Arrow TV Series Trivia
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This Arrow trivia quiz has 98 free questions with answers and covers all eight seasons of the CW series that launched the Arrowverse: Oliver Queen's five years on Lian Yu, the notebook and the Undertaking, Deathstroke and the Mirakuru, Ra's al Ghul, Damien Darhk, Prometheus, Cayden James and Ricardo Diaz, the Ninth Circle, the 2040 flash-forwards, and Oliver's sacrifice as the Spectre in Crisis on Infinite Earths. It also covers how the show was made: the decision to ignore Smallville's Green Arrow and start clean, the pilot director who had also launched Smallville, the Vancouver locations, Colleen Atwood's suit and the 50 mask designs, Blake Neely's score, the record-breaking premiere audience, why the final season was only ten episodes, and the spin-off that never got picked up. The opening questions are for anyone who watched Team Arrow assemble; the last third is for people who remember which member was named after a comics writer and who was cast as a one-off guest star before taking over the show. Every answer was checked against a reference source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01On which network did Arrow premiere on October 10, 2012?
The CW
Arrow premiered on The CW on October 10, 2012, and ran eight seasons to January 2020, becoming the founding show of the network's Arrowverse.
Q 02How many years does Oliver Queen claim to have spent shipwrecked on Lian Yu?
Five
Five years is Oliver's public story, but the flashbacks reveal he left the island more than once in that time before fishermen found him in 2012.
Q 03What was Oliver's hometown called during Arrow's first three seasons?
Starling
Starling City was the show's name for Oliver's home through season three; the season-four premiere renamed it Star City as Oliver took the name Green Arrow.
Q 04By what name is Oliver's vigilante known in season one?
The Hood
In season one the police and press call the vigilante The Hood as he hunts names from his father's notebook; he only becomes The Arrow in season two.
Q 05What is the name of the conspiracy led by Malcolm Merlyn in Arrow's first season?
The Undertaking
The Undertaking was Malcolm Merlyn's plan to level the Glades with an earthquake machine, avenging his wife's murder in that district years earlier.
Q 06Whose death at the end of season one leads Oliver to vow never to kill again?
Tommy Merlyn
Tommy Merlyn dies in the season-one finale saving Laurel during the Glades earthquake, and Oliver swears off killing in his best friend's memory.
Q 07Which former Lian Yu mentor returns as the main villain of season two?
Slade Wilson
Slade Wilson, played by Manu Bennett, was Oliver's ally on the island until the Mirakuru serum and Shado's death turned him into the vengeful Deathstroke.
Q 08Which A.R.G.U.S. director, first seen in season two, forms a squad of jailed criminals?
Amanda Waller
Amanda Waller, played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson, debuts in season two running A.R.G.U.S.; she fills her squad by offering imprisoned killers such as Bronze Tiger a commuted sentence.
Q 09Who wins control of Queen Consolidated ahead of Oliver in Arrow's season-three premiere?
Ray Palmer
Ray Palmer, played by Brandon Routh, acquires Queen Consolidated in the season-three premiere and renames it Palmer Technologies before leaving for Legends of Tomorrow as the Atom.
Q 10Whom does Oliver duel on a mountaintop in season three's midseason finale?
Ra's al Ghul
Ra's al Ghul, played by Matt Nable, runs Oliver through with a sword in 'The Climb' after Oliver takes the blame for Sara Lance's death to shield Thea.
Q 11In which city do Arrow's season-three flashbacks place Oliver, forced to help stop a lethal pathogen?
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is where Oliver is taken after Lian Yu; there he hunts China White and the Alpha-Omega bioweapon alongside Maseo and Tatsu Yamashiro.
Q 12Which terrorist group, led by Damien Darhk, is the main threat of season four?
H.I.V.E.
H.I.V.E. under Damien Darhk pursues Genesis, a plan to launch the world's nuclear missiles and rebuild from an underground ark, killing Laurel Lance along the way.
Q 13What discovery leads to Oliver and Felicity's break-up in season four?
He has a son, William, and hid it
Q 21Which actress plays Mia, Oliver and Felicity's daughter, in the flash-forwards?
Katherine McNamara
Katherine McNamara plays Mia, introduced in the 2040 flash-forwards under the alias Blackstar before she takes up her father's Green Arrow mantle.
