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50 free Riverdale trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
These Riverdale trivia questions cover all seven seasons of The CW's Archie Comics adaptation, from Jason Blossom's body washing up in Sweetwater River in 2017 to the gang waking up in 1955 and Betty's final walk into Pop's in the Sweet Hereafter. Every big mystery is here: who really killed Jason, who was under the Black Hood, who wore the Gargoyle King costume, what the Farm was harvesting, and how the whole town ended up in the parallel universe of Rivervale. There are also questions on the cast and the making of the show: the four-month search that found KJ Apa, why Reggie was recast, the musical episodes built around Carrie and Heathers, the Vancouver diner set so convincing a trucker tried to eat there, the Luke Perry tribute, and the spin-offs Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Katy Keene. Easy questions cover the core four and their parents; the hard ones are for people who remember Fizzle Rocks, the Midnight Club and the Baxter Brothers. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its seasons and its episodes, and each question quotes the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01Riverdale is based on the characters of which comic book publisher?
Archie Comics
The publisher's own chief creative officer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, adapted it for television.
Q 02On which US network did Riverdale premiere on January 26, 2017?
The CW
Fox had held the project first but passed on it in 2014, and development moved the following year.
Q 03Who plays Archie Andrews?
KJ Apa
He was cast in February 2016 after a four-month worldwide search, and was one of the last actors to audition.
Q 04Which actress plays Veronica Lodge?
Camila Mendes
Her character is a former Manhattan 'it girl' who moves to town after her father is jailed.
Q 05How many seasons of Riverdale aired in total?
Seven
That added up to 137 episodes, an unusually long run for a teen drama in the streaming era.
Q 06In which Canadian city was Riverdale filmed?
Vancouver
The Pop's diner set there was so convincing that a truck driver once parked his 18-wheeler outside expecting to eat.
Q 07Whose death, a supposed drowning the summer before school starts, drives the mystery of season one?
Jason Blossom
The victim was Cheryl's twin brother, captain of the Bulldogs and heir to the family maple syrup business.
Q 08Which season-one killer murdered his own son to protect the family's drug secret?
Clifford Blossom
Police then found him hanged in the syrup distillery when they came to arrest him.
Q 09With whom does Archie have a secret affair in the early episodes of season one?
Miss Grundy, the music teacher
Betty and Veronica later discover that 'Geraldine Grundy' does not exist and find a gun and an ID with another name.
Q 10What is the name of the school newspaper Betty revives, later run with Jughead?
The Blue and Gold
Its first assignment was interviewing the Adventure Scouts who found Cheryl at the river.
Q 11What family secret do Betty and Alice uncover when they catch Hal destroying evidence in season one?
The Coopers are Blossoms by blood
The revelation made Polly and Jason's relationship technically incest, which is exactly as awkward as it sounds.
Q 12After her father's death, Cheryl attempts suicide at which location, only to be saved by the core four?
Sweetwater River
She then burns down Thornhill mansion in the same finale.
Q 13Season two opens with Archie rushing which character to hospital after a shooting?
Fred Andrews
Q 21What is the street name of the drug that the Ghoulies deal in season two?
Jingle Jangle
Season three's drug of choice was a different one, tied to the Gargoyle King's game.
Q 22Season three revolves around a role-playing game that grips the town. What is it called?
Gryphons and Gargoyles
The parents had played it too, back when they were the Midnight Club.
Q 23Which cult starts indoctrinating Riverdale residents in season three?
The Farm
It turned out to be harvesting its followers' organs, and its leader Edgar Evernever 'ascended' when Alice shot him.
The shooter took no money from the register, which told Betty and Jughead it was a hit rather than a robbery.
Q 14What is the name of the masked shooter who terrorises the town throughout season two?
The Black Hood
He announced himself in a letter to the Coopers, promising to target sinners.
Q 15Which character reveals himself to Betty and Alice as the man behind the season-two mask?
Hal Cooper
A copycat second shooter turned out to be Tall Boy, who was killed by an officer.
Q 16Which Stephen King story was the basis for the season-two musical episode?
Carrie
Kevin directed the show, and Midge replaced Cheryl in the lead role after threats supposedly from the season's masked killer.
Q 17Which actor took over the role of Reggie Mantle in season two after Ross Butler left for 13 Reasons Why?
Charles Melton
Butler later returned once, as an alternate-universe Reggie in the 100th episode.
Q 18Which of these actors plays Hiram Lodge, Veronica's gangster father?
Mark Consuelos
The actor's real-life wife Kelly Ripa guest-starred as Hiram's mistress, and their son played a young Hiram in a flashback.
Q 19What is the name of the gang Jughead's father once led on the wrong side of the tracks?
The Southside Serpents
Toni Topaz eventually became its leader, and Jughead wore its crown for a while too.
Q 20What is the name of the vigilante group Archie founds in season two to protect Riverdale High students?
The Red Circle
His viral video announcing it got him ordered to disband by Principal Weatherbee.
Q 24Who is unmasked as the mastermind behind the Gargoyle King's game in the season-three finale?
Penelope Blossom
The man actually wearing the costume was Chic, the impostor who had posed as Betty's brother.
Q 25Season three's flashback episode pays homage to which 1985 John Hughes film?
The Breakfast Club
The teenage cast played their own characters' parents, and the actor who plays Hiram had his son Michael play the young version.
Q 26Which musical did Cheryl demand the school stage in season three?
Heathers
The season-four variety show later had Kevin attempting a song from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Q 27What is the season three drug whose bad batch leaves a brothel client foaming at the mouth?
Fizzle Rocks
It was known on the street as 'G' and was made in the prison Hiram was building.
Q 28Luke Perry, who played Archie's father, died in March 2019. Which episode was the first dedicated to him?
Chapter Forty-Nine: Fire Walk with Me
It aired two days after his death; the season-four premiere was then written as a full tribute to Fred.
Q 29In season four, Jughead transfers to which elite boarding school?
Stonewall Prep
His hostile roommate Bret and classmate Donna framed him for his own apparent murder there.
Q 30What series of mystery novels does Jughead win the contract to write in season four?
The Baxter Brothers
He then discovered his own grandfather had written the first book, which the credited author denied.