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Brooklyn Nine-Nine Trivia
30 questions and answers: 9 easy, 13 medium, and 8 hard.
Cool cool cool, it is time to find out how well you really know the Nine-Nine. This quiz runs from the first roll call to the final heist, with questions on Jake's schemes, Holt's deadpan, the squad's partners and nemeses, and a few behind-the-scenes facts for the true detectives.
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
Which NYPD precinct do Jake, Amy, Rosa, and the rest of the squad work out of?
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Answer: C. The 99th
The squad works out of the 99th Precinct in Brooklyn, which gives the show its name. Neighboring precincts pop up now and then, like the 98th in the season three episode "The 9-8."
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Amy Santiago
- Question 2Easy
Which action movie does Jake quote and reference more than any other?
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Answer: A. Die Hard
Jake worships Die Hard, and in "Yippie Kayak" he finally gets to live out his own version when he is trapped in a store during a robbery.
Character guide: Jake Peralta
- Question 3Easy
What is the name of Captain Holt and Kevin's beloved corgi?
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Answer: C. Cheddar
Cheddar is a Pembroke Welsh corgi and one of the great loves of Holt's life. The dog even gets an episode named after him in season three.
Character guides: Raymond Holt, Kevin Cozner
- Question 4Easy
Which recurring character turns out to be the Pontiac Bandit, the car thief Jake has chased for years?
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Answer: C. Doug Judy
In "Pontiac Bandit," Doug Judy poses as a witness helping Jake and Rosa, then escapes and reveals he was the Bandit all along.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 12, "Pontiac Bandit"
Character guides: Doug Judy, Jake Peralta
- Question 5Easy
Which food does Terry famously declare his love for while talking about himself in the third person?
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Answer: B. Yogurt
Terry loves yogurt, and he says so in exactly those words. Referring to himself in the third person is one of his signature habits.
Character guide: Terry Jeffords
- Question 6Easy
In the very first Halloween episode, what does Jake bet Holt he can steal before midnight?
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Answer: A. Holt's Medal of Valor
In "Halloween," Jake gets the rest of the detectives in on his plan and grabs the medal before midnight, kicking off the precinct's annual Halloween heist.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 6, "Halloween"
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Raymond Holt
- Question 7Easy
What does Jake call a coworker's innocent sentence when he wants to turn it into a dirty joke?
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Answer: D. Title of your sex tape
Jake springs the gag most often on Amy, spinning her most harmless remarks into imaginary video titles. It plays a lot like the squad's own version of a classic office punchline.
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Amy Santiago
- Question 8Easy
Who plays Detective Jake Peralta?
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Answer: B. Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg, a former Saturday Night Live cast member, led the cast as Jake for all eight seasons.
Character guide: Jake Peralta
- Question 9Easy
What is Gina Linetti's job at the precinct?
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Answer: B. Civilian administrator
Gina is the precinct's civilian administrator and later Holt's assistant. She is the only member of the core squad who is not a cop.
Character guide: Gina Linetti
- Question 10Medium
What derails Jake and Amy's wedding plans in the season five finale?
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Answer: C. A bomb threat
In "Jake & Amy," the threat traces back to a criminal Amy once put away, and Charles makes up for his part in the mess by staging the ceremony right outside the precinct.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 22, "Jake & Amy"
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Amy Santiago, Charles Boyle
- Question 11Medium
In which episode does Jake propose to Amy by rewriting the inscription on the heist prize?
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Answer: C. HalloVeen
During the fifth heist in "HalloVeen," Amy tracks down the champion cummerbund, then reads the new inscription Jake had engraved asking her to marry him. Holt grumbles that the proposal means nobody really won.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 4, "HalloVeen"
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Amy Santiago
- Question 12Medium
Which country do Charles and Genevieve adopt their son Nikolaj from?
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Answer: B. Latvia
Nikolaj was adopted from Latvia, and the country keeps coming up, from the season four Christmas episode "Captain Latvia" to the season six visit from his birth father in "Gintars."
Character guide: Charles Boyle
- Question 13Medium
What subject does Holt's husband, Kevin Cozner, teach at Columbia University?
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Answer: D. Classics
Kevin is a classics professor at Columbia, which explains his love of ancient texts and his very formal way of speaking.
Character guides: Kevin Cozner, Raymond Holt
- Question 14Medium
Which surprising talent does Detective Scully turn out to have?
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Answer: D. Singing opera
Scully turns out to be a gifted operatic tenor, and the show also gives him a few other hidden skills, like speaking French and understanding Morse code.
Character guide: Norm Scully
- Question 15Medium
Which lieutenant, a cop Jake and Rosa admire, frames them for bank robbery at the end of season four?
