Q 01/05

On which network did The Nanny originally air, from 1993 to 1999?

A) NBC

B) ABC

C) CBS

D) Fox

Answer · why

C) CBS

The Nanny premiered on CBS on 3 November 1993 and ran for six seasons, ending on 23 June 1999.

Q 02/05

Fran Fine grew up in which neighbourhood of Queens?

A) Flushing

B) Astoria

C) Forest Hills

D) Jamaica

Answer · why

A) Flushing

Fran Drescher herself grew up in Flushing, Queens, and her real parents, Sylvia and Morty, lent their names to Fran Fine's parents.

Q 03/05

What is Fran selling door to door when she first turns up at the Sheffield house?

A) Encyclopaedias

B) Bridal gowns

C) Vacuum cleaners

D) Cosmetics

Answer · why

D) Cosmetics

Fran was hawking Shades of the Orient cosmetics after her boyfriend Danny fired her from his bridal shop, and was mistaken for a nanny applicant.

Q 04/05

What does Maxwell Sheffield do for a living?

A) He is a corporate lawyer

B) He is a Broadway producer

C) He is a diplomat

D) He owns a department store

Answer · why

B) He is a Broadway producer

Maxwell Sheffield is a Broadway producer whose business partner C.C. Babcock shares his office; a running gag has him losing shows to a real-life riva...

Q 05/05

What are the names of the three Sheffield children?

A) Maggie, Brighton and Gracie

B) Maggie, Preston and Gracie

C) Molly, Brighton and Gracie

D) Maggie, Brighton and Grace-Anne

Answer · why

A) Maggie, Brighton and Gracie

The children are Maggie, Brighton and Gracie, played by Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury and Madeline Zima; C.C. Babcock famously never remembers thei...