Digital Shorts such as 'Lazy Sunday'.
Q 26Terry Crews played which position in the NFL before acting?
Defensive end and linebacker
Defensive end and linebacker were Crews's NFL positions; drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in 1991, he also played for the Chargers and Washington before acting.
Q 27The actor who plays Holt earlier starred as Detective Frank Pembleton in which 1990s police drama?
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street, set in Baltimore, ran from 1993 to 1999; the Frank Pembleton role won its star the 1998 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Q 28Stephanie Beatriz, who plays Rosa, voiced which lead character in Disney's Encanto?
Mirabel Madrigal
Mirabel Madrigal, the only Madrigal without a magical gift, is voiced by Beatriz in Encanto (2021); she also played Carla in the film of In the Heights.
Q 29Melissa Fumero, who plays Amy, made her professional debut on which soap opera?
One Life to Live
One Life to Live gave Fumero her first professional role, Adriana Cramer, which she played from 2004 to 2011 before moving into primetime comedy.
Q 30Joe Lo Truglio, who plays Boyle, was a cast member of which 1990s sketch comedy troupe and MTV series?
The State
The State, the sketch troupe whose MTV series ran from 1993 to 1995, counted Lo Truglio among its eleven members alongside Michael Ian Black and Ken Marino.