Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia
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This Brooklyn Nine-Nine trivia quiz has 97 free questions with answers and covers all eight seasons of the 99th precinct, from the day Captain Holt walked in wearing a tie to the series finale heist. Expect questions on Jake and Amy, Rosa, Charles Boyle, Terry, Gina, Hitchcock and Scully, and on the recurring favourites: Doug Judy the Pontiac Bandit, Madeline Wuntch, the Vulture, Adrian Pimento, Kevin and of course Cheddar. It also digs into the show's history and cast: which network cancelled it and who saved it thirty hours later, the real Brooklyn precinct used for the exterior, the Golden Globes, the Halloween heist that ended in a proposal, and what the actors did before and after the show, from SNL and the NFL to Encanto. About a third are easy for casual viewers; the rest reward the fans who have watched every cold open twice. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its episodes and characters, and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01Which two writers, who had worked together on Parks and Recreation, created Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
Dan Goor and Michael Schur
Dan Goor and Michael Schur pitched their police-station comedy to the studio where Schur had a deal, but the studio's sister network let a rival channel buy the show.
Q 02Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired its first five seasons on which network?
Fox
Fox cancelled the show in May 2018 after five seasons; the outcry from fans and celebrities was so loud that a rival network revived it the very next day.
Q 03Who plays the stern, deadpan Captain Raymond Holt?
Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher played Holt in every episode from the 2013 pilot to the 2021 finale; a two-time Emmy winner for dramas, he earned four more nominations for this deadpan comedy role.
Q 04Which mobile game does Captain Holt become addicted to in season one?
Kwazy Cupcakes
Kwazy Cupcakes hooks Holt after Gina introduces him to it in season one's 'Tactical Village'; he drops it on learning that Hitchcock has reached the same level.
Q 05What is the name of Holt and Kevin's beloved corgi?
Cheddar
Cheddar is Holt and Kevin's corgi; the series finale reveals Holt's long-secret tattoo to be Kevin's head on Cheddar's body.
Q 06Kevin Cozner, Holt's husband, is a professor of what at Columbia University?
Classics
Kevin chairs Columbia's Classics department; the squad first meets him at Holt's birthday party in season one, where Jake strains to impress him by faking an interest in The New Yorker.
Q 07What is the name of Jake and Amy's son, born at the end of season 7?
Mac
Mac is born in the season 7 finale, 'Lights Out': Amy goes into labour at the precinct during a Brooklyn-wide blackout while Jake races across the borough to reach her in time.
Q 08Which action film does Jake Peralta quote constantly and call his favourite movie?
Die Hard
Die Hard is Jake's obsession; in season three's 'Yippie Kayak' he finally gets to live it out when armed robbers take hostages in a store where he is trapped after closing.
Q 09Which crook, played by Craig Robinson, steals only Pontiacs and keeps escaping Jake?
Doug Judy
Doug Judy, the Pontiac Bandit, first appears in season one posing as an informant on the Bandit before revealing he is the car thief himself and slipping away.
Q 10Which cop, nicknamed 'The Vulture', is notorious for swooping in on nearly solved cases?
Keith Pembroke
Keith Pembroke, 'The Vulture', is played by Dean Winters; he first swoops in during season one, snatching a murder case the squad had all but closed.
Q 11Which actress plays Madeline Wuntch, Holt's despised long-time rival in the NYPD hierarchy?
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick plays Wuntch, Holt's old colleague turned rival; at the end of season two she engineers his move to the NYPD's Public Affairs Division to get him out of the Nine-Nine.
Q 12Jake and Holt hide from Jimmy 'The Butcher' Figgis in witness protection in which state?
Florida
Florida is where Jake and Holt spend six months hiding in the town of Coral Palms; once the squad takes Figgis down, the whole precinct is punished with the night shift.
Q 13Which unhinged former undercover detective, played by Jason Mantzoukas, gets engaged to Rosa?
Adrian Pimento
Q 21Which real Brooklyn precinct's building was used for the exterior of the fictional Nine-Nine?
The 78th
The 78th Precinct's station house on Sixth Avenue in Park Slope supplies the exterior shots; the NYPD's Brooklyn precincts are numbered only from the 60th to the 94th.
