138 Fun Facts About Mad Men

Which whiskey cocktail is Don Draper's regular order throughout Mad Men?

An Old Fashioned has been Don's drink since the first episode; the show's arrival coincided with bartenders reviving the cocktail, which had all but vanished from menus.

What is the birth name of the man known in Mad Men as Don Draper?

Don Draper took the identity of his commanding officer, Lieutenant Don Draper, after an accident at the front, leaving behind his birth name of Dick Whitman.

In Mad Men's first season, Sterling Cooper works on which presidential candidate's campaign?

Nixon gets the agency's help in the 1960 race: Pete Campbell buys up swing-state airtime for a laxative client so that Kennedy's ads have nowhere to run.

Which of Don Draper's secretaries dies at her desk in season 4 of Mad Men?

Ida Blankenship dies at her desk while Don is meeting clients next door, so the staff quietly wheel her body out of the office without the visitors noticing.

In Mad Men's fourth-season premiere, Peggy hires two actresses to fight in a grocery store over what?

A ham from client Sugarberry is the prize in Peggy's staged brawl; the fight turns real, one actress presses charges, and Peggy has to ask Don for bail money.

What is Don Draper's job title at Sterling Cooper when Mad Men begins?

Creative Director Don Draper runs the copywriters and artists; in the pilot he rescues the Lucky Strike account with a slogan he thinks up in the middle of the meeting.

In Mad Men's season 1 slide-projector pitch, which word does Don Draper say means 'the pain from an old wound'?

Nostalgia is what Don sells: he loads the tray with his own family photographs, and one colleague is so moved that he walks out of the room in tears.

What was Betty Draper's maiden name before she married Don?

Hofstadt is the name of Betty's well-off Pennsylvania family; in season 3 her ailing father moves in with the Drapers after she quarrels with her brother William over his care.

Which carmaker's real 'Lemon' advertisement do the Sterling Cooper men argue over in Mad Men's first season?

Volkswagen's self-mocking 'Lemon' ad, made by rival agency Doyle Dane Bernbach, annoys Don, but junior account man Pete Campbell calls it brilliant.

What was Joan Holloway's prominent role at Sterling Cooper before she became a partner?

Office Manager Joan Holloway ran the secretarial pool; in season 2 she proved a natural at vetting scripts for the new television department, only to see the job handed to a man.

On her first day in Mad Men's pilot, Peggy Olson is sent by Joan to a doctor for a prescription for what?

Birth control is Joan's idea of first-day advice for a new girl; that same night a drunk Pete Campbell, about to be married, turns up at Peggy's door.

Which slogan does Don Draper pitch for Lucky Strike in Mad Men's pilot episode?

"It's Toasted!" was a real Lucky Strike slogan, coined in 1917; faced with restrictions on health claims, Don pitches a common aspect of tobacco processing as unique.

Which company's slide projector did Don Draper famously pitch using images of his own family?

Kodak is won over on the spot when Don, clicking through slides of his own wedding and children, says: 'It's not called the Wheel. It's called the Carousel.'

Which consumer psychologist dates Don Draper in season 4 of Mad Men?

Faye Miller, hired to study consumers for the agency, dates Don through season 4; he ends it with a phone call after suddenly getting engaged to another woman.

Which historical event is a central plot point of Mad Men's sixth season?

Martin Luther King Jr.'s April 1968 assassination drives the season 6 episode 'The Flood': the news breaks during an advertising awards dinner, and Pete berates Harry for fretting over lost revenue.

Which Mad Men character discovers early on that Don Draper is living under a false identity?

Pete Campbell opens a package meant for Don in season 1 and tries blackmail; when Don calls his bluff, Pete tells Bert Cooper, who answers, 'Who cares?'

Matthew Weiner wrote the Mad Men pilot on spec while on the staff of which Ted Danson sitcom?

Becker was his day job when he wrote the script; HBO and Showtime both turned it down, and it waited years before AMC picked it up.

At Betty's 'around the world' dinner party in Mad Men's second season, which imported beer does she proudly serve?

