Don Draper informs client/love interest (who isn’t his wife) Rachel Menken in “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” Mad Men’s premiere episode, that he’s “living like there’s no tomorrow because there isn’t one.” Surprisingly, it was ten years ago. Can you answer this quiz?
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1 When did Matthew Weiner write the pilot?
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1998
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1999
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2000
Correct!Wrong!1999
Matthew Weiner dreamed up the idea for Mad Men while working as a writer on the Ted Danson sitcom Becker. He wrote the pilot in 1999.
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2 What is the name of the second episode?
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Ladies Room
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New Amsterdam
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Babylon
Correct!Wrong!Mad Men: Ladies Room
Nearly a year elapsed between the filming of the pilot, Mad Men: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2007) and the second episode, Mad Men: Ladies Room
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3 On whom is the Don Draper character based on?
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Draper Daniels
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David Ogilvy
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William Bernbach
Correct!Wrong!Draper Daniels
At least parts of Don Draper are based on a real person: Draper Daniels, the legendary Chicago ad man who, while creative head at Leo Burnett, invented the Marlboro Man.
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4 Where was the show shot primarily?
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New York
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New Orleans
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Los Angeles
Correct!Wrong!Los Angeles
The pilot was filmed in New York City. Except that all episodes are filmed in LA.
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5 Which director has had a major influence on the visual style of the series?
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Stanley Kubrick
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David Fincher
Correct!Wrong!Alfred Hitchcock
The titles pay homage to graphic designer Saul Bass’s skyscraper-filled opening titles for Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959) and falling man movie poster for Vertigo (1958); Weiner has listed Hitchcock as a major influence on the visual style of the series.
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6 Which Beatles song featured in the series?
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Tomorrow Never Knows
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Blackbird
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Inner Light
Correct!Wrong!Tomorrow Never Knows
Weiner paid big bucks to close out that “Lady Lazarus” episode, spending $250,000 to license the rights to The Beatles’s “Tomorrow Never Knows”—which was a small price to pay for authenticity.
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7 When was Mad Men nominated in the best drama series category at the Emmys?
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2007
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2008
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2009
Correct!Wrong!2008
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8 Which song did Don's new wife Megan sing to serenade her husband in front of his 50th birthday party guests?
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Zou Bisou Bisou
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A lady can dream
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Trust in me
Correct!Wrong!Zou Bisou Bisou
The show managed to score their #1 on the World Digital Song Sales chart during the season premiere of season 5, in which Don's new wife Megan serenades her husband in front of his 50th birthday party guests. The scene was an introduction to Megan as we didn't really know much about her as a person at this point and Weiner really wanted to emphasis how different she was from the rest of the characters right off the bat.
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9 How old was Betty when she married Don Draper?
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19
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20
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21
Correct!Wrong!21
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10 Who did January Jones originally audition to play?
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Peggy
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Joan
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Midge
Correct!Wrong!Peggy
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