Q 22What does Oliver become after sacrificing himself during Crisis on Infinite Earths?
The Spectre
The Spectre is what Jim Corrigan makes Oliver after his death; with that power he fights the Anti-Monitor at the dawn of time and rebirths the multiverse, restoring Moira and Quentin Lance to life.
Q 23What codename does John Diggle adopt on Team Arrow?
Spartan
Spartan is the codename John Diggle takes in season four, when he starts wearing a helmet after three seasons fighting unmasked as Oliver's partner.
He has a son, William, and hid it from Felicity at Samantha Clayton's insistence; when she learned the secret in season four she ended their engagement.
Q 14Which serial killer, revealed to be district attorney Adrian Chase, is season five's villain?
Prometheus
Prometheus, a throwing-star killer played by Josh Segarra, stalks Oliver to avenge his father, Justin Claybourne, one of the names Oliver crossed off in season one.
Q 15Which former Central City detective takes up the Black Canary mantle in season five?
Dinah Drake
Dinah Drake, played by Juliana Harkavy, is a former Central City police detective with a metahuman sonic scream whom Oliver recruits after Laurel Lance's death.
Q 16In Arrow's season-five flashbacks, which crime syndicate initiates Oliver as a member?
The Bratva
The Bratva initiates Oliver in the season-five flashbacks, where Anatoly Knyazev sponsors him and Talia al Ghul trains him before he returns to Lian Yu to be 'rescued'.
Q 17Which terrorist hacker leads the criminal cabal in season six before being killed by Ricardo Diaz?
Cayden James
Cayden James, played by Michael Emerson, assembles a cabal of Star City criminals to avenge his son's death, then is stabbed by Ricardo Diaz once Diaz takes over.
Q 18What is Oliver's inmate number when he is sent to federal prison at the end of season six?
4587
Inmate 4587 is Oliver's number at Slabside prison, and the season-seven premiere takes it as its title after he confessed to being Green Arrow in the FBI deal.
Q 19Who is revealed as leader of the Ninth Circle in season seven?
Emiko Queen, Oliver's half-sister
Emiko Queen, Oliver's half-sister, played by Sea Shimooka, posed as the new Green Arrow while Oliver was in prison before her Ninth Circle leadership came out.
Q 20How far into the future are the flash-forwards introduced in season seven set?
Twenty years
Twenty years ahead, in a 2040 Star City, the flash-forwards follow adult William and Mia; the final season then brings them back to the present.
Q 24Which actress was hired for one episode of Arrow as Felicity Smoak but became a series regular?
Emily Bett Rickards
Emily Bett Rickards was booked for one episode, the show's third; Stephen Amell and a studio executive responded so warmly that Felicity recurred all season and joined the main cast for season two.
Q 25What codename does Felicity eventually adopt on Team Arrow?
Overwatch
Overwatch is the codename Oliver gives Felicity in season four, quipping that 'Oracle' was already taken, a nod to Barbara Gordon's DC alias.
Q 26Which Team Arrow member is a technological savant and Olympic decathlon medallist?
Curtis Holt
Curtis Holt, played by Echo Kellum, is the show's version of Mr. Terrific, whom the comics call Michael Holt; the series kept his hovering T-spheres but gave him a new first name.
Q 27Which vigilante codename does Rene Ramirez use?
Wild Dog
Wild Dog is the hockey-masked vigilante Rene Ramirez, played by Rick Gonzalez; he took to the streets after his wife was killed and his daughter Zoe was placed in foster care.
Q 28Which actor played Green Arrow on Smallville before Arrow recast the role for a clean start?
Justin Hartley
Justin Hartley played Oliver Queen on Smallville from 2006, and a spin-off was floated, but Arrow's producers chose a clean reboot and cast Stephen Amell instead.
Q 29Who directed the Arrow pilot, having also directed the pilot of Smallville?
David Nutter
David Nutter was a go-to pilot director: before Arrow's in 2012 he had launched Smallville, Supernatural and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and he later shot Game of Thrones' Red Wedding episode.
Q 30In which city was Arrow primarily filmed?
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, stood in for Star City throughout the run; The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow shot there too, and Supergirl moved up from Los Angeles in 2016 to join them.