Heineken was the beer Don had bet suburban housewives would buy; when Betty serves it, the men laugh that she has proved his theory, and she is mortified.

In Mad Men, who tells Dow Chemical that happiness is just 'a moment before you need more happiness'?

Don Draper is pitching Dow Chemical in season 5's 'Commissions and Fees': 'You're happy with 50%?' he asks, and promises not to stop until they have all of it.

Before *Mad Men*, Matthew Weiner was a writer and executive producer on which HBO series?

The Sopranos' creator David Chase hired Weiner in 2002 after reading his unproduced Mad Men pilot, which Weiner had sent him as a writing sample.

Which Mad Men character gives birth at the end of season 1, unaware she was pregnant?

Peggy Olson delivers Pete Campbell's son and refuses to acknowledge him; visiting her in hospital, Don tells her: 'This never happened. It will shock you how much it never happened.'

In which suburban New York town do the Drapers live in Mad Men's early seasons?

Ossining stays Betty's home even after the divorce: she and her new husband live on in Don's house until he demands they buy him out, pay rent or leave.

What product was the 'Belle Jolie' account Peggy Olson worked on early in her career?

Belle Jolie made lipstick; Peggy's 'basket of kisses' remark during a lipstick focus group caught Freddy Rumsen's ear and earned her her first copywriting assignment.

Which neighborhood boy forms an unusual friendship with Sally Draper in Mad Men?

Glen Bishop, played by the show creator's son, first fixates on Betty, who gives him a lock of her hair; by season 7 he is telling Sally he has enlisted in the Army.

Which visiting British executive loses his foot in a freak accident at a Sterling Cooper office party?

Guy MacKendrick arrives to take charge of the agency and is maimed the same day when a secretary loses control of a machine at the office party; his bosses promptly write him off.

Who was Roger Sterling's first wife, played by John Slattery's real-life spouse?

Mona is played by Talia Balsam, John Slattery's wife since 1998; on screen Roger leaves her for Don's young secretary.

Which Mad Men character walks the office in his socks and makes visitors remove their shoes, inspired by Japanese custom?

Bert Cooper, a devotee of Ayn Rand, hands Don a $2,500 bonus in season 1 and tells him to spend some of it on a copy of Atlas Shrugged.

In Mad Men, Rachel Menken, who becomes involved with Don in season 1, runs what kind of business?

A department store, Menken's, is her father's business; Don storms out of their first meeting when she criticises his ideas, then wins her back over drinks.

Which Sterling Cooper art director is fired in season 3 after rebuffing a Lucky Strike executive?

Salvatore Romano had kept his secret safe with Don, who once saw him with a hotel bellhop, but when a spurned Lee Garner Jr. demanded he go, Don let him be fired.

Freddy Rumsen's Pond's Cold Cream account came via a connection from which organisation?

Freddy Rumsen, newly sober, brings Pond's Cold Cream to the agency in season 4 through a friend from Alcoholics Anonymous; the win forces Pete to drop Clearasil over a conflict.

Who composed the instrumental opening theme for *Mad Men*, titled "A Beautiful Mine"?

RJD2 made 'A Beautiful Mine' as the backing for a 2006 album with rapper Aceyalone; it became the theme after Beck turned down several offers to write one.

By season 6 of Mad Men, Megan has a regular role on which daytime soap opera?

Megan Draper lands a role on the fictional soap 'To Have and to Hold' in season 6; her mother Marie, unimpressed by acting, says 'the world cannot support that many ballerinas'.

In Mad Men, Pete Campbell's mother's family is said to own 'pretty much everything north of' where?

125th Street northward was Dyckman land, Bert Cooper explains, which is why Pete cannot be fired; in fact his grandfather had lost the fortune in the 1929 crash.

Whose death shakes the women of Sterling Cooper in season 2 of Mad Men?

Marilyn Monroe's death in August 1962 hangs over 'Six Month Leave'; a shaken Joan reprimands Roger for being flip about it, warning that everyone loses someone important.

