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49 free The Blacklist trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Blacklist trivia quiz covers all ten seasons of the NBC series, from Raymond Reddington walking into the Hoover Building in September 2013 to his final scene in an Andalusian field in 2023. It asks about the task force (Cooper, Ressler, Aram, Samar, Dembe, Alina Park), the villains (Berlin, the Cabal, Mr. Kaplan's turn, Neville Townsend), the long mystery of who Red really is, and Liz Keen's exit. It also covers how the show was made: the four bigger names approached before James Spader was cast three days before filming, the fedora Spader insisted on, the New York locations doubling for Washington, the animated season-seven finale forced by the pandemic, the record Netflix deal, the Titan comics and novels, and the short-lived spin-off Redemption. Questions run from easy (who plays Red) to expert (Reddington's number on the Most Wanted list). Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Who plays Raymond 'Red' Reddington?
James Spader
James Spader plays Reddington in all ten seasons, a part that brought him a Golden Globe nomination in 2014.
Q 02On which network did The Blacklist air from 2013 to 2023?
NBC
NBC aired all ten seasons, launching it in the post-Voice Monday slot in September 2013 and ending it in July 2023.
Q 03Who created the series?
Jon Bokenkamp
Jon Bokenkamp created the series and shared showrunning duties for its first eight seasons before stepping away in 2021.
Q 04What was Reddington's rank on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list when he surrendered?
Number four
Number four: the pilot introduces Reddington as number four on the Ten Most Wanted list, a former Naval Intelligence officer who vanished two decades earlier.
Q 05To whom does Reddington surrender in the pilot?
Assistant Director Harold Cooper
Assistant Director Harold Cooper: Reddington walks into FBI headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, and gives himself up to Cooper, who runs the task force that follows.
Q 06What are Reddington's two conditions for helping the FBI?
Immunity, and working only with Elizabeth Keen
Immunity, and working only with Elizabeth Keen: Red demands full immunity and insists he will speak only to the rookie profiler, whom he calls 'very special'.
Q 07Who was the first name on the Blacklist, hunted in the pilot episode?
Ranko Zamani
Ranko Zamani, a Serbian terrorist believed dead, is the pilot's target; his plot to kidnap a general's daughter proves Red's intel is real.
Q 08Who plays Elizabeth Keen?
Megan Boone
Megan Boone played Liz from the 2013 pilot through season eight, leaving the series in 2021.
Q 09What was Liz Keen's birth name?
Masha Rostova
Masha Rostova: Liz was born Masha, the daughter of a KGB operative, and was raised in America as Elizabeth Scott by her adoptive father Sam.
Q 10Who plays Tom Keen, Liz's husband with a secret past?
Ryan Eggold
Ryan Eggold plays Tom Keen, the fourth-grade teacher revealed as a deep-cover operative born Christopher Hargrave.
Q 11Who plays Harold Cooper?
Harry Lennix
Harry Lennix plays Harold Cooper, head of the task force, in all ten seasons; Lennix is also General Swanwick in Man of Steel.
Q 12Which agent is the task force's cyber expert?
Aram Mojtabai
Aram Mojtabai, played by Amir Arison, is the task force's computer specialist, promoted from guest to series regular in season two.
Q 13Which intelligence agency did Samar Navabi come from?
Mossad
Mossad: Samar Navabi arrives in season two as an Israeli Mossad agent seconded to the task force, where she stays for five seasons.
Q 21Which real-life fugitive financier did Stacy Keach play in season six?
Robert Vesco
Vesco fled the US with $200 million and was rumoured to have died in 2007, amid theories he faked it.
Q 22What do the task force call their black-site headquarters?
The Post Office
The Post Office: the task force works from a converted postal facility turned black site, nicknamed the Post Office throughout the series.
Q 23Which hat is part of Reddington's signature look?
A fedora
A fedora: Red's hat, worn with a three-piece suit and overcoat, is his trademark from the pilot on, a look built around Spader's shaved head.
Q 14Who is Dembe Zuma?
Reddington's bodyguard and confidant
Reddington's bodyguard and confidant: Dembe, played by Hisham Tawfiq, guards Red from the pilot onward and only joins the FBI