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59 free Psych TV Show trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
52 free Psych TV Show trivia questions with answers. Psych ran 120 episodes on USA Network from 2006 to 2014, then came back for three movies, a musical fans waited years for and a rewatch podcast hosted by Lassie and Jules themselves. This quiz covers the whole run: the fake psychic with the real eidetic memory, Gus's nicknames and the Blueberry, the pineapple hidden in every episode, Henry's flashback lessons, and the guest-star stunts from the Breakfast Club reunion to the Twin Peaks tribute and the 100th-episode Clue homage where viewers voted for the killer. The easy questions ask who plays Shawn and what fruit to look for. The harder ones want Lassiter's middle name, which episode earned the show's first Emmy nomination, and what Gus throws at the killer in Psych 3. It suits a rewatch party, a pub quiz TV round or settling which of you actually heard it both ways. Every answer has been checked against a reference encyclopaedia entry on the series, the episode or the film, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Which cable channel originally aired Psych from 2006 to 2014?
USA
USA Network aired Psych from its July 2006 premiere through the series finale in March 2014, eight seasons in all.
Q 02Who created Psych, and also fronts the band that plays its theme song?
Steve Franks
Steve Franks created Psych and fronts The Friendly Indians, the band behind its theme; his police-officer father inspired Henry's hat-counting drill in the pilot.
Q 03What is the title of the Psych theme song?
I Know You Know
'I Know You Know' by The Friendly Indians opens every episode, and several episodes swapped in themed variations such as a Christmas arrangement and a Spanish-language version.
Q 04Which real ability lets Shawn Spencer pass himself off as a psychic?
Eidetic memory
Eidetic memory, sharpened by Henry's childhood observation drills, lets Shawn notice and recall details so precisely that police assume he must have inside knowledge.
Q 05Who plays Shawn Spencer?
James Roday
James Roday plays Shawn, co-wrote several episodes including the Twin Peaks tribute, and later co-wrote all three Psych movies with the series creator.
Q 06What is Gus's actual first name?
Burton
Burton Guster goes by Gus; Shawn rarely uses the name, preferring nicknames such as Magic Head, Gus T.T. Showbiz and Lavender Gooms.
Q 07What is Gus's day job when the series begins?
Pharmaceutical sales rep
Gus's day job: Pharmaceutical sales rep for Central Coast Pharmaceuticals, which he juggles with detective work while Shawn teases him about his eclectic interests.
Q 08What is the nickname of Gus's blue Toyota Echo?
The Blueberry
The Blueberry is Shawn's name for Gus's company car, a blue Toyota Echo that carries the pair on nearly every case, to Gus's constant worry about its upholstery.
Q 09Which fruit is hidden somewhere in every episode of Psych?
Pineapple
The Pineapple began as an ad-lib in the pilot, when the actor playing Shawn picked one up and asked, 'Should I slice this up for the road?'
Q 10Which actor plays Shawn's father Henry, a retired Santa Barbara police sergeant?
Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Bernsen plays Henry Spencer; most early episodes open with a flashback in which Henry teaches young Shawn a lesson that pays off in the episode's climax.
Q 11What is Head Detective Carlton Lassiter's nickname, courtesy of Shawn and Gus?
Lassie
Timothy Omundson's character was the youngest Head Detective ever named to the SBPD and holds a master's in criminology.
Q 12Who plays junior detective Juliet 'Jules' O'Hara?
Maggie Lawson
Maggie Lawson plays Juliet O'Hara, who joins the SBPD in the second episode, 'Spellingg Bee', as Lassiter's new partner.
Q 13Why was Lucinda Barry, the head detective's original partner, written out after the pilot?
Test audiences disliked her relationship with Lassiter
Q 21Which actress plays Shawn's mother Madeleine, a police psychologist?
Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Shepherd plays Madeleine Spencer, introduced in the season 3 premiere 'Ghosts', when she returns to Santa Barbara and reveals that she, not Henry, ended the marriage.
