Q 01/05

Which Desperate Housewives lead was best known as Lois Lane on Lois & Clark before playing Susan Mayer?

A) Teri Hatcher

B) Marcia Cross

C) Felicity Huffman

D) Eva Longoria

Answer · why

A) Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher went from Lois Lane to Bond girl Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies, a part Monica Bellucci also tested for before the studio insisted o...

Q 02/05

Which actress plays the perfectionist homemaker Bree Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives?

A) Dana Delany

B) Nicollette Sheridan

C) Brenda Strong

D) Marcia Cross

Answer · why

D) Marcia Cross

Marcia Cross first read for the narrator, Mary Alice, before creator Marc Cherry insisted that she try out for Bree instead.

Q 03/05

Which actress plays Gabrielle Solis, the former model, on Desperate Housewives?

A) Roselyn Sanchez

B) Vanessa Williams

C) Eva Longoria

D) Drea de Matteo

Answer · why

C) Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria was the first lead cast, after admitting at her audition that she had read only her own part of the script; Marc Cherry said that was whe...

Q 04/05

Who voices Mary Alice Young, the narrator of Desperate Housewives from beyond the grave?

A) Christine Estabrook

B) Alfre Woodard

C) Harriet Sansom Harris

D) Brenda Strong

Answer · why

D) Brenda Strong

Brenda Strong was a late replacement: the pilot had already been shot with another actress as narrator, and the part was recast after ABC picked the s...

Q 05/05

What is the name of the fictional town where Desperate Housewives is set?

A) Fairhaven

B) Oakview

C) Fairview

D) Wisteria Falls

Answer · why

C) Fairview

Fairview was designed as an everyplace: the production designer watched old family sitcoms such as Father Knows Best to give its streets a classic Ame...