The Mindy Project
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50 free The Mindy Project trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Mindy Project ran for six seasons and 117 episodes, following Dr. Mindy Lahiri as she chases a rom-com ending while working at a busy medical practice full of oddball colleagues. Created by and starring Mindy Kaling, it blended sharp workplace comedy with a slow-burn romance and a long parade of famous guest stars. This quiz covers the whole run: the doctors, nurses and receptionists of Shulman & Associates, Mindy's boyfriends and breakups, her on-again, off-again story with Danny Castellano, the biggest plot turns, and the casting and production story behind the series. It suits casual viewers and devoted rewatchers alike. The early questions are friendly and the later ones get properly tough, so true fans can find out how closely they were paying attention.
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Q 01Which streaming service rescued The Mindy Project days after its broadcast network cancelled it?
Hulu
Hulu ordered a 26-episode fourth season nine days after Fox dropped the show in May 2015. It stayed there until its sixth and final season.
Q 02What kind of doctor is Mindy Lahiri, the romantically frustrated lead of The Mindy Project?
An OB/GYN
An OB/GYN was a choice close to home: Mindy Kaling modelled the character on her own mother, who practised the same specialty in Boston.
Q 03Mindy Kaling, creator of The Mindy Project, first found fame playing which character on the sitcom The Office?
Kelly Kapoor
Kelly Kapoor made Kaling a familiar face, but she was hired as a writer first, joining The Office at 24 as the only woman on a staff of eight.
Q 04Which late-night host guest-starred on The Mindy Project as the strict new priest at Danny Castellano's church?
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert played the priest as a reformed bad boy from Danny's old neighborhood, and Mindy pretends to be Catholic to win his approval.
Q 05Which actress appears as herself in a hallucination when Mindy Lahiri gets trapped on a hike in The Mindy Project?
Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon turns up as a vision while Mindy is pinned 127 Hours-style, having finally taken her unused honeymoon by herself.
Q 06On The Mindy Project, lovable nurse Morgan Tookers arrives at the practice with which surprising background?
Time in prison
Time in prison is Morgan's backstory: the character was written as a quirky, rehabilitated ex-con who talks his way into a nursing job.
Q 07Mindy Lahiri's younger brother Rishi visits in The Mindy Project and announces he is quitting college for which career?
Rapper
Rapper is the dream Rishi announces on his visit, and the aspiring MC stays a recurring character, played by Utkarsh Ambudkar.
Q 08Which network first commissioned The Mindy Project's pilot, then released it for a rival to pick up days later?
NBC
NBC let the pilot go on January 27, 2012, then sent the script to Fox, whose executives read it over the weekend and green-lit it three days later.
Q 09Which Cheers star played Annette Castellano, Danny's hovering mom, on The Mindy Project?
Rhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman, Carla the waitress on Cheers, recurred as Annette, whose approval Mindy sets out to win as soon as the two meet.
Q 10In which city is Shulman & Associates, the medical practice at the centre of The Mindy Project?
New York
New York gives the show its rom-com backdrop, and the fictional practice keeps the Shulman name long after its senior partner retires.
Q 11Dr. Jeremy Reed, the partner who manages the practice on The Mindy Project, comes from which country?
England
England is Jeremy's homeland, and in one episode he even prepares a one-man show about his early life and his emigration to America.
Q 12Which actor, also seen in Argo and Julie & Julia, played Dr. Danny Castellano on The Mindy Project?
Chris Messina
Chris Messina starred as Danny for four seasons, then stepped back to guest appearances, returning in time for the series finale.
Q 13At the end of season one of The Mindy Project, Mindy plans to move to which country with boyfriend Casey?
Haiti
Haiti is the plan, for a whole year, and Mindy tries to prove she can rough it by inviting herself along on a camping trip.
Q 21While Mindy weighs staying out west on The Mindy Project, Danny Castellano surprises her by buying what?
