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50 free Chuck trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Chuck ran on NBC from 2007 to 2012 and never once had a comfortable renewal, yet its fans bought enough Subway footlongs to keep it alive for five seasons and 91 episodes. Zachary Levi's Chuck Bartowski went from Nerd Herd tech at the Burbank Buy More to human Intersect to spy, with Yvonne Strahovski's Sarah Walker and Adam Baldwin's John Casey as handlers, and Morgan, Ellie, Captain Awesome, Big Mike, Jeff and Lester along for the ride. This quiz covers all five seasons: the pilot email from Bryce Larkin, Sarah's real name, Casey's real name, the Fulcrum and Ring conspiracies, Daniel Shaw, Volkoff, Chuck's parents, Jeffster's greatest hits, the Save Chuck campaign, the Cake theme song and the beach at the end of the road. Some questions are easy for anyone who watched Monday nights on NBC; the ones about production, casting changes and guest stars are for the fans who kept the show on the air. Every answer is checked against a reference source and each question links to where the fact was confirmed.
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Q 01Who created Chuck?
Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak
Both attended USC; Fedak pitched the idea and Schwartz, fresh off The O.C., developed it with him. O.C. director McG shot the pilot.
Q 02How does the Intersect end up in Chuck Bartowski's brain?
He opens an email from an old college friend
Bryce Larkin, now a CIA agent, stole the merged CIA/NSA database, destroyed the computer and sent the only copy to Chuck as encoded images.
Q 03In which California city is the Buy More where Chuck works?
Burbank
The exterior shots were actually a former Mervyn's in the Fallbrook Mall in West Hills; the interior was built on the Warner Bros. lot.
Q 04What is the name of the Buy More's in-store tech-support team that Chuck works on?
The Nerd Herd
NBC even launched NerdHerdHelp.com as a tie-in site with a blog written by Morgan.
Q 05Which university expelled Chuck on false cheating charges before the series began?
Stanford
Bryce framed him to keep him off the CIA's recruitment list, believing spy work would destroy his good-hearted roommate.
Q 06Why did Bryce Larkin actually get Chuck kicked out of college?
To keep the CIA from recruiting him
Five years later Bryce sent him the Intersect anyway, because he knew Chuck's mind could handle it.
Q 07Which agency does Major John Casey work for?
The NSA
Sarah is CIA and Casey is NSA, and the pilot has the two agencies racing each other to Chuck. Casey holds his rank through the Marine Corps.
Q 08What cover job does Sarah take near the Buy More in season one?
Working at a fast food restaurant
The Wienerlicious hot-dog stand gave way to the Orange Orange yogurt shop, and Sarah still remembered the Wienerlicious even after losing her memories in the finale.
Q 09What is Sarah Walker's real first name, revealed in season three?
Sam
She tells Daniel Shaw in 'Chuck Versus the Fake Name' — and Chuck overhears while posing as a hired assassin. Her middle name is Lisa.
Q 10What was Sarah's father's line of work?
Con artist
She introduces him to Chuck as 'Jack Burton'; she spent her childhood moving between cities under aliases and helping with his schemes.
Q 11What is John Casey's real name, revealed in 'Chuck Versus the Tic Tac'?
Alexander Coburn
He faked his death as a Marine lieutenant to join the NSA, leaving behind fiancée Kathleen McHugh — and, unknown to him, a daughter named Alex.
Q 12Which former president's photo does Casey keep in his apartment and salute?
Ronald Reagan
He addresses the picture as 'Sir,' and his 'Rogues Gallery' target-practice wall features Hitler and bin Laden.
Q 13How does Casey typically respond to situations, in a way Chuck has actually numbered?
With monosyllabic grunts
Q 21Which Terminator star played Chuck's long-lost mother, Mary Elizabeth Bartowski?
Linda Hamilton
Mary spent two decades undercover inside the arms dealer's organization, first as a hostage and then as his favorite agent.
Q 22Which Quantum Leap star played Chuck's father, Stephen Bartowski?
Scott Bakula
Stephen, the Intersect's original inventor known as Orion, left the family eight years before the series began.
Q 23Which future White Collar star played Bryce Larkin?
Matt Bomer
Bryce dies in the season-two finale, 'Chuck Versus the Ring,' trying to destroy the Intersect 2.0 — which Chuck then uploads himself.
His one-liners sometimes quote Adam Baldwin's own earlier roles, from Full Metal Jacket's Animal Mother onward.
Q 14Casey's daughter Alex ends up dating which character, much to Casey's dismay?
Morgan Grimes
Mekenna Melvin played Alex McHugh from season three on; Morgan also became Buy More manager and, briefly, the Intersect.
Q 15What is the nickname of Ellie's husband, Devon Woodcomb?
Captain Awesome
It comes from his love of extreme sports and his habit of calling everything, including flossing, awesome.
Q 16What is the name of the band formed by Buy More employees Jeff and Lester?
Jeffster!
Their wedding-crashing 'Mr. Roboto' in the season-two finale is one of the show's signature moments; both specialize in Apple products at work.
Q 17Which Die Hard character is revealed to be Big Mike's cousin in 'Chuck Versus Santa Claus'?
Sgt. Al Powell
Reginald VelJohnson reprised the role for the Buy More hostage episode, one of the show's many action-movie homages.
Q 18Which Arrested Development actor played scheming Buy More manager Emmett Milbarge?
Tony Hale
Emmett got Big Mike demoted to green shirt, then was murdered in the parking lot by an assassin looking for Chuck.
Q 19Which Superman Returns star played CIA agent Daniel Shaw in season three?
Brandon Routh
Shaw turns to the Ring after learning Sarah's 'red test' kill was his wife, Evelyn; Chuck shoots him in Paris to save her.
Q 20Which former James Bond played arms dealer Alexei Volkoff in season four?
Timothy Dalton
Volkoff turns out to be Hartley Winterbottom, a scientist whose Intersect-implanted cover identity took over; his fortune eventually goes to Chuck and Sarah.
Q 24Which Matrix actress played Casey's love interest Gertrude Verbanski in season five?
Carrie-Anne Moss
Verbanski Corp is Carmichael Industries' biggest competitor after Chuck and Sarah go freelance.
Q 25Which comedy legend played software mogul Ted Roark, season two's big bad?
Chevy Chase
Roark, an old rival of Chuck's father, was the season's big bad; John Larroquette, Nicole Richie and Jordana Brewster also guested that year.
Q 26What is the name of the rogue spy organization that is the main villain of seasons one and two?
Fulcrum
Fulcrum sabotaged the replacement Intersect, killing CIA Director Langston Graham; the Ring took over as the threat in season three.
Q 27What is the codename Chuck gives himself for spy missions?
Charles Carmichael
The alias became the name of the freelance spy firm, Carmichael Industries, that he and Sarah ran in the final season.
Q 28Which band's song 'Short Skirt/Long Jacket' is the Chuck theme?
Cake
The 2001 single from Comfort Eagle plays over the opening credits, whose title design earned an Emmy nomination.
Q 29Which restaurant chain did fans target in the 2009 'Save Chuck' campaign?
Subway
Fan Wendy Farrington organized the 'Finale & Footlong' buy-in for the season-two finale, and Subway ended up striking a sponsorship deal that helped fund season three.
Q 30Zachary Levi was filmed leading hundreds of fans to a sandwich shop in which city during the campaign?
Birmingham, England
The stunt was part of the 'Finale & Footlong' push timed to the season-two finale.