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50 free Six Feet Under trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Six Feet Under opened on Christmas Eve 2000 with a funeral director killed by a bus in his own new hearse, and closed in 2005 with a flash-forward that showed every major character's death. In between, Alan Ball's HBO drama about the Fisher family and their Los Angeles funeral home won nine Emmys, three Golden Globes and a Peabody, and launched Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause and Lauren Ambrose. These 50 questions cover the Fishers and the people who drift through their home: Brenda and Billy Chenowith, Keith, Rico, George, Lisa, Arthur the intern and a guest list that runs from Kathy Bates to Rainn Wilson. They also cover the pilot's abandoned fake commercials, Thomas Newman's theme, the trailer songs, the West Adams house, the awards and every detail of Everyone's Waiting. Easy questions stick to the cast and premise; the hard end asks about writers, florists and soundtrack titles. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you pick something up when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a TV-drama quiz night.
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Q 01Who created Six Feet Under?
Alan Ball
He had just won the Oscar for writing American Beauty.
Q 02What business does the Fisher family run?
A funeral home
Fisher & Sons sits in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.
Q 03In which city is Six Feet Under set?
Los Angeles
Exteriors were shot at a real house on West 25th Street.
Q 04How many seasons did Six Feet Under run?
Five
Sixty-three episodes aired between June 2001 and August 2005.
Q 05Who plays Nate Fisher?
Peter Krause
Krause went straight on to Parenthood and later 9-1-1.
Q 06Who plays David Fisher?
Michael C. Hall
It was his breakout role; he went on to play Dexter Morgan for Showtime.
Q 07Who plays the Fisher matriarch, Ruth?
Frances Conroy
She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2003.
Q 08Who plays Claire Fisher?
Lauren Ambrose
Claire is the rebellious, creative youngest child who ends up at art school.
Q 09Who plays the mortician Federico Diaz?
Freddy Rodriguez
Rico eventually becomes a business partner and the firm becomes Fisher and Diaz.
Q 10What is the job of Keith Charles, David's partner?
LAPD officer
He later runs his own security firm, which leads to his death in the finale's flash-forward.
Q 11Who plays Brenda Chenowith?
Rachel Griffiths
The Australian actress won a Golden Globe for the role in 2001.
Q 12Who plays Brenda's brother Billy?
Jeremy Sisto
Billy has bipolar disorder and was a main cast member only in season one.
Q 13Which actor plays George Sibley, Ruth's second husband?
James Cromwell
George is a geology professor.
Q 14Who plays the late patriarch Nathaniel Fisher Sr.?
Q 21Who composed the series' Emmy-winning main theme?
Thomas Newman
It also won two Grammys in 2003.
Q 22Which Sia song plays over the finale's flash-forward montage?
Breathe Me
It had also been used in the season five teaser trailer.
Q 23Which Coldplay song was used for the season three trailer?
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Season four's trailer used Nina Simone's "Feeling Good".
Q 24Who played Bettina and also directed five episodes?
Richard Jenkins
He dies in the pilot but appears in dreams and flashbacks for all five seasons.
Q 15How does Nathaniel Sr. die in the pilot?
Hit by a bus in his new hearse
It happens on Christmas Eve 2000 while Nate is flying in from Seattle.
Q 16Where had Nate been living before returning home in the pilot?
Seattle
He meets Brenda in an airport encounter on the way in.
Q 17What gimmick appeared only in the pilot and was then dropped?
Parody funeral-product commercials
Each act opened with a humorous fake ad.
Q 18Eric Balfour's Gabe Dimas was originally scripted as what one-off character?
Claire's Meth Date
Alan Ball liked his chemistry with Lauren Ambrose and kept him for three seasons.
Q 19How does almost every episode of the series begin?
With a death
The finale is the exception: it opens with a birth.
Q 20Which HBO executive asked Ball to make his first draft "a little more fucked up"?
Carolyn Strauss
Ball said it was not a note you get in Hollywood very often.
Kathy Bates
Bettina is Sarah's friend and becomes close to Ruth.
Q 25Who plays Sarah O'Connor, Ruth's artist sister in Topanga Canyon?
Patricia Clarkson
She won two Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for the role.
Q 26Who plays Lisa Kimmel, Nate's first wife and Maya's mother?
Lili Taylor
Lisa had been Nate's roommate before they married.
Q 27Which future star of The Office played mortuary intern Arthur Martin?
Rainn Wilson
Arthur's awkward courtship of Ruth ran across seasons three to five.
Q 28Which American Beauty actress played Claire's art-school friend Edie?
Mena Suvari
Alan Ball had written American Beauty three years earlier.
Q 29Who played Joe, Brenda's neighbour and season-four boyfriend?
Justin Theroux
Brenda's later husband is Nate, whose share of the business she inherits.
Q 30Which Buffy actress played the spoiled pop star Celeste?
Michelle Trachtenberg
Keith works on her security detail in season four.