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6 Brooklyn 99 quizzes and 65 Brooklyn 99 trivia questions.
1.
  "Brooklyn 99": The Exes   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Our friends at the 99 seem to have had some relationships that have failed spectacularly. Match the ex with the main or recurring character.
Easier, 10 Qns, kalathena, Jun 11 19
Easier
kalathena
Jun 11 19
344 plays
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  Brooklyn Nine-Nine    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the awesome TV show 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'. One of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Easier, 10 Qns, Saleo, Jun 11 19
Easier
Saleo
Jun 11 19
769 plays
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  Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The 2014 Golden Globe Best Comedy winner "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" is an hilarious sitcom about a squad of quirky NYPD detectives. This quiz will introduce you to the cast.
Easier, 10 Qns, pscottsa, Jun 11 19
Easier
pscottsa gold member
Jun 11 19
493 plays
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  "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
He's the clumsiest, but hardest working detective in the NYPD. Find out how much you know about Charles Boyle played by the talented Joe Lo Truglio.
Average, 10 Qns, kalathena, Apr 04 20
Average
kalathena
Apr 04 20
364 plays
5.
  "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
"Brooklyn 99" has created some wonderful family relationships over time. This quiz asks about the many family members of the 99 precinct.
Average, 15 Qns, kalathena, Jun 11 19
Average
kalathena
Jun 11 19
365 plays
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  Brooklyn 99    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is strictly about the pilot.
Average, 10 Qns, anthea84, Jun 11 19
Average
anthea84
Jun 11 19
369 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Which "Saturday Night Live" alumnus plays the main character, Detective Jake Peralta?

From Quiz "Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" "





Brooklyn 99 Trivia Questions
1. In the first scene, two detectives are working a case. Who are they?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago

In an electronics store, Jake and Amy investigate a robbery. Amy questions the owner, meanwhile Jake plays around. Amy is ashamed and she apologizes for his behaviour, however he solves the case. He figures it out that there must be a hidden camera in a big electronics store.

2. Who is Charles Boyle's favorite actress?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!

Answer: Diane Wiest

Charles has made numerous references to Diane Wiest throughout the series. The most memorable is when he describes his weekend marathon of her movies as him coming down with a "Wiest infection".

3. What famous crime solving duo are Sgt. Terry Jeffords' twins named after?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family

Answer: Cagney and Lacey

Terry and his wife named their baby girls after Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly's iconic police duo of Christine Cagney (Gless) and Mary Beth Lacey (Daly). The show "Cagney & Lacey" ran from 1981-1988.

4. Which actor plays the lead character Detective Jake Peralta?

From Quiz Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Answer: Andy Samberg

Detective Jake Peralta is shown as a charming personality who is childish at times but is excellent at solving cases. He works with his team at the 99th Precinct of the New York City Police Department in Brooklyn. He is shown to play pranks on his teammates and joke constantly. In one episode, he goes on a mission to steal his captain's medal from a safe. Hilarious!

5. Which "Saturday Night Live" alumnus plays the main character, Detective Jake Peralta?

From Quiz Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Answer: Andy Samberg

While a gifted policeman, Jake's behavior is more inclined to middle school pranks and jokes.

6. Captain Holt replacing the previous captain. What was his name?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: McGintley

Jake is not happy about the arrival of the new captain. McGintley allowed them to do whatever they wanted. Dozerman, Pembroke and Stanley were captains after Holt.

7. What does Charles think is the most romantic thing a couple can do together?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!

Answer: Wash each other's hair

Charles has mentioned at least four times that the most intimate thing you can do for a lover is to wash their hair.

8. We've met Charles Boyle's father a few times on "Brooklyn 99". What is his name?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family

Answer: Lynn Linetti

When Lynn Boyle married Gina's mother, he took her last name. He is now Lynn Linetti.

9. Who plays the character Captain Raymond Holt?

From Quiz Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Answer: Andre Braugher

Andre's Captain Holt is shown as a man of principles with a stern face. There is a running joke in the first season of the show about how it is almost impossible to decipher his mood from his facial expression as it is always the same. Captain Holt is an African-American, openly gay officer of the law, as shown in the show. In one episode, he and a team member plot on how to increase the efficiency of the office by using a chart.

10. Jake Peralta's immediate superior is Sergeant Terry Jeffords. Other than his family, of what is Sergeant Jeffords most proud?

From Quiz Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Answer: His body

Jeffords is portrayed by former NFL player Terry Crews, who was an All-Conference defensive end at Western Michigan University. Needless to say, his police character is cut and musclebound.

11. Charles wants to take Rosa to the Rihanna concert. What another place, Gina suggests he invites her?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: A theatre to watch old movies

Gina doesn't think Charles has any chance with Rosa but she gives him advice anyway.

12. How did Charles earn his Medal of Valor?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!

Answer: He leapt in front of Det. Rosa Diaz and took a bullet in the butt

In the season one episode, "Christmas", Charles instinctively jumped in front of a bullet without even knowing which fellow officer he was attempting to save.

13. How does Captain Holt address his mother?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family

Answer: Your Honor

The Captain's mother, Laverne Holt, is a federal judge. We overhear him addressing her as "Your Honor" when he speaks to her on the phone.

14. Who is afraid to go out in the field because he had an outbreak and doesn't want leave his children fatherless?

From Quiz Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Answer: Terry

Detective Sergeant Terence "Terry" Jeffords is played by actor Terry Crews. He is Jake's team leader and works under Captain Holt. He is shown to be a well-built family man who had an outbreak and thus doesn't go into the field anymore. He is shown to love exercising. His relative in the show is played by real-life ex-NFL player Jamal Duff.

