Q 01/05

Who created and writes The Gilded Age?

A) Julian Fellowes

B) Steven Knight

C) Ryan Murphy

D) Aaron Sorkin

Answer · why

A) Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes, who also created Downton Abbey, said the era's new rich drew him because they "redesigned being rich": if they wanted a palace, they ...

Q 02/05

On which network does The Gilded Age air?

A) Netflix

B) HBO

C) NBC

D) PBS

Answer · why

B) HBO

HBO took over the series in May 2019. NBC had ordered it the year before, but the show's biggest champion there, Bob Greenblatt, had since moved to HB...

Q 03/05

Who co-wrote the novel The Gilded Age?

A) Henry James

B) Mark Twain

C) Herman Melville

D) Stephen Crane

Answer · why

B) Mark Twain

Mark Twain wrote The Gilded Age with his neighbour Charles Dudley Warner as a satire of greed and political corruption, and historians later borrowed ...

Q 04/05

Who plays Bertha Russell in The Gilded Age?

A) Donna Murphy

B) Christine Baranski

C) Cynthia Nixon

D) Carrie Coon

Answer · why

D) Carrie Coon

Carrie Coon joined late, after the first Bertha dropped out, and her arrival changed the wardrobe: the costume designer switched to metallic gowns ins...

Q 05/05

Who plays Agnes van Rhijn in The Gilded Age?

A) Christine Baranski

B) Kelli O'Hara

C) Audra McDonald

D) Cynthia Nixon

Answer · why

A) Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski's Agnes storms across the street into the Russells' luncheon when an anonymous note reveals her own butler is serving there, then b...