200 Medical Drama TV Trivia Questions and Answers: Grey’s Anatomy, House, ER & More

I love TV series with doctors. I’ve watched almost all the big ones, although I definitely didn’t watch all of them when everyone else did.

Just this summer, I finally finished ER. It was added to Netflix here, and I took full advantage of it. I couldn’t properly follow the series when it originally aired because I was still in school, so I ended up binge-watching it decades later instead. If ER instantly brings the decade back for you too, my 90s trivia has plenty more memories waiting.

M*A*S*H was another late discovery for me. When I got Disney+, it was actually the first series I watched there. Again, I was simply too young to watch it properly when it originally aired. And last year I binge-watched House again on Netflix, while still watching newer medical series as they came along.

Then I checked when Grey’s Anatomy first premiered and discovered something I’ll probably never forget. It debuted on March 27, 2005 – three days before I met the man who would become my husband and about a month before I launched my own company. Suddenly, Grey’s Anatomy had a date attached to my own life too. Anyone who remembers that period especially well can continue later with my 2000s trivia.

So yes, it was time for a dedicated collection of medical drama TV trivia questions and answers.

I wanted this to be fun even if you haven’t memorized every episode. The first questions are genuinely accessible, the middle rounds ask a little more – but it is still friendly and accessible! -, and the final questions are harder without becoming a collection of patient names from episodes most people watched once 15 years ago.

The shows are mixed throughout on purpose. You won’t get 20 House questions in a row or suddenly face a huge The Resident section if you’ve never watched it. You never know which fictional hospital you’re heading to next 🙂 

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Easy Medical Drama Trivia Questions and Answers

The first 40 questions stay firmly in easy medical drama trivia with answers, but easy doesn’t mean the answer is sitting inside the question. These TV doctor trivia questions for adults cover famous characters, actors, hospitals, nicknames and details that regular viewers are likely to remember without being superfans.

You’ll already move between classics and newer shows here, so someone who knows ER may get stuck on The Pitt, while a newer viewer may suddenly discover that M*A*S*H is their strongest subject. Let the fun start!

1. What is Dr. House’s first name?
Answer: Gregory.

2. Which neurologist, played by Zachary Quinto, is at the center of Brilliant Minds?
Answer: Dr. Oliver Wolf.

3. What is the name of the hospital where most of The Resident takes place?
Answer: Chastain Park Memorial Hospital.

4. Which actress has played Meredith Grey since the beginning of Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Ellen Pompeo.

5. What is the full name of the hospital at the center of Chicago Med?
Answer: Gaffney Chicago Medical Center.

6. In ER, County General Hospital is located in which U.S. city?
Answer: Chicago.

7. Which two diagnoses are central to Shaun Murphy’s character from the beginning of The Good Doctor?
Answer: Autism and savant syndrome.

8. Which earlier medical drama spun off into Private Practice?
Answer: Grey’s Anatomy.

9. What do the letters M*A*S*H stand for?
Answer: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

10. Which actor plays the brilliant but abrasive diagnostician at the center of House?
Answer: Hugh Laurie. Laurie is English, despite House’s unmistakably American accent.

11. What nickname do the interns give Derek Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: McDreamy.

12. Which actress plays nurse Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie?
Answer: Edie Falco.

13. Which actor plays pediatrician Doug Ross on ER?
Answer: George Clooney.

14. On M*A*S*H, what number identifies the unit at the center of the series?
Answer: 4077th.

15. What is Dr. Daniel Charles’s specialty on Chicago Med?
Answer: Psychiatry.

16. Which surgical specialty becomes Cristina Yang’s great professional passion on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Cardiothoracic surgery.

17. Which actor plays Dr. Conrad Hawkins in The Resident?
Answer: Matt Czuchry.

18. What question does Max Goodwin repeatedly ask while trying to change the hospital in New Amsterdam?
Answer: “How can I help?”

19. Which actor plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch in The Pitt?
Answer: Noah Wyle. Long before The Pitt, Wyle spent years in another fictional emergency department as John Carter on ER.

20. What fictional teaching hospital employs House and his team?
Answer: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

21. What is the name of the hospital where most of Scrubs takes place?
Answer: Sacred Heart Hospital.

22. What is the original name of the hospital where Meredith and the other interns begin training on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Seattle Grace Hospital.

