Q 01/05

Which actress turned down the role of Jessica Fletcher before Angela Lansbury took it?

A) Jean Stapleton

B) Doris Day

C) Dixie Carter

D) Bea Arthur

Answer · why

A) Jean Stapleton

Lansbury made the role hers for twelve seasons and became one of the highest-paid actresses on television.

Q 02/05

Jessica Fletcher lives in the fictional town of Cabot Cove, in which US state?

A) Vermont

B) Massachusetts

C) New Hampshire

D) Maine

Answer · why

D) Maine

The first-season episode 'Murder Takes the Bus' places it just north of the real town of Newcastle.

Q 03/05

Exterior shots of Cabot Cove were actually filmed in which Northern California coastal town?

A) Carmel

B) Sausalito

C) Bodega Bay

D) Mendocino

Answer · why

D) Mendocino

Only 54 of the 264 episodes were even set in Cabot Cove; Jessica spent most of the series travelling.

Q 04/05

On which US network did Murder, She Wrote air from 1984 to 1996?

A) NBC

B) ABC

C) CBS

D) PBS

Answer · why

C) CBS

It was a Sunday-night fixture there for eleven years before a fatal move to Thursdays.

Q 05/05

How many episodes of Murder, She Wrote were made?

A) 264

B) 198

C) 236

D) 251

Answer · why

A) 264

Twelve seasons, and Angela Lansbury was Emmy-nominated for every one of them.