Q 01/05

On which streaming service did Orange Is the New Black premiere in 2013?

A) Hulu

B) Amazon Prime

C) Netflix

D) HBO Go

Answer · why

C) Netflix

Netflix renewed the show for a second season two weeks before the first had even premiered.

Q 02/05

Before Orange Is the New Black, Jenji Kohan created which Showtime comedy?

A) Nurse Jackie

B) Weeds

C) Californication

D) The Big C

Answer · why

B) Weeds

Weeds ran for eight seasons on Showtime. Kohan then took her prison series to a streaming service because, she said, she wanted to be first on a new f...

Q 03/05

Orange Is the New Black is based on a memoir by which real woman?

A) Piper Laurie

B) Cheryl Strayed

C) Susanna Kaysen

D) Piper Kerman

Answer · why

D) Piper Kerman

Piper Kerman's 2010 book made her an advocate as well as an author: she has twice testified before US Senate committees about conditions in federal pr...

Q 04/05

In Orange Is the New Black, what is the SHU that inmates dread being sent to?

A) The psychiatric ward

B) The infirmary

C) Solitary confinement

D) The warden's office

Answer · why

C) Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement: the SHU is not only for rule-breakers, as Sophia is locked in it after she threatens to sue the prison over an attack on her.

Q 05/05

How long is Piper's original prison sentence?

A) 6 months

B) 15 months

C) 3 years

D) 6 years

Answer · why

B) 15 months

15 months was also the real sentence handed to the memoir's author. On screen it lasts far longer, since Piper is not released until the end of season...