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This category is for the actors and characters of the original "Law And Order" series.
12 quizzes and 120 trivia questions.
1.
  Order in "Law and Order" The Detectives    
Ordering Quiz
 10 Qns
The detectives
Even in a procedural, maybe even more so, the chemistry between a pair of detectives is important. Here, you are offered the chance to order the two-officer detective teams as they appeared in first 20 seasons of the original "Law and Order."
Average, 10 Qns, PootyPootwell, May 03 24
Average
PootyPootwell gold member
May 03 24
107 plays
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  "Law and Order:" Where'd They Go Part II   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz refers to the 20 seasons of "Law and Order"which ran on NBC from 1990 to 2010. That was a long time -- long enough to make for at least two quizzes about why its characters left the show. I hope you liked Part I, and here is Part II. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, PootyPootwell, Apr 02 24
Average
PootyPootwell gold member
Apr 02 24
393 plays
3.
  Guest Stars on "Law & Order"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many well known actors and actresses have guest starred on "Law & Order." Can you remember them? This quiz refers only to the original series, not its spin-offs.
Tough, 10 Qns, sarahmas, Nov 05 05
Tough
sarahmas
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4.
  "Law and Order": Where'd They Go?   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Maybe because "Law and Order" revealed so little about their main characters, viewers pounced on whatever details we could get! Use this quiz to see if you can remember what reasons were given -- or implied - for characters' departures. Have fun!
Tough, 10 Qns, PootyPootwell, Dec 19 11
Tough
PootyPootwell gold member
475 plays
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  "Law and Order": The Lawyers    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the actor or actress with the Assistant District Attorneys they played on "Law and Order" (1990-2010).
Easier, 10 Qns, timoggy, Apr 10 23
Easier
timoggy
Apr 10 23
266 plays
6.
  The Jack McCoy Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Pick the correct answer to fill in the quotes and answer the questions about everyone's favorite Assistant District Attorney, Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston). Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, vicgrefer, Nov 05 05
Average
vicgrefer
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  The Lennie Briscoe Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lennie Briscoe is everyone's favorite cynic. How well do you know him? This quiz contains questions about Lennie as well as some of his more comical witticisms.
Average, 10 Qns, vicgrefer, Apr 08 10
Average
vicgrefer
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8.
  "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 1)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz revisits the crimes of seasons 1-2. I will provide the character and the crime. Let's see if you can guess the actor. This will prove challenging for a casual fan.
Difficult, 10 Qns, alexKmahns, Mar 07 12
Difficult
alexKmahns
295 plays
9.
  "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 3)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz revisits the crimes of seasons 5-6. I will provide the character and/or the crime. Let's see if you can guess the actor. This will prove challenging for a casual fan.
Tough, 10 Qns, alexKmahns, Mar 16 12
Tough
alexKmahns
259 plays
10.
  "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 2)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz revisits the crimes of seasons 3-4. I will provide the character and/or the crime. Let's see if you can guess the actor. This will prove challenging for a casual fan.
Difficult, 10 Qns, alexKmahns, Mar 13 12
Difficult
alexKmahns
260 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Which actress was tried for her supervisory role in an auto-erotic strangulation death several years before entering the spirit realm?

From Quiz ""Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 1)"




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  "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 5)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz revisits the crimes of seasons 9-11. I will provide the character and/or the crime. Let's see if you can guess the actor. This will prove challenging for a casual fan.
Difficult, 10 Qns, alexKmahns, Mar 19 12
Difficult
alexKmahns
206 plays
12.
  Outside "Law & Order"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many cast members have significant acting roles outside America's longest running legal drama.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, GoodVibe, Nov 07 05
Very Difficult
GoodVibe gold member
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'Law And Order' People Trivia Questions

1. Although this actor has a family (and a famous sibling), he convincingly portrayed an adopted child suffering from a severe "detachment" disorder. Which child actor was accused of killing a baby?

From Quiz
"Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 5)

Answer: Spencer Breslin

S9E1- Breslin appeared in "The Kid" (2000), "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat" (2003), "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" (2006) and "The Happening" (2008). In "Raising Helen" (2004), his on-screen sister was played by his younger sister, Abigail Breslin.

