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50 free Glee trivia questions with answers. Are you ready to take center stage and prove your Glee expertise? This comprehensive trivia quiz will test your knowledge of McKinley High's most talented show choir, iconic musical performances, and beloved character moments. Whether you've watched the series multiple times or just catching up, challenge yourself and see how well you really know Glee!
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Q 01Which song does New Directions perform to close Glee's pilot episode?
Don't Stop Believin'
The New Directions' performance of Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' in the pilot episode was a pivotal moment, convincing Will Schuester to stay as their director.
Q 02Which original song did New Directions perform at Regionals in Season 2?
Get It Right
Rachel wrote 'Get It Right' after Quinn told her she and Finn were back together, and when New Directions won Regionals she was named the club's competition MVP.
Q 03What subject did Will Schuester teach at McKinley High before running the glee club full-time?
Spanish
Will Schuester was the Spanish teacher at William McKinley High School when he took over the glee club.
Q 04Which rival glee club coach, played by Idina Menzel, adopts Quinn's baby Beth in Glee's first-season finale?
Shelby Corcoran
Shelby Corcoran is also the birth mother of Rachel Berry, New Directions' own lead singer. She adopts Quinn's daughter in the finale, naming her Beth at Puck's request.
Q 05Sue Sylvester's opinion segment on the local TV news was called what?
Sue's Corner
Sue's Corner is Sue Sylvester's opinion slot on the local TV news; in the pilot she uses it to endorse caning as school discipline.
Q 06Which of these individuals is credited as one of the co-creators of the television series Glee?
Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy co-created Glee along with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. He also directed the pilot episode, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award.
Q 07What is the occupation of Sue Sylvester at William McKinley High School?
Cheerleading Coach
Sue Sylvester is the fiercely competitive coach of the cheerleading squad, the Cheerios, at William McKinley High School.
Q 08At Regionals in Season 1, New Directions mashed up 'Any Way You Want It' with which other Journey song?
'Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin''
'Any Way You Want It' was mashed up with 'Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'' in an all-Journey Regionals set that also included 'Faithfully' and 'Don't Stop Believin''; New Directions still placed third behind Vocal Adrenaline.
Q 09Glee's fictional high school is set in which real Ohio town?
Lima
Glee is set in Lima, Ohio, a real city, though William McKinley High School is fictional; the series was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
Q 10Where were the Season 2 Nationals that New Directions lost?
New York City
Season 2's Nationals were held in New York City, where New Directions placed 12th after Finn kissed Rachel on stage during their original-song set.
Q 11In the series finale, McKinley High is repurposed as what?
A magnet arts school
The finale 'Dreams Come True' turns McKinley High into a magnet arts school with Will Schuester as its principal, right after New Directions wins Nationals in Season 6.
Q 12Who directed the McKinley High glee club before Will Schuester took it over?
Sandy Ryerson
Sandy Ryerson ran the glee club until he was fired for inappropriate conduct with a student; Will then took it over and renamed it New Directions.
Q 13Which actress, uncredited, voiced Becky Jackson's inner monologue as Queen Elizabeth II?
Helen Mirren
Q 21Who was Will Schuester's wife at the beginning of the series?
Terri
Terri Schuester faked a pregnancy after her hysterical pregnancy proved false; Will left her after finding the pregnancy pad in 'Mattress' and filed for divorce.
Q 22Which powerhouse vocalist quit New Directions in Season 3 to join the rival Troubletones?
Mercedes Jones
Mercedes Jones left New Directions for the Troubletones, the all-girls group coached by Shelby Corcoran; after it lost to New Directions at Sectionals, its members rejoined the club.
Q 23The three Cheerios joined the glee club in which early Season 1 episode?
'Showmance'
'Showmance', the second episode, is where Quinn, Santana and Brittany join the club as Sue's spies, and where Finn first kisses Rachel in the auditorium.
