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1. What was George O'Malley's nickname?


Answer: 007

Interesting Information:
George got this name in episode one, by getting the first solo surgery and screwing it up. Bailey's nickname in season one was the Nazi; in season nine she was known as BCB (Booty Call Bailey). The nickname Medusa went to Meredith in season nine. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy: All about Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
The Nazi, BCB, Medusa

2. In the episode, "If Tomorrow Never Comes", Alex and Izzie are left alone to watch over the surgical floor. Alex went missing and Izzie was faced with an emergency procedure. What did she have to do?


Answer: remove a massive blood clot from a patient

Interesting Information:
Alex forgot to change the battery on his pager and Izzie couldn't contact him. The floor got busier and a heart patient started dying from a massive clot that had to be removed immediately. Izzie was the only doctor around, so she had to cut open the patient's chest and reach in with her own hands to remove the clot from the heart. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1 Episodes 6-9
 
Some incorrect choices:
intubate a teenage patient in the pit, suture a patient's abdomen who was in a knife fight, remove an infected toenail from an elderly patient

3. Where did Meredith and Derek meet for the first time?


Answer: at a bar

Interesting Information:
Meredith Grey woke up next to a guy named Derek after meeting him in a bar. She promptly kicked him out, only to see him again on her first day of work as a surgical intern at Seattle Grace Hospital. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1, Episodes 1-5
 
Some incorrect choices:
at the intern's mixer, at the hospital, through e-harmony.com

4. How long did the new interns first shift last at Seattle Grace Hospital?


Answer: 48 hours

Interesting Information:
Dr. Bailey states, "Your first shift starts now and lasts 48 hours." On their first shift, the new interns get to learn a lot of the ins and outs of Seattle Grace Hospital. They also get to meet a lot of the people they will be working with. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: Episode 1 - "A Hard Day's Night"
 
Some incorrect choices:
12 hours, 24 hours, 36 hours

5. In season one, what was the name of the hospital where the interns were working?


Answer: Seattle Grace

Interesting Information:
The hospital, located near the Puget Sound in Washington, was said to be one of the best in the country and had many renowned surgeons that worked there.
The first episode was directed by actor/director Peter Horton. The name of the hospital would change at least two more times over the next decade.
Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy
 
Some incorrect choices:
Lockport Memorial, Las Vegas County, St. Luke's Episcopal

6. In which episode does Meredith say "If I hadn't taken the Hippocratic Oath, I would Kevorkian her with my bare hands"?


Answer: "A Hard Day's Night"

Interesting Information:
The Hippocratic Oath serves as guidelines for physicians. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season One
 
Some incorrect choices:
"The First Cut Is the Deepest", "Winning a Battle, Losing the War", "No Man's Land"

7. In the last episode of season one,"Who's Zooming Who?", Derek is about to take Meredith out on their first official date, when someone walks up. Who came up to them?


Answer: Addison Shepherd

Interesting Information:
Just as Derek and Meredith are about to leave the hospital to go out on a date, Addison walks up, and Derek turns to Meredith and says, "I am so sorry".
Addison then turns to Meredith and says, "You must be the woman screwing my husband". Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
George O'Malley, Alex Karev, Miranda Bailey

8. What is Derek Shepherd's area of expertise?


Answer: Neurology

Interesting Information:
Derek was known as the surgeon who didn't say no to any surgery that came to him. Later in the series, Callie Torres was in Orthopedics, Arizona Robbins was in Pediatrics, and Mark Sloan was in Plastics. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy: All about Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Plastics

9. After Alex got kicked off the case of the patient with the seventy-pound tumor, who were the two interns that were allowed to scrub in?


Answer: George and Cristina

Interesting Information:
Cristina and George got the joyous opportunity to hold a seventy-pound tumor during the 14 hour surgery. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1 Episodes 6-9
 
Some incorrect choices:
Meredith and George, Cristina and Izzie, Izzie and George

10. Who was the first person to coin the term "McDreamy"?


Answer: Cristina

Interesting Information:
Cristina said this when she and Meredith were downstairs in the hospital right before the rapist arrived in the episode, "The First Cut is the Deepest". Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1, Episodes 1-5
 
Some incorrect choices:
Meredith, Izzie, Ronald McDonald

11. When George formally introduces himself to Cristina and Meredith, he states that he remembers Meredith from the mixer and describes what Meredith was wearing at the mixer. How does he describe her outfit?


