Q 01/05

Which best-selling author created ER, based on a script he had written in 1974?

A) Michael Crichton

B) Robin Cook

C) Tom Clancy

D) John Grisham

Answer · why

A) Michael Crichton

The Harvard-trained doctor's pilot script drew on his own medical training; the networks passed on it for twenty years.

Q 02/05

Which director's company, Amblin Television, co-produced ER after steering it toward TV?

A) Robert Zemeckis

B) Steven Spielberg

C) Ron Howard

D) James Cameron

Answer · why

B) Steven Spielberg

Constant c Productions and Amblin made the show with Warner Bros. Television, with John Wells as showrunner.

Q 03/05

ER premiered on NBC on 19 September of which year?

A) 1992

B) 1996

C) 1994

D) 1998

Answer · why

C) 1994

It ran until 2 April 2009: 15 seasons and 331 episodes.

Q 04/05

How many episodes of ER were made across its fifteen seasons?

A) 264

B) 298

C) 375

D) 331

Answer · why

D) 331

Most seasons had 22 episodes; season 14 was shortened to 19 by the writers' strike.

Q 05/05

ER is set in the emergency room of which fictional Chicago hospital?

A) County General

B) Chicago Hope

C) Mercy West

D) St. Eligius

Answer · why

A) County General

The finale's last shot pulled back to show the whole hospital exterior for the only time in the series.