What was the name of Don Draper's half-brother, who attempts to reconnect with him?

Adam Whitman is paid $5,000 by Don to stay away for good; he later mails Don a box of family photographs and hangs himself.

Which Sterling Cooper copywriter in Mad Men is known for his pipe, his beard and his beatnik sensibilities?

Paul Kinsey, the pipe-smoking Princeton-educated copywriter, plays the office bohemian; by season 5 he has resurfaced as a Hare Krishna with a Star Trek spec script he wants Harry to read.

For what brand does a meditating Don Draper seemingly conceive an iconic ad in Mad Men's finale?

Coca-Cola's 1971 'I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke' commercial plays straight after Don, chanting at a California retreat, breaks into a smile, implying he wrote it.

Which media buyer, alone in seeing TV's value, founds Sterling Cooper's TV department?

Harry Crane storms into a partners' meeting in season 6 asking why he is not one of them; when they finally offer him a partnership in season 7 he delays signing and misses out when the agency is sold.

In Mad Men's third season, Don coins the tagline 'Limit your exposure' for which raincoat maker?

London Fog takes Don to Baltimore, where he sees a colleague in a compromising moment; on the way home he pitches the tagline as a coded message to him.

Which actress played Peggy Olson in Mad Men?

Elisabeth Moss was nominated for six Emmys as Peggy Olson and never won; her first acting Emmy came later, for The Handmaid's Tale.

Anna Draper, the widow of the real Don Draper, walks with a limp as a result of what?

Polio in childhood left Anna Draper with her limp; she tracked down the man using her husband's name at a car dealership and, instead of exposing him, became a close friend and confidante.

In Mad Men's season 6 premiere, whose mother's memorial service do the SCDP staff attend?

Roger Sterling's mother dies in 'The Doorway'; at the service a drunk Don vomits into an umbrella stand during the eulogy and has to be led out.

Sterling Cooper's commercial for Pepsi's diet drink Patio copies the opening of which movie musical?

Bye Bye Birdie's opening, with Ann-Margret singing to the camera, is what the client wants copied; Peggy objects that it is a man's fantasy, and Don overrules her.

In Mad Men's 'At the Codfish Ball', Megan's idea of a mother serving beans across the ages saves which client?

Heinz was about to fire the agency, the client's wife let slip to Megan at dinner; she nudged Don into pitching the idea at the table, and it worked.

In Mad Men, which Republican advisor to Governor Nelson Rockefeller marries Betty after her divorce?

Henry Francis first meets Betty at a Derby party while she is pregnant with her third child, and asks to touch her belly; he later advises Mayor John Lindsay.

Which Mad Men account man is also an aspiring science fiction author?

Ken Cosgrove writes science fiction under the pseudonym Ben Hargrove; earlier, his short story in The Atlantic Monthly made Pete and Paul Kinsey jealous in season 1.

In Mad Men's finale, which colleague tells Peggy Olson that he is in love with her?

Stan Rizzo, the art director she has sparred with for years, blurts it out during an argument; Peggy realises she loves him too, and he runs to her office.

In Mad Men's sixth season, newcomer Bob Benson ingratiates himself by always buying an extra what?

Coffee is Bob Benson's calling card: he carries two cups so there is always one to hand to a superior, though nobody at the agency can recall hiring him.

Mad Men's pilot episode shares its title with which popular song?

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes names an episode in which Don must sell Lucky Strike just as health claims are ruled out; it first aired on AMC on 19 July 2007.

Which Mad Men character is known for her fiery red hair?

Joan Holloway, played by Christina Hendricks, is the show's red-haired queen of the secretarial pool; after McCann Erickson absorbs SC&P she leaves to start her own production company, Holloway Harris.

In Mad Men's third season, Sterling Cooper courts the developers set on demolishing which New York landmark?

Penn Station's would-be wreckers walk out when a copywriter sides with the protesters; Don wins them back, only for the agency's British owners to drop the account.

Which Hitchcock film did Matthew Weiner cite as a major influence on Mad Men's visual style?

