Q 01/05

Which Canadian singer plays the school principal in the feature film shot at Degrassi in season four?

A) Alanis Morissette

B) Avril Lavigne

C) Shania Twain

D) Nelly Furtado

Answer · why

A) Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette turns up as herself, cast as the principal in the movie whose crew takes over the school for the last three episodes of the season.

Q 02/05

Degrassi began with which after-school special, adapted from a Kay Chorao picture book?

A) Cookie Goes to Hospital

B) Ida Makes a Movie

C) Noel Buys a Suit

D) Griff Gets a Hand

Answer · why

B) Ida Makes a Movie

Ida Makes a Movie was shot largely at the home of a librarian friend on De Grassi Street, and that street gave everything that followed its name.

Q 03/05

Degrassi takes its name from a real street in which Canadian city?

A) Vancouver

B) Montreal

C) Toronto

D) Ottawa

Answer · why

C) Toronto

Toronto: De Grassi Street is a real street in the city's east end, and the first productions were filmed there because a friend of the creators lived ...

Q 04/05

Unlike every later Degrassi series, the franchise's first series followed which group?

A) Children rather than teenagers

B) Teachers rather than students

C) Parents rather than children

D) Adults at university

Answer · why

A) Children rather than teenagers

The Kids of Degrassi Street followed children rather than teenagers, centring on grade-schoolers; Stacie Mistysyn and Neil Hope returned in Junior Hig...

Q 05/05

On which Canadian network did Degrassi Junior High premiere in 1987?

A) CBC

B) CTV

C) Global

D) YTV

Answer · why

A) CBC

CBC carried it at home, while Britain's BBC pulled some episodes over their teen-pregnancy and same-sex storylines and reshowed them in a later slot.