23. Which actor plays Shaun Murphy on The Good Doctor?
Answer: Freddie Highmore. Before becoming Shaun Murphy, Highmore had already spent five seasons playing Norman Bates in Bates Motel.

24. On The Pitt, what is the name of the fictional hospital where the series takes place?
Answer: Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.

25. What is the surname of House’s oncologist best friend?
Answer: Wilson.

26. What is John Carter’s training status when he first arrives at County General on ER?
Answer: He is a third-year medical student.

27. Which actress plays Dr. Miranda Bailey on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Chandra Wilson. Wilson has played Miranda Bailey since the Grey’s Anatomy pilot in 2005.

28. What is the name of the struggling Boston teaching hospital in St. Elsewhere?
Answer: St. Eligius Hospital.

29. On Chicago Med, who is the emergency department’s longtime charge nurse?
Answer: Maggie Lockwood.

30. On The Pitt, how many hours does the work shift followed in each season last?
Answer: 15 hours.

31. Which actor plays Dr. Mark Greene on ER?
Answer: Anthony Edwards.

32. On Grey’s Anatomy, who is chief of surgery when the series begins?
Answer: Richard Webber.

33. What pain medication does House repeatedly rely on for his chronic leg pain?
Answer: Vicodin.

34. What job does Max Goodwin take when New Amsterdam begins?
Answer: Medical director.

35. On The Pitt, about how much story time does one episode cover?
Answer: Roughly one hour, unfolding in real time.

36. What is Nic Nevin’s profession on The Resident?
Answer: Nurse practitioner.

37. What nickname does George O’Malley receive after a disastrous early operation on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: 007.

38. What is the name of the Los Angeles hospital at the center of Code Black?
Answer: Angels Memorial Hospital.

39. Which surgeon becomes one of John Carter’s toughest early mentors on ER?
Answer: Dr. Peter Benton.

40. At which hospital does Shaun train and work on The Good Doctor?
Answer: San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.

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The medical TV trivia questions and answers now move a little deeper into the shows, but these still aren’t questions designed only for people who can quote every episode. Expect relationships, specialties, famous characters, and details that tend to stick in your memory.

This is also where the generations really start colliding. M*A*S*H may take you back much further than Grey’s Anatomy, while House, ER and Private Practice sit somewhere between them and today’s streaming hits. If older television is your strength, my 80s trivia may be another easy rabbit hole to fall into later.

41. Which actor plays J.D. on Scrubs?
Answer: Zach Braff. Braff didn’t only star in Scrubs; he also directed several episodes of the series.

42. Which specialty does Alex Karev ultimately choose on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Pediatric surgery.

43. On House, which leg was permanently damaged before the series begins?
Answer: His right leg.

44. Which actor played teenage doctor Doogie Howser?
Answer: Neil Patrick Harris.

45. Who is Shaun Murphy’s longtime mentor and father figure on The Good Doctor?
Answer: Dr. Aaron Glassman.

46. To which city does Addison Montgomery move when she starts over in Private Practice?
Answer: Los Angeles.

47. On ER, which actress plays Dr. Susan Lewis?
Answer: Sherry Stringfield.

48. Who is the hospital administrator and dean of medicine who frequently clashes with House?
Answer: Dr. Lisa Cuddy.

49. Which actress played frontier physician Michaela Quinn?
Answer: Jane Seymour. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ran for six seasons, from 1993 to 1998.

50. What nickname is given to Mark Sloan on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: McSteamy.

51. On New Amsterdam, which doctor heads oncology when the series begins?
Answer: Dr. Helen Sharpe.

52. What is Carol Hathaway’s profession when ER begins?
Answer: She is a nurse.

53. During which war is M*A*S*H set?
Answer: The Korean War. The television series lasted 11 seasons, far longer than the war itself, which lasted a little over three years.

54. What is J.D.’s full name on Scrubs?
Answer: John Michael Dorian.

55. On Chicago Med, which original emergency physician previously served in the U.S. Navy?
Answer: Dr. Ethan Choi.

56. Which actor plays Dr. John Thackery in The Knick?
Answer: Clive Owen.

57. What nationality is Dr. Luka Kovač on ER?
Answer: Croatian.

58. What short phrase sums up House’s cynical belief about patients?
Answer: “Everybody lies.”

59. How is Lexie Grey related to Meredith on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: She is Meredith’s younger half-sister.