North by Northwest (1959) follows Roger Thornhill, a Madison Avenue advertising man, and its skyscraper title sequence is echoed in Mad Men's own opening credits.

Although set in New York, Mad Men was filmed after its pilot mainly in which city?

Los Angeles took over once the pilot was done: the series moved to a studio lot downtown, and downtown's old office buildings stood in for 1960s New York.

In season 3 of Mad Men, a rich young client hires Sterling Cooper to turn which sport into America's next craze?

Jai alai is the obsession of Pete's wealthy college friend Horace Cook Jr.; his own father tells the agency to take the money, since the boy will only spend it elsewhere.

Mad Men's falling-man title sequence pays homage to which film-title designer?

Saul Bass designed celebrated credits for Hitchcock, and a silhouette on screen always recalls him, Mad Men's designers said; they aimed to update his look, not copy it.

Which Beatles recording was licensed for the Mad Men episode 'Lady Lazarus'?

Tomorrow Never Knows cost about $250,000 to license; in the episode Megan hands Don the Revolver LP to explain the young, and he lifts the needle partway through.

Don Draper wins a Clio Award in season 4 of Mad Men for a commercial selling which product?

Glo-Coat floor wax wins the agency its Clio; Don celebrates so hard that he walks into a meeting with Life cereal's men drunk and pitches on the spot.

What does Duck Phillips abandon on the street outside the office in Mad Men's second season?

His family's dog, Chauncey, is handed over by his ex-wife, who is remarrying; tempted to drink again, Duck walks the dog out of the office and leaves him on the pavement.

Which instrument does Joan play to entertain her husband's dinner guests in season 3 of Mad Men?

Accordion in hand, Joan sings 'C'est Magnifique' to steer the talk away from her husband's failings as a surgeon, which his colleagues had just let slip.

Which Mad Men cast member directed the episodes 'Tea Leaves' and 'The Collaborators'?

Jon Hamm directed 'Tea Leaves' and 'The Collaborators'; the first shows Betty suddenly heavier, a twist written to work around January Jones's real pregnancy.

What advertisement does Don write in The New York Times after Lucky Strike drops SCDP?

After Lucky Strike walks, Don buys a full-page New York Times ad headed 'Why I'm Quitting Tobacco' in 'Blowing Smoke'; it draws the American Cancer Society's interest by the season 4 finale.

In Mad Men's first season, what does Betty Draper shoot at with her son's BB gun?

A neighbor's pigeons are the target: he had threatened to shoot the children's dog for catching one, so the next day Betty takes aim at his birds herself.

A 2015 bench sculpture of Don Draper's silhouette was unveiled outside which New York landmark?

The Time-Life Building is where the show puts Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's offices from season 4; cast members posed on the bench at its unveiling in March 2015.

Draper Daniels, the real adman who partly inspired Don Draper, worked on which cigarette campaign?

The Marlboro Man, launched on Daniels's watch at Leo Burnett in the 1950s, turned a mild cigarette marketed to women into a rugged cowboy's brand.

How does Don Draper's father Archie die in a season 3 flashback in Mad Men?

Kicked by a spooked horse, Archie dies in front of his ten-year-old son, who had been brought to the farm as a newborn after his own mother died giving birth.

In Mad Men's finale, Don ends up at a retreat with which relative of Anna Draper?

Her niece Stephanie takes Don along to an oceanside spiritual retreat in the finale, then walks out after a bruising group session, leaving him stranded there.

In Mad Men's 'Red in the Face', Don tricks Roger Sterling into what before a client meeting?

Climbing 23 flights of stairs after a heavy, boozy lunch leaves Roger vomiting in front of the clients; Don had bribed the elevator operator, payback for Roger's pass at Betty.

Mad Men's finale opens with Don at a desert speedway in which state?

Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats open the finale with Don racing a car across them; on the phone Sally tells him Betty has cancer and argues that her brothers should stay with their stepfather.

Which businessman ends his relationship with Joan in Mad Men's finale over her ambitions?

