TV trivia questions and answers
30 TV trivia questions with the answers and a fact for each: US and British sitcoms, crime dramas, characters, Doctor Who, Star Trek and the shows everyone has an opinion about. Read them as a television quiz for yourself, use them for a pub quiz round, or press the button and play a TV round live with everyone answering on their own phone.
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The 30 TV quiz questions
- 1
Which cartoon family lives in the town of Quahog, Rhode Island?
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CThe Griffins
Family Guy was cancelled twice by Fox, then revived in 2005 after strong DVD sales and reruns — one of the first shows brought back by fan demand.
- 2US sitcoms
Before Modern Family, Ed O'Neill played shoe salesman Al Bundy in…?
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CMarried... with Children
It was one of the very first shows on the brand-new Fox network in 1987.
- 3Crime TV
The first series of True Detective, with McConaughey and Harrelson, is set in which US state?
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ALouisiana
Rust Cohle's gloomy line that 'time is a flat circle' borrows from Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence.
- 4
In the sitcom Frasier, what is the name of Martin Crane's Jack Russell terrier?
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DEddie
Eddie was played by a dog called Moose, who reportedly received more fan mail than any of the human cast.
- 5
In SpongeBob SquarePants, what is the name of the underwater town where SpongeBob lives?
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BBikini Bottom
Creator Stephen Hillenburg taught marine biology before he became an animator. The show first aired in 1999.
- 6British sitcoms
Blackadder Goes Forth is set during which conflict?
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CFirst World War
The final episode, with its slow-motion charge over the top, aired in November 1989, shortly before Remembrance Sunday.
- 7
Which streaming series follows the orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon?
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BThe Queen's Gambit
It's named after a chess opening. Sales of chess sets soared after it came out in 2020, and Anya Taylor-Joy never learned to play properly.
- 8
Which classic US sitcom was set in a Boston bar 'where everybody knows your name'?
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BCheers
Its spin-off Frasier ran for 11 seasons, the same as Cheers itself. The bar's exterior was a real Boston pub, which now trades happily on the name.
- 9Characters
Mr Bean's car is a…?
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BMini
Bean's sworn enemy is a blue three-wheeled Reliant that he keeps forcing off the road.
- 10
Which sitcom follows six friends living in New York, including Ross, Rachel and Chandler?
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CFriends
It ran for ten seasons from 1994 to 2004, and the finale was watched by more than 50 million people in the US alone.
- 11Doctor Who
The 'D' in TARDIS stands for…?
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BDimension
The 1963 original said 'Dimension', but later stories have used 'Dimensions' — a debate fans still relish.
- 12
In Breaking Bad, what was Walter White's job before he broke bad?
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BChemistry teacher
He also co-founded Gray Matter Technologies — and sold out early.
- 13
The drama series The Crown follows which family?
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BThe British royal family
Three actresses played Queen Elizabeth II across its six series: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton. Each series cost over $100 million.
- 14Characters
Who played Dr John Watson opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC's Sherlock?
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DMartin Freeman
Freeman and Cumberbatch reunited in The Hobbit films, as Bilbo Baggins and the voice of the dragon Smaug.
- 15
Which streaming hit features contestants risking their lives in deadly children's games for a cash prize?
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ASquid Game
The South Korean series became Netflix's most-watched show ever within weeks of its release in 2021.
- 16
Which streaming series follows a heist on the Royal Mint of Spain led by 'The Professor'?
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AMoney Heist
Its Spanish title is La Casa de Papel. The robbers' Salvador Dali masks and the song Bella Ciao became protest symbols around the world.
- 17US sitcoms
M*A*S*H is set during which war?
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BKorean War
The 1983 finale was watched by around 106 million Americans, more than most Super Bowls of the era.
- 18Star Trek
Kate Mulgrew played which Starfleet captain, stranded 70,000 light years from home?
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AJaneway
Janeway was the first woman to lead a Star Trek series, commanding Voyager from 1995 to 2001.
- 19
On which long-running US quiz show must contestants phrase their answer in the form of a question?
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AJeopardy!
Ken Jennings won 74 games in a row in 2004 and now hosts the show; it has aired more than 9,000 episodes.
- 20US sitcoms
Which Seinfeld character landed a job with the New York Yankees?
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DGeorge
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was only ever shown from behind, voiced by co-creator Larry David.
- 21
In the cartoon series, what kind of animal is Scooby-Doo?
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DDog
He's a Great Dane, and he has been solving mysteries with Shaggy and the gang since the show first aired in 1969.
- 22
Which reality show strands contestants on a remote island, where they vote each other off one by one?
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BSurvivor
It began as Expedition Robinson in Sweden in 1997 before the US version made 'the tribe has spoken' a catchphrase.
- 23
Which 1980s series had the whole world asking 'Who shot J.R.?'
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BDallas
The 1980 episode revealing the answer was watched by around 350 million people worldwide. The shooter was Kristin, his sister-in-law.
- 24
Which medical drama follows the brilliant but rude Dr Gregory House?
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BHouse
British actor Hugh Laurie's American accent was so convincing that the producers first thought he was American. The character is loosely modelled on Sherlock Holmes.
- 25Doctor Who
The spin-off title 'Torchwood' is an anagram of…?
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DDoctor Who
The name began as a code word on tapes of the revived series, to stop them being intercepted.
- 26US sitcoms
After losing their fortune, Schitt's Creek's Rose family move into a…?
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DMotel
Created by father and son Eugene and Dan Levy, it swept every major comedy award at the 2020 Emmys.
- 27
In Friends, what is the surname of siblings Ross and Monica?
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BGeller
The show's working title was Insomnia Cafe. Each of the six stars was paid a million dollars an episode by the final two seasons.
- 28
In The Sopranos, in which US state does mob boss Tony Soprano live?
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CNew Jersey
The opening credits follow Tony's drive home from the Lincoln Tunnel. The show ran on HBO from 1999 to 2007 and ended with a famously abrupt cut to black.
- 29
Which mockumentary-style sitcom follows the Dunphy and Pritchett families?
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CModern Family
It won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series five years running, from 2010 to 2014.
- 30US sitcoms
The detectives of which sitcom compete in an annual Halloween heist?
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ABrooklyn Nine-Nine
Fox cancelled it in 2018 and, after a fan outcry, NBC picked it up about a day and a half later.
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TV quiz FAQ
Can I use these TV trivia questions for my own quiz night?
That is what the page is for. Read them out at a pub quiz, paste them into a work quiz or a family quiz night, and keep the answers hidden until the table has committed. If you would rather not keep score by hand, the button on this page runs a TV round on everyone's phones.
Are the answers on the page?
Yes. Every question has a "Show the answer" toggle with the right option and a one-line fact, so you can quiz yourself first or read straight through with the answers open.
How do I play a TV quiz round live?
Press "Play a TV round". It opens the host page with the TV category already picked. The room shows a join code, everyone else opens huddlequiz.com/join on their phone and types it, and ten questions later there is a winner on the board. No accounts and nothing to install.
Will the live game ask the same questions?
Some of them. The game draws at random from a bigger TV pool, of which this page is a sample, so a live round mixes questions you have read here with ones you have not.
How hard are they?
Mixed. They are written for adults and teenagers at pub-quiz level, so a table of four should get most of them between them and argue about the rest.