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This Sex and the City quiz has 123 free questions with answers and covers all six seasons of the HBO series, both films and the And Just Like That... revival. It starts with the basics every fan knows, then moves through the men (Big, Aidan, Berger, Trey, Harry, Steve, Smith), the friends (Stanford, Anthony, Magda), the running gags (the Post-it, the $40,000 in shoes, the Cosmopolitans) and into hard SATC trivia: the real GQ publisher who inspired Mr. Big, the college the show gave Charlotte, the critic whose review haunts Carrie, and where the Abu Dhabi scenes were really filmed. It works as a solo test or as a themed round for a hen night, brunch or bar quiz. Every answer has been checked against a reference source and each question shows its citation, so you can settle the argument about who was originally cast, who left, and who came back.
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Q 01Which of these women belongs to a different 1990s New York show, not the Sex and the City foursome?
Phoebe Buffay
Phoebe Buffay sang Smelly Cat on Friends, the other New York show of the era. The Sex and the City quartet is Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.
Q 02What was Carrie Bradshaw's main profession in Sex and the City?
Newspaper Columnist
Every episode is Carrie typing. She was a newspaper columnist, writing 'Sex and the City' for the fictional New York Star, and her voice-over is the column taking shape.
Q 03Where in the Sex and the City franchise is Mr. Big's first name finally revealed?
The series finale
The series finale: in its final scene Carrie's phone lights up with 'John', Big's first name, six seasons after the pilot in which Carrie dubbed him Mr. Big.
Q 04What was Samantha Jones's profession in *Sex and the City*?
PR executive
She runs her own PR firm and later uses that expertise to rebrand a young waiter-actor she is dating.
Q 05What was Charlotte York's initial profession when *Sex and the City* began?
Art Dealer
Charlotte York worked as an art dealer at a Manhattan gallery, showcasing her passion for art history.
Q 06What is Miranda Hobbes's profession in *Sex and the City*?
Lawyer
Miranda is the one who went to Harvard. The cynical, career-driven lawyer from the Philadelphia area was the most pragmatic of the four friends.
Q 07In which Manhattan neighbourhood were the exterior shots of Carrie Bradshaw's apartment filmed?
Greenwich Village
Carrie's fictional address was 245 East 73rd Street, but the actual exterior filming location for her apartment was primarily at 66 Perry Street in the West Village (part of Greenwich Village).
Q 08In what year was the first *Sex and the City* feature film released in theaters?
2008
The first *Sex and the City* movie, which continued the stories of the four friends, premiered in May 2008.
Q 09Candace Bushnell's original 'Sex and the City' column ran in which weekly newspaper?
The New York Observer
The New York Observer ran Bushnell's 'Sex and the City' column, the pieces later collected into the book that Darren Star adapted for HBO.
Q 10What is the first name of Miranda Hobbes's son?
Brady
The boy took his father's surname as a first name; Miranda realises at his first birthday party that she still loves Steve.
Q 11Once her New York Star columns become a book, Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City writes for which fashion magazine?
Vogue
Carrie's column outgrew the newspaper. Her New York Star pieces become a book within the show, and she later writes for Vogue.
Q 12How many seasons did the original 'Sex and the City' television series run?
6
It ran on HBO from June 1998 to February 2004, 94 episodes in all, with the last season split into two parts.
Q 13To marry her divorce lawyer Harry Goldenblatt, Charlotte converts to which religion?
Judaism
Judaism: Harry tells Charlotte he can only marry a Jew, so she studies with a rabbi, who turns her away three times as tradition requires, before she converts and they wed in a Jewish ceremony.
Q 21Who was Charlotte York's first husband?
Trey MacDougal
Charlotte proposed to him herself. Trey MacDougal, the old-money cardiologist played by Kyle MacLachlan, married her in Season 3, but the marriage foundered on his impotence and his mother Bunny.
Q 22Who does Miranda Hobbes eventually marry in the series?
Steve Brady
The baby came before the wedding. Steve Brady, the bartender Miranda Hobbes kept breaking up with, fathered her son and later married her.
Q 23On Sex and the City, Samantha Jones rebrands a much younger waiter-actor with which stage name, then stays with him long-term?
Smith Jerrod
Q 14What does Charlotte give Carrie so she can afford a down payment on her apartment?
Her engagement ring
Her engagement ring: in 'Ring a Ding Ding' Charlotte hands Carrie the Tiffany ring Trey gave her, so Carrie can buy her apartment instead of losing it.
Q 15Which of the four leads won the show's only Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress?
Kim Cattrall
Sarah Jessica Parker took four Globes for Best Actress, and the series itself won three for Best Comedy.
Q 16Who created the 'Sex and the City' television series?
Darren Star
Darren Star created the 'Sex and the City' television series, based on the book by Candace Bushnell.
Q 17Which sequel series, premiering on HBO Max in 2021, brought back Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda from Sex and the City without Samantha?
'And Just Like That...'
Samantha sat the revival out. 'And Just Like That...' premiered on HBO Max in 2021 with Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis back in their roles, but without Kim Cattrall.
Q 18Which cocktail is famously associated with Carrie Bradshaw and the show?
Cosmopolitan
A television show made the Cosmopolitan the cocktail of the late 1990s. Carrie Bradshaw ordered it whenever the four friends went out, and it became her signature drink.
Q 19Which ballet legend played Aleksandr Petrovsky, the Russian artist who takes Carrie to Paris?
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov, the Kirov-trained ballet star who defected in 1974, played Aleksandr Petrovsky in season six; Carrie follows him to Paris and ends up isolated while he prepares his show.
Q 20In the 2008 film, Carrie's wedding gown, gifted after a magazine shoot, was by whom?
Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood sent Carrie the gown after the Vogue bridal shoot; the attention around the dress turns her small wedding into an extravaganza, and Big gets cold feet on the day.
He was Jerry Jerrod the waiter until Samantha got involved. Using her PR expertise, she renames him Smith Jerrod, boosts his acting career, and stays with him for the long term.
Q 24On what date did Sex and the City premiere on HBO?
June 6, 1998
The pilot had actually been shot a full year earlier, in June 1997, and Sarah Jessica Parker hated it so much she offered to make three HBO movies for free to get out of her contract.
Q 25What is Stanford Blatch's profession?
Talent agent
Talent agent: Stanford represents actors and models, including underwear model Derek in season one, and he is Carrie's closest male confidant throughout the series.
Q 26In the 2008 film, where is Carrie and Big's wedding set to take place?
The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library: Carrie books the library's Fifth Avenue landmark for the ceremony, and it is on its steps that Big fails to show up.
Q 27What is the name of the bar Steve Brady and Aidan Shaw open together?
Scout
Scout: bartender Steve and furniture maker Aidan go into business together in season four, opening a bar called Scout that the friends visit through the later seasons.
Q 28Which 26-year-old Ralph Lauren employee does Mr. Big marry after only five months of dating?
Natasha
Natasha, played by Bridget Moynahan, becomes Big's wife at the end of season two; Carrie's affair with the married Big then wrecks her own relationship with Aidan.
Q 29Where does Mr. Big move when he leaves New York, almost without telling Carrie?
Napa Valley
He later throws the move back at her when she plans to leave for Paris without telling him.
Q 30In the sequel series And Just Like That..., how does Mr. Big die?
A heart attack after a Peloton workout
A heart attack after a Peloton workout: Big collapses in the premiere episode; Peloton's stock dipped and the company rushed out a Ryan Reynolds-produced ad with Chris Noth in reply.