2. As Michael Dobson, a comedy club owner, which comedic actor was accused of having his wife murdered by a transient?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 3)

Answer: Larry Miller

S5E2- Jerry Seinfeld's best friend has been on TV since 1982. "Seinfeld" (1995), "Mad About You" (1993), and "8 Simple Rules" (2002) were just a few of the many shows he's appeared in. He also starred in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999) and its subsequent TV adaptation. He later revisited the character of Michael Dobson in a 1996 appearance on the show.

3. Which actress was a scissor wielding teen murderer named Tracy Brandt, long before appearing in popular Shakespearean remakes?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 2)

Answer: Claire Danes

S3E1- Danes has come a long way since this 1992 appearance. Her breakthrough TV role in "My So Called Life" (1994) won her a Golden Globe. Her more recent roles in the TV movie "Temple Grandin" (2010) and HBO's "Homeland" (2011) earned her two more Golden Globes, an Emmy and a SAG Award.

4. Which New Yorker fatally shot a man on the subway as Laura Di Biasi?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 1)

Answer: Cynthia Nixon

S1E2- This episode, based on the Bernhard Goetz case, was Nixon's first appearance in the series franchise. In 1998, she joined the cast of "Sex in the City" (1998) as Miranda Hobbes.

5. The last time we saw ADA Alexandra Borgia she was:

From Quiz "Law and Order:" Where'd They Go Part II

Answer: Dead, in the trunk of a car

ADA Borgia was encouraging a man who was caught making fake police badges to give her the names of his criminal customers. Those criminals burst into her apartment and the last we heard from her, she was screaming just before they taped her mouth shut. She was the only "Law & Order" ADA to be killed in office.

6. Sergent Max Greevey, played by George Dzundza, left after the first season. Why?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Where'd They Go?

Answer: Killed in the line of duty

Max Greevey was one of the original cast members and one of the first to go. He was killed so that he couldn't testify in court against a corrupt construction company. Greevey died in the first episode of season two, but the actor who played him, George Dzundza, left the show at the end of Season one. A stuntman was used in Max's final scene.

7. Prior to joining "Law & Order," Dennis Farina did NOT have the distinction of _____ .

From Quiz Outside "Law & Order"

Answer: Winning an Emmy

Farina, an ex-policeman from Chicago, was born on 29 February 1944. He starred in the short-lived shows "Buddy Faro," "Crime Story," and "In-Laws." Farina first played Joe Fontana in 2004.

8. In what season did Lennie Briscoe join the 27th precinct?

From Quiz The Lennie Briscoe Quiz

Answer: three & third & 3 & 3rd

Jerry Orbach joined the cast in the middle of the third season. And Mike Logan was not pleased to get Lennie as a partner, might I add :)

9. "Men are pigs and we should all rot in hell. Unfortunately, that's not my ____."

From Quiz The Jack McCoy Quiz

Answer: jurisdiction

This quote is from his first episode, the premiere of the fifth season, "Second Opinion." He makes this remark to Claire Kincaid.

10. Which delusional nun managed to kill a child during an unsanctioned exorcism before being sent "six feet under"?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 5)

Answer: Frances Conroy

S9E15- In 2001, Conroy joined the cast of "Six Feet Under" (2001) as the family matriarch. The role of Ruth Fisher won her a Golden Globe and two SAG Awards. She returned to TV as Moira O'Hara, the spirited housekeeper in "American Horror Story" (2011).

11. Which Oscar nominated actress unsuccessfully tried to use the "battered woman" defense after murdering her former Japanese employer?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 3)

Answer: Laura Linney

S5E3- Linney was nominated for her roles in "You Can Count on Me" (2000), "Kinsey" (2004) and "The Savages" (2007). She won a SAG award, a Golden Globe, and an Emmy for "John Adams" (2008). In 2010, Linney became the star and executive producer of "The Big C".

12. Which tough talking gal ran an illegal sweatshop as Betty Drake before branching out with the mob?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 2)

Answer: Patti D'Arbanville

S3E5- The former Mrs. Don Johnson has appeared in several TV shows. She was a series regular on "New York Undercover" (1994), "Guiding Light" (1952), "Third Watch" (1999) and "Rescue Me" (2004), and guest starred as Lorraine Calluzzo in "The Sopranos" (1999).