60. On The Pitt, who is the no-nonsense day-shift charge nurse?
Answer: Dana Evans.

61. Who eventually becomes Shaun Murphy’s wife on The Good Doctor?
Answer: Lea Dilallo.

62. Which actor plays Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Alan Alda. Alda also wrote and directed numerous episodes of M*A*S*H during its long run.

63. Who is J.D.’s best friend from medical school on Scrubs?
Answer: Christopher Turk.

64. On Chicago Med, which surgeon arrives early in the series with experience in trauma and cardiothoracic surgery?
Answer: Dr. Connor Rhodes.

65. On Grey’s Anatomy, which two characters famously refer to each other as “my person”?
Answer: Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang.

66. On The Good Doctor, which surgeon played by Christina Chang rises to become chief of surgery?
Answer: Dr. Audrey Lim.

67. On House, which autoimmune disease becomes the show’s best-known recurring diagnostic joke?
Answer: Lupus. The running joke is eventually broken: in one episode, the patient really does have lupus.

68. On ER, which character begins as a nurse and later becomes a doctor?
Answer: Abby Lockhart.

69. Which nurse has a long, complicated relationship with Ethan Choi on Chicago Med?
Answer: April Sexton.

70. Which young doctor starts The Resident under Conrad Hawkins’s supervision?
Answer: Devon Pravesh.

71. Which senior resident is one of Robby’s closest colleagues at the start of The Pitt?
Answer: Dr. Frank Langdon.

72. What is the name of the cooperative medical practice at the center of the early seasons of Private Practice?
Answer: Oceanside Wellness Group.

73. What nickname is Major Margaret Houlihan widely known by on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Hot Lips.

74. What is Derek Shepherd’s surgical specialty on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Neurosurgery.

75. Which Chicago Med doctor is the brother of detective Jay Halstead?
Answer: Will Halstead.

76. On The Good Doctor, which surgical resident is played by Antonia Thomas?
Answer: Dr. Claire Browne.

77. What neurological condition makes face recognition difficult for Dr. Oliver Wolf in Brilliant Minds?
Answer: Prosopagnosia, or face blindness. It’s a real neurological condition that can make familiar faces difficult or impossible to recognize.

78. What mobility aid does Dr. Kerry Weaver use for much of ER?
Answer: A forearm crutch.

79. What department does House lead at Princeton-Plainsboro?
Answer: Diagnostic Medicine.

80. Which branch of surgery is Callie Torres known for on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Orthopedic surgery.

81. On Chicago Med, which pediatric emergency physician is played by Torrey DeVitto?
Answer: Dr. Natalie Manning.

82. On The Pitt, which resident is known for being especially thorough with patients, even when the emergency department is moving fast?
Answer: Dr. Samira Mohan.

83. Which nurse marries Turk on Scrubs?
Answer: Carla Espinosa.

84. On New Amsterdam, who leads the emergency department during the early seasons?
Answer: Dr. Lauren Bloom.

85. What is Doug Ross’s medical specialty on ER?
Answer: Pediatrics, particularly pediatric emergency medicine.

Chicago Med, The Pitt, New Amsterdam & More Modern Medical Drama Trivia

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The next round gives newer shows more room, so you’ll find Chicago Med trivia questions, The Pitt trivia questions and New Amsterdam trivia questions mixed with older favorites. The Resident and The Good Doctor are here too, along with enough House, ER and Grey’s Anatomy to stop the section from feeling like a completely different quiz.

A lot of these shows belong to the 2010s, which now feels slightly alarming when I stop and count the years. My 2010s trivia covers much more than television if you want to see how much of that decade stayed in your memory.

New Amsterdam also gave me one of those strange moments when a fictional story sent me looking for something real. An episode introduced me to oppositional defiant disorder, and some of what was described reminded me of behavior a friend had been struggling to understand in her son. I mentioned the term to her. She later sought professional advice, and ADHD was eventually part of what was identified. A TV episode obviously isn’t a diagnosis, but sometimes it gives you a term or a question you didn’t know to ask.

The series is set in New York City, but the next 40 questions are going to move much farther than one fictional hospital.

86. Which member of House’s original team specializes in immunology?
Answer: Dr. Allison Cameron.

87. Which surgeon played by Dominic Rains joins Gaffney after Connor Rhodes leaves on Chicago Med?
Answer: Dr. Crockett Marcel.

88. On Grey’s Anatomy, which pediatric surgeon trains under Dr. Nicole Herman to become a fetal surgeon?
Answer: Arizona Robbins.

