24 TV Show Trivia
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127 free 24 TV Show trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This 24 TV show trivia quiz runs the clock from the November 2001 pilot to Jack Bauer's surrender to the Russians in Live Another Day. The easy questions cover the real-time format, the network, the CTU acronym, the season 1 assassination plot and the death that ended Day 1. Medium questions move through the seasons: the nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, Jack's heroin addiction, Habib Marwan, Frank Flynn, the VX nerve gas, the Chinese prison and the Starkwood conspiracy. The hard and expert questions are for people who have watched all 204 episodes: the pancake house where the show was pitched, the number of alternate finale endings, the pencil factory that became CTU, the Die Hard crossover that never happened and the year season 7 secretly takes place in. Every answer was checked against a reference page and each question carries its citation, so the names, dates and plot points can be trusted. Difficulty is shown on every question, which makes it easy to build a round for a TV quiz night or play the whole thing straight through. When you finish, try our other action and drama series quizzes.
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Q 01Who plays Jack Bauer in 24?
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland spent part of the late 1990s competing on the rodeo circuit before taking the role, and went on to appear in every one of the show's 204 episodes.
Q 02On which US network did 24 originally air?
Fox
Fox at first ordered only 13 episodes of 24, so the writers built a midseason rescue that could have served as a series finale if the show went no further.
Q 03What do the letters CTU stand for in 24?
Counter Terrorist Unit
Counter Terrorist Unit is the fictional agency Jack Bauer works for; fiction got there first, since the real National Counterterrorism Center was only created by executive order in 2004.
Q 04What span of time does each season of 24 cover?
A single day
A single day is the span of each season, told in 24 hour-long episodes; story time keeps running through the commercial breaks, so part of every hour happens off screen.
Q 0524: Redemption left Los Angeles to film on location around which African city?
Cape Town
Cape Town and the country around it stood in for a fictional African nation, where the film has Jack shepherd a group of schoolboys to the American embassy as a coup breaks out.
Q 0624's two creators had previously run which spy series together?
La Femme Nikita
La Femme Nikita, which they ran on USA Network from 1997, gave 24 its counter-terrorist world and part of its crew, including composer Sean Callery.
Q 07Where is season 2's weapon flown so that it can go off away from Los Angeles?
The Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert is chosen because the device cannot be defused; the flight is a one-way mission until a dying colleague stows away and takes Jack's place at the controls.
Q 08Where was 24 originally meant to be filmed before the production settled on Los Angeles?
Toronto
Toronto was the early plan, with Vancouver also considered, but months of changing Canadian weather would have wrecked the look of a story set in one day, so the production chose Los Angeles.
Q 09Which event led the network to push back the premiere of 24 by a week?
The September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks moved the premiere from October 30 to November 6, 2001, and a shot of an airliner exploding was cut from the first episode.
Q 10What sound normally accompanies the full-screen clock in 24?
A pulsating beep
A pulsating beep marks each second on the full-screen clock; the rare silent clock is saved for moments such as a major character's death.
Q 11How is President Palmer struck down in the final moments of season 2?
A poisoned handshake
A poisoned handshake from a woman in the crowd fells Palmer minutes after he has called off a war, and the season ends before viewers learn whether he survives.
Q 12Season 1 of 24 takes place on the day of which political event?
The California presidential primary
The California presidential primary brings a leading candidate to Los Angeles for the day, which puts the assassination plot against him inside Jack Bauer's jurisdiction.
Q 13Which Hollywood veteran appears late in season 1 as the Serbian warlord behind the revenge plot?
Dennis Hopper
Q 21Which constitutional amendment does Palmer's cabinet use to remove him in season 2?
25th
The 25th Amendment lets the vice president and cabinet declare a president unable to serve; they turn it on Palmer when he refuses to order military strikes on doubtful evidence.
Q 22In season 3, what addiction does Jack develop while undercover with a drug cartel?
Heroin
Jack develops a heroin addiction to stay credible while undercover with a Mexican drug cartel, and he hides withdrawal symptoms from CTU for much of season 3.
Q 23Which former government agent uses a deadly virus to control President Palmer in season 3?
Stephen Saunders
Stephen Saunders, a former MI6 agent, served beside Jack on Operation Nightfall and was left for dead; he now threatens to release the Cordilla virus unless the president obeys him.
Dennis Hopper joined late in season 1 as a warlord the heroes believed dead, who turns out to have been held all along in a secret American prison.
Q 14Which Serbian war criminal leads the family seeking revenge on Jack and Palmer in season 1?
Victor Drazen
Victor Drazen wants revenge for Operation Nightfall, the covert mission Jack led against him, which killed his wife and daughter instead.
Q 15Which mercenary leads the cell that kidnaps Jack's wife and daughter early in season 1?
Ira Gaines
Ira Gaines, played by Michael Massee, uses the hostages to force Jack to help with the assassination and to take the blame for it.
Q 16In 24's first season, which trusted CTU agent is unmasked at the end as the mole?
Nina Myers
Nina Myers gives herself away with a lie: she tells Jack his daughter is dead, and when he learns Kim is alive he knows who the mole must be.
Q 17Who dies in the final moments of 24's season 1 finale?
Teri Bauer
Teri Bauer's fate was kept secret by filming three endings, two of which let her survive; the season 1 DVD includes one of them.
Q 18Which actress plays Jack's daughter Kim Bauer?
Elisha Cuthbert
Elisha Cuthbert's Kim Bauer starts out as a kidnapped teenager and by season 3 is working at CTU, a job her father arranged so that he could keep an eye on her.
Q 19In 24's second season, Jack Bauer races to stop terrorists using what weapon in Los Angeles?
A nuclear bomb
A nuclear bomb is eventually detonated away from the city, and the season then pivots to preventing a misdirected war.
Q 20Which CTU director is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation in season 2?
George Mason
George Mason, already dying from the exposure, stows away on Jack's one-way flight and takes the controls so that Jack can parachute to safety.
Q 24Which Entourage star played the survivalist who shelters Kim Bauer in his bunker in season 2?
Kevin Dillon
Kevin Dillon, Entourage's Johnny Drama, played Lonnie McRae, who gives in when Kim catches him lying about the day's attack, hands her a gun for protection and lets her leave.
Q 25Who plays CTU analyst Chloe O'Brian?
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub, a comedian, joined in season 3 as a blunt analyst who irritated her colleagues, and stayed to the end as the ally Jack trusted most.
Q 26Which star of The Mummy played the terrorist mastermind of season 4?
Arnold Vosloo
Arnold Vosloo, The Mummy's Imhotep, played the mastermind who, finally cornered by Jack at the end of the day, lets himself fall to his death rather than be captured.
Q 27Which terrorist mastermind is the sole main villain of season 4?
Habib Marwan
Habib Marwan runs every phase of the day, using each attack, from a kidnapping to a reactor meltdown, to set up the next.
Q 28Which president is critically injured in a terrorist attack in season 4, elevating his vice president?
John Keeler
John Keeler is aboard Air Force One when a stolen stealth fighter shoots it down; he survives in critical condition, and his vice president takes over.
Q 29Why is Jack Bauer living under a false name at the start of season 5?
He faked his own death
He faked his own death at the end of season 4, with help from Tony, Michelle and Chloe, to avoid being handed to a foreign government; season 5 finds him as 'Frank Flynn', an oil-refinery labourer.
Q 30In season 5, where do the terrorists first release their stolen Sentox gas?
A shopping mall
A shopping mall, Sunrise Hills, is the first target; Jack, undercover with the terrorists, defies an order to let the attack go ahead and shuts the canister off after only a little gas escapes.