Q 01/05

In what New York town is the fictional Eastland School located?

A) Peekskill

B) Scarsdale

C) Poughkeepsie

D) Tarrytown

Answer · why

A) Peekskill

Eastland is set in Peekskill, a Hudson River town in Westchester County, New York; the season-eight premiere is even titled 'Out of Peekskill'.

Q 02/05

How many seasons did The Facts of Life run on NBC?

A) Six

B) Seven

C) Eight

D) Nine

Answer · why

D) Nine

The Facts of Life ran nine seasons on NBC, ending in May 1988; a tenth was planned until Nancy McKeon and Mindy Cohn chose to leave.

Q 03/05

Which future Brat Pack star was part of the large season-one cast before being written out?

A) Ally Sheedy

B) Molly Ringwald

C) Jami Gertz

D) Demi Moore

Answer · why

B) Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald played budding social activist Molly Parker in season one and was dropped with Julie Anne Haddock, Julie Piekarski and Felice Schachter...

Q 04/05

Jo Polniaczek arrives at Eastland in season two on what?

A) A Greyhound bus

B) A police car

C) A motorcycle

D) A borrowed pickup truck

Answer · why

C) A motorcycle

Nancy McKeon's character roars up to Eastland on a motorcycle in the season-two opener 'The New Girl'; her rivalry with the privileged Blair drove muc...

Q 05/05

Which New York borough is Jo from?

A) Staten Island

B) Queens

C) The Bronx

D) Brooklyn

Answer · why

C) The Bronx

She is from the Bronx; a season-three backdoor pilot sent her home to visit her family there, with Megan Follows as her cousin Terry.