89. What grim nickname is given to surgeon Randolph Bell because of his operating-room record on The Resident?
Answer: HODAD, short for “Hands of Death and Destruction.”

90. Which British surgeon later marries Mark Greene on ER?
Answer: Dr. Elizabeth Corday.

91. At which fictional hospital does Jackie Peyton work in Nurse Jackie?
Answer: All Saints Hospital.

92. On M*A*S*H, which character repeatedly tries to obtain a Section 8 discharge?
Answer: Maxwell Klinger.

93. On House, which member of the original diagnostic team is a neurologist?
Answer: Dr. Eric Foreman.

94. What area of medicine is Naomi Bennett best known for on Private Practice?
Answer: Reproductive endocrinology and fertility medicine.

95. What is the name of Meredith’s famous surgeon mother on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Ellis Grey.

96. On Chicago Med, which physician specializes in obstetrics and gynecology?
Answer: Dr. Hannah Asher.

97. What is Radar O’Reilly’s first name on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Walter.

98. What is the real name of the fellow everyone calls Thirteen on House?
Answer: Dr. Remy Hadley.

99. On New Amsterdam, which doctor heads cardiothoracic surgery?
Answer: Dr. Floyd Reynolds.

100. Which surgeon at Chastain comes from Nigeria on The Resident?
Answer: Dr. Mina Okafor.

101. Which future Oscar winner played Dr. Philip Chandler on St. Elsewhere?
Answer: Denzel Washington. He remained part of St. Elsewhere throughout the show’s six-season run, years before becoming a major film star.

102. From which country is Meredith and Derek’s daughter Zola adopted on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Malawi.

103. Who replaces Trapper John as Hawkeye’s tentmate and fellow surgeon on M*A*S*H?
Answer: B.J. Hunnicutt.

104. On The Pitt, which ambitious young doctor starts the series as an intern and often clashes with colleagues?
Answer: Dr. Trinity Santos.

105. Which inherited disease does Thirteen discover she carries on House?
Answer: Huntington’s disease.

106. What family-style nickname do many staff members use for senior nurse Jesse Sallander in Code Black?
Answer: Mama.

107. On The Good Doctor, which attending surgeon is played by Nicholas Gonzalez?
Answer: Dr. Neil Melendez.

108. On ER, which physician assistant learns she is HIV-positive?
Answer: Jeanie Boulet.

109. What unusual object do Meredith and Derek use to write their wedding vows on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: A Post-it note.

110. What specialty did Chris Taub practice before joining House’s team?
Answer: Plastic surgery.

111. On Scrubs, which doctor is played by Sarah Chalke?
Answer: Dr. Elliot Reid.

112. What nickname is given to cardiothoracic surgeon AJ Austin on The Resident?
Answer: The Raptor.

113. Which doctor had once been Ethan Choi’s superior in the Navy on Chicago Med?
Answer: Dr. Dean Archer.

114. Which cardiothoracic surgeon on Grey’s Anatomy is the biological daughter of Ellis Grey and Richard Webber?
Answer: Maggie Pierce.

115. At what New York hospital does Dr. John Thackery work in The Knick?
Answer: The Knickerbocker Hospital.

116. Which medical student is attacked alongside John Carter in Season 6 of ER?
Answer: Lucy Knight.

117. What is Dr. Iggy Frome’s specialty on New Amsterdam?
Answer: Psychiatry.

118. On The Pitt, which gentle but inexperienced medical student begins his first shift at the emergency department?
Answer: Dennis Whitaker.

119. Who is Naomi Bennett’s ex-husband and fellow physician at the practice on Private Practice?
Answer: Dr. Sam Bennett.

120. How is Amelia Shepherd related to Derek on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: She is his younger sister.

121. What is Dr. Cox’s first name on Scrubs?
Answer: Perry.

122. Which actor played Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House before later working in the Obama administration?
Answer: Kal Penn.

123. On The Pitt, which exceptionally young medical student comes from a family of doctors?
Answer: Victoria Javadi.

124. What is Cooper Freedman’s specialty on Private Practice?
Answer: Pediatrics.

125. On New Amsterdam, which neurologist is played by Anupam Kher?
Answer: Dr. Vijay Kapoor.

Medical Drama Characters, Relationships and Iconic Moments

A good medical drama quiz isn’t only about hospital names and specialties. Some of the best TV doctors trivia questions for adults come from the friendships, romances, rivalries and character details that made people care about the shows in the first place.

