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In Succession, what is the name of the Roy family's media conglomerate?

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1. In Succession, what is the name of the Roy family's media conglomerate?
- A. Waystar Royco (answer)
- B. Pierce Global Media
- C. GoJo
- D. Vaulter Media
Waystar Royco is the Roy-controlled conglomerate; Pierce and GoJo are separate businesses.
2. Who plays Tony Soprano's psychiatrist, Dr Jennifer Melfi?
- A. Annabella Sciorra
- B. Edie Falco
- C. Drea de Matteo
- D. Lorraine Bracco (answer)
Lorraine Bracco plays Melfi, whose sessions with Tony form a central strand of The Sopranos.
3. Which city is the principal setting of The Wire?
- A. Baltimore (answer)
- B. Detroit
- C. Newark
- D. Philadelphia
The Wire examines Baltimore through its police, drug trade, docks, schools, politics and press.
4. In Severance, which company employs Mark Scout?
- A. Lumon Industries (answer)
- B. Massive Dynamic
- C. Delos Incorporated
- D. E Corp
Lumon Industries uses the severance procedure to separate employees' work and personal memories.
5. In Mad Men, what is Don Draper's birth name?
- A. Pete Campbell
- B. Roger Sterling
- C. Ken Cosgrove
- D. Dick Whitman (answer)
Dick Whitman assumes the identity of Don Draper after an incident during the Korean War.
6. The first season of The White Lotus is set in which US state?
- A. Hawaii (answer)
- B. South Carolina
- C. California
- D. Florida
The opening season takes place at a luxury Hawaiian resort; later seasons change locations.
7. In Better Call Saul, what is Saul Goodman's original name?
- A. Gene Takavic
- B. Jimmy McGill (answer)
- C. Howard Hamlin
- D. Chuck McGill
Jimmy McGill adopts Saul Goodman professionally; Gene Takavic is a later assumed identity.
8. Who plays intelligence officer Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses?
- A. David Thewlis
- B. Brendan Gleeson
- C. Timothy Spall
- D. Gary Oldman (answer)
Gary Oldman plays the abrasive leader of the sidelined intelligence agents.
9. In The Queen's Gambit, which chess prodigy is played by Anya Taylor-Joy?
- A. Cleo Marchand
- B. Jolene DeWitt
- C. Beth Harmon (answer)
- D. Alma Wheatley
Taylor-Joy plays Beth Harmon, whose rise through competitive chess drives the miniseries.
10. Which fictional German town is central to Dark?
- A. Winden (answer)
- B. Lübeck
- C. Marburg
- D. Görlitz
Dark's interconnected families and time-travel mysteries centre on the fictional town of Winden.
11. In Chernobyl (2019), which scientist is portrayed by Jared Harris?
- A. Boris Shcherbina
- B. Valery Legasov (answer)
- C. Viktor Bryukhanov
- D. Anatoly Dyatlov
Harris plays Valery Legasov, while Stellan Skarsgård plays Boris Shcherbina.
12. Who created the television series Fleabag?
- A. Phoebe Waller-Bridge (answer)
- B. Michaela Coel
- C. Aisling Bea
- D. Sharon Horgan
Phoebe Waller-Bridge created and starred in Fleabag, adapting her stage work for television.

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