13. Who became a doctor in California after bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend into a fatal coma under the name Ned Loomis?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 1)

Answer: Thomas Calabro

S1E4- In 1992, Calabro joined the cast of "Melrose Place" (1992) as Dr. Michael Mancini. He was the only original cast member to reprise their role in the short lived "Melrose Place" (2009) revival.

14. What happened to Detective Falco, played by Michael Imperioli?

From Quiz "Law and Order:" Where'd They Go Part II

Answer: Was only temporary while Ed Green was out

Detective Nick Falco, played by Michael Imperioli, was a temporary replacement when Detective Ed Green was recuperating from a gunshot wound in season 15 (and the actor was making the movie version of "Rent"). Falco was partnered with Detective Fontana. Sharp viewers will remember Imperioli from when he played a coke-head limo driver in "L&O" season 6.

15. Phil Cerreta was Mike Logan's partner, until he left to do what?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Where'd They Go?

Answer: take a desk job after being shot in the line of duty

Sargent Phil Cerreta was posing as a gun buyer to try to trap a Colombian gang hitman, but it turned ugly and Cerreta took two bullets. Fortunately, he survived and recovered. Unfortunately for his partner, Mike Logan, Cerreta decided to take a desk job. Cerreta was played by veteran actor Paul Sorvino, perhaps most notably known for his role as Paulie, caporegime in the mafia movie "Goodfellas".

16. Paul Sorvino, who played Phil Cerreta in Seasons 2 and 3, has a daughter who won an Oscar. For what movie did Mira win an Oscar?

From Quiz Outside "Law & Order"

Answer: "Mighty Aphrodite"

Mira won in 1996 for her role in the Woody Allen-directed movie. Unfortunately, Mira is said to be a victim of the Oscars curse, where an actor's movie career tanks after winning the Oscar. Paul has also had guest roles in "Still Standing" and "Murder She Wrote."

17. Lt. Van Buren explodes when Lennie takes the stand to testify that a woman who they believe fell down stairs was actually pushed. She yells, "You were an inch away from perjury!" What does Lennie respond?

From Quiz The Lennie Briscoe Quiz

Answer: "More like a foot, foot and a half."

This is from "Stalker" from season eight. If Lennie hadn't testified, a man they know is guilty of stalking and killing a woman would have been let off on a technicality.

18. When Mike Logan says, "You can get a ham sandwich indicted," how does McCoy respond?

From Quiz The Jack McCoy Quiz

Answer: "That might be easier. There's meat on a ham sandwich."

This is from the episode "Coma" in season five.

19. Laura Linney is a wonderful actress. She finally got recognition in 2001 with an Oscar nomination for "You Can Count on Me." What did she play on "L&O?"

From Quiz Guest Stars on "Law & Order"

Answer: A singer who killed her former benefactor

Linney played a woman who was lured to Japan to work for a man in his restaurant. She thought she'd be singing, but she was pressed into prostitution. When she declined, the businessman (allegedly) wouldn't give back her passport and basically kept her against her will. After she got back to the US, she learned he was coming to New York and thought she was in danger, so she killed him. Aida Turturro, Tony's sister Janice on "The Sopranos," also guested in this episode.

20. Playing Johnny Franchetta, a wise guy wrongfully convicted of murdering his lover, was no stretch for which quintessentially Italian character actor?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 5)

Answer: Frank Vincent

S9E18- Vincent's first film, "The Death Collector" (1976), was also the first time he co-starred with Joe Pesci. Pesci later murdered him, as Billy Batts, in "Goodfellas" (1990). Vincent returned the favor by beating Pesci to death (with a baseball bat) in "Casino" (1995). Vincent had another memorable cinematic death. As Phil Leotardo, his head was crushed beneath a rolling SUV tire in "The Sopranos" (1999).

21. Which Chicago doctor was also known as George Costas, a Greek immigrant found guilty of killing two robbers under the guise of self defense?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 2)

Answer: Adam Arkin

S3E7- Arkin went on to star in "Chicago Hope" (1994), in a role which garnered him four consecutive Emmy nominations. In 2009, he appeared in "Sons of Anarchy" (2008) as Ethan Zobelle.

