Q 01/05

Which band's song plays over the abrupt cut-to-black final scene of The Sopranos in 2007?

A) Journey

B) Foreigner

C) Boston

D) Styx

Answer · why

A) Journey

The 2007 finale's sudden black screen led many viewers to think their cable had failed.

Q 02/05

Tony Soprano runs a Mafia crew based in which US state?

A) New York

B) New Jersey

C) Pennsylvania

D) Connecticut

Answer · why

B) New Jersey

James Gandolfini's Tony is introduced as a mob boss who suffers panic attacks and starts seeing a psychiatrist.

Q 03/05

How many Primetime Emmy Awards did The Sopranos win over its six seasons?

A) 6

B) 12

C) 21

D) 17

Answer · why

C) 21

The show ran 86 episodes on HBO from 1999 to 2007 and also collected five Golden Globes.

Q 04/05

David Simon's HBO drama The Wire is set in which American city?

A) Philadelphia

B) Detroit

C) Cleveland

D) Baltimore

Answer · why

D) Baltimore

Each of the five seasons introduced a different city institution alongside the police, from the docks to the schools.

Q 05/05

Season two of The Wire shifted its focus to which part of the city?

A) The port and its dockworkers

B) The city's public schools

C) The mayor's re-election bid

D) The daily newspaper's newsroom

Answer · why

A) The port and its dockworkers

The docks storyline followed the blue-collar stevedores' union and its slide into smuggling; schools, City Hall and the newspaper each got later seaso...