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This category is for all quizzes (including characters or actors) for "Law And Order: Criminal Intent". This series began airing in the USA in September of 2001.
8 quizzes and 80 trivia questions.
1.
  Focus on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" is one of the many spin-offs from Dick Wolf's "Law & Order" franchise. This quiz has an assortment of questions relating to the show and its characters. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Lpez, Aug 25 24
Average
Lpez
Aug 25 24
165 plays
2.
  "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The second spinoff of "Law & Order", "Criminal Intent" is my favorite. Interesting and quirky..hope you like it too. Most questions are about "CI" and its cast, and a few are about other "L&O" shows.
Easier, 10 Qns, bosco54, Apr 10 23
Easier
bosco54
Apr 10 23
5496 plays
3.
  Criminally Insane   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Law and Order: Criminal Intent" follows the various investigations of the Major Case Squad in New York City. Look at some of the insane crimes committed in the show. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Lpez, Jul 24 22
Average
Lpez
Jul 24 22
334 plays
4.
  "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First Year   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my first quiz, focusing on the first year of the "Law & Order" spin-off, "Criminal Intent".
Tough, 10 Qns, blucougar57, Jun 08 08
Tough
blucougar57
1518 plays
5.
  Criminal Intent   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on the many intricacies of my favorite television persona ever, the super-sleuth Detective Robert Goren.
Difficult, 10 Qns, ilyahna, Apr 10 23
Difficult
ilyahna
Apr 10 23
2063 plays
6.
  Law and Order: Criminal Intent    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz only covers season one. I hope that this may be a challenge, but I hope you enjoy it to, have fun.
Average, 10 Qns, Tarneya, Apr 10 23
Average
Tarneya
Apr 10 23
2293 plays
7.
  'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Have you been paying close enough attention to 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'? These ten questions will tell.
Difficult, 10 Qns, valerie99, Apr 10 23
Difficult
valerie99
Apr 10 23
4296 plays
8.
  "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First 5    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Did you hit the books (or the TV I should say) on the first five episodes of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"?
Average, 10 Qns, bandperry13, Nov 17 12
Average
bandperry13
274 plays
trivia question Quick Question
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From Quiz "Law and Order: Criminal Intent"





Law And Order: Criminal Intent Trivia Questions
1. In the episode "One", how did Detective Goren know that Gia was ready to cooperate with them?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First Year

Answer: She began chewing on her fingernails.

Goren had noticed from security footage that Gia chewed on her nails when she was unsure about something. When she began doing this in the interrogation room, he knew she was ready to cooperate.

2. What are the two detective's names in the show?

From Quiz Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Answer: Eames and Goren

You can hear it every time they identify themselves the first time they meet someone during the show.

3. In the episode "Legion," Goren complained to a suspect that he smelled what on his own father who would come home late at night?

From Quiz Criminal Intent

Answer: women

He was speaking to the suspect in a murder about the suspect's father, who was an obvious womanizer.

4. What is the name of the main detective?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Answer: Det. Robert Goren

Brilliant, yet sometimes quirky, he knows a little about everything.

5. What was the title of the first episode?

From Quiz 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'

Answer: 'One'

6. In the episode "One", who did Goren blindside into thinking they had AIDS?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First 5

Answer: Gia, the murderer's girlfriend

They convinced her she had AIDS and told her they would get her care if she helped apprehend her boyfriend. When she was at a hotel with Atwood, Goren and Eames came and arrested everyone. They told Gia then that she didn't actually have AIDS.

7. Why did Detective Goren want Father McShane to confess to murder in "The Faithful"?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First Year

Answer: He wanted to protect Kevin Donovan's mother.

Goren and Eames discovered that murder victim Kevin Donavon was Father McShane's son. Goren wanted McShane to confess to save Kevin's mother from having it become public knowledge that she had a child out of wedlock with a priest.

8. Which actor plays the male lead?

From Quiz Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Answer: Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent was born on July 30th, 1959. He is about 6 ft 4, although there is a bit of controversy about that a he looks bigger in the show than he does in real life.

9. In one episode, Eames had to coax Goren out of what kind of car with the words "you have to come out now?"

From Quiz Criminal Intent

Answer: Ferrari

A 1969 Ferrari GTO, which Goren intercepted from a criminal collector in the episode "Cherry Red."

10. Who plays the main detective character?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Answer: Vincent D'onofrio

D'onofrio has been in many movies and TV shows, including the original "Men In Black" and "Full Metal Jacket."

11. What illness runs in Detective Goren's family?

From Quiz 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'

Answer: schizophrenia

He mentions this in two episodes.

12. Who were the two people found dead in the episode titled "Art"?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First 5

Answer: Anne Ellis and Bernard Jackson

Anne was hanged and Bernard was shot in the chest. Everyone but Goren thought it was a murder-suicide.