A brownstone
A brownstone back east, meant for the two of them, lands just as Mindy is thinking about going into business with a colleague in San Francisco.
Q 22Which pediatric nurse does Mindy Lahiri marry, and later divorce, in the final seasons of The Mindy Project?
Ben
Ben first appears leading a nurses' strike against the doctors, and Mindy falls for him while he is supposed to be the enemy.
Q 23Which Happy Endings actor joined The Mindy Project in season two as frat-boy doctor Peter Prentice?
Adam Pally
Adam Pally arrived in a recurring role and was promoted to the main cast after filming only two episodes.
Q 14What was the working title of The Mindy Project's pilot, changed two days after the series was ordered?
It's Messy
It's Messy was the name on the script while two networks passed it between them, and it became The Mindy Project two days after the series order.
Q 15Which actor guest-starred on The Mindy Project as Dr. Paul Leotard, the rival who takes over Mindy Lahiri's office?
James Franco
James Franco played Leotard at the start of season two, and Mindy, back from abroad, has to challenge him to win her old office back.
Q 16On The Mindy Project, the Deslaurier brothers run a rival business in the same building, working as what?
Midwives
Midwives Brendan and Duncan Deslaurier threaten to poach the practice's patients, and the pair are played by Mark and Jay Duplass.
Q 17What name do Mindy Lahiri and Danny Castellano give their son, born in season four of The Mindy Project?
Leo
Leo arrives after Mindy's water breaks on the way to an expo, leaving Danny racing to get there in time for the birth.
Q 18Which actor played nurse Morgan Tookers on The Mindy Project while also writing episodes of the series?
Ike Barinholtz
Ike Barinholtz co-wrote episodes with David Stassen, served as a story editor and later directed several instalments too.
Q 19In season three of The Mindy Project, Mindy Lahiri heads west for a medical fellowship at which university?
Stanford
Stanford is where Mindy starts the fellowship after a string of bad first impressions, facing a hostile doctor who was Danny's friend in med school.
Q 20What kind of business does Mindy Lahiri open on her own in season three of The Mindy Project?
A fertility clinic
A fertility clinic is Mindy's venture, but it struggles to attract patients at first because she has little experience helping women conceive.
Q 24Which It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star played Cliff Gilbert, a lawyer Mindy Lahiri dates on The Mindy Project?
Glenn Howerton
Glenn Howerton's Cliff first turns up suing Mindy for $200,000 on behalf of a co-worker, and ends up as her boyfriend instead.
Q 25In season three of The Mindy Project, it emerges that Mindy Lahiri has spent years committing which crime?
Tax fraud
Tax fraud puts the whole practice at risk, so Mindy has to ask an ex-boyfriend, a lawyer, to help clear her name.
Q 26What does Mindy catch Annette Castellano, Danny's mom, doing in season three of The Mindy Project?
Shoplifting
Shoplifting is Annette's secret, leaving Mindy to work out how on earth she can break the news to Danny.
Q 27Before becoming a dad on The Mindy Project, Danny Castellano tries to quit which habit?
Smoking
Smoking is Danny's vice, while Mindy's side of the get-healthy pact is to give up junk food before the baby arrives.
Q 28On The Mindy Project, Dr. Peter Prentice leaves the practice to follow Lauren to which state, where they marry?
Texas
Texas becomes Peter's new home, and the whole office travels there for his wedding at the end of season three.
Q 29Which actor played Graham, the wild skateboarder Mindy dates on The Mindy Project to prove she isn't picky?
Timothy Olyphant
Timothy Olyphant played the skater as Mindy's complete opposite, a date she accepts only after Danny calls her too judgmental.
Q 30Which Orange Is the New Black actress played Sheena, the stylist cousin of nurse Tamra, on The Mindy Project?
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox's Sheena helps Mindy regain her self-confidence as she gains pregnancy weight, in an episode that also sends Jeremy back into dating.