Helen Mirren, uncredited, voiced the regal inner monologue of Becky Jackson, Sue's Cheerio sidekick with Down syndrome, in the Season 3 episode 'Props'.
Q 14Before joining New Directions, Finn Hudson was a star player on which sports team at McKinley High?
Football
Finn Hudson was the quarterback of McKinley High's football team before Will pressured him into joining the glee club, which changed his life.
Q 15What was the name of the rival glee club from Carmel High, known for their elaborate performances?
Vocal Adrenaline
Vocal Adrenaline, from Carmel High, was the New Directions' primary rival, known for their highly theatrical and competitive performances.
Q 16Which McKinley High bully made the slushie facial a signature move?
Karofsky
Dave Karofsky, a McKinley football player, teamed with Azimio to torment New Directions with slushie facials, targeting Finn and Kurt above all.
Q 17Which musical does Sandy Ryerson cast Rachel in after she quits glee in Season 1?
Cabaret
Cabaret: Sandy Ryerson casts Rachel as Sally Bowles in his production of Cabaret after she quits New Directions in 'Preggers', and she returns to the club in 'The Rhodes Not Taken'.
Q 18After the set list leak at Sectionals, New Directions opened its improvised set with which solo?
'Don't Rain on My Parade'
Rachel opened the improvised Sectionals set with 'Don't Rain on My Parade', followed by 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' and 'Somebody to Love'; the judges' decision for New Directions was unanimous.
Q 19Which designer, name-dropped in the pilot, had Chris Colfer never heard of before filming?
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs: Kurt protests that his jacket is from Marc Jacobs' new collection before being tossed in the dumpster, a line Chris Colfer has said he delivered without knowing who the designer was.
Q 20Which McKinley High staff member suffered from severe mysophobia and OCD?
Emma Pillsbury
Guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury openly struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), particularly mysophobia (fear of germs), which was often depicted through her meticulous cleaning habits.
Q 24Which coach did McKinley's guidance counselor get engaged to in Season 1, while Will was still married?
Ken Tanaka
Football coach Ken Tanaka got engaged to Emma in Season 1 but called off the wedding over her feelings for Will, who then left his wife and kissed Emma after Sectionals.
Q 25Which Dalton Academy show choir did Darren Criss's character lead before transferring to McKinley?
The Warblers
Blaine Anderson fronted the Dalton Academy Warblers before transferring to McKinley in Season 3; in Season 6 Dalton burns down and the Warblers merge into New Directions.
Q 26In the pilot, a rival glee club unnerves New Directions with which Amy Winehouse song?
'Rehab'
Will and Emma take New Directions on a field trip to watch Vocal Adrenaline perform Amy Winehouse's 'Rehab', and the polished number leaves the club shaken.
Q 27In Glee's first season, which jock is revealed as the real father of cheerleader Quinn Fabray's baby, not her boyfriend Finn?
Noah Puckerman
Quinn told Finn the baby was his even though they had never slept together. When Rachel works out that Noah Puckerman is the father, Finn attacks his best friend, dumps Quinn and quits the club.
Q 28To rekindle her passion for cheerleading, Sue Sylvester planned to fire a Cheerio out of what?
A cannon
A cannon: in 'The Sue Sylvester Shuffle' Sue planned to fire Brittany out of one at a cheer competition, and Brittany, Quinn and Santana quit the Cheerios rather than go along.
Q 29New Directions win Nationals for the first time in Glee's third season, in which Midwestern city a few hours from Lima, Ohio?
Chicago
The Nationals title finally came in the third season's 21st episode, in Chicago, after a year of storylines on adoption, domestic abuse and texting while driving.
Q 30Which Season 1 episode of Glee is built around the music of Lady Gaga?
'Theatricality'
'Theatricality' is Season 1's Lady Gaga episode: the girls and Kurt perform 'Bad Romance' in homemade Gaga costumes, while the boys answer with KISS.