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50 free Reservation Dogs trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Reservation Dogs arrived on FX on Hulu in August 2021 as the first American series with an all-Native writers' room and an almost entirely Indigenous cast and crew, and it left three seasons later with two Peabodys, five Emmy nominations and a finale critics called near-perfect. Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi built a small Oklahoma town, Okern, where four grieving teenagers commit petty crime, dodge the NDN Mafia and plan an escape to California that never goes to plan. These 50 questions cover the whole run: the pilot's stolen delivery truck, William Knifeman's dubious war record, the Aunties' IHS conference, Cheese's ride-along with Big, the 1976 flashback episode and Old Man Fixico's funeral. There are questions on the cast too — the four young leads, Zahn McClarnon, Gary Farmer, Lily Gladstone, Graham Greene and the surprising guest stars, from Bill Burr to a US Poet Laureate. Easy questions stick to the main characters and setting; the hard tier asks about episode writers, Harjo's earlier films and the actors' first roles. 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 01Who co-created Reservation Dogs with Taika Waititi?
Sterlin Harjo
Harjo, from Holdenville, Oklahoma, took the lead on the show while Waititi played a more supporting role.
Q 02In which US state do the Rez Dogs live?
Oklahoma
The first season was filmed entirely in Oklahoma, a first for a scripted series.
Q 03On which streaming service did Reservation Dogs premiere in 2021?
Hulu
It premiered on August 9, 2021, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
Q 04How many seasons of Reservation Dogs were made?
Three
Harjo announced in June 2023 that the show would end with its third season, which concluded that September.
Q 05Where do the Rez Dogs dream of moving to?
California
Their late friend Daniel had dreamed of the trip, and the gang tries to make it in his honor.
Q 06Who plays Bear Smallhill?
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Woon-A-Tai was born in Toronto and has a fraternal twin brother, Mi'De Xxavier.
Q 07Which actress plays Elora Danan Postoak?
Devery Jacobs
Jacobs later joined the writers' room and directed a season 3 episode.
Q 08Elora Danan is named after a character from which 1988 fantasy film?
Willow
Elora is the most responsible member of the gang and lost her mother as a toddler.
Q 09What is Willie Jack's full first name?
Wilhelmina
Her full name is Wilhelmina Jacqueline Sampson; Daniel was her cousin.
Q 10Who plays Willie Jack?
Paulina Alexis
Alexis first auditioned for Elora; Willie Jack was rewritten from a male character after she was cast.
Q 11What is the name of Bear's spirit guide?
William Knifeman
Dallas Goldtooth plays the self-proclaimed warrior, who also appears to Uncle Brownie in season 2.
Q 12At which battle does Bear's spirit guide claim he died?
Little Bighorn
He admits he did not do any actual fighting there — he died falling off his horse.
Q 13Who plays Officer Big, the superstitious lighthorseman?
Zahn McClarnon
McClarnon also leads AMC's Dark Winds as Joe Leaphorn.
Q 14Which actor plays Uncle Brownie, Elora's hermit uncle?
Q 21Which comedian plays Elora's driving instructor and former basketball coach?
Bill Burr
In 'California Dreamin'' he takes Elora on a wild ride away from a shootout instead of finishing her test.
Q 22Who plays Gene, the head of the group home Cheese is sent to?
Marc Maron
Gene forces the Native and Black youth in his care into 'recovery' circles despite none of them being addicts.
Q 23Which rock frontman appears as 'White Jesus of Los Angeles'?
Brandon Boyd
The Incubus singer turns up during the gang's ill-fated California trip.
Gary Farmer
Farmer is best known as Nobody in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, a role he reprised in Ghost Dog.
Q 15What is the name of the rival teen gang led by Jackie?
NDN Mafia
Jackie grew up in the city and bonds with Elora during their first attempt to reach California.
Q 16What is the stage name of Bear's estranged rapper father?
Punkin Lusty
He is hired to perform at the clinic's Diabetes Awareness Frybread Feast, then cancels on Bear.
Q 17Kenny Boy, who keeps insisting he is Native, owns what local business?
A salvage yard
Kirk Fox plays Kenny Boy, who peppers his speech with mispronounced Navajo, Lakota and Ojibwe words.
Q 18Who plays Dr. Kang, the physician at the tribal clinic?
Bobby Lee
Dr. Kang flirts with Bear's mom in the episode 'NDN Clinic'.
Q 19Which mythical being does Kaniehtiio Horn play?
Deer Lady
Season 3 gives her an origin story at an abusive boarding school called St. Nicholas Training School.
Q 20Which Oscar nominee guest stars as Hokti, Daniel's imprisoned mother?
Lily Gladstone
Hokti is a medicine woman who has neglected her practice; an ancestral spirit named Gram pesters her to resume.
Q 24Which actor plays Rick, Elora's long-absent father?
Ethan Hawke
Hawke later starred in Harjo's follow-up FX series The Lowdown.
Q 25Which town hosted the filming of the pilot?
Okmulgee
Season 2 was also filmed on location there, in the Muscogee Nation.
Q 26Which Native sketch comedy group had all its members work on the show?
The 1491s
Four of the five members worked on season one; Ryan RedCorn joined the writers' room for season two.
Q 27What later FX series by the co-creator is set in the same universe?
The Lowdown
Its lead actor also appears in Reservation Dogs, playing a different character.
Q 28How many Peabody Awards did Reservation Dogs win?
Two
It also won two Independent Spirit Awards and made AFI's top ten three years running.
Q 29How many Primetime Emmy nominations did the series receive?
Five
They included Outstanding Comedy Series and a lead actor nod for D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.
Q 30In the pilot, what do the Rez Dogs steal and sell to fund their escape?
A delivery truck
The NDN Mafia then drive by and pelt them with paintballs, causing Bear to faint and meet his spirit guide.