Q 22Where was Brooklyn Nine-Nine actually filmed?
CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles
CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles housed the precinct sets throughout the run; the show shot on the Studio City lot, using New York only for establishing shots.
Q 23Brooklyn Nine-Nine's first season won which major award for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy?
The Golden Globe
Adrian Pimento returns to the Nine-Nine after 12 years undercover in Figgis's organisation; his wedding to Rosa is put off when the squad has to fake his death.
Q 14Terry's twin daughters are named after which classic TV cop duo?
Cagney and Lacey
Cagney and Lacey, the 1980s CBS series about two women detectives in New York, gave Terry's twins their names; a third daughter, Ava, arrives on Thanksgiving in season three.
Q 15Terry famously refers to himself in the third person and declares his love for which food?
Yogurt
Yogurt it is: 'Terry loves yogurt' is the catchphrase of a muscle-bound sergeant who starts the series on desk duty, afraid that street work could leave his daughters fatherless.
Q 16What is the name of the Latvian boy Charles Boyle and Genevieve adopt?
Nikolaj
Nikolaj is the Latvian boy Charles and Genevieve adopt in season four; the couple met when Charles and Jake cleared her name after she was framed for a crime.
Q 17Gina Linetti has a child, Enigma ('Iggy'), with a member of which colleague's family?
Charles Boyle's cousin
Iggy's father is Charles Boyle's cousin Milton Boyle, played by Ryan Phillippe; Gina's maternity leave in season five was written around Chelsea Peretti's real pregnancy.
Q 18Which musician plays Marcus, Holt's nephew, who dates Rosa in season 2?
Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon plays Marcus, whom Rosa starts dating in season two; she breaks it off in season three, deciding she is not ready for marriage.
Q 19In which annual event do the detectives compete for the title of 'Amazing Detective/Genius'?
The Halloween heist
The Halloween heist began in season one, when Jake bet Holt he could steal his Medal of Valor before midnight; the stake was Holt declaring him an 'amazing detective/genius'.
Q 20Which season-five episode ends with Jake proposing to Amy in the evidence lockup?
HalloVeen
HalloVeen, the fourth episode of season five, ends with Jake revealing that he changed the champion's belt to read 'Amy Santiago, will you marry me?'; she says yes.
The Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy went to the show in January 2014, less than four months after its premiere; Andy Samberg won Best Actor the same night.
Q 24For its LGBTQ+ portrayals, Brooklyn Nine-Nine won which organisation's 2018 award for Outstanding Comedy Series?
GLAAD
GLAAD gave the show its 2018 Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series; its commanding officer, Captain Holt, is an openly gay man whose husband is a recurring character.
Q 25Before Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andy Samberg was a cast member of which show from 2005 to 2012?
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live employed Samberg from 2005 to 2012, where he and Lonely Island partners Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone popularised Digital Shorts such as 'Lazy Sunday'.
Q 26Which positions did Terry Crews play in the NFL before turning to acting?
Defensive end and linebacker
Defensive end and linebacker: Crews, an 11th-round pick of the Rams in 1991, was cut repeatedly and earned extra money painting portraits of his teammates.
Q 27The actor who plays Holt earlier starred as Detective Frank Pembleton in which 1990s police drama?
Homicide: Life on the Street
Homicide: Life on the Street, set in Baltimore, grew out of a book by reporter David Simon, who later created The Wire; the Pembleton role won its star a 1998 Emmy.
Q 28Stephanie Beatriz, who plays Rosa, voiced which lead character in Disney's Encanto?
Mirabel Madrigal
Mirabel Madrigal, the only Madrigal without a magical gift, is voiced by Beatriz in Encanto (2021); she also played Carla in the film of In the Heights.
Q 29After a bomb threat ruins their wedding venue, where do Jake and Amy finally get married?
Outside the precinct
Outside the precinct: with the venue evacuated in the season-five finale, Boyle and the squad throw together a ceremony there that same night, and Holt officiates.
Q 30Joe Lo Truglio, who plays Boyle, was a cast member of which 1990s sketch comedy troupe and MTV series?
The State
The State's eleven members wrote, directed and edited their mid-1990s MTV sketch series themselves; its alumni went on to make Reno 911! and Wet Hot American Summer.