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50 free Julia Quinn trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Julia Quinn is the pen name of Julie Pottinger, the Harvard art-history graduate who deferred Yale medical school to write Regency romances and never went back. Her eight Bridgerton novels, published between 2000 and 2006 and built around alphabetically named siblings, became a Netflix phenomenon two decades later when Shondaland adapted them. These 50 questions cover the books and the author: which sibling each novel belongs to, The Duke and I and The Viscount Who Loved Me, the Rokesby prequels, Happily Ever After, the Lady Whistledown anthologies, her RITA Awards and Hall of Fame induction, the Dire Straits song behind the Two Dukes of Wyndham, her Weakest Link winnings and the Netflix series from Chris Van Dusen to Jess Brownell. Easy questions stick to the series basics; the expert tier asks about award years, translation counts and her first publishing break. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01How many novels make up Quinn's main Bridgerton series?
Eight
One per sibling, published between 2000 and 2006.
Q 02The Bridgerton siblings' first names follow what pattern?
Alphabetical order
Anthony through Hyacinth; Lady Whistledown mocks the parents for needing the system.
Q 03What is the title of the first Bridgerton novel?
The Duke and I
It was first published by Avon in 2000.
Q 04Which sibling's story does the first novel tell?
Daphne
She is the fourth child and eldest daughter of the family.
Q 05Which production company adapted the books for Netflix?
Shondaland
Bridgerton was its first scripted show for Netflix.
Q 06In which year did the Netflix series Bridgerton premiere?
2020
It dropped on Christmas Day and sent the books back up the bestseller lists.
Q 07Who voices Lady Whistledown in the Netflix series?
Julie Andrews
She earned an Emmy nomination for the same voice role in Queen Charlotte.
Q 08What is the name of the Bridgerton siblings' widowed mother?
Violet
Happily Ever After includes a short story about her.
Q 09What title does Simon Basset hold in the first novel?
Duke of Hastings
He returns to London in 1813 after a long time away.
Q 10Which sibling, the eldest and the viscount, is the hero of the second novel?
Anthony
He decides to settle down after years as one of the ton's most notorious rakes.
Q 11With whom did Quinn co-write the novel Queen Charlotte?
Shonda Rhimes
It tied in to the 2023 Netflix prequel series.
Q 12In which year did Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story premiere on Netflix?
2023
It hit number one in 91 countries in its first week.
Q 13Simon Basset hides what childhood affliction behind his long silences?
A stutter
His father neglected him because of it, which shapes the whole novel.
Q 14The second novel's hero fears dying young like his father, who died from what?
Q 21Quinn earned her bachelor's degree from which university?
Harvard
She studied History of Art before being accepted to medical school.
Q 22Which teen book series inspired Quinn to start writing at age 12?
Sweet Valley High
She also loved the Sweet Dreams romances as a child.
Q 23What does The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After (2013) consist of?
Second epilogues for each novel
It is sometimes counted as the ninth book in the series.
A bee sting
Kate is stung by a bee at Aubrey Hall, which leads to the compromising scene.
Q 15What is Julia Quinn's real surname by marriage?
Pottinger
Her pen name is Julia Quinn; she was born Julie Cotler.
Q 16Which sibling's story is told in the fourth novel, about Penelope Featherington's crush?
Colin
Penelope caused him to fall off his horse into a mud puddle when she was almost 16.
Q 17An Offer from a Gentleman is which sibling's story?
Benedict
It was published in 2001; his season of the show was the fourth.
Q 18In which year was The Duke and I first published?
2000
The Viscount Who Loved Me appeared the same year.
Q 19Who created the Netflix series and served as its first showrunner?
Chris Van Dusen
Quinn said she almost fell off her stool when she heard Rhimes wanted the books.
Q 20To Sir Phillip, With Love tells which sibling's story?
Eloise
Publishers Weekly gave it a rare starred review.
Q 24Which publisher released Quinn's mass-market paperbacks?
Avon
The later collection volumes were hardcovers from the same house.
Q 25Season 3 of the show adapted which novel, breaking the books' order?
Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Hardcover copies of the original books resold for as much as $700 after it aired.
Q 26In 2022 People magazine ranked which book as the best of the series?
The Viscount Who Loved Me
It praised the enemies-to-lovers banter between Kate and Anthony.
Q 27When He Was Wicked tells which sibling's story?
Francesca
It was published in 2004, the sixth book of the series.
Q 28It's In His Kiss is the story of which sibling?
Hyacinth
The youngest Bridgerton gets the seventh book, published in 2005.
Q 29The eighth and final novel of the series tells which sibling's story?
Gregory
The 2006 book closed the main series and won Quinn a RITA Award.
Q 30Quinn deferred a place at which institution to focus on writing?
Yale School of Medicine
She eventually attended for two months before quitting to write full-time.