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60 free Good Omens trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Good Omens began as a parody of the William books called William the Antichrist, was written on floppy disks posted between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman in 1988, and became a novel that sat in development hell for nearly thirty years before Michael Sheen and David Tennant finally played Aziraphale and Crowley on screen. This Good Omens trivia quiz covers both: the book's Them, Witchfinder Army, Agnes Nutter and Four Horsemen, and the Amazon-BBC series through its 2026 finale. Easy questions cover the leads, the streaming service and the band that every cassette turns into. Harder ones ask which real 1612 witch trial supplied the surnames, what the French translation renamed Crowley, where the Soho bookshop street was actually built, which Doctor Who veteran turned up as Job, and what happened to the sequel that was going to be called 668. Every answer has been checked against a source and each question shows its citation and a short explanation once you answer. Ineffable, but not unfair.
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Q 01In which year was the novel Good Omens first published?
1990
Good Omens was first published in 1990 by Gollancz. The two authors had known each other since a 1985 interview and plotted the book in long daily phone calls.
Q 02Neil Gaiman co-wrote Good Omens with which other author?
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett co-wrote it. By his own count he wrote a bit over two thirds of the words, but the pair split the money equally and swore they would not do it again 'for a big clock'.
Q 03'The Nice and ___ Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch' — which word completes the title?
Accurate
Her prophecies are indeed perfectly accurate, but so cryptic and specific that they are almost useless to anyone but the person they were meant for.
Q 04Per Gaiman, the book began as a parody of Richmal Crompton's stories under what working title?
William the Antichrist
The working title was William the Antichrist. It outgrew the parody, but Adam and his gang remain recognisably William Brown and the Outlaws in a village at the end of the world.
Q 05How did the two authors physically exchange drafts while writing the book in 1988?
Posting floppy disks
Gaiman noted that back then floppy disks 'really were pretty darn floppy', and the pair also spoke on the phone at least once every day.
Q 06Which part of the book did Pratchett say was 'completely and utterly' his alone?
Agnes Nutter's life and death
Agnes Nutter's life and death was, in the authors' own account, 'completely and utterly' Terry's; Neil, meanwhile, 'proudly claims responsibility for the maggots'.
Q 07What is the name of the boy who turns out to be the real Antichrist?
Adam Young
Adam Young is the real Antichrist. A botched baby swap by satanic nuns left him growing up unnoticed with an ordinary family in the wrong village, which is why nobody can find him.
Q 08In which Oxfordshire village does the Antichrist grow up?
Lower Tadfield
Adam grows up in Lower Tadfield. His reality-warping powers give the village perfect weather all year and, when the end nears, rather more than that.
Q 09What is the collective name for Adam's gang of friends?
The Them
They are the Them: Pepper, Wensleydale and Brian follow Adam everywhere, and their horror at what he is becoming is what pulls him back at the end.
Q 10What is Pepper's full given name?
Pippin Galadriel Moonchild
Her full name is Pippin Galadriel Moonchild, bestowed at a naming ceremony in a field; she chose 'Pepper' herself and would not thank you for using the original.
Q 11Which lost continent does Adam accidentally raise after reading about it in a conspiracy magazine?
Atlantis
Atlantis rises after Adam reads about it in the New Aquarian Digest. He also summons UFOs and has the Amazon rainforest reclaim land, all without realising he is doing it.
Q 12Before the events of the book, what was Aziraphale's original job?
Guardian of the Eastern Gate of Eden
Aziraphale was the Guardian of the Eastern Gate of Eden. He gave his flaming sword to Adam and Eve on their way out because it looked cold outside, which sets up a much later joke.
Q 13The novel says Crowley did not so much Fall as what?
Q 21The satanic nuns who botch the baby swap belong to the Chattering Order of which saint?
St Beryl
They are the Chattering Order of St Beryl. Sister Mary Loquacious does the fumbling; in the TV series she later runs a corporate training centre on the same site.
Q 22What does Anathema do with the second book of Agnes's prophecies that arrives at the end of the novel?