Answer: Black dress with a slit at the sides and strappy sandals

Interesting Information:
George stumbles on his wording even the first time he formally meets Meredith. According to George, "We met at the mixer. You had on a black dress with a slit at the sides, strappy sandals. And now you think I'm gay." This attention to detail only blew up in face when neither Cristina or Meredith had anything to say about his remembering Meredith's outfit. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: Episode 1 - "A Hard Day's Night"
 
Some incorrect choices:
Blue dress with a slit at the sides and high heels, Red dress with a low cut back and strappy sandals, White dress with a low cut back and high heels

12. Who was Meredith romantically involved with during season one?


Answer: Derek Shepherd

Interesting Information:
Meredith met Derek at Joe's Bar, and they hit it off fine for a "hook up". When she discovered he was her boss, she felt a little differently about what would come next. Patrick Dempsey played Derek. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy
 
Some incorrect choices:
George O'Malley, Richard Webber, Alex Karev

13. Which intern does Dr. Burke pick to perform the first surgery in "A Hard Day's Night"?


Answer: George

Interesting Information:
He chose "the intern that shows the most promise." Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" - Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Cristina, Meredith, Izzie

14. What is the name of the man that kissed Meredith in episode three "Winning a Battle, Losing the War"?


Answer: viper

Interesting Information:
Viper is in hospital because he got injured during a bike race. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season One

15. What hospital is "Grey's Anatomy" set in?


Answer: Seattle Grace

Interesting Information:
"Grey's Anatomy" is set in Seattle Grace hospital. When the cameras show the front of the hospital on the wall, there is a sign that says Seattle Grace Hospital.It is also on everyone's medical coats. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Grace Seattle, All Saints, Seattle General

16. How did George and Izzie find out that Meredith and McDreamy were together?


Answer: they were spying from the kitchen

Interesting Information:
George immediately became jealous, but Izzie was bothered for a different reason-- Meredith had been getting all the good surgeries. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1 Episodes 6-9
 
Some incorrect choices:
they were peeping out of their bedrooms, they bumped into him coming out of the bathroom, they overheard Meredith and Derek in her bedroom

17. Who did Alex refer to as a nurse?


Answer: Meredith

Interesting Information:
Alex insulted Meredith, but she got him back when she was able to offer a proper diagnosis for one of Alex's patients in front of Dr. Richard Webber, Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1, Episodes 1-5
 
Some incorrect choices:
Izzie, George, Himself

18. Who was referred to as the "Nazi"?


Answer: Miranda Bailey

Interesting Information:
Miranda was an extremely focused task master and the interns thought of her as a Nazi. Not a flattering term by any means, but she was not too disturbed by it. She made them all better doctors. She was played by Chandra Wilson. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy
 
Some incorrect choices:
Christina Yang, Alex Karev, Richard Webber

19. In "A Hard Day's Night," what procedure do Burke and his intern perform?


Answer: appendectomy

Interesting Information:
Dr. Burke was performing an appendectomy, despite becoming known as "the heart doctor." Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" - Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
heart transplant, colonoscopy, coronary bypass

20. What is the name of Izzie's boyfriend?


Answer: hank

Interesting Information:
Hank is a hockey player. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season One

21. At Seattle Grace everyone seems to be sleeping with their boss, but actually it's only two couples. Who are they?


Answer: Meredith/Derek and Cristina/Preston

Interesting Information:
Well, obviously Meredith and Derek are sleeping together, but, did you know that Cristina is sleeping with Dr. Preston Burke?
In episode six, "If Tomorrow Never Comes", Cristina and Preston meet up in the call room. A few weeks later Cristina finds that she is pregnant. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Meredith/Derek and Cristina/Alex, Meredith/George and Izzie/Alex, Meredith/Alex and Izzie/Derek

22. What was the name of the guy who kissed Meredith during the underground bike race?


Answer: Viper

Interesting Information:
Viper was admitted to the hospital with nails in his side. He was re-emitted the next day when the stitches break and he is coughing up blood. He goes into surgery and comes out of it just fine. Derek saw Meredith kissing him and became jealous. Finn was a vet who didn't come in until later in the series; Meredith did end up dating him, but only to make Derek jealous. George and Meredith were good friends, until one night when Meredith was vulnerable and slept with George. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy: All about Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Derek, Finn, George

23. Alex finally met a patient from his hometown. But later in the episode, the gunshot victim began to crash, as the stress on his body from the gunshot wound exacerbated an infected tattoo he already had on his leg. What kind of tattoo was it?


Answer: a tarantula

Interesting Information:
The infection had spread too far and Alex's patient died.
Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1 Episodes 6-9
 
Some incorrect choices:
a skull, a cross, a butterfly

24. Where did Meredith and George go to escape the pressures of internship?


Answer: to look at newborn babies

Interesting Information:
Meredith thought one of the babies might have a serious heart defect, but the pediatric intern on the case strongly disagreed. It turned out that Meredith was right about her suspicions.
Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1, Episodes 1-5
 
Some incorrect choices:
to the bar, to the locker room, to smoke a joint

25. Chief Webber also mentions to the new interns the number of people out of the 20 new interns that will "crack under the pressure." How many interns does he say will crack under the pressure?