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Answer: D. Melanie Hawkins
Jake and Rosa try to bust Hawkins in "The Bank Job," but she sets them up, and they are found guilty in "Crime and Punishment."
Episode: Season 4, Episode 21, "The Bank Job"
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Rosa Diaz
- Question 16Medium
Who is Holt's longtime nemesis, the official who forces him out of the precinct at the end of season two?
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Answer: D. Madeline Wuntch
In "Johnny and Dora," Wuntch maneuvers Holt into a job running the NYPD's public affairs office, and he has to say an emotional goodbye to the squad.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 23, "Johnny and Dora"
Character guide: Raymond Holt
- Question 17Medium
Which mob boss sends Jake and Holt into witness protection in Florida?
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Answer: B. Jimmy Figgis
Season four opens with Jake and Holt hiding from Figgis in Coral Palms, where Holt takes a job at a place called The Fun Zone.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 1, "Coral Palms: Part 1"
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Raymond Holt
- Question 18Medium
Which detective, back after 12 years undercover with the mob, gets engaged to Rosa?
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Answer: B. Adrian Pimento
Pimento returns in the episode named after him, and he and Rosa get engaged fast, until a hit forces him to fake his death and go into hiding.
Character guide: Rosa Diaz
- Question 19Medium
Which network picked up Brooklyn Nine-Nine the day after Fox canceled it in 2018?
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Answer: A. NBC
NBC ordered a sixth season the very next day, a nice reversal since NBC had originally passed on the show before it landed at Fox.
- Question 20Medium
How many brothers does Amy Santiago have?
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Answer: A. Seven
Amy grew up with seven brothers, and Terry tells Holt in the pilot that it explains her fierce competitive streak.
Character guide: Amy Santiago
- Question 21Medium
Who becomes the new captain of the 99th in the series finale?
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Answer: A. Terry Jeffords
Terry spends the final heist sweating over his captain's interview, until Holt reveals in the second half of "The Last Day" that the promotion went through weeks earlier and the interview was a setup.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 10, "The Last Day"
Character guides: Terry Jeffords, Raymond Holt
- Question 22Medium
Which award did Andy Samberg win for the show's first season?
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Answer: C. Golden Globe
Samberg won Best Actor in a TV comedy at the Golden Globes, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine also took home Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy at that same ceremony.
Character guide: Jake Peralta
- Question 23Hard
Hitchcock actor Dirk Blocker is the son of Dan Blocker, a star of which classic TV western?
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Answer: A. Bonanza
Dan Blocker played the gentle giant Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza, and Dirk is one of his children.
Character guide: Michael Hitchcock
- Question 24Hard
What does Holt's long-teased tattoo turn out to show when he finally reveals it in the finale?
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Answer: A. Kevin's head on Cheddar's body
Holt shows off the tattoo in "The Last Day" to distract the squad mid-heist: it is a portrait of Kevin's head on top of Cheddar's body.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 9, "The Last Day"
Character guides: Raymond Holt, Kevin Cozner
- Question 25Hard
What name do Scully's wife and his dog turn out to share?
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Answer: D. Kelly
For years the squad cannot work out whether Kelly is Scully's wife or his dog, and season seven finally confirms that both are named Kelly.
Character guide: Norm Scully
- Question 26Hard
What are the names of Terry's twin daughters?
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Answer: B. Cagney and Lacey
The twins share their names with the 1980s police drama Cagney and Lacey. Terry's third daughter, Ava, is born in season three.
Character guide: Terry Jeffords
- Question 27Hard
In "The Box," which actor guest stars as the dentist Jake and Holt interrogate overnight?
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Answer: D. Sterling K. Brown
Brown plays a dentist suspected of killing his business partner in this bottle episode, set almost entirely in one interrogation room, and the role earned him a 2018 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 14, "The Box"
Character guides: Jake Peralta, Raymond Holt
- Question 28Hard
What nickname does Gina's daughter, Enigma, go by?
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Answer: C. Iggy
Gina has Iggy with Charles's cousin Milton Boyle, and her maternity leave was written to match Chelsea Peretti's real pregnancy.
Character guide: Gina Linetti
- Question 29Hard
What is the name of Hitchcock and Scully's favorite wing restaurant?
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Answer: B. Wing Slutz
Wing Slutz is the pair's beloved wing spot, and it later turns out the restaurant's manager was secretly working as their informant.
Character guides: Michael Hitchcock, Norm Scully
- Question 30Hard
In "Game of Boyles," what does Jake's funeral investigation end up proving about Charles?
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Answer: A. He is not a Boyle by blood
Jake, bored on suspension, decides the great uncle was poisoned and starts grilling the whole Boyle family. The murder theory falls apart, but the DNA samples reveal that Charles is not a Boyle by blood.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 7, "Game of Boyles"
Character guides: Charles Boyle, Jake Peralta
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