13. In "Jones", what did Goren and Eames do to show Denise Talbot that her husband was not faithful to her?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First Year

Answer: Detective Eames allowed Talbot to flirt with her.

In a desperate effort to prove that Henry Talbot was not a faithful husband, Detective Eames allowed Talbot to flirt with her in the interrogation room, while Denise Talbot watched from the observation room.

14. The actor who plays the male lead also has knowledge in what area?

From Quiz Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Answer: Psychology

He took a degree in Psychology, he also has many other skills and you can see them all when watching the show.

15. In the episode entitled "Want," Goren draws out the interrogation of a suspected serial killer for what reason?

From Quiz Criminal Intent

Answer: he wants him to confess to exclude the death penalty

Goren had a lot of empathy for this man, and thought his particular psychosis was tragic but did not warrant the death penalty ADA Carver prescribed. He chose to draw out a heartfelt confession through interrogation that would exclude the death penalty.

16. Kathryn Erbe, who plays his partner, Det. Eames, has appeared in what other TV show?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Answer: "OZ"

She played Shirley Bellinger, convicted of killing her daughter and sentenced to die. Very different role from "CI" as we get to see a lot more of Ms. Erbe and her character is very vicious and ruthless.

17. Episode "Anti-Thesis", of season 2, featured Olivia d'Abo as Nicole Wallace, who was revealed to be Detective Goren's archnemesis. What was her profession in the episode?

From Quiz Criminally Insane

Answer: Teacher

Nicole Wallace, who used the pseudonym of Professor Elizabeth Hutchens, was revealed to be an international criminal after the murders of a university president and his assistant. Although this episode was Wallace's first appearance on the show, she became a recurring character, often being accused of several murders but never convicted. She had quite a story behind her: she was born in Australia; Detective Goren implied she could've been molested by her father; she met a psychopath in Thailand with whom she started a relationship and murdered tourists. It has been speculated that the episode was lifted from the real life case between Harvard University President Lawrence Summers and Professor Cornel West.

18. Which actress plays the female lead?

From Quiz Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Answer: Kathryn Erbe

Kathryn Erbe was born on July 5th in Massachusetts. She and ex-husband Terry Kinney had two children, daughter Maeve and son Carol Lincoln.

19. Goren is known to have committed passages of what historical author to memory?

From Quiz Criminal Intent

Answer: Marcus Aurelius

He quoted Aurelius on his work "Meditations" in the episode "Legion."

20. Here's an easy one: Where is this show set, and also filmed?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Answer: New York City

Of course...many "L&O" shows are set and filmed in the Big Apple.

21. Which character is pro-life?

From Quiz 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'

Answer: Asst. DA Ron Carver

This is revealed in 'The Third Horseman'.

22. In "The Third Horseman", how did Detective Goren respond to Detective Eames' demand that he tell her what he really thinks about abortion?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First Year

Answer: He told her that he believed abortion needed to be an option for women.

After first saying that he'd tell her what he thought when he became pregnant, Goren went on to tell Eames that he believed "women need to have a choice, and abortion needs to be one of those choices".

23. What is the lead male detective's first name?

From Quiz Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Answer: Robert

It is Robert, he is commonly called Bobby for short. This is also said when he identifies himself during the show.

24. Who plays the sharp, but no-nonsense District Attorney, Ron Carver?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Answer: Courtney B. Vance

Vance, a very versatile actor, has had parts in many TV shows and movies including, "Hunt For Red October", "Space Cowboys" and the HBO movie, "The Tuskegee Airmen." He is also married to actress Angela Bassett.

25. What size shoes does Goren wear?

From Quiz 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'

Answer: 13

He tells this to a suspect in 'Jones'.

26. How did Detective Goren get Judge Sabatelli to reveal that he had the stolen copies of Judge Blakemore's articles in the episode "Semi-Professional"?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent": The First Year

Answer: He tricked Sabatelli into quoting lines from Blakemore's unpublished articles.

Goren and Eames made a big show of arresting Judge Blakemore, lulling Sabatelli into a false sense of security. Goren and Carver then tricked Sabatelli into quoting portions of Blakemore's unpublished articles, letting him think he was helping them to nail Blakemore for plagiarism and, subsequently, murder.

27. Why does the character Eames temporarily leave the show?

From Quiz Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Answer: She gets pregnant

Eames gets pregnant and continues to work for a while, but toward the end of her pregnancy she leaves the show to have her child.

28. Goren has a reputation for being especially hard on what particular type of criminals and/or witnesses?

From Quiz Criminal Intent

Answer: neglectful parents

This is transference of a kind, as Goren's own father was absent much of his childhood.

29. Who plays Captain of Detectives James Deakins?

From Quiz "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"

Answer: Jamey Sheridan

Sheridan once had his own TV show, "Shannon's Deal" and was also a regular on "Chicago Hope." The other three choices, by the way are all cast members on "L&O: SVU."

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