Q 01/05

On which network did Yellowjackets premiere in November 2021?

A) HBO Max

B) Showtime

C) AMC

D) FX Networks

Answer · why

B) Showtime

Showtime landed the series after HBO passed: HBO liked the pitch but already had Euphoria, another drama with teenage leads, in development.

Q 02/05

Who created Yellowjackets?

A) Nick Antosca and Lenore Zion

B) Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson

C) Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk

D) Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse

Answer · why

B) Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson

Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who are married, pitched the show to 16 or 17 networks and came away with offers from five.

Q 03/05

The Yellowjackets' plane crashes on the way to what?

A) A scouting camp

B) Nationals

C) Olympic tryouts

D) A charity match

Answer · why

B) Nationals

Nationals in Seattle were the goal: the pilot shows the team winning the game that sends them there, then boarding a plane that never arrives.

Q 04/05

The Yellowjackets are a high school girls' team in which sport?

A) Volleyball

B) Lacrosse

C) Field hockey

D) Soccer

Answer · why

D) Soccer

Soccer it is, though the home pitch is a stand-in: the pilot's match was filmed on the field at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, the campus a...

Q 05/05

The team's fictional hometown of Wiskayok is in which US state?

A) New Jersey

B) Connecticut

C) Pennsylvania

D) New York

Answer · why

A) New Jersey

New Jersey is home turf for both creators, who hail from Belmar and Middletown, so they set the Yellowjackets' fictional town in the state they knew.