I’ve also learned things because these series made me curious enough to check what I’d heard. One House episode sent me searching for research about red hair and anesthesia. A Johns Hopkins study I found reported a higher anesthetic requirement in the small group of natural redheaded women studied. I didn’t just take the TV line as fact — I wanted to see what the research actually said.

If the real body is more interesting to you than the fictional cases, my human body trivia stays with anatomy and physiology, while the larger science trivia goes much wider.

126. What is Owen Hunt’s surgical specialty on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Trauma surgery.

127. On The Good Doctor, which doctor worked as a police officer before entering medicine?
Answer: Dr. Alex Park.

128. Which international medical organization does John Carter work with in Africa on ER?
Answer: Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières. The real organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.

129. Which musical instrument is House especially fond of playing?
Answer: The piano.

130. Which physician on Chicago Med worked as a Chicago police officer before becoming a doctor?
Answer: Dr. Dylan Scott.

131. Which real neurologist and author inspired Brilliant Minds?
Answer: Oliver Sacks. His famous collections of neurological case histories include The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.

132. Which surgeon arrives at Seattle Grace as Derek’s wife on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Addison Montgomery.

133. What serious illness is Max diagnosed with early in New Amsterdam?
Answer: Throat cancer.

134. On The Pitt, which resident is played by Fiona Dourif?
Answer: Dr. Cassie McKay.

135. On Chicago Med, who serves as Gaffney’s longtime executive director of patient and medical services?
Answer: Sharon Goodwin.

136. On The Good Doctor, which doctor develops rheumatoid arthritis that threatens her ability to operate?
Answer: Dr. Morgan Reznick.

137. On Scrubs, who is the gruff chief of medicine during much of the early series?
Answer: Dr. Bob Kelso.

138. Which surgeon becomes Mark Sloan’s protégé in plastic surgery on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Jackson Avery.

139. What are the names of Carol Hathaway and Doug Ross’s twin daughters on ER?
Answer: Tess and Kate.

140. Which resident is played by Taylor Dearden in The Pitt?
Answer: Dr. Melissa “Mel” King.

141. On The Resident, which oncologist becomes a major antagonist early in the series?
Answer: Dr. Lane Hunter.

142. What is the name of the psychiatric hospital where House becomes a patient?
Answer: Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital.

143. On Grey’s Anatomy, which intern falls in love with patient Denny Duquette?
Answer: Izzie Stevens.

144. What is the name of Mark Greene’s daughter on ER?
Answer: Rachel Greene.

145. Which young nurse becomes Jackie Peyton’s enthusiastic protégé on Nurse Jackie?
Answer: Zoey Barkow. Merritt Wever won an Emmy for playing Zoey on Nurse Jackie.

146. On The Good Doctor, which surgical resident was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community and is the son of a rabbi?
Answer: Dr. Asher Wolke.

147. What military medical experience does Conrad have before Chastain on The Resident?
Answer: He served as a Navy corpsman with the Marines.

148. Which cardiothoracic surgeon becomes a mentor to Connor Rhodes after David Downey on Chicago Med?
Answer: Dr. Isidore Latham.

149. Which private investigator does House hire and later befriend?
Answer: Lucas Douglas.

150. Which cardiothoracic surgeon becomes both Cristina Yang’s mentor and fiancé on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Preston Burke.

151. Who created The Pitt?
Answer: R. Scott Gemmill. Before creating The Pitt, Gemmill had already spent years writing and producing ER.

152. What is the name of Conrad and Nic’s daughter on The Resident?
Answer: Georgiana “Gigi” Hawkins.

153. Which South African cardiothoracic surgeon becomes Connor Rhodes’s professional rival on Chicago Med?
Answer: Dr. Ava Bekker.

154. What is the name of Max Goodwin’s daughter on New Amsterdam?
Answer: Luna.

155. On Grey’s Anatomy, what is the name of the longtime scrub nurse seen in the operating room across many seasons?
Answer: BokHee. The character is played by Kathy C. An, who is a real-life scrub nurse as well as a familiar face to longtime Grey’s Anatomy viewers.

156. Which colonel takes command of the 4077th after Henry Blake on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Sherman Potter.

