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50 free Severance trivia questions with answers. Are you a true fan of Apple TV+'s mind-bending thriller Severance? Put your knowledge to the test with our comprehensive trivia quiz featuring questions about the show's plot, characters, and unforgettable moments. See how well you remember Mark Scout's journey at Lumon Industries and uncover what you might have missed.
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Q 01What is the name of the fictional biotechnology company in Severance that employs the severed workers?
Lumon Industries
Lumon Industries is the sinister biotechnology corporation that pioneered the severance procedure.
Q 02Where did Mark Scout teach World War I history before he joined Lumon?
Ganz College
He lost the job after coming to work drunk while grieving, and had been at Lumon for two years when the series opens.
Q 03Which Lumon perk is Dylan G. famously obsessed with?
Finger traps
Dylan G. is devoted to finger traps, the cheap toy perk he collects and brandishes throughout season one, valuing them above Lumon's other rewards.
Q 04Who created the television series "Severance"?
Dan Erickson
Erickson conceived the show while working an office job at a door factory, and his pilot script made the 2016 Blood List of best unproduced genre screenplays.
Q 05Which department do Mark, Dylan, Irving, and Helly work in at Lumon Industries?
Macrodata Refinement
The main characters, Mark, Dylan, Irving, and Helly, are all part of the Macrodata Refinement (MDR) department, where they sort mysterious numbers.
Q 06What is the purpose of the "Break Room" on the severed floor of Lumon Industries?
Punishing rule-breaking employees
Offenders must read an apology aloud until Milchick judges it sincere; Helly once needed 1,072 attempts.
Q 07Who portrays Seth Milchick, the cheerful yet intimidating supervisor on the severed floor?
Tramell Tillman
Tramell Tillman plays Seth Milchick, a key figure on the severed floor who enforces Lumon's rules and manages the employees.
Q 08What is the full name of Mark S.'s best friend who mysteriously left Lumon and sought out Mark's outie?
Peter Kilmer
Peter 'Petey' Kilmer was Mark's closest friend in Macrodata Refinement; after secretly reintegrating he tracked down Mark's outie, and his daughter June later fronts a band that plays an anti-Lumon song.
Q 09What is the name of Mark S.'s sister, who worries about his choice to be severed?
Devon Scout-Hale
Jen Tullock plays Devon Scout-Hale, Mark's sister, who is a vocal critic of the severance procedure and worries about Mark's well-being.
Q 10In Severance, what is the term for the personality that exists only on Lumon's severed floor?
The Innie
The Innie knows only the office; the 'outie' lives the personal life with no knowledge of the job.
Q 11Who is the wellness counselor on the severed floor?
Ms. Casey
Ms. Casey, portrayed by Dichen Lachman, serves as the wellness counselor at Lumon, conducting often unsettling "wellness checks" with the innies.
Q 12Who is Helly R.'s outie revealed to be?
Helena Eagan, the CEO's daughter
Her father thanks her for agreeing to be severed and reveals that Lumon intends to sever the entire human population.
Q 13Who is the primary director and executive producer of "Severance"?
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller directed six of season one's nine episodes, including the pilot, and serves as an executive producer; Aoife McArdle directed the other three.
Q 21What is the term for the procedure Petey underwent to reverse his severance?
Reintegration
Reintegration is the illicit reversal of severance; Petey's chip was surgically altered so his innie and outie memories bled together, something Lumon insists is impossible.
Q 22What happens to Petey while showering in Mark's basement?
He hallucinates Lumon and collapses
In the shower Petey hallucinates that he is back on Lumon's severed floor and collapses; his reintegrating memories blur past and present, and he later collapses again at a gas station.
Q 23What does Petey show Mark's outie in the abandoned greenhouse?
Q 14What is the name of the self-help book written by Mark's brother-in-law, Ricken?
The You You Are
Ricken Hale's self-help book is The You You Are; Apple released it as a real book in 2022, with an audiobook narrated by Michael Chernus in character as Ricken.
Q 15What is the name of Irving's outie's dog?
Radar
Irving's outie lives alone with a dog named Radar, his only companion at home between shifts on the severed floor.
Q 16In Severance, under what false identity does Harmony Cobel live next door to Mark's outie?
Mrs. Selvig
Mrs. Selvig is the cover for Cobel, who manages the severed floor by day and then goes home next door to Mark.
Q 17Irving finds at least seven employees toiling in which department's hidden back room?
Optics & Design
Irving discovers a hidden back room in Optics & Design crowded with workers, proving Burt's department is far larger than the two employees, Burt and Felicia, that Lumon admitted to.
Q 18In Severance, which reward does Dylan receive at the end of season one, complete with a mask and dancers?
A waffle party
A waffle party, in which Dylan dons a Kier Eagan mask in a replica of Kier's bedroom; Dan Erickson said the idea began as a writers' room joke.
Q 19Who founded Lumon Industries in Severance, and is worshipped with cult-like devotion within the company?
Kier Eagan
Kier Eagan appears in sculptures, paintings and audio recordings, and a life-sized replica of his home sits inside the office.
Q 20What drove Mark Scout to have himself severed?
To forget a personal tragedy
Mark had himself severed to forget a personal tragedy: his wife was reported killed in a car crash, and the severed floor gave him eight hours a day free of that grief.
A hand-drawn map of the severed floor
In the greenhouse Petey unrolls a hand-drawn map of the severed floor he sketched from memory, proof that reintegration gave his outie access to his innie's knowledge.
Q 24What is the name of the Lumon security chief on the severed floor?
Doug Graner
Doug Graner is the head of security on Lumon's severed floor, a key figure in enforcing the company's protocols.
Q 25What does Milchick gift the MDR team after Helly hits a refinement threshold?
A "Music Dance Experience"
The Music Dance Experience, with Milchick's cart of instruments and Helly's pick of 'Defiant Jazz', sours when Dylan attacks Milchick, enraged that he cannot know anything about his son.
Q 26What is the "Overtime Contingency" protocol, as revealed to the MDR team?
Waking an innie outside the office
The MDR team learns of it after obtaining a security access card, and uses it to wake three innies at once.
Q 27How does Helly's innie try to escape Lumon for good in "The You You Are"?
Hanging herself with an extension cord
Security cuts the cord in time; she survives, and her outie refuses to let her quit.
Q 28Which ex-Lumon surgeon secretly reintegrates Petey?
Asal Reghabi
Asal Reghabi, played by Karen Aldridge, is the former Lumon surgeon who performs reintegrations off the books, operating on Petey and later on Mark.
Q 29Which real building stood in for the exterior of Lumon's headquarters?
Bell Labs Holmdel Complex
The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex in New Jersey, a 1962 glass-walled research campus, stood in for Lumon's headquarters exterior and lobby in season one.
Q 30Which head of another department becomes Irving's love interest?
Burt Goodman
Burt Goodman, head of Optics & Design, becomes Irving's love interest; they bond over the Kier paintings in Burt's office before Burt is pushed into retirement late in season one.