Useless Knowledge:Test knowledge of Emmys

By Linsay Carlson - 09/18/2008

The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are Sunday, Sept. 21. How much do you know about the nominees, past and present?

1. Which co-host of the 2008 Emmy Awards became famous for his role as a young doctor and is nominated this year for his role on "How I Met Your Mother?" 2. Which nonprofit organization, formed in 1946, is behind the Emmy Awards?

3. Which HBO miniseries has the most 2008 nominations with 23?

4. Which NBC primetime show starring Tina Fey is nominated for 17 awards this year, the most in a single year for a comedy series?

5. Which NBC medical drama, in its 15th and final season, has the most Emmy nominations for any program in Emmy history with 122?

6. Which network received the most 2008 Emmy nominations?

7. Which show, set in Seattle and starring Kelsey Grammer, has won the most Emmys for a series with 37?

8. Which "Sex and the City" star is nominated this year for her guest appearance on "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit?" 9. Which late night show host has won five Emmys and has been nominated 48 times, included two 2008 nominations?

10. Which actor, who stars in "The Office," is nominated this year for his third Emmy?

11. Which "Desperate Housewives" star and her husband have both won Emmy Awards?

12. Which actress, who is nominated this year for her role on "Boston Legal," won all five of her Emmys for her role on "Murphy Brown?" 13. Which FOX show starring Hugh Laurie is nominated this year for Outstanding Drama Series?

14. Which actor, who starred as David Fisher in "Six Feet Under," is nominated this year for his role in "Dexter?" 15. Which former "Seinfeld" star is nominated this year for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series?

16. Which two-time Oscar winner, who got her start as Gidget, is nominated this year for her role as the matriarch on "Brothers and Sisters?" 17. Which two "Entourage" actors are both nominated this year for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series?

18. Which actor is nominated this year for playing the second president of the United States in an HBO miniseries?

19. Which former "Cosby Show" mom is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries?

20. Which actress and singer is nominated this year for her supporting role on "Ugly Betty?" Information in part from cdn.emmys.tv Linsay Carlson is a copy editor for The Montana Standard. If you have a quiz idea for the Useless Knowledge column please e-mail linsay.carlson@mtstandard.com.

ANSWERS: 1. Neil Patrick Harris; 2. the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; 3. "John Adams"; 4. "30 Rock"; 5. "ER"; 6. HBO; 7. "Frasier"; 8. Cynthia Nixon; 9. David Letterman; 10. Steve Carrell; 11. Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy; 12. Candice Bergen; 13. "House"; 14. Michael C. Hall; 15. Julia Louis-Dreyfus; 16. Sally Field; 17. Jeremy Piven and Kevin Dillon; 18. Paul Giammati; 19. Phylicia Rashad; 20. Vanessa Williams