Richard Burghoff, whom Joan met in season 7, wanted her free to start a new life with him and walked out when she chose to launch her own production company instead.

In Mad Men's series finale, whom does Roger Sterling plan to marry?

Roger marries Marie Calvet, Megan's mother, having rewritten his will to provide for his son Kevin; the finale's last look at him is the pair at a Paris cafe.

In Mad Men's finale, Leonard moves Don to tears picturing himself unchosen in what?

Refrigerator: Leonard describes a dream of sitting on its shelf while nobody picks him, then breaks down; Don crosses the room and embraces him, sobbing too.

Norwegian-American Peggy Olson grew up in which Brooklyn neighbourhood?

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn is where Peggy Olson grew up in a Catholic family, Norwegian on her father's side; in season 3 she moves to Manhattan and finds a roommate, to her mother's dismay.

Which school did Peggy Olson graduate from before joining Sterling Cooper?

Miss Deaver's is where Peggy trained before she arrives in the pilot; she outgrows that training within a year, making junior copywriter by the season 1 finale.

How did Freddy Rumsen describe Peggy's performance in the Belle Jolie brainstorm?

Like watching a dog play the piano, Freddy told his colleagues; the backhanded praise still won Peggy her first copywriting assignment on the account.

Which actor plays Father Gill, the young priest who presses Peggy to confess in season 2?

Colin Hanks plays Father John Gill, who learns Peggy's secret when her jealous sister Anita tells him in confession; he keeps urging Peggy to confess, and she keeps refusing.

Which account does Peggy sign to essentially save SCDP after Lucky Strike leaves?

Topaz Pantyhose, signed by Peggy and Ken in the season 4 finale, is the agency's first new business since Lucky Strike walked; the win is upstaged by Don's surprise engagement.

Which agency does Peggy leave SCDP for late in season 5?

Cutler, Gleason and Chaough lures Peggy away as copy chief with a big raise; Don first refuses to believe it, offers to beat any salary, then kisses her hand as she goes.

Which left-wing journalist does Peggy meet at a loft party in season 4 and later move in with?

Abe Drexler meets Peggy through her friend Joyce, a Life photo editor; the romance ends in season 6 when she accidentally stabs him and he breaks up with her in the ambulance.

How does Pete Campbell's father die in season 2?

In a plane crash: he is aboard American Airlines Flight 1, lost over Jamaica Bay; Pete, unable to cry, is then pushed by Duck Phillips to use the death in a pitch to American Airlines.

In season 1, Pete Campbell exchanges a duplicate wedding gift for what?

A .22 rifle: Pete returns a duplicate chip-and-dip for store credit after failing to charm a cash refund, buys the gun instead and aims it around the office, to Trudy's fury.

What job offer does Duck Phillips bring Pete in the penultimate episode?

Duck Phillips, now a headhunter, sets Pete up with Lear Jet in Wichita in 'The Milk and Honey Route'; Pete balks, then takes it and persuades Trudy to start over with him.

Which account does Trudy's father pull from the agency in season 6?

Tom Vogel pulls Vicks Chemical from SCDP in 'For Immediate Release' after he and Pete run into each other at a brothel; Pete retaliates by telling Trudy, who throws him out.

In Mad Men's season 2 finale, Pete tells Trudy that if he is going to die, he wants to die where?

Manhattan, Pete insists, refusing to flee the city with Trudy when she leaves for her parents' house; he ends the episode sitting alone in his dark office.

What does Joan smash over husband Greg's head during an argument in season 3?

A vase is what Joan breaks over Greg's head when, stung by another career setback, he says she can't know what it is to want something and not get it; he then joins the Army as a surgeon.

What stake in SCDP does Lane suggest Joan demand instead of $50,000 for the Jaguar deal?

Lane steers Joan toward a voting partnership and 5% of the firm rather than $50,000 cash, partly because a cash payout would expose the money he had embezzled.

In season 6, Sally walks in on Don in bed with which downstairs neighbour?

