Medical TV Shows 1
Sharpen your trivia scalpel and slice into this medical mash-up of TV's greatest doctors and nurses.
15 questions · Published June 14, 2021
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. TV drama "Grey's Anatomy" premiered in 2005 and has featured roles by Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, and Patrick Dempsey. What is the show's title a reference to?
The title is an allusion to "Gray's Anatomy", a classic human anatomy textbook first published in 1858 in London and written by Henry Gray. It also ties into the leader character's name "Meredith Grey".
As of 2021, the show is the longest-running American primetime medical drama series and the longest scripted primetime series carried by ABC.
- Multiple Choice
2. Long-running comedy-drama series "M*A*S*H" followed a team of doctors and staff at a mobile medical unit during what war?
"M*A*S*H", a TV adaptation of the film, ran from 1972 to 1983, more than three times as long as The Korean War for which it chronicled.
- Multiple Choice
3. Created by novelist and physician Michael Crichton, the TV drama "ER" ran for fifteen seasons. Which of these actors played Dr. Mark Greene?
As of 2021, "ER" is the second longest-running primetime medical drama in American TV history behind "Grey's Anatomy". It won 23 Emmy Awards over its 331-episode run.
- Multiple Choice
4. "General Hospital" is one of the longest-running American soap operas still in production. The wedding of TV super-couple ____________ was watched by 30 million viewers in the 1980s.
- Fill In The Blank
5. British actor Hugh Laurie plays an unconventional medical genius in the American TV drama "___________, M.D."
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