Q 22Kurt Fuller plays which recurring character?
Woody the Coroner
Woody the Coroner, full name Woody Strode, is Kurt Fuller's recurring role; he debuted in season 4 and appears in all three Psych movies.
Q 23Sage Brocklebank plays which lovable, naive SBPD officer?
Buzz McNab
Buzz McNab is the earnest SBPD patrolman Shawn and Gus lean on for favours; by the second movie he has been promoted to detective.
Test audiences disliked her relationship with Lassiter, so Anne Dudek's Lucinda was replaced after the pilot; in-story, Shawn exposes the affair and she is transferred.
Q 14Kirsten Nelson plays Karen Vick, who holds what job at the SBPD?
Chief
She was only interim chief in season one and got the permanent title in the episode 'Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead'.
Q 15The show is set in Santa Barbara but filmed where?
British Columbia
British Columbia stood in for California: the seaside town of White Rock, near Vancouver, doubled for the Santa Barbara coast.
Q 16Which 1985 film's main cast appeared on Psych over the years, all except Emilio Estevez?
The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club's Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald guested in later seasons, and two more of its principals took recurring roles; Emilio Estevez never appeared.
Q 17Which 1980s teen-film actress played the serial killer Mr. Yang?
Ally Sheedy
Ally Sheedy played Mr. Yang across three episodes, from the season 3 finale 'An Evening with Mr. Yang' to the season 5 finale 'Yang 3 in 2D'.
Q 18Who plays elusive international art thief Pierre Despereaux?
Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes played Despereaux in four episodes, first in the season 4 premiere and last in the season 8 premiere, opposite Vinnie Jones.
Q 19Which Tears for Fears singer plays himself repeatedly on Psych?
Curt Smith
Curt Smith sang his own version of the theme for 'Shawn 2.0', played himself in several episodes and turns up shot at the mansion party in the 100th episode.
Q 20Which Star Trek captain plays Juliet's estranged con-man father Frank O'Hara?
William Shatner
William Shatner played con man Frank O'Hara in the season 5 episode 'In for a Penny...', while Jeffrey Tambor plays her stepfather Lloyd French.
Q 24Kristy Swanson plays Marlowe Viccellio, who becomes what to Lassiter?
His wife
His wife: they meet at a bar in 'This Episode Sucks', he vows to wait while she serves prison time, and they marry in the season 7 episode 'Deez Nups'.
Q 25Which 1980s teen-film alum plays Harris Trout, the consultant the mayor hires to shake up the SBPD?
Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall plays Harris Trout, introduced in the season 7 finale, who returns to run the SBPD on an interim basis in the final season before being fired.
Q 26Which Oscar winner joins season 8 as Head Detective Betsy Brannigan after Lassiter's promotion?
Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino, Best Supporting Actress winner for Mighty Aphrodite, played Betsy Brannigan once Lassiter was promoted to run the SBPD midway through season 8.
Q 27Which former Twin Peaks star plays Father Wesley, the priest who helps Shawn and Gus?
Ray Wise
Ray Wise, Leland Palmer on Twin Peaks, plays the priest, who debuted in season 4 and also appeared as a small-town sheriff in the Twin Peaks tribute episode.
Q 28What is the name of the season 5 Twin Peaks tribute episode?
Dual Spires
'Dual Spires' aired on December 1, 2010, twenty years to the day after the Twin Peaks episode in which the killer was unmasked to the town.
Q 29In the Twin Peaks tribute episode, the drowned teenager's name is an anagram of which character?
Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer is the anagram of Paula Merral; seven Twin Peaks cast members guested in the episode, recruited with help from Dana Ashbrook.
Q 30What event lures Shawn and Gus to the town in the Twin Peaks tribute episode?
A cinnamon festival
A cinnamon festival draws them to the town, where they eat cinnamon pie at the Sawmill Diner, a nod to Twin Peaks' cherry pie and the Double R Diner.