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

The season-eight premiere was even titled 'Out of Peekskill,' the episode in which Mrs. Garrett marries and leaves for Africa.

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

It aired from August 1979 to May 1988, and NBC had planned a tenth season before Mindy Cohn and Nancy McKeon decided 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

She played budding social activist Molly Parker. Julie Anne Haddock, Julie Piekarski and Felice Schachter were dropped at the same time.

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

Jo is a Polish-American scholarship student from the Bronx, and her rivalry with the privileged Blair drove much of the retooled show.

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

The season-three episode 'Jo's Cousin,' a failed backdoor pilot, sent her home to visit her family there, with Megan Follows as her cousin Terry.