22. Which future "CSI" star was also known as Anthony Scalisi, a Masucci gangster accused of murdering a city councilman?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 1)

Answer: Paul Guilfoyle

S1E6- In 2000, Guilfoyle joined the cast of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) as Det. Jim Brass. He received a SAG Award (2005) for his role in the ensemble cast.

23. ADA Serena Southerlyn, the only blond ADA in the show's original run (except for possibly Michael Cutter), left abruptly in the middle of season 15. What happened?

From Quiz "Law and Order:" Where'd They Go Part II

Answer: DA Branch fired her

Executive producer and series creator Dick Wolf wrote Serena's final scene in a deliberate attempt to make a "water-cooler" moment. In her final episode, DA Arthur Branch told Serena she was more passionate about the defendants than she should be as a prosecutor and fired her. She asked him if her firing has anything to do with her "being a lesbian" and Branch says, "No", to which she answers, "Good, good", and that was that for ADA Serena Southerlyn.

24. Mike Logan left at the end of season five. Why did he leave?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Where'd They Go?

Answer: Punched a politician and was demoted to Staten Island

Detective Mike Logan was one of the hallmark characters of the show. In the last episode of season five, "Pride," Logan punched a homophobic councilman and was sent to "walk a beat" on Staten Island. His character returned a decade later to the "Law and Order" spin-off, "Law and Order: Criminal Intent", where he was made a detective in the Major Case Squad.

25. When Lennie is told that a particular murder was the work of the devil, what does he say?

From Quiz The Lennie Briscoe Quiz

Answer: "No, this was done by someone who knows the neighborhood. Satan's not a local."

This is from the episode "Profile" in season 4. Lennie is very disillusioned about religion.

26. Jack McCoy believes that "justice is a byproduct of ____."

From Quiz The Jack McCoy Quiz

Answer: winning

Jack tells Claire, "It's all about winning." She responds, "Last time I checked, I thought it was about justice." He remarks, "That's a byproduct." "Hang-em High" McCoy (as he calls himself) loves to win!

27. The venerable Elaine Stritch, a veteran star of Broadway and West End stages as well as the silver screen, has a recurring role. What kind of character does she play?

From Quiz Guest Stars on "Law & Order"

Answer: A sassy, sharp tongued defense attorney

As defense attorney Lanie Stiedlitz, Stritch builds her defense on a feminist slant, and often defends women who she feels haven't gotten fair treatment. She defended the aforementioned interior designer slash hooker when the suspect was accused of murdering a client. She claimed the murder was actually self defense as he was trying to rape her client at the time.

28. As Katrina Ludlow, which actress was initially a star witness, but was soon exposed as a murdering con artist?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 5)

Answer: Julia Roberts

S9E20- Roberts made her TV debut on the show "Crime Story" (1986). Since then, she has rarely returned to TV, but did appear on "Miami Vice" (1984) and "Friends" (1994), and participated in the all star documentary, "Freedom: A History of Us" (2003).

29. "Black rage" was a defense strategy employed by which former stock broker when he murdered his boss while using the name Bud Greer?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 3)

Answer: Courtney B. Vance

S5E13- A graduate of Harvard and Yale Drama school, Vance made a memorable big screen debut in "Hamburger Hill" (1987) as "Doc" Johnson. He has since appeared in several movies, including "Dangerous Minds" (1995), "The Preacher's Wife" (1996) and "Joyful Noise" (2012). His portrayal of ADA Ron Carver on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) earned him an Image award nomination in 2002. He married actress Angela Bassett in 1997.

30. Which lifelong criminal shot Sgt. Phil Cerreta in an undercover sting gone wrong while using the alias George Lobrano?

From Quiz "Law and Order": Celebrity Suspects (Part 2)

Answer: Mark Margolis

S3E8- Margolis has portrayed organized crime affiliates of varying ethnicities. Antonio Nappa in "Oz" (1997), Hector Salamanca in "Breaking Bad" (2008), Jimmy in "The Equalizer" (1985) and Albert the Shadow in "Scarface" (1983) are just a few of his familiar characters. In 2011 he presided over a Romanian "family" in "Law and Order: SVU" (1999) and was the head of an Italian "family" in a 2004 episode of "Law and Order:Criminal Intent" (2001).

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