Dramatic Characters: Part 1 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Desperate Housewives

Lynette is played by talented actress Felicity Huffman. In 2005, Huffman won an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Answer: true

Nora Walker is portrayed in the show by award winning actress Sally Field. As Nora Walker on "Brothers & Sisters," she has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor, as well as multiple Golden Globe nominations.

Answer: False

Robert Carlyle is as fantastic as ever on ABC's "Once Upon A Time", as Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin. Although it is true that he is not such a nice man, it is also true that he has a lot of good reasons not to be, the most significant being the loss of his one true love, Belle.

Answer: Pretty Little Liars

"Pretty Little Liars" is a teen drama based on Sara Shepard's series of books of the same title. It follows the lives of four friends after the disappearance and murder of their clique leader. After a year the girls begin getting mysterious threats, messages and interference from an unknown presence known only as 'A'.

Answer: Degrassi

Munro Chambers plays Eli on the third installment of the Canadian teen drama franchise, "Degrassi". Eli has had a lot to deal with since coming to Degrassi, besides a disappointing love life. He was the target of a relentless bully, he was diagnosed as bi-polar and his first girlfriend died as a result of being hit by a car.

Answer: Dexter

C.S. Lee brings Vince Masuka to life on the Showtime series "Dexter", a show based upon the novels by Jeff Lindsay. Dexter is a serial killer who kills other killers and distasteful characters, and Masuka (Masuoka in the books), though close to Dexter personally and professionally, has no idea who and what his friend really is.

Answer: House

On "House", Dr. Foreman is played by Omar Epps. The character's past is not probed too intently on the show, but we do know that he has a brother with a sketchy criminal past, a deeply religious father and a mother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

Answer: True

"Law & Order: SVU" is the first spin off of the popular "Law & Order" franchise. As with the original series, "Law & Order: SVU" stories are usually 'ripped from the headlines' and loosely based on real crimes that have been in the news.

Answer: Breaking Bad

"Breaking Bad" is the story of a mild mannered high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, cooking and selling meth with a former student, Jesse Pinkman, desperate to secure his family's financial future before he dies. I never miss a chance to pimp out this critically acclaimed show and recommend it to everyone as the best show on TV.

Answer: Big Love

Another amazing prime time drama, HBO's "Big Love" is about a family of fundamentalist Mormons. They live in Utah and practice polygamy. Roman Grant is played by Harry Dean Stanton, who besides an actor is a singer and musician with a career spanning more than fifty years.