Q 01/05

Adrian Monk works as a private consultant to the police department of which city?

A) San Francisco

B) Los Angeles

C) Seattle

D) Portland

Answer · why

A) San Francisco

San Francisco's police discharged Monk when his wife's death left him unable to work, or even to leave his house for years; he consults on their cases...

Q 02/05

Which actor plays Adrian Monk, a role that earned him a Golden Globe in 2003?

A) Stanley Tucci

B) Tony Shalhoub

C) David Hyde Pierce

D) Alfred Molina

Answer · why

B) Tony Shalhoub

Tony Shalhoub got the part after the script had sat uncast for two years; the executive who bought it said he was someone who could "bring the humor a...

Q 03/05

What was the profession of Monk's late wife, Trudy?

A) A journalist

B) A police officer

C) A nurse

D) A schoolteacher

Answer · why

A) A journalist

A journalist, like the woman Captain Stottlemeyer marries in the final season: she is another Trudy, so he goes on calling her T.K. out of concern for...

Q 04/05

Which Will & Grace star plays the TV host profiling Monk in the show's 100th episode?

A) Sean Hayes

B) Megan Mullally

C) Debra Messing

D) Eric McCormack

Answer · why

D) Eric McCormack

Eric McCormack hosts In Focus, a news magazine covering Monk's 100th case; watching the broadcast, Monk realises one of the murders had a second kille...

Q 05/05

Who is credited as the creator of Monk and wrote the pilot?

A) Andy Breckman

B) David Shore

C) David Hoberman

D) Hy Conrad

Answer · why

A) Andy Breckman

Andy Breckman built the show on Sherlock Holmes and hid a tribute in his two policemen: the first two letters of Leland, Stottlemeyer, Randy and Deaco...