Answer: 5

Interesting Information:
Dr. Webber also is not hopeful that many of the interns will be able to handle all of the stress that comes with a surgical residency. He says, "Five of you will crack under the pressure." He also explains that they will be "pushed to the breaking point." Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Episode 1 - "A Hard Day's Night"
 
Some incorrect choices:
10, 7, 3

26. In season one, who was Chief of Surgery?


Answer: Richard Webber

Interesting Information:
He was the head of everything surgical, but still participated in doing surgeries of his own. He was thinking of making Preston the head, but then he thought Derek could do a good job as well. In the end, he kept his position. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy
 
Some incorrect choices:
Derek Shepherd, Miranda Bailey, Preston Burke

27. In "Winning a Battle, Losing the War," what is the name of the bar sponsoring the messenger bike race?


Answer: Dead Baby Bar

Interesting Information:
On "Dead Baby Bike Day" the bike messengers nearly ran over Dr. Shepherd and Dr. Bailey. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" - Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Dead Daddy Bar, Dead Biker Bar, Underground Messenger's Bar

28. How many nieces and nephews, in that order, does Derek have?


Answer: 9 and 5

Interesting Information:
Derek tells Meredith this in episode eight "Save Me". Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season One
 
Some incorrect choices:
8 and 6, 8 and 5, 9 and 6

29. Dr. Burke is played by who?


Answer: Isaiah Washington

Interesting Information:
Isaiah Washington plays the interesting Preston Burke, a rather arrogant doctor. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1

30. What is Derek Shepherd's nickname?


Answer: McDreamy

Interesting Information:
Mark Sloan is McSteamy. No one in the series has the nickname McAnnoying or McDella. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy: All about Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
McSteamy, McAnnoying, McDella

31. In the episode, "Winning a Battle, Losing the War", what did Alex yank out of Viper, Meredith's patient?


Answer: spokes from a bike

Interesting Information:
Viper had bike spokes sticking out of his abdomen. Meredith and Alex both wanted him for a patient, but Alex just yanked out the spokes and let him get back to the race, leaving Meredith to suture and do the paperwork. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1, Episodes 1-5
 
Some incorrect choices:
pieces of glass, an IV from his hand, his appendix

32. Chief Webber gives one more statistic to the new interns. This time it is the number of people who will be asked to leave. How many interns does he say will be asked to leave?


Answer: 2

Interesting Information:
This last statistic added up with the numbers from the rest of the ways he states that the interns will leave, only leave 5 out of the 20 new interns to actually make it through their surgical residency. He says, "Two of you will be asked to leave." He also states that all of the interns are each other's competition. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: Episode 1 - "A Hard Day's Night"
 
Some incorrect choices:
4, 10, 6

33. Who did Cristina Yang become romantically involved with during season one?


Answer: Preston Burke

Interesting Information:
She initially thought that having a sexual relationship with her boss was wrong, but not for long. Cristina was a pragmatist and it made sense to her to have a lover whom she could see regularly, like at work. Sandra Oh played Cristina. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy
 
Some incorrect choices:
Alex Karev, George O'Malley, Derek Shepherd

34. In "Shake Your Groove Thing," what do George and Dr. Bailey find that was left inside a patient by a surgeon?


Answer: towel

Interesting Information:
The patient had the towel in her for 5 years! Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" - Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
scalpel, scrub/surgical cap, surgical glove

35. What is the nickname Izzie is called by her mother?


Answer: cricket

Interesting Information:
A patient who thinks he's psychic calls Izzie "Cricket" and she gets freaked out. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season One

36. What is Miranda Bailey more commonly known as?


Answer: The Nazi

Interesting Information:
In many episodes Miranda Bailey is referred to as "The Nazi" by most of the interns, because of the way she treats them. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
The Mafia, Dr Nasty, Dr Bailey

37. What doctor did Meredith sleep with even before starting at the hospital?


Answer: Derek Shepherd

Interesting Information:
Derek and Meredith were just two people in a bar who met before they knew they'd be working together. Preston was interested in another intern, Cristina. Richard was like Meredith's father. Mark was not in season one and didn't sleep with her. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: Grey's Anatomy: All about Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Preston Burke, Richard Webber, Mark Sloan

38. What did Cristina think was wrong with herself in the episode when Meredith told her, "I wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley"?


Answer: she thought she had the flu

Interesting Information:
Cristina thought her flu-like symptoms might not be a flu at all, so she took two pregnancy tests. Both tests revealed that she was indeed pregnant. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1 Episodes 6-9
 
Some incorrect choices:
she thought she had morning sickness, she thought she had a bad hair day, she thought she had diarrhea

39. In the episode, "No Man's Land", what was the name of the surgical procedure that Cristina pre-pre-rounded to get an opportunity to scrub in for?


Answer: Whipple

Interesting Information:
Cristina learned that there wasn't going to be a Whipple. There wasn't going to be any surgery at all. Her patient came to the hospital to die, and Cristina merely gave her a chance to say good-bye to everyone. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: "Grey's Anatomy" Season 1, Episodes 1-5
 
Some incorrect choices:
Snapple, Appendectomy, Harvest

40. How many rectal exams did Izzie have to perform on her first shift as an intern at Seattle Grace Hospital?


Answer: 17

Interesting Information:
Dr. Bailey is not impressed when Izzie comes right up to her and introduces herself. When Izzie asks what her task for the day will be, Bailey tells Izzie that she (Izzie) will be doing rectal exams. When talking to the other interns at lunch about why she is not eating, Izzie replies, "You try eating after performing 17 rectal exams." Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Episode 1 - "A Hard Day's Night"
 
Some incorrect choices:
15, 22, 19
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