Q 01/05

The series is set in Seattle, but in which city is it primarily filmed?

A) Los Angeles

B) Portland

C) Atlanta

D) Chicago

Answer · why

A) Los Angeles

Despite its Pacific Northwest setting, most of the show is shot in Los Angeles, with additional filming in Vancouver.

Q 02/05

Who is the creator and executive producer of the television series Grey's Anatomy?

A) Krista Vernoff

B) Shonda Rhimes

C) Betsy Beers

D) Ryan Murphy

Answer · why

B) Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes says she was obsessed with televised surgery, so when ABC asked her for another pilot the operating room seemed the natural setting.

Q 03/05

Like her mother before her, Meredith Grey specialises in which branch of surgery on Grey's Anatomy?

A) Neurosurgery

B) General Surgery

C) Cardiothoracic Surgery

D) Pediatric Surgery

Answer · why

B) General Surgery

General Surgery made Ellis Grey's name, and when Miranda Bailey took over as chief in Season 12 she promoted Meredith to run the department.

Q 04/05

Which nickname do the interns give Derek Shepherd in the first season of Grey's Anatomy?

A) McSteamy

B) McDreamy

C) McVet

D) McSexy

Answer · why

B) McDreamy

McDreamy caught on so well that the interns kept minting 'Mc' names: when Meredith later dated a vet, he became McVet.

Q 05/05

Which cancer is Izzie Stevens diagnosed with in Season 5 of Grey's Anatomy?

A) Leukemia

B) Melanoma

C) Lymphoma

D) Breast cancer

Answer · why

B) Melanoma

Melanoma: Izzie's visions of her dead fiancé Denny turn out to be a symptom, because the cancer has already spread to her brain.