Q 01/05

Before playing Susan Mayer, which of the show's leads was best known as Lois Lane on Lois & Clark?

A) Teri Hatcher

B) Marcia Cross

C) Felicity Huffman

D) Eva Longoria

Answer · why

A) Teri Hatcher

She also played Bond girl Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies, and a 1995 photo of her in nothing but Superman's cape was reportedly the most download...

Q 02/05

Which actress plays the perfectionist homemaker Bree?

A) Dana Delany

B) Nicollette Sheridan

C) Brenda Strong

D) Marcia Cross

Answer · why

D) Marcia Cross

Cross had originally read for the narrator's part before Marc Cherry insisted she try Bree instead.

Q 03/05

Which actress plays Gaby, the former model?

A) Roselyn Sanchez

B) Vanessa Williams

C) Eva Longoria

D) Drea de Matteo

Answer · why

C) Eva Longoria

She was the first lead cast, and admitted at her audition that she had only read her own part of the script, which Cherry called 'such a Gabrielle thi...

Q 04/05

Who provides the voice of the late Mary Alice Young, the show's narrator from beyond the grave?

A) Sheryl Lee

B) Alfre Woodard

C) Harriet Sansom Harris

D) Brenda Strong

Answer · why

D) Brenda Strong

Fans came to recognise her in coffee shops by voice alone, and she earned two Emmy nominations for the narration in a category normally dominated by c...

Q 05/05

What is the name of the fictional town where the show is set?

A) Fairhaven

B) Oakview

C) Fairview

D) Wisteria Falls

Answer · why

C) Fairview

The town sits in an equally fictional state, and the show never pins it to any real region of the country.