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50 free Sharp Objects trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Sharp Objects was HBO's slow-burn summer of 2018: Amy Adams as a reporter sent back to her Missouri hometown to cover two murdered girls, Patricia Clarkson as the mother who never stopped hovering, and Jean-Marc Vallée shooting it all like a fever dream with only the music the characters could hear. It was the last thing Vallée directed, and it argued its way onto screen through what the showrunner called toe-to-toe screaming matches. These 50 questions cover the series and the book behind it: Camille Preaker, Wind Gap, Adora and Amma Crellin, Marian, Detective Willis from Kansas City, the St. Louis Chronicle editor, the Franz Waxman theme from A Place in the Sun, the four Led Zeppelin songs, the Barnesville shoot, the ATX premiere, Clarkson's Golden Globe and the eight Emmy nominations. On the novel side there is Gillian Flynn writing it on nights and weekends at Entertainment Weekly, the Shaye Areheart edition, the CWA Daggers, the pork-farming fortune and the Mystic River inspiration. Easy questions stick to the stars and the town; the hardest ask about the music supervisor, the second episode's electronic remix and the film version that never got made. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a thriller night.
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Q 01Who wrote the 2006 novel on which the miniseries is based?
Gillian Flynn
It was her debut, written on nights and weekends while she worked as a magazine reporter.
Q 02Who plays the reporter Camille Preaker?
Amy Adams
She also served as an executive producer and sat through three hours of prosthetic makeup on filming days.
Q 03In which year did the miniseries premiere on HBO?
2018
It debuted on July 8, a month after its world premiere at the ATX Television Festival.
Q 04What is the name of Camille's hometown?
Wind Gap, Missouri
It is fictional; Flynn herself was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Q 05Who plays Camille's overbearing socialite mother, Adora?
Patricia Clarkson
She won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film for the part.
Q 06What is Adora's surname?
Crellin
Camille kept the Preaker name; her half-sisters Amma and Marian are Crellins.
Q 07Which Australian actress plays Camille's half-sister Amma?
Eliza Scanlen
She had been Tabitha Ford on the soap Home and Away before the role made her name.
Q 08Who plays Detective Richard Willis?
Chris Messina
Willis comes from Kansas City to help with the murder investigation.
Q 09Where does Detective Willis arrive from to assist the investigation?
Kansas City
Flynn grew up in that city's Coleman Highlands neighbourhood.
Q 10Who directed every episode of the miniseries?
Jean-Marc Vallée
It was his final directing work; he died suddenly in December 2021.
Q 11Who created the series and served as showrunner?
Marti Noxon
She convinced the network the story worked better as a limited series than a film.
Q 12How many episodes does the miniseries have?
8
HBO confirmed after episode three that, unlike Big Little Lies, it would not return.
Q 13In the series, Camille works for which newspaper?
St. Louis Chronicle
In the novel she writes for The Daily Post, a small Chicago paper.
Q 14Who plays Camille's editor, Frank Curry?
Q 21Which award did the actress playing Adora win for the role?
A Golden Globe
She was also nominated for the Emmy and the SAG Award but did not win those.
Q 22How many Primetime Emmy nominations did the series receive?
8
They included Outstanding Limited Series and acting nods for Adams and Clarkson.
Q 23Each episode's title sequence reinterprets a Franz Waxman piece from which 1951 film?
A Place in the Sun
The track is "Dance and Angela"; episode two used an electronic treatment by Jeffrey Brodsky.
What is unusual about the music in the series?
Miguel Sandoval
In the novel, Curry and his wife take Camille in as their own daughter at the end.
Q 15Who are the two murdered girls whose deaths Camille is sent to cover?
Ann Nash and Natalie Keene
Natalie's brother John becomes a suspect in the town's eyes.
Q 16What was the name of Camille's half-sister who died in childhood?
Marian
Lulu Wilson plays her in flashbacks.
Q 17Which It star plays the young Camille in flashbacks?
Sophia Lillis
She was cast in May 2017 alongside Sydney Sweeney in recurring roles.
Q 18Who plays Jackie O'Neill, the town gossip and family friend?
Elizabeth Perkins
Perkins was among the series regulars announced in March 2017.
Q 19Who plays Wind Gap police chief Bill Vickery?
Matt Craven
In the novel Vickery tells Camille off the record that he thinks the killer is local.
Q 20Who plays Camille's stepfather, Alan?
Henry Czerny
Alan is Adora's husband and father to Amma and Marian.
All of it is diegetic, heard from a source in the scene
Headphones and stereos carry every song; there is no traditional score.
Q 25The series secured rights to four songs by which notoriously protective band?
Led Zeppelin
The band liked the idea that music was Camille's escape and approved the use.
Q 26Who was the series' music supervisor?
Susan Jacobs
She pitched the band on how pivotal music was to the lead character's life.
Q 27Which Georgia town served as a filming location?
Barnesville
Other locations included Mendocino, Redwood Valley and Santa Clarita in California.
Q 28What was the main source of the reported on-set clashes between Noxon and Vallée?
His refusal to stick closely to the scripts
Noxon said he told stories through pictures while she loved language.
Q 29At which university did Noxon say she studied theatre before becoming a writer?
Wesleyan
She cited the beauty of Southern Gothic language as central to her approach.
Q 30Which British director was attached to a film version of the novel in 2008?
Andrea Arnold
The Pathé project never materialised.