Q 01/05

Before broadcast, ABC discussed changing the show's title from Grey's Anatomy to what?

A) Surgeons

B) Complications

C) Seattle Grace

D) Interns

Answer · why

B) Complications

The change never happened. The title puns on Henry Gray's 1858 textbook, which is still in print.

Q 02/05

Which is the only Grey's Anatomy episode not titled after a song?

A) Flight

B) 1-800-799-7233

C) Sanctuary

D) The Sound of Silence

Answer · why

B) 1-800-799-7233

The title is the National Domestic Violence Hotline number, though a song by that name did exist. Every other episode borrows a song title.

Q 03/05

Which 2002 film did Shonda Rhimes keep citing when describing the actress she wanted for Meredith Grey?

A) Old School

B) Moonlight Mile

C) Daredevil

D) Catch Me If You Can

Answer · why

B) Moonlight Mile

Rhimes said she kept asking for 'that girl from Moonlight Mile' until the casting team simply got Ellen Pompeo herself.

Q 04/05

Bailey was written as 'a tiny blonde'. Which actress made Rhimes declare 'she is exactly who Miranda is'?

A) Loretta Devine

B) Chandra Wilson

C) Debbie Allen

D) Sara Ramirez

Answer · why

B) Chandra Wilson

The show used colour-blind casting, so Bailey was the only character conceived with a physical description at all.

Q 05/05

What hair colour did the actress cast as Izzie Stevens want before being asked to stay blonde?

A) Red

B) Black

C) Brunette

D) Platinum blonde

Answer · why

C) Brunette

She won an Emmy for the role in 2007, then left in season six after not returning from maternity leave.