McDreamy: Just the facts Trivia Quiz

Answer: 4

Derek (Patrick Dempsey) has four sisters. In season three, we met his sister Nancy (Embeth Davidtz) who, like his ex-wife Addison (Kate Walsh), is an obstetrician. He also mentions that another sister, Kathleen, is a psychiatrist.

Answer: The Clash

During the episode "Save Me," Derek tells Meredith that his favorite band is The Clash. The Clash was an English punk rock band who were active from 1976 to 1986. Their third album "London Calling" is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest albums in the history of rock music. Perhaps that one is Derek's favorite.

Answer: Blue

But he doesn't like light blue, he prefers more of an indigo.
He tells Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) this piece of trivia in the eighth episode of the series, "Save Me."

Answer: 11 years

Addison and Derek were married for 11 years before they finally got divorced in the third season. Derek caught Addison cheating on him with his best friend Mark Sloan, and left New York for a new life in Seattle.

Answer: The Sun Also Rises

Derek tells Meredith that his favorite book is "The Sun Also Rises." Written by Ernest Hemingway in 1926, "The Sun Also Rises" is considered Hemingway's first great novel.
This is another bit of trivia that Derek gives Meredith in the episode "Save Me."

Answer: Muesli

Derek ate Muesli for breakfast every morning, triggering George and Izzie to comment on his health-conscious attitude.
Patrick Dempsey however, did a voiceover for Life cereal commercials.

Answer: Coffee

Derek tells Meredith this piece of information during his speech in the episode "Save Me."

Answer: Scotch

Derek tells Meredith that his favorite drink is a single malt scotch. We also see him drinking scotch a number of times when he is at Joe's bar.

Answer: Neurosurgeon

Derek is a neurosurgeon, meaning that he operates on the brain. Burke is a cardiothoractic surgeon, Callie is an orthopedic surgeon, and Mark is a plastic surgeon.
Even though he lives in a trailer, Derek is apparently very well paid. In the episode "Yesterday" Derek punches Mark in the face and Chief Webber (James Pickens Jr.) yells at Derek to put ice on his two-million-dollar-a-year-hand.

Answer: ferryboats

Derek tells Meredith this in the second episode of the series, one thing he really likes about Seattle is the ferryboats. Throughout the series, ferryboats became a symbol for Meredith. In the third season, a ferryboat has a terrible crash the same day that Meredith almost drowns in the river.