Q 01/05

Who plays Olivia Pope in Scandal?

A) Viola Davis

B) Kerry Washington

C) Taraji P. Henson

D) Gabrielle Union

Answer · why

B) Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington led the show from the first episode to the last, and in the final season she stepped behind the camera to direct an episode herself.

Q 02/05

Who created Scandal?

A) Shonda Rhimes

B) Ryan Murphy

C) Aaron Sorkin

D) Marti Noxon

Answer · why

A) Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes based the series on the casework of Judy Smith, a real political crisis manager she met in 2009, who joined the show as a co-executive p...

Q 03/05

The actor who plays President Fitz Grant in Scandal was the voice of which Disney animated hero?

A) Hercules

B) Aladdin

C) Tarzan

D) Simba

Answer · why

C) Tarzan

Tarzan: the future President Grant voiced the grown-up ape man in Disney's 1999 film, nine years after making his name as the villain of Ghost.

Q 04/05

Olivia Pope is partly based on Judy Smith, who served as deputy press secretary to which president?

A) Ronald Reagan

B) George H. W. Bush

C) Bill Clinton

D) George W. Bush

Answer · why

B) George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush appointed her in 1991. After the White House she founded the crisis firm Smith & Company, and its casework became the model for the ...

Q 05/05

Judy Smith, the real-life model for Olivia Pope, counselled which figure from the Clinton impeachment scandal?

A) Monica Lewinsky

B) Linda Tripp

C) Paula Jones

D) Kenneth Starr

Answer · why

A) Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky was her client during the scandal; Smith's firm has also advised the actor Wesley Snipes and Sony Pictures after its 2014 hack.