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45 free Archer trivia questions with answers. Archer ran for 14 seasons and 145 episodes of rapid-fire, reference-heavy comedy, and this quiz is for the people who caught the references. Forty-five questions cover the ISIS crew and their rivals at ODIN, Sterling's Walther PPK and 'tactilenecks', Malory's schemes, Lana's protest-to-agent origin story, Pam's bare-knuckle past, Cheryl's ocelot, Krieger's questionable science and Barry's transformation into a cyborg. The later seasons get their due too: the cocaine caper of Archer Vice, the coma-dream trilogy of Dreamland, Danger Island and Archer: 1999, the Bob's Burgers crossover, the Kenny Loggins cameo and the show's move to FXX. Easy questions ask who created the show and who voices Sterling; the hard ones want the poem tattooed on Pam's back and Ray's Olympic medal. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series and its characters, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Who created Archer?
Adam Reed
He conceived it after his Adult Swim show Frisky Dingo was cancelled, while people-watching in a Spanish plaza.
Q 02Who voices Sterling Archer?
H. Jon Benjamin
H. Jon Benjamin voices Sterling Archer, a role he has held since the 2009 pilot; his deadpan delivery was earlier heard as Coach McGuirk in Home Movies and Ben in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
Q 03In the early seasons, what does the acronym ISIS stand for?
International Secret Intelligence Service
International Secret Intelligence Service: the agency was simply called ISIS until the end of season five; from season six (2015) the show quietly dropped the name after the real-world terrorist group made the initials notorious.
Q 04Which actress voiced Malory Archer until her death in 2021?
Jessica Walter
Jessica Walter, known as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, voiced Malory from the 2009 pilot until her death in March 2021; Malory was written out of the show in season 13.
Q 05The show's creator voices which character himself?
Ray Gillette
Ray Gillette: creator Adam Reed voices the openly gay ISIS agent Ray himself; Ray debuted in the season-one episode 'Honeypot' and grew into a main cast member.
Q 06What is the title of Archer's pilot episode?
Mole Hunt
'Mole Hunt': FX sneak-previewed the pilot without promotion on 17 September 2009 after the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season premiere, then launched the series properly on 14 January 2010.
Q 07In 2017, Archer moved from FX to which sibling network?
FXX
FXX: season eight, Archer Dreamland, premiered on FXX on 5 April 2017, moving the show to FX's comedy-focused sister channel, home of The Simpsons reruns since 2014.
Q 08What was the title of the three-part series finale that aired in December 2023?
Archer: Into the Cold
Archer: Into the Cold, a three-part special aired on FXX on 17 December 2023, closed the series after 14 seasons with one last mission for Sterling, Lana and the Agency.
Q 09Which fictional Paris-based agency, run by Len Trexler, is ISIS's main rival?
ODIN
It stands for Organization of Democratic Intelligence Networks and keeps undercutting ISIS for government contracts.
Q 10What is Sterling Archer's codename?
Duchess
Duchess: Malory gave Sterling the codename of her late, beloved dog Duchess, whose portrait hangs in her office, a running reminder that the dog outranked her son.
Q 11In which city was Sterling Archer born?
Tangier
Tangier: Sterling was born in Tangier, Morocco, and was raised as a baby by the family's British valet while Malory was away on intelligence work.
Q 12Sterling excelled at which sport at boarding school before a gunshot wound ended his playing days?
Lacrosse
Lacrosse: Sterling was a star lacrosse player at boarding school with a scholarship to Johns Hopkins, the sport's college powerhouse, until a gunshot to the abdomen ended his playing days.
Q 13Which handgun is Sterling Archer's weapon of choice?
Walther PPK
Walther PPK: Sterling carries the same compact German pistol as James Bond; Adam Reed conceived him as a boorish Bond and read the Fleming novels for research.
Q 21Lana's parents, Claudette and Lemuel, are academics at which university?
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley: in the season-six episode 'The Kanes', Lana takes baby AJ to visit her professor parents, Lemuel and Claudette, in Berkeley, where they finally learn what she does for a living.