Sylvia Rosen falls back into bed with Don after he helps keep her son out of Vietnam; Sally, sneaking in to retrieve a note, finds them, and Don later claims he was 'comforting' her.

How does Joan become pregnant with Roger's child in season 4?

A one-night stand after a mugging: robbed at gunpoint walking home from dinner, Joan and Roger fall into each other's arms; she plans an abortion, then keeps the baby and lets Greg think it is his.

Which carmaker's secret XP project prompts the SCDP-CGC merger in season 6?

SCDP and CGC merge in 'For Immediate Release' to chase Chevrolet's secret XP car; Chevy executives later accidentally shoot Ken in the face on a hunting trip.

Roger Sterling served in which branch during World War II?

US Navy service in the Pacific, including Okinawa, leaves Roger with a lasting grudge: in season 4 he bursts into a meeting with Japanese clients and rages at them over the war.

Whose name is the 'Sterling' in Sterling Cooper?

Roger's father, Roger Sterling Sr., founded the agency with Bert Cooper in 1923 and was the senior partner, which is why Sterling comes before Cooper in the name.

Which Japanese company's executives does Roger insult when they visit SCDP in season 4?

Honda's executives visit SCDP in 'The Chrysanthemum and the Sword' seeking a motorcycle campaign; Roger, still bitter about the Pacific war, insults them and nearly sinks the pitch.

Roger's daughter Margaret abandons her family to join what?

A commune upstate claims Margaret, who renames herself Marigold and leaves little Ellery behind; when Roger and his ex-wife drive up to fetch her, she throws his own neglect back at him.

What drug do Roger and Jane take together, leading them to admit their marriage is over?

Roger and Jane drop LSD at a dinner party in 'Far Away Places'; lying on the floor afterwards they calmly agree the marriage is over.

Which movie star's look is Betty Draper's appearance often compared to?

Grace Kelly is the resemblance rival agency boss Jim Hobart sees in Betty in season 1; he offers her a modelling job in a soft-drink campaign as bait to lure Don to his firm.

Raised near Philadelphia, Betty Draper majored in anthropology at which Seven Sisters college?

Bryn Mawr gave Betty an anthropology degree she never used: she modelled briefly in Italy and New York, then turned her back on both education and career to become a suburban housewife.

What was Don doing when he first met Betty?

Writing ad copy for a fur company is how Don met Betty, one of its models; the same job put him in front of Roger Sterling, whom he hounded for a start in advertising.

Betty names her third child after whom?

Betty names the baby Eugene Scott Draper after her father Gene, who had died shortly before the birth in season 3, over Don's objection.

Where do Betty and her second husband move at the end of season 4?

Rye, New York is where Betty and her new husband go after living in Don's old house; while packing, she fires the children's nanny Carla and refuses her a reference.

Which programme's meetings does Betty attend to slim down in season 5?

Weight Watchers meetings follow a scare: seeking diet pills, Betty learns of a possibly cancerous lump on her thyroid, and once it proves benign she goes back to fighting the scale.

Which baseball team's pennant hangs in Lane Pryce's office?

New York Mets: Lane's pennant outlives him. Moving into the dead man's old office in season 7, Don finds it under a radiator, throws it out, then retrieves it and hangs it up.

Lane's British bosses hand him a stuffed snake as they transfer him to which city?

Bombay is the reward for Lane's cost-cutting: his bosses call him their snake charmer and plan to ship him out, until an office accident fells his successor and keeps him in New York.

Who was Lane's African-American girlfriend in season 4?

Toni, a Playboy Bunny played by Naturi Naughton, is introduced to Lane's visiting father, who beats him with his cane and orders him home to reconcile with his wife.

Which head of accounts is sacked in Mad Men's season 3 premiere, then again by Roger in season 6?

Burt Peterson trashes the office when the new British owners let him go in the season 3 premiere; after the season 6 merger brings him back, Roger fires him a second time.

Which season 4 episode sits at the exact midpoint of Mad Men's run?

