Q 01/05

On which network did Deadwood originally air from 2004 to 2006?

A) HBO

B) Showtime

C) AMC

D) Starz

Answer · why

A) HBO

HBO ended Deadwood after three seasons in 2006, then brought most of the cast back 13 years later for Deadwood: The Movie.

Q 02/05

Who created and largely wrote Deadwood?

A) David Chase

B) David Milch

C) Alan Ball

D) David Simon

Answer · why

B) David Milch

David Milch read real 1870s Deadwood residents' diaries and used them as reference for the show's characters and events.

Q 03/05

In which present-day US state is Deadwood set?

A) North Dakota

B) Montana

C) South Dakota

D) Wyoming

Answer · why

C) South Dakota

South Dakota: in 1876 the gold camp sat on Lakota treaty land, so it had no lawful government, and its leaders scheme to be annexed.

Q 04/05

Who plays Al Swearengen?

A) Jeffrey Jones

B) Ray McKinnon

C) Powers Boothe

D) Ian McShane

Answer · why

D) Ian McShane

Ian McShane's Swearengen starts out as a cutthroat villain, yet he ends up allied with Bullock to defend the camp against outsiders such as Hearst.

Q 05/05

Who plays Seth Bullock?

A) Timothy Olyphant

B) John Hawkes

C) Titus Welliver

D) Garret Dillahunt

Answer · why

A) Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant's Bullock gives up a Montana marshal's badge for a new life in the gold camp, yet by the season-one finale he is Deadwood's sheriff.