Q 01/05

Which two writers, who had worked together on Parks and Recreation, created Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

A) Dan Goor and Michael Schur

B) Greg Daniels and Mike Judge

C) Tina Fey and Robert Carlock

D) Bill Lawrence and Steve Levitan

Answer · why

A) Dan Goor and Michael Schur

They had known each other since they were students at Harvard and felt the police station had been under-used as a sitcom setting since Barney Miller.

Q 02/05

Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired its first five seasons on which network?

A) NBC

B) Fox

C) ABC

D) CBS

Answer · why

B) Fox

NBC had originally passed on the show, and its chairman later expressed regret about it when the network finally picked it up.

Q 03/05

After Fox cancelled the show in May 2018, which network picked it up roughly thirty hours later?

A) TBS

B) Hulu

C) NBC

D) Netflix

Answer · why

C) NBC

TBS, Hulu and Netflix had all been in talks, but a fan social-media campaign helped push the deal through within a day and a half.

Q 04/05

How many seasons of Brooklyn Nine-Nine were made in total?

A) 6

B) 7

C) 9

D) 8

Answer · why

D) 8

The 10-episode final season, delayed by the pandemic and rewritten after the murder of George Floyd, aired two episodes a week over five weeks in 2021...

Q 05/05

Who plays the stern, deadpan Captain Raymond Holt?

A) Andre Braugher

B) Terry Crews

C) Joe Lo Truglio

D) Dean Winters

Answer · why

A) Andre Braugher

Braugher was already famous as Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street; he earned four Emmy nominations for Holt.