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50 free Hard Ozark trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This hard Ozark trivia quiz assumes you have finished all four seasons of the Netflix series and remember more than the broad strokes. It asks how much Bruce Liddell skimmed, what Marty promised Del he could launder in five years, which university he graduated from, who Wendy worked for before the cartel, how many people Darlene's poisoned heroin killed, what the four symbols in the opening title's O are for, and where in Georgia the Blue Cat Lodge really sits. Ruth, Wyatt, the Snells, Helen Pierce, Navarro, Javi, Maya Miller, Buddy, the Kansas City mob and the Byrde Foundation all get their turn. It is written for superfans and for pub quiz hosts who need a properly tough TV round. Almost every question is hard or expert level; if you want the gentler version, our main Ozark trivia page covers the essentials. Every answer has been checked against the Wikipedia articles on the series, its characters and its cast, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01How much cartel money had Marty's partner Bruce Liddell and the trucking company owners skimmed?
$8 million
Del executed all of them; Marty survived by improvising a pitch off a vacation flier Bruce had handed him that morning.
Q 02To save his life, Marty promised Del he could launder how much from the Ozarks in five years?
$500 million
He also had to replace the skimmed money by liquidating his own assets before selling the house and moving.
Q 03Where did Marty Byrde go to college?
Indiana State
He was raised in South Bend, Indiana, and founded his Chicago firm with Bruce, his best friend since college.
Q 04In which Chicago suburb were the Byrdes living before the move to Missouri?
Naperville
They land in Osage Beach, a summer resort town on the Lake of the Ozarks.
Q 05Marty and Wendy have been married since which year?
1995
Wendy suffered a miscarriage after a car crash around the time of the Great Recession, which pushed her into depression.
Q 06Before the cartel, Wendy worked as a political consultant on which politician's Illinois Senate campaigns?
Barack Obama
She also worked on Bobby Rush's congressional campaigns before quitting when Charlotte was born.
Q 07What was the name of the Chicago lawyer Wendy was having an affair with, whom the cartel killed?
Gary Silverberg
He was thrown from his balcony after Wendy tried to run with the family's money.
Q 08Rachel Garrison stole $300,000 from Marty. How much cartel cash was hidden in the Blue Cat's walls?
$50 million
She fled, spiralled into addiction, and was later coerced by Agent Petty into wearing a wire against Marty.
Q 09Buddy Dieker, the Byrdes' terminally ill tenant, had been a union leader in which city?
Detroit
He was a Teamsters leader at General Motors and had flown helicopters in Vietnam, which is why he can help Jonah with guns and Marty with the KC mob.
Q 10Buddy Dieker's military service was as what?
A helicopter pilot in Vietnam
At his funeral Wendy says he was not related to them, but he was family.
Q 11How were the Snells distributing heroin through Pastor Mason Young's boat church without his knowledge?
Hidden inside the hymnals
When Mason found out and stopped preaching, the Snells murdered his pregnant wife Grace and cut the baby out.
Q 12How many people died when Darlene poisoned a heroin shipment in retaliation for the poppy-field burning?
57
The cartel then tried to assassinate the Snells, and Jacob eventually decided to kill Darlene himself, which she saw coming.
Q 13What insult prompted Darlene Snell to shoot Del dead at the moment the casino deal was sealed?
He called the Snells "rednecks"
Q 21What was the name of the Byrdes' therapist, whom Marty secretly bribed and the cartel later killed?
Sue Shelby
Nelson, the cartel enforcer who accompanied Helen to the Ozarks, carried out that killing along with Cade's and Ben's.
Q 22Ben Davis sealed his fate by revealing the Byrdes' cartel dealings to whom?
Helen Pierce's daughter Erin
He had gone off his bipolar medication and been committed after attacking Marty at a fundraiser.
Q 23What was Ben Davis's job before he was fired and moved in with the Byrdes?
Substitute teacher
He learned about the cartel after witnessing Marty being kidnapped and taken to Mexico.
Jacob then killed their loyal enforcer Ash, whom Darlene treated as a son, to appease the cartel.
Q 14How did Ruth kill her uncles Russ and Boyd when they planned to murder Marty for his money?
Electrocution
She had wired the dock; the same trick nearly killed Marty earlier, and Wyatt's discovery of the truth drives him to Darlene.
Q 15Who murdered FBI agent Roy Petty?
Cade Langmore
Petty had taunted him that Ruth would go to prison for working with the Byrdes.
Q 16Why did Wendy order the cartel hit on Ruth's father?
He assaulted Charlotte
The decision strengthened her standing with the cartel and drove a wedge into her marriage.
Q 17Marty was forced to shoot Mason Young when the pastor threatened Wendy with what?
A screwdriver
Mason had kidnapped Wendy after his son Zeke was taken into state custody, and Marty had just returned the baby to him.
Q 18Where was Marty secretly planning to move the family in season 2 before Wendy killed the idea?
Australia's Gold Coast
Wendy instead chose to protect the family by building ties with the Kansas City mafia and Charles Wilkes.
Q 19Frank Cosgrove, head of the Kansas City mafia, had formerly been a representative of which union?
United Auto Workers
Darlene later shot him dead with a shotgun in her own home and had Wyatt bury the body.
Q 20What did Darlene do to Frank Cosgrove Jr. after forcing him to apologise for beating Ruth?
Shot him in the genitals
It was her way of winning Ruth over after Marty refused to have Frank Jr. killed.
Q 24Where did Navarro kill Helen Pierce?
At his estate in Mexico
Nelson pulled the trigger seconds after they stepped off the plane, and Navarro embraced the blood-spattered Byrdes.
Q 25Jonah started laundering money on his own through cryptocurrency at what age?
14
He learned to shoot from Buddy and later did the books for Ruth and Darlene out of anger at his mother.
Q 26Which business did Ruth buy for her own laundering operation after cutting ties with the Byrdes?
The Lazy-O Motel
She installed Sam Dermody, the hapless realtor turned strip-club manager, to run it.
Q 27What was Sam Dermody's first job for the Byrdes' laundering empire?
Manager of the Lickety Splitz strip club
They bought the funeral home after his mother Eugenia died in a freak accident, then put him in the club, where he fell for a stripper called Jade.
Q 28Clare Shaw, played by Katrina Lenk in season 4, runs what kind of business?
A Chicago pharmaceutical firm
Shaw Medical agreed to buy the cartel's heroin as raw material and donate to the Byrde Foundation in return.
Q 29Which actor played Wendy's estranged, alcoholic father Nathan Davis in season 4?
Richard Thomas
Bruce Davison played the retired senator Randall Schafer in the same season.
Q 30Kerry Stone, the high roller Ruth knows at the Missouri Belle, has what profession?
Celebrity chef
He was played by Eric Ladin.