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50 free Atlanta (TV Series) trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Atlanta ran for 41 episodes on FX between 2016 and 2022 and never once did what a sitcom is supposed to do. Donald Glover's story of a Princeton dropout managing his rapper cousin Paper Boi swerved into fake TV networks, a commercial-free horror episode in whiteface, a European tour and a season of stand-alone vignettes without the main cast — and collected two Peabodys, two Golden Globes and the first directing Emmy ever won by an African American. These 50 questions cover the show and the people behind it: Earn, Alfred, Darius and Van; Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield and Zazie Beetz; Hiro Murai, Stephen Glover and Stefani Robinson; the Royalty writers' room; 'Teddy Perkins', 'B.A.N.', 'Barbershop', 'Woods', 'Three Slaps' and 'The Big Payback'; Robbin' Season, the Solo delay, the pandemic-era European shoot and the celebrity cameos from Migos to Liam Neeson. Easy questions cover the leads and the network; the hard tier asks about resolutions, ratings and Tiny Toon Adventures. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a TV-night round.
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Q 01Who created Atlanta and stars as Earn?
Donald Glover
He also writes, directs and showruns, and chose FX because it would work around his music tours.
Q 02On which network did Atlanta air?
FX
It premiered September 6, 2016 and ended November 10, 2022 after 41 episodes.
Q 03What is the stage name of Earn's rapper cousin Alfred?
Paper Boi
Brian Tyree Henry plays him and was Emmy-nominated for the episode 'Woods'.
Q 04Who plays Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles?
Brian Tyree Henry
He studied at Morehouse College in Atlanta before Yale Drama School.
Q 05Who plays Darius, the eccentric Nigerian-born friend?
LaKeith Stanfield
He won a Black Reel Award for Television for the role.
Q 06Who plays Van, the mother of Earn's daughter?
Zazie Beetz
She was 'broke and waiting tables' for a year before being cast, and earned an Emmy nomination in 2018.
Q 07Which university did Earn drop out of?
Princeton
With no money or home he bounces between his parents' house and his ex-girlfriend's.
Q 08What is the name of Earn and Van's daughter?
Lottie
Austin Elle Fisher plays her as a recurring character in the final season.
Q 09How many episodes did Atlanta run in total?
41
Season one had 10, Robbin' Season 11, and the final two seasons 10 each.
Q 10What was the 2018 batch of episodes subtitled?
Robbin' Season
It refers to the crime-heavy stretch in Atlanta just before Christmas and New Year.
Q 11Which film delayed the second season to 2018?
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The creator played young Lando Calrissian, which also kept him out of some episodes.
Q 12The second season's structure was inspired by which cartoon?
Tiny Toon Adventures
Specifically 'How I Spent My Vacation', which plays like a movie when the episodes are watched together.
Q 13Who directed the pilot and became the show's signature director?
Hiro Murai
He also directed the 'This Is America' video and later won an Emmy as a producer on The Bear.
Q 21Which season-one episode is staged as a talk show on a fake 'Black American Network'?
B.A.N.
It won the creator the Emmy for directing, the first for an African American in that category.
Q 22Which car's surreal fake commercials run through the 'B.A.N.' episode?
Dodge Charger
The ads turn out to be an Atlanta man celebrating his divorce; Coconut Crunchos cereal also gets a spot.
Q 23In 'Barbershop', Alfred's barber Bibby promises lunch at which chain?
Zaxby's
He serves Alfred leftovers at a house under construction instead, before stealing lumber.
Q 14What is the name of the rap collective whose members filled the writers' room?
Royalty
It included the creator's manager Fam Udeorji, photographer Ibra Ake and Jamal Olori.
Q 15What was distinctive about Atlanta's writing staff?
It was all Black
Stefani Robinson came from Man Seeking Woman and Taofik Kolade rounded out the room.
Q 16How did the creator jokingly describe the series?
'Twin Peaks with rappers'
He said surrealism works 'as long as you believe it' and the show abides by its own rules.
Q 17In which commercial-free episode does a visitor try to collect a free piano from a recluse?
Teddy Perkins
It runs 34 minutes and the creator plays the title role in whiteface, credited as 'Teddy Perkins as himself'.
Q 18Which pop star did critics compare the whiteface recluse character to?
Michael Jackson
Writer Stefani Robinson called it more a symbolic reference to 'what you do for greatness'.
Q 19What is the name of the piano-owning recluse's musician brother?
Benny Hope
Derrick Haywood, who had played a bartender in season one, wore the same prosthetics as the lead.
Q 20How long is the commercial-free whiteface episode?
34 minutes
FX aired it with no commercial breaks, which Collider said reinforced its theme of being trapped.
Q 24Why does Alfred desperately need a haircut in 'Barbershop'?
A magazine photoshoot
Stefani Robinson earned an Emmy writing nomination for the episode.
Q 25In 'Woods', what drives Alfred to flee into the forest?
Three fans mug him
The episode was dedicated to Brian Tyree Henry's late mother and earned him an Emmy nomination.
Q 26Where do Earn and Van go for a Fastnacht celebration?
Helen, Georgia
Amy Seimetz directed the episode and a ping-pong game ends up defining the couple's relationship.
Q 27Which season-one script did the Writers Guild Foundation call one of the decade's best?
Streets on Lock
Stephen Glover wrote it; Earn sits in custody waiting for Van to bail him out.
Q 28Which holiday party do Earn and Van attend at the home of Van's wealthy friend Monique?
Juneteenth
Monique's white husband Craig is over-fascinated by African-American culture; Janicza Bravo directed.
Q 29On which continent is the third season set?
Europe
The cast filmed in London, Amsterdam and Paris while Paper Boi tours.
Q 30What is the season 3 premiere about a boy named Loquareeous called?
Three Slaps
None of the main cast appears; it was inspired by the Hart family case.