Q 01/05

For which country-house film had the series' creator already won a screenplay Oscar?

A) Gosford Park

B) The Remains of the Day

C) Howards End

D) Atonement

Answer · why

A) Gosford Park

Gosford Park (2001) won its writer the Best Original Screenplay Oscar; Downton Abbey was first conceived as a spin-off of that film before becoming a ...

Q 02/05

In which English county is the fictional Downton Abbey estate primarily set?

A) Yorkshire

B) Cornwall

C) Kent

D) Sussex

Answer · why

A) Yorkshire

Yorkshire is home to the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants; the fictional village of Downton lies near the real market town of Ripon, whi...

Q 03/05

In what year did 'Downton Abbey' first air in the United Kingdom?

A) 2010

B) 2012

C) 2014

D) 2015

Answer · why

A) 2010

The first series of 'Downton Abbey' premiered in the United Kingdom on ITV on September 26, 2010.

Q 04/05

Before becoming the heir presumptive to Downton Abbey, what was Matthew Crawley's profession?

A) Doctor

B) Solicitor

C) Banker

D) Journalist

Answer · why

B) Solicitor

Matthew Crawley was a middle-class solicitor from Manchester before he was informed that he was the new heir to the Earl of Grantham's estate.

Q 05/05

Which Crawley daughter ends up a journalist?

A) Lady Rose

B) Lady Mary

C) Lady Sybil

D) Lady Edith

Answer · why

D) Lady Edith

Lady Edith begins with a published letter to The Times on women's votes, then writes a column for The Sketch and later inherits the magazine's publish...