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50 free Killing Eve trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Killing Eve ran for four series between 2018 and 2022, and each one was steered by a different woman: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emerald Fennell, Suzanne Heathcote and Laura Neal. Sandra Oh's bored MI5 analyst and Jodie Comer's psychopathic assassin chased each other from a Tuscan café to Paris, Rome, Barcelona and finally Margate, picking up Golden Globes, Emmys and BAFTAs along the way. This quiz covers the whole run: Luke Jennings's source novellas, the more than 100 actresses considered before Comer was cast, the kitchen-scene audition, the Molly Goddard pink dress that took over the 2019 red carpets, Konstantin, Carolyn, Kenny, Dasha, Hélène and the finale that landed on worst-ever lists. Fifty questions, played in sets of ten, from the basics any viewer knows to production details only the most obsessive fan of the obsessive pair will remember.
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Q 01Who plays MI5 analyst Eve in Killing Eve?
Sandra Oh
She was the first cast, in June 2017, and initially assumed she would be reading for a different part.
Q 02Who plays the assassin Villanelle?
Jodie Comer
More than 100 actresses were considered before she was cast, about a month after Oh.
Q 03What is Villanelle's real name?
Oksana Astankova
Comer also plays 'Jesus Christ', Villanelle in drag, in the fourth series.
Q 04Killing Eve is based on novellas by which author?
Luke Jennings
His Codename Villanelle appeared as a four-part novella between 2014 and 2016.
Q 05Who was head writer of the first series?
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
She was recruited after the stage success of Fleabag and briefly considered playing Eve or Villanelle herself.
Q 06Which future Promising Young Woman director ran the second series?
Emerald Fennell
Lisa Brühlmann and Francesca Gregorini joined as directors that year.
Q 07Who served as head writer for the fourth and final series?
Laura Neal
She was announced on 20 February 2020, also as an executive producer.
Q 08Which production company made Killing Eve?
Sid Gentle Films
Sally Woodward Gentle optioned Codename Villanelle in 2014.
Q 09On which UK channel was the first series broadcast in September 2018?
BBC One
It had premiered in the US five months earlier and was stream-only on BBC Three.
Q 10What is the name of the secret organisation Villanelle kills for?
The Twelve
Eve spends the final series bent on destroying it.
Q 11Who plays Carolyn Martens, head of MI6's Russia Section?
Fiona Shaw
She won a BAFTA for the role; a spin-off about Carolyn's early MI6 years was mooted in 2022.
Q 12Which Danish actor plays Villanelle's handler Konstantin?
Kim Bodnia
Konstantin's young daughter Irina recurs across three series.
Q 13What does Eve's husband Niko do for a living?
Maths teacher
He is English-Polish and a bridge player.
Q 14Kenny Stowton, Carolyn's son, is a former what?
Q 21Where did filming of the first series begin on 17 July 2017?
Tuscany
The Viennese café opening was shot at Bar Garibaldi in Colle di Val d'Elsa.
Q 22Which Bucharest concert hall stood in for a Moscow café in series one?
Romanian Athenaeum
Its neoclassical interior was dressed as a decadent café for the penultimate Moscow scene.
Q 23Which Spanish city's Casa Ramos served as Villanelle's series-three apartment?
Barcelona
The Arc de Triomf and the Port Vell aerial tramway also appear.
Which Kent seaside town features heavily in episodes four to seven of the final series?
Hacker
He later leaves MI6 to work for the news site Bitter Pill.
Q 15Who plays Bill Pargrave, Eve's MI5 colleague killed in a Berlin nightclub?
David Haig
The nightclub scene was actually shot at Fabric in London, opposite Smithfield Market.
Q 16Which actress plays Dasha, the ex-gymnast who trained Villanelle?
Harriet Walter
Her arrival in series three makes Villanelle question whether killing is all she is made for.
Q 17Who plays Hélène, the high-ranking assassin boss in series 3 and 4?
Camille Cottin
Her newest recruit, Pam, works at a funeral home.
Q 18Which Game of Thrones actress plays Carolyn's daughter Geraldine?
Gemma Whelan
She joined in series three alongside Steve Pemberton and Camille Cottin.
Q 19Aaron Peel in series two is the heir to what kind of business?
A tech company
He hires a rival assassin known as The Ghost.
Q 20Which city hosts the deadly mission at the end of series two?
Rome
Series three picks up six months after the fallout there.
Margate
Dreamland and the Nayland Rock Hotel were among the locations.
Q 25Which band was commissioned to score the series?
Unloved
The group features Jade Vincent, Keefus Ciancia and David Holmes.
Q 26Who designed the pink tulle dress from 'I'll Deal with Him Later'?
Molly Goddard
It was credited with the wave of pink at the 2019 Oscars red carpet.
Q 27Who was the costume designer for the first series?
Phoebe de Gaye
Charlotte Mitchell and Sam Perry took over for series two and three.
Q 28Which episode's kitchen scene did Comer perform with Oh at her first audition?
I Have a Thing About Bathrooms
Producers wanted an assassin who could disappear into a crowd, not a 'male fantasy' Nikita type.
Q 29When was the show commissioned by BBC America?
November 2016
Sally Woodward Gentle had optioned the novellas back in 2014.
Q 30How soon after the series-two premiere was a third series ordered?
Under twelve hours
The fourth was ordered on 3 January 2020, before series three had even aired.