Q 01/05

On which Massachusetts island is the sitcom Wings set?

A) Martha's Vineyard

B) Block Island

C) Nantucket

D) Cuttyhunk

Answer · why

C) Nantucket

Wings is set on Nantucket, the Massachusetts island, at the fictional Tom Nevers Field; nearly every episode plays out inside its small terminal.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the one-plane airline run by brothers Joe and Brian Hackett?

A) Sandpiper Air

B) Nantucket Air

C) Aeromass

D) Island Hopper

Answer · why

A) Sandpiper Air

Sandpiper Air is the Hacketts' one-plane airline; with a single aircraft, the brothers are always one mechanical failure away from grounding the whole...

Q 03/05

Which network aired all eight seasons of Wings?

A) CBS

B) NBC

C) ABC

D) Fox

Answer · why

B) NBC

Wings aired on NBC for all eight seasons, debuting in April 1990 as a spring tryout and ending in May 1997.

Q 04/05

How many episodes of Wings were produced in total?

A) 118

B) 172

C) 142

D) 160

Answer · why

B) 172

Wings produced 172 episodes over eight seasons; the first season was only six episodes, while later seasons ran as long as 26.

Q 05/05

Wings was created by three veterans of which earlier sitcom?

A) Taxi

B) Cheers

C) Night Court

D) Newhart

Answer · why

B) Cheers

Cheers veterans David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee created Wings in 1990 after years of writing and producing the Boston bar sitcom.