Q 22How is Sterling revealed to be the father of Lana's daughter?
Sperm he stored during cancer treatment
Sperm he stored during cancer treatment: Sterling banked sperm before chemotherapy in season two, and Lana used it for IVF without asking; the reveal closed the fifth season, Archer Vice.
Q 23What is Cyril Figgis's job at ISIS when the series begins?
Comptroller
Q 14What does Sterling call the black turtlenecks he insists on wearing during operations?
Tactilenecks
Tactilenecks: Sterling's name for his black turtlenecks, which he claims he was the first to recognise as tactical gear; he rages whenever other agents copy the look.
Q 15Sterling has a fondness for going undercover under which first name?
Randy
Randy: Sterling repeatedly adopts the first name Randy when working undercover, a small running gag the writers return to across many seasons, however unconvincing the cover is.
Q 16Which real actor does Sterling deeply admire, and who later appears on the show as himself?
Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds voiced himself in the season-three episode 'The Man from Jupiter' (2012), dating Malory to the horror of Sterling, who idolises the star of Smokey and the Bandit.
Q 17Which word does Sterling (or someone else) shout in response to any sexually suggestive remark?
Phrasing
'Phrasing!' is Sterling's shout whenever a remark could be heard as innuendo; the gag was dropped in season five, with the characters openly asking whether it had been retired, and later revived.
Q 18How did Lana Kane get her job at ISIS?
Malory recruited her at an animal-rights protest
She was about to throw red paint on Malory's fur coat when Malory pulled a gun; Lana alone stood her ground.
Q 19Lana Kane is usually seen carrying two of which submachine gun in shoulder holsters?
Tec-9
Tec-9: Lana carries two TEC-9 machine pistols in shoulder holsters and fires them two-handed; the real Intratec TEC-9 is a 9mm pistol, though the show's version sprays on full auto.
Q 20Which physical feature of Lana's is the target of running jokes like 'shovels' and 'truckasaurus'?
Her hands
Her hands: Lana's unusually large hands are a running joke, nicknamed 'shovels' and 'truckasaurus'; Sterling needles her about them from the first season onward.
Comptroller: Cyril is ISIS's mild-mannered comptroller when the show begins; because he also holds a law degree, the season-seven private-eye business is licensed under his name as The Figgis Agency.
Q 24Cheryl Tunt is an heiress to a fortune made in which industry?
Railroads
She went by the surname Gimble before ISIS learned about the billion-dollar Tunt fortune.
Q 25What kind of animal is Babou, the pet Cheryl keeps at her mansion and hates?
An ocelot
An ocelot: Babou is Cheryl's pet ocelot, a nod to Salvador Dalí's ocelot of the same name; Sterling adores the animal, while Cheryl cannot stand it.
Q 26In Archer Vice, Cheryl reinvents herself as a country singer under what name?
Cherlene
Cherlene: Cheryl's outlaw-country alter ego in Archer Vice, with singing by Jessy Lynn Martens; FX released a real Cherlene album in 2014 to go with the season.
Q 27Pam Poovey grew up on her father's dairy farm in which state?
Wisconsin
Wisconsin: Pam grew up on Poovey Farms, the family dairy farm in rural Wisconsin, with her sister Edie; the farm is the setting of the season-six episode 'Edie's Wedding'.
Q 28How did Pam finance her college education?
Bare-knuckle street fights
Bare-knuckle street fights: Pam paid her way through college fighting in underground bare-knuckle bouts, which is why the ISIS head of HR can overpower trained field agents.
Q 29Pam has a stanza from which poet's work tattooed on her back?
Lord Byron
Lord Byron: the tattoo is the third stanza of Byron's 'The Destruction of Sennacherib' (1815), beginning 'For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast', an odd choice for a Wisconsin farm girl.
Q 30Ray reveals he won an Olympic bronze medal in which event?
Men's giant slalom
Men's giant slalom: Ray, an openly gay West Virginian, is a former Winter Olympian who took bronze in the giant slalom, a credential the office mostly ignores.