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

It was the first new show delivered for the 1993 season and the highest-tested pilot the network had seen in years.

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

So did Fran Drescher, whose real mother, father and grandmother lent their names to Sylvia, Morty and Yetta.

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

She had just been dumped and fired by her bridal-shop-owner boyfriend Danny.

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

A running gag has him perpetually losing out to a real-life British musical impresario.

Q 05/05

Name the three Sheffield children.

A) Molly, Preston and Grace-Anne

B) Maggie, Brighton and Gracie

C) Maggie, Bradley and Gwendolyn

D) Meg, Brighton and Charlotte

Answer · why

B) Maggie, Brighton and Gracie

C.C. Babcock has known them their whole lives and still cannot remember their names.