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53 free Teen Wolf trivia questions with answers. Teen Wolf means two very different things depending on when you grew up: Michael J. Fox surfing on a van and hitting free throws for the Beavers, or Tyler Posey's Scott McCall keeping Beacon Hills alive through six seasons of Alphas, kanimas, nogitsunes, Dread Doctors and Ghost Riders. This quiz covers both, plus Teen Wolf Too, the 1986 cartoon and Teen Wolf: The Movie on Paramount+, with the MTV series taking the bigger share. Questions start easy (who plays Scott, what sport he plays in each version, what Lydia is) and climb to genuinely hard ones about the cartoon's town, the pilot's director, Stiles's real first name and who composed the score. Every answer was checked against a documented source and the citation is shown under each explanation, so a pack argument about which season had 24 episodes can be settled on the spot. Play it solo, or use it as a Teen Wolf round for a rewatch party with people who still have opinions about the finale.
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Q 01Who plays Scott Howard, the high-schooler who discovers he is a werewolf, in the 1985 film Teen Wolf?
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox stars as Scott Howard; the film was shot in late 1984 and held back until August 23, 1985, to ride the fame of his blockbuster that summer.
Q 02In the 1985 film, which sport does Scott Howard's werewolf strength turn him into a star at?
Basketball
Scott's werewolf speed and strength turn the hapless Beacon Town basketball team into winners, though he plays the final game in human form.
Q 03How does Scott Howard first learn the truth about himself in the 1985 film?
He transforms in his bathroom at home
His father Harold, also a werewolf, then explains it as a family curse.
Q 04Who directed the original 1985 Teen Wolf?
Rod Daniel
Rod Daniel directed Teen Wolf, his feature debut; he went on to make Like Father Like Son (1987) with Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron, and K-9 (1989).
Q 05Who plays Scott's werewolf father Harold in the 1985 film and Uncle Harold in the sequel?
James Hampton
James Hampton plays Harold Howard, the mild-mannered hardware-store owner who is himself a werewolf; he returned as Uncle Harold in Teen Wolf Too.
Q 06The 1987 sequel Teen Wolf Too swapped the original's sport for which one?
Boxing
Teen Wolf Too sends Scott's cousin Todd to Hamilton University, where his werewolf form makes him a boxing star; critics savaged the film.
Q 07Which future Arrested Development star made his feature-film debut as Todd Howard in Teen Wolf Too?
Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman, already a TV regular on Silver Spoons, made his feature-film debut as Todd Howard; he later played Michael Bluth in Arrested Development.
Q 08The 1986 animated Teen Wolf series moved Scott and his werewolf family to a town called what?
Wolverton
The cartoon relocates the Howards to Wolverton; it ran for 21 episodes on CBS and added a little sister, Lupe, and werewolf grandparents absent from the film.
Q 09Who voiced Scott Howard in the 1986 animated series?
Townsend Coleman
Townsend Coleman voiced Scott Howard in the cartoon and went on to voice Michelangelo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series from 1987.
Q 10Who developed the 2011 MTV Teen Wolf series?
Jeff Davis
Davis, who had created Criminal Minds, wanted 'a darker, sexier and edgier version' of the 1985 film.
Q 11The MTV series premiered on June 5, 2011, immediately after what broadcast?
The MTV Movie Awards
Teen Wolf premiered right after the 2011 MTV Movie Awards on June 5, 2011, drawing about 2.17 million viewers.
Q 12How many episodes did MTV's Teen Wolf run for across its six seasons?
100
Teen Wolf ran for exactly 100 episodes over six seasons on MTV, beginning in June 2011; the hundredth was the series finale, 'The Wolves of War'.
Q 13In the MTV series, Scott McCall plays which sport for his high school?
Lacrosse
Scott plays lacrosse for his high school; his new werewolf abilities lift him from the bench to first line under Coach Finstock, played by comedian Orny Adams.
Q 21Derek Hale's family died when their house was burned down by whom?
Kate Argent
Kate seduced a teenage Derek to get inside; she is later killed by Peter, then resurrected as a werejaguar.
Q 22At the end of season 1, how does Derek Hale become an Alpha?
By killing his uncle Peter
The season also ends with Jackson asking Derek for the bite, which sets up the kanima storyline.
Q 23What supernatural creature does Lydia Martin turn out to be?
A banshee
Her screams announce approaching death; in season 4 another banshee, Meredith Walker, turns out to be the Benefactor behind the dead pool.
Q 14The MTV series is set in which fictional California town?
Beacon Hills
The series is set in Beacon Hills, a fictional California town whose Nemeton, a sacred druid tree stump, draws supernatural creatures to it.
Q 15Where were the first two seasons of the MTV series filmed before production moved to Los Angeles?
Atlanta
Seasons one and two were shot in Atlanta, Georgia; the production moved to Los Angeles for season three after winning a California film and TV tax credit.
Q 16Who directed the pilot of the MTV series and later returned to direct Teen Wolf: The Movie?
Russell Mulcahy
Mulcahy is best known for Highlander and a stack of 1980s music videos, including 'Video Killed the Radio Star.'
Q 17Who plays Scott McCall in the MTV series?
Tyler Posey
Tyler Posey plays Scott McCall across all 100 episodes and the 2023 movie; he was 19 when the series premiered.
Q 18Dylan O'Brien plays Scott's best friend Stiles, whose real first name is revealed in season 6 to be what?
Mieczyslaw
Stiles's real name is Mieczyslaw; as a toddler he could only manage 'Mischief', which became his mother Claudia's nickname for him.
Q 19Who bites Scott McCall in the woods in the pilot, turning him into a werewolf?
Peter Hale
Peter, Derek's uncle, is the season-one Alpha, lying apparently comatose in the hospital between attacks.
Q 20What makes Scott a 'True Alpha', a status he reaches in the third season?
He rose without killing anyone for it
It is treated as happening only once in a hundred years, and it is why the Alpha Pack wants him.
Q 24The Argent family in the MTV series comes from a long line of what?
Werewolf hunters
The Argents are werewolf hunters; their name is French for silver, and the family code is 'we hunt those who hunt us'.
Q 25In season 2 Jackson Whittemore's bite goes wrong and he becomes what reptilian shapeshifter?
A kanima
Jackson becomes a kanima, a lizard-like creature that seeks a master; Matt Daehler and then Gerard Argent control him until Lydia's love turns him into a werewolf.
Q 26How does Scott foil the elder Argent's plan to cure his cancer by taking the bite?
He swapped his pills for mountain ash
The bite rejects him spectacularly, and Gerard oozes black blood before escaping to return in later seasons.
Q 27Which three teens does Derek bite to build his pack in season 2?
Isaac, Erica and Boyd
Erica and Boyd do not survive the Alpha Pack; Isaac, played by Daniel Sharman, leaves for France with Chris Argent.
Q 28The first half of the third season pits the pack against the Alpha Pack, led by which blind 'Demon Wolf'?
Deucalion
Deucalion, the self-styled 'Demon Wolf', leads the Alpha Pack; blinded by Gerard Argent years earlier, he has his sight restored by the Darach at the end of 3A.
Q 29The Darach, season three's druid killing in threes, is which high-school teacher?
Jennifer Blake
Jennifer Blake, the new English teacher played by Haley Webb, is the Darach; she dates Derek while sacrificing victims in threes to gain power.
Q 30What Japanese spirit possesses Stiles in the back half of the third season?
A nogitsune
A nogitsune, a dark trickster fox spirit that feeds on chaos and pain, possesses Stiles; it returns as the villain of Teen Wolf: The Movie in 2023.