The Suitcase, the seventh episode of season 4, is the 46th of the run and its exact midpoint; Don and Peggy spend a long night in the office, fighting, drinking and finally reconciling.

Which boxing match do the SCDP staff plan to watch on Peggy's birthday?

Ali vs. Liston, the rematch of May 25, 1965, is showing by closed circuit and the staff have tickets; Peggy misses both the fight and the dinner her boyfriend arranged because Don keeps her working.

Which luggage brand's campaign keeps Don and Peggy working late on her birthday?

Samsonite keeps Peggy at her desk on her birthday while her boyfriend waits at a restaurant with her family; when she cancels a second time, they break up over the phone.

Which product's voice-over do Peggy and Ken cast in 'The Wheel'?

Relax-a-Cizor needs a voice in 'The Wheel': Peggy overrules Ken to hire Annie, then fires her mid-recording and calls in his pick, Rita.

Which client hears Don confess he grew up in a whorehouse in Mad Men's season 6 finale?

In 'In Care Of', Don abandons his Hershey pitch to tell the executives he was raised in a whorehouse and that Hershey bars were his only comfort; the partners put him on leave.

Which hotelier warns Don in season 3 that McCann is buying Sterling Cooper's parent company?

Conrad Hilton, Don's demanding client through season 3, tips him off that McCann Erickson is buying the agency's British parent; Hilton had pushed Don into signing a contract and now drops him.

What move by Lane frees the senior partners from their contracts in season 3?

Don's plan in 'Shut the Door. Have a Seat' is for Lane to fire Don, Cooper and Sterling, voiding their contracts; Lane agrees in exchange for a partnership and gives them the weekend to raid clients.

Where does Betty's divorce lawyer suggest she go to end her marriage to Don?

Reno, Nevada is where Betty's lawyer sends her for a quick divorce; Don phones to say he won't fight it, and she flies out with the baby and her new partner.

Which painter's red canvas does Bert Cooper buy in season 2, tempting staff to sneak in for a look?

Mark Rothko's red canvas lures three curious staffers into Cooper's office behind his back; Joan fires Jane for letting them in, and Roger promptly steps in to save her job.

Ken Cosgrove rides a lawnmower into the office in season 3 to announce he has landed which account?

John Deere is the account Ken has just won when he rides its mower through the office; hours later, at an office send-off party, the same machine is at the centre of a bloody accident.

Which word does Don ban from the Jaguar taglines in season 5?

Mistress is the idea the whole pitch circles, the car as the other woman, yet the word itself is off limits; the winning line is 'At last, something beautiful you can truly own.'

What does Lane first try to kill himself with in 'Commissions and Fees'?

Lane first tries to kill himself with exhaust fumes in the new Jaguar his wife had just bought him, but the notoriously unreliable car will not start; he hangs himself in his office instead.

Which copywriter tells Peggy he is a Martian born in a concentration camp?

Michael Ginsberg tells Peggy in 'Far Away Places' that he is a Martian, born in a concentration camp and adopted from a Swedish orphanage by the man he calls his father.

What are the two halves of season 7 titled?

'The Beginning' and 'The End of an Era' split the last 14 episodes across 2014 and 2015; the first half closes on the night of the Moon landing, when Bert Cooper dies.

Season 2 of Mad Men culminates with which historical event?

The Cuban Missile Crisis hangs over the season 2 finale: with the city braced for war, Don writes Betty a letter admitting he has behaved badly, and she lets him come home, pregnant again.

Mad Men's characters smoke constantly, but which kind of cigarette did the cast use on set?

Herbal cigarettes, nicotine-free, stood in for the real thing: Matthew Weiner said actors who smoke real ones get agitated and nervous, and he had seen some throw up on other sets.

On their impromptu season 5 road trip, Don and Megan fight over orange sherbet at which roadside chain?

Howard Johnson's in Plattsburgh, New York is Don's idea of a treat; Megan says the sherbet tastes like perfume, the row escalates, and he drives off without her.

Which song does Megan sing at Don's surprise 40th birthday party?

