Q 01/05

Bones is based on the life and novels of which real forensic anthropologist?

A) Patricia Cornwell

B) Tess Gerritsen

C) Karin Slaughter

D) Kathy Reichs

Answer · why

D) Kathy Reichs

She produced the show, and in the Bones universe Brennan writes novels about a fictional anthropologist named Kathy Reichs.

Q 02/05

Who created Bones for Fox?

A) Shonda Rhimes

B) Dick Wolf

C) Jerry Bruckheimer

D) Hart Hanson

Answer · why

D) Hart Hanson

Hart Hanson created Bones, adapting Kathy Reichs's novels for Fox and serving as showrunner; he pushed for more dark humor and character development t...

Q 03/05

How many seasons of Bones aired?

A) 8

B) 10

C) 12

D) 14

Answer · why

C) 12

Bones ran for 12 seasons; the final season was a shortened 12-episode farewell run, and the finale was titled 'The End in the End'.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the fictional Washington, D.C. institution where Brennan's lab is based?

A) The Smithsonian Institute

B) The Jeffersonian Institute

C) The Franklin Institute

D) The Madison Institute

Answer · why

B) The Jeffersonian Institute

The Jeffersonian Institute is the show's fictional national museum and research complex; its Medico-Legal Lab interiors were built on a Fox studio sou...

Q 05/05

Who plays Dr. Temperance Brennan?

A) Emily Deschanel

B) Zooey Deschanel

C) Michaela Conlin

D) Tamara Taylor

Answer · why

A) Emily Deschanel

Emily Deschanel plays Brennan; she was cast after finishing the Jerry Bruckheimer film Glory Road, and her sister Zooey later starred in New Girl.