15. Detective Amy Santiago is Jake Peralta's partner and the frequent target of his practical jokes and double-entendres. What is one of their on-going bets?

From Quiz Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Answer: Who will get the most felony arrests

The lovely Melissa Fumero portrays the over-achieving Detective Santiago. Melissa's acting career has included soap operas and television series guest appearances.

16. Why Terry is in administrative leave?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: He has lost his edge after having kids

Since Terry's wife had twin baby girls, Lacey and Cagney, Terry has being afraid of getting hurt. He is in administrative leave because he panicked and shot a mannequin in a department store.

17. According to Charles, how many states in the US have Boyle cousins?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family

Answer: 50

In the 99th episode (appropriately titled "99"), Charles explains that there are Boyle cousins in all 50 states.

18. In the season one opening credits, what is the character Detective Rosa Diaz doing?

From Quiz Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Answer: Banging her computer screen

Looking more like a leather-clad biker than a NYPD detective, actress Stephanie Beatriz portrays the cold-as-ice Rosa Diaz. Stephanie has also guest-starred on "Modern Family" and "The Closer".

19. Who is tough, smart, hard to read, and really scary?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: Rosa Diaz

Captain Holt wants to know about the squad, so he asks Terry about the detectives. Rosa Diaz is the most mysterious character of the squad. She doesn't speaks much but has a deadly stare.

20. How does Charles mess up a classic "Die Hard" line?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!

Answer: "Yippee Kayak, other buckets!"

Much to Jake's dismay, Charles ends up stealing Jake's John McClane moment in the season three episode "Yippee Kayak". Even then, he messes up one of the most iconic lines in movie history.

21. Charles and Genevieve adopted Nikolaj between seasons 3 and 4. What country is Nikolaj from?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family

Answer: Latvia

Having married into a Latvian family myself and having two internationally adopted children (from Ukraine), this is one of the most charming parts of "Brooklyn 99" to me. While the wait times are far greater than the typical 3 or 4 month hiatus between television seasons, it still amuses me that Nikolaj comes from Latvia. Lithuania and Estonia are the other two Baltic Nations. Latvaria is the fictional nation that the villainous Doctor Doom of Marvel Comics is from. It's not a real place.

22. Which two celebrities guest star in the first season of this show?

From Quiz Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Answer: Adam Sandler and Kid Cudi

Adam Sandler appears as part of the audience at an auction which the team attends. Jake goes on stage and he is asked to get off by Sandler who continues to make fun of him. Kid Cudi comes as Dustin Whitman in one of the episodes in which Jake arrests Dustin even before he proves he committed the crime. He finally does prove that he was an accomplice to the crime, thus making it possible to keep him in custody.

23. Despite his clumsiness and being a bit nerdy, Detective Charles Boyle is a good cop. Outside of police work, what is one of Boyle's area of expertise?

From Quiz Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Answer: Pizza

Detective Boyle, convincingly played by actor Joe Lo Truglio, is the self-professed authority on the best pizza in Brooklyn. Coincidently, Lo Truglio appeared as Officer Bobby Bleeker in the short-lived series "Backwash".

24. Why is Amy excited about the new captain?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: Amy wants a mentor

Amy wants to be captain and for that she needs a very good mentor. Amy is very competitive and she has a plan for her life.

25. In the beginning of the series, Charles has an unusual living situation. Where does he live in the first season?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!

Answer: In the basement of his ex-wife's boyfriend, Hercules

Although Charles claims that Hercules is an excellent landlord, Rosa helps him find his own apartment after the season 2 episode "Chocolate Milk".

26. Captain Holt helps Sgt. Jeffords out with a family member that refuses to respect Jeffords. Which family member does Jeffords have trouble with?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": There's No One Like Family

Answer: His brother-in-law, Zeke

In the season 2 episode "Lockdown", we discover that Terry's brother-in-law, Zeke, is even bigger than the Sergeant and that he's not very nice to "Tiny Terry".

27. What is the name of Joe Lo Truglio's character on the show?

From Quiz Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Answer: Detective Charles Boyle

Detective Charles Boyle is shown as a hard working, down to earth yet quirky character. He is shown to have affectionate feelings towards one of the female members of the team, Rosa. He is shown as a close comrade of Jake and involving himself in many of the fun times around the precinct. He is shown to be divorced.

28. The series begins with a straight-laced Captain Ray Holt taking over command from a very lax predecessor. What interesting fact about Captain Holt is revealed in the first episode?

From Quiz Basic "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Answer: He is gay

An accomplished veteran television actor, Andre Braugher portrays the openly gay police Captain Ray Holt. He won the 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a miniseries for his work in "Thief".

29. What was stolen from Mr Henry Morgenthau's apartment?

From Quiz Brooklyn 99

Answer: An expensive ham

Mr Henry Morgenthau was a luxury food importer. Although there were many expensive objects in the apartment, the only product stolen was Iberian ham (Jamon Iberico). Jake figures out that the murderer is going to sell it, so he and Charles go to check out a local meat market.

30. How does Charles meet the love of his life, Genevieve?

From Quiz "Brooklyn 99": Let's Go Full Boyle!

Answer: At the courthouse, the day she's convicted of theft

In "Boyle's Hunch", Charles and Jake are waiting in the courthouse eating takoyaki (or as Jake calls them "fish donuts"). Genevieve, played by Mary Lynn Rajskub, approaches them and asks Charles if he'll share. The best buddies soon find out that Genevieve, who Charles now thinks is his soul-mate, is being convicted of theft. Charles takes it on himself to prove her innocent and find the real thief.

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