157. What is the name of Shaun Murphy’s younger brother on The Good Doctor?
Answer: Steve.

158. What is the name of Lisa Cuddy’s adopted daughter on House?
Answer: Rachel.

159. On New Amsterdam, what nonfiction book by Dr. Eric Manheimer inspired the series?
Answer: Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital.

160. On Scrubs, what name do viewers know the hospital custodian by for most of the series?
Answer: The Janitor.

Harder Medical Drama Trivia Questions for Serious TV Fans

The harder medical drama trivia questions start here, but they’re still meant to be answerable. The House MD trivia questions, Grey’s Anatomy trivia questions and ER trivia questions in this round lean on deeper character and production knowledge without asking for random patient names, episode numbers or tiny props.

This is also where a few answers may make you remember an episode or storyline you hadn’t thought about for years. If television sends you toward other kinds of entertainment trivia, the movie trivia is another very long test — and, yes, I made that one accessible too.

161. On The Pitt, which senior resident has a past romantic history with Robby during the first season?
Answer: Dr. Heather Collins.

162. Which doctor becomes chief of staff at St. Ambrose and later marries Cooper Freedman on Private Practice?
Answer: Dr. Charlotte King.

163. Which field does Sarah Reese ultimately enter on Chicago Med after deciding pathology isn’t for her?
Answer: Psychiatry.

164. On Grey’s Anatomy, which surgeon wins the Harper Avery Award in Season 14?
Answer: Meredith Grey. Later in the series, the fictional Harper Avery Award is renamed the Catherine Fox Award.

165. Which medically trained novelist and filmmaker created ER?
Answer: Michael Crichton. Crichton had trained as a doctor, and the idea that became ER grew out of his experiences in medical settings.

166. What role does Father Mulcahy have in the 4077th on M*A*S*H?
Answer: He is the chaplain.

167. What is Violet Turner’s specialty on Private Practice?
Answer: Psychiatry.

168. What medical event caused the damage in House’s thigh?
Answer: A muscle infarction.

169. What does the staff nickname “the Pitt” refer to on The Pitt?
Answer: The emergency department.

170. Who created Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Shonda Rhimes. She also created Scandal, another long-running drama built around complicated professional and personal lives.

171. On The Good Doctor, the American series was adapted from a medical drama first made in which country?
Answer: South Korea.

172. On Private Practice, which doctor at the practice is known for alternative medicine?
Answer: Dr. Pete Wilder.

173. On ER, which filmmaker directed the first-season episode “Motherhood”?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino. “Motherhood” was the only episode of ER he directed.

174. In which U.S. city is St. Elsewhere set?
Answer: Boston.

175. Which Ohio city is Maxwell Klinger constantly proud to call home on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Toledo.

176. In which two specialties is House board-certified?
Answer: Nephrology and infectious disease.

177. Who does Addison marry near the end of Private Practice?
Answer: Jake Reilly.

178. What is the title of the very first episode of Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: “A Hard Day’s Night.” Many Grey’s Anatomy episode titles take their names from songs, a tradition that began with the pilot.

179. On Scrubs, what is the title of the episode built almost entirely as a musical?
Answer: “My Musical.” Rather than dropping existing pop songs into the story, the episode was built around original musical numbers written for the characters.

180. Which creator of House developed the American version of The Good Doctor?
Answer: David Shore.

181. Which orthopedic surgeon eventually becomes CEO of Chastain on The Resident?
Answer: Dr. Kit Voss.

182. Which ER executive producer returned to work with Noah Wyle on The Pitt?
Answer: John Wells.

183. Which two sister series most often cross over with Chicago Med?
Answer: Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D..

184. Which actress plays Dr. Leanne Rorish in Code Black?
Answer: Marcia Gay Harden.

185. What is the title of the final episode of ER?
Answer: “And in the End…”

The Ultimate TV Doctor Mashup

The last 15 medical TV show trivia night questions are deliberately unpredictable. They jump between classic and modern series, creators, hospital history, actors and character details rather than building toward one enormous superfan question nobody can answer.

There’s even a musical connection before the end, which seems appropriate considering how much television and music overlap. If theme songs and famous tracks are easier for you than doctors, the music trivia gives you 300 completely different questions after this.

186. Which two late doctors are memorialized in the name Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Lexie Grey and Mark Sloan.

187. What alcoholic drink do Hawkeye and Trapper make in their tent still on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Gin.