Zou Bisou Bisou is Megan's sultry party piece in front of his colleagues; instead of charming Don, it embarrasses him, and the newlyweds turn bitter with each other.

In season 7, which company's computer is installed where the creative lounge used to be?

IBM's machine takes over the creative lounge in 'The Monolith'; Don befriends the installer and pushes to pitch the firm, only to be told he may not chase business without the partners' approval.

After a 17-month hiatus, Mad Men returned for season 5 with its premieres moved from summer to when?

Spring: season 5 arrived in March 2012 only after drawn-out contract talks between AMC and Weiner, and the long-awaited premiere drew 3.54 million viewers, the show's biggest audience.

Which agency's employees drop water bags on protesters in Mad Men's season 5 opener?

The season 5 opener recreates a real May 1966 incident in which Young & Rubicam staff dropped water bags on civil-rights picketers; SCDP mocks them with an 'equal opportunity' ad that backfires.

Before fame, Jon Hamm taught drama at his old Missouri high school, where his students included which future sitcom star?

Ellie Kemper acted in a school play with her drama teacher Hamm; years later he turned up as a guest in her own Netflix sitcom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Elisabeth Moss played the president's daughter Zoey Bartlet on which series?

The West Wing cast Moss as Zoey Bartlet, the president's youngest daughter, whose on-and-off romance with his young aide Charlie Young runs through most of her storyline.

John Slattery plays which Marvel character in Iron Man 2 and Avengers: Endgame?

Howard Stark, Tony's father, is Slattery's part from Iron Man 2 on; in Captain America: Civil War his Howard is murdered by the brainwashed Winter Soldier.

Which fast-food chain does Peggy win with her pitch in the Moon-landing episode of season 7?

Burger Chef goes to Peggy: with Don's future at the agency in doubt, he hands her the presentation, and her 'family supper' pitch wins the account.

Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men's Sally Draper, went on to play which television witch?

Sabrina Spellman gave Shipka her own Netflix lead in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020); when it ended, she carried the teenage witch over to Riverdale's sixth season.

Robert Morse won a Tony for a one-man play about which writer, later reprised on TV for an Emmy?

Truman Capote in the one-man play Tru won Robert Morse his second Tony; Mad Men sent the Broadway musical veteran out with a number, a vision of the late Bert singing 'The Best Things in Life Are Free' to Don.

The actor who played Lane Pryce is the son of which Irish screen legend?

Richard Harris's son Jared Harris outlasted Lane at the show: after his character's death in season 5, he came back to direct an episode of the final season.

Vincent Kartheiser played Connor on which WB series before Mad Men?

Angel cast Kartheiser as Connor, the vampire's son, who is snatched into a hell dimension as a baby and returns a teenager, because time runs faster there.

January Jones was named after January Wayne, a heroine of which novelist?

Jacqueline Susann's 1973 novel Once Is Not Enough has a heroine called January Wayne; so although Jones was born in January, her name comes from the book, not the month.

Jessica Paré, who played Megan, was born in which city?

Montreal-born like her character, the bilingual Paré sang Megan's French party number herself, and her recording was released as a single.

Which debut novel did Mad Men's creator publish in 2017?

Heather, the Totality is a short, dark thriller: renovation of the penthouse above a wealthy New York couple brings a dangerous stranger close to their daughter, Heather.

Which Hong Kong director did Weiner cite as an influence on Mad Men's music, mise en scène and editing?

Wong Kar-wai shaped the show's music, staging and cutting, Weiner said; he also called M*A*S*H and Happy Days, 1970s shows about the 1950s, a touchstone for how eras get misremembered.

Which Bond theme closes Mad Men's season 5 finale as Don sits alone at a bar?

Nancy Sinatra's 'You Only Live Twice' plays over the last scene of 'The Phantom', as Don, having walked off Megan's commercial set, is asked 'Are you alone?' at a bar.

At which museum does Sally get her first period during a season 5 outing?

Sally gets her first period during a season 5 outing to the American Museum of Natural History and flees home to Betty, who for once comforts her tenderly.