Burns it unread
She burns it unread. After a lifetime of living by her ancestor's instructions, Anathema decides she would rather not know what comes next.
Q 23The surnames Nutter and Device were borrowed from victims of which real witch trials?
Pendle, Lancashire, 1612
Sauntered vaguely downwards
He was the serpent in Eden, but has since acquired a flat, a car and a taste for London life.
Q 14In which London park do Aziraphale and Crowley meet to feed the ducks?
St James's Park
They meet in St James's Park, whose ducks the novel says are so used to being fed by secret agents at clandestine meetings that they react to the sight of a briefcase.
Q 15Which of the Four Horsemen retired in 1936, muttering about penicillin?
Pestilence
Pestilence retired in 1936 following the discovery of penicillin. His replacement is Pollution, a pale figure whose silver crown turns black at a touch.
Q 16Which Horseman wields the flaming sword that God originally gave to Aziraphale?
War
War carries it. She poses as a war correspondent named Carmine Zuigiber, and when the Them disarm her Aziraphale recognises the blade as the one he gave away in Eden.
Q 17What is Famine's cover identity in the modern world?
A dietician and fast-food tycoon
As Dr Raven Sable, Famine is a diet-book dietician and fast-food tycoon who sells food with no nourishment in it at all; his item of power is a pair of scales.
Q 18Which Duke of Hell is destroyed by a bucket of holy water rigged above Crowley's door?
Ligur
Ligur dies in the holy water. His partner Hastur escapes, ends up trapped in Crowley's answering machine and later bursts out in a wave of maggots.
Q 19What is the forename of Newton Pulsifer's witchfinder ancestor, who burned Agnes Nutter at the stake?
Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery
Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer lit the fire. Agnes had packed her petticoats with gunpowder and roofing nails, so the burning did not go the way he planned.
Q 20Which Witchfinder Sergeant recruits Newt as the Army's only other member?
Shadwell
Sergeant Shadwell recruits Newt. He ends the book moving to a bungalow with his medium neighbour Madame Tracy, which effectively winds up the Witchfinder Army for good.
Alice Nutter and Elizabeth Device were among those hanged in Lancashire; Gaiman confirmed the homage in a 2016 tweet.
Q 24What was the working title of the never-written Good Omens sequel plotted in Seattle in 1989?
668 – The Neighbour of the Beast
It was 668 – The Neighbour of the Beast. The jet-lagged pair plotted it while sharing a Seattle hotel room; an archangel barely mentioned in the book was to be a much bigger character.
Q 25Where did the novel rank in the BBC's 2003 Big Read survey of the nation's favourite books?
68
Good Omens placed 68th in the BBC's 2003 Big Read, comfortably inside the top 100 alongside several Discworld novels.
Q 26Which director spent years trying to make a Good Omens film with a completed script?
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam spent years on it with a finished script. Most of the money was in place by 2002, but the funding to start shooting never came and he moved on.
Q 27Rumoured casting for the abandoned film paired Johnny Depp as Crowley with which actor as Aziraphale?
Robin Williams
Robin Williams was the rumoured Aziraphale opposite Depp's Crowley. Gaiman said he knew nothing about the casting beyond one actor proposed for the Witchfinder Sergeant, whose name he promptly forgot.
Q 28In the 2014 BBC Radio 4 adaptation, the two authors cameoed as what?
A pair of traffic cops
The policemen were named 'Neil' and 'Terry', and Mark Heap and Peter Serafinowicz led the cast.
Q 29In the French translation, what name was Crowley given?
Rampa
Crowley became Rampa, from 'ramper' (to crawl), so the name still shifts the way Crawly became Crowley in English; it also nods to T. Lobsang Rampa, whose books the same French publisher sold.
Q 30Which two actors were announced in August 2017 to play Aziraphale and Crowley in the TV series?
Michael Sheen and David Tennant
Michael Sheen and David Tennant were announced in August 2017. They reprised the roles in voice-only form for a three-minute lockdown short released on YouTube in May 2020.