188. On New Amsterdam, which real New York hospital inspired the fictional institution?
Answer: Bellevue Hospital.

189. What is the name of the woman House marries so she can remain in the United States?
Answer: Dominika Petrova.

190. What is the first name of Peter Benton’s son on ER?
Answer: Reese.

191. On The Good Doctor, who is head of surgery when Shaun first arrives at St. Bonaventure?
Answer: Dr. Marcus Andrews.

192. In which U.S. city is Chastain Park Memorial located on The Resident?
Answer: Atlanta.

193. What is the name of the fictional hospital where Brilliant Minds is primarily set?
Answer: Bronx General Hospital.

194. Which original intern eventually leaves Seattle to reunite with Izzie and their children on Grey’s Anatomy?
Answer: Alex Karev.

195. On M*A*S*H, what is the title of the series finale?
Answer: “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.” The finale became one of the most-watched scripted television broadcasts in U.S. history.

196. On New Amsterdam, which deaf surgeon becomes an important member of the medical staff later in the series?
Answer: Dr. Elizabeth Wilder.

197. Which family foundation is closely associated with John Carter on ER?
Answer: The Carter Foundation.

198. Which actor plays Dr. Daniel Charles on Chicago Med?
Answer: Oliver Platt.

199. What drastic deception does House carry out in the series finale so he can spend Wilson’s remaining time with him?
Answer: He fakes his own death. The series ends with House and Wilson riding away together on motorcycles to spend Wilson’s remaining time on their own terms.

200. What Maine hometown does Hawkeye often talk about on M*A*S*H?
Answer: Crabapple Cove.

How Did You Do?

If you made it all the way to Question 200 without giving up when one of your weaker shows appeared, you’ve already done better than someone who simply skipped every hospital they didn’t recognize.

0–59 correct: Intern.
You know the most famous TV doctors, but your fictional-hospital watchlist still has room to grow.

60–99 correct: Resident.
You’ve clearly spent a lot of evenings at Grey Sloan, County General and their television counterparts.

100–139 correct: Attending.
You know your medical dramas well and can move between several decades without completely losing track of the staff.

140–174 correct: Chief of Surgery.
You remember character relationships, hospital history and details that many viewers forgot a long time ago.

175–200 correct: Medical Drama Legend.
From the 4077th to the Pitt, very little in fictional medicine escapes you. House would probably still find something to argue about.

If you want to see whether that knowledge extends beyond television, my general knowledge quiz changes subject constantly, so there’s nowhere for a single specialty to carry your score.

Conclusion

Putting these 200 medical drama trivia questions together reminded me how different these shows actually are. M*A*S*H doesn’t feel like ER. ER doesn’t feel like House. House doesn’t feel like New Amsterdam, and The Pitt has its own rhythm again.

Yet I can watch all of them.

Some are tied to the period when I first saw them. Others, like ER and M*A*S*H, became discoveries years after they originally aired. And sometimes an episode makes me curious enough to go and check whether something I heard has any basis in real medicine.

That combination is probably why I never seem to run out of doctor series to watch.

And because so many of these fictional hospitals are tied to real American cities, you can switch completely from TV to travel with my U.S. travel trivia and see whether you know the actual country as well as its fictional hospitals.

Medical Drama Trivia Questions: What Readers May Want to Know

What TV shows are included in this medical drama trivia quiz?

The 200 questions cover Grey’s Anatomy, House, ER, Chicago Med, The Pitt, The Good Doctor, M*A*S*H, The Resident, New Amsterdam, Private Practice and Scrubs. A smaller number of questions also feature Brilliant Minds, Nurse Jackie, St. Elsewhere, Code Black, The Knick, Doogie Howser, M.D. and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.

Are these medical drama trivia questions suitable for casual viewers?

Yes. The first rounds focus on recognizable characters, actors, hospitals, relationships and story details. The questions become more challenging later, but they don’t depend on memorizing episode numbers or one-off patients.

Can these questions be used for a medical drama trivia night?

Yes. You can use all 200 for a long game or select questions from different parts of the article for shorter rounds. Because the shows are mixed throughout, a group where different people watched different medical dramas should still have plenty of chances to score.

Are these questions about real medicine or medical TV shows?

They test knowledge of medical television — the characters, actors, fictional hospitals, relationships, storylines and selected production facts. You don’t need medical training to answer them. If you want actual anatomy and physiology questions instead, the human body quiz is the better place to go.