Q 01/05

Boston Legal is a direct spin-off of which earlier legal drama?

A) Ally McBeal

B) Picket Fences

C) L.A. Law

D) The Practice

Answer · why

D) The Practice

Alan Shore, Denny Crane, Tara Wilson and Sally Heep all carried over from The Practice's eighth and final season in 2004.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the law firm at the centre of Boston Legal?

A) Cage & Fish

B) Donnell, Young, Dole & Frutt

C) McKenzie, Brackman

D) Crane, Poole & Schmidt

Answer · why

D) Crane, Poole & Schmidt

The other three are also Kelley firms: from Ally McBeal, The Practice and L.A. Law respectively. Edwin Poole, the middle name, appears in only four ep...

Q 03/05

On which network did Boston Legal air from 2004 to 2008?

A) NBC

B) CBS

C) ABC

D) Fox

Answer · why

C) ABC

It was produced with 20th Century Fox Television but ran on ABC, which put it on hiatus in its first season to make room for a new show called Grey's ...

Q 04/05

Which two things do Alan and Denny share on the balcony at the end of most episodes?

A) Brandy and chess

B) Coffee and cigarettes

C) Beer and baseball

D) Cigars and scotch

Answer · why

D) Cigars and scotch

The balcony musings became the show's signature, a space for two political opposites who happen to be best friends.

Q 05/05

What was the show's working title, an allusion to where the firm had its offices?

A) Beacon Hill

B) State Street

C) Boylston

D) Fleet Street

Answer · why

D) Fleet Street

It was briefly The Practice: Fleet Street. The real building used as the office is at 500 Boylston Street, 1.4 miles away.