The 'Law & Order' Quiz

Writer and producer Dick Wolf created the television series "Law & Order." One of Wolf's first jobs in television was as a consultant and writer for the police drama "Hill Street Blues."

New York City is the setting for "Law & Order."

"Law & Order" was filmed on location and at Pier 59 Studios in New York City. The series was originally slated to film in Los Angeles, until creator Dick Wolf successfully fought to have it filmed in New York City.

NBC was founded as the first permanent radio network in the U.S. in 1926.

Character Donald Cragen is later featured in the spinoff series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

From 1990-2004, Florek appeared in 69 episodes of the series.

The detectives work in the 27th precinct of the New York Police Department. The real-life NYPD does not have a 27th precinct.

Farina, worked as a Chicago police officer from 1967-85 before becoming an actor. Farina's first acting role was in the 1981 feature film "Thief."

Farina played Detective Joe Fontana for two seasons of the television series.

"Law & Order" won six prime-time Emmy Awards, including outstanding drama series in 1997. The series was nominated for an additional 50 prime-time Emmy Awards.

Detective Max Greevey was murdered in the premiere episode of season two.

At the time, Dzundza lived in Los Angeles and commuted to New York City for filming. The travel eventually led to his departure from the series.

The show first aired in the U.S. on Sept. 13, 1990.

Van Buren first appears in the Sept. 15, 1993, episode "Sweeps."

Merkerson stars in the TV series "Chicago Med."

There were 457 episodes of the show before the series ended.

It spawned four spin-off series: "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" and "Law & Order: LA."

Merkerson appeared in the show for 17 seasons, Waterston was with the show for 16 seasons, and Orbach was with the series for 12 seasons.

Orbach played Detective Lennie Briscoe in "Law & Order." Orbach left the series to star in the spinoff "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" and died after filming only two episodes.

Twenty seasons of "Law & Order" were produced. With the airing of its 20th season, the series tied the record set by "Gunsmoke" as the longest-running prime-time drama series.

Actress Jacqueline Hennessy once played her twin sister Jill Hennessy's role.

Hennessy played Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid. The character was killed in a car crash in the season six final episode, "Aftershock."

Fred Thompson, who played District Attorney Arthur Branch in "Law & Order," represented Tennessee as a United States senator from 1994-2003. Thompson also campaigned as Republican presidential candidate in 2008.

Barry Diller, Fox CEO at the time, decided against it, and the series was picked up by NBC.

Actor Jesse L. Martin played Green in the series.

Noth has also appeared in the television series "Tyrant."

Schiff is the Manhattan district attorney.

Over the course of 10 seasons, Hill appeared in 228 episodes.

"Exiled" originally aired on Nov. 8, 1998, and was a spinoff of the series "Law & Order." In early 2001, series creator Dick Wolf announced plans for a "Law & Order" miniseries involving a terrorist plot. After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, the miniseries was canceled.

The last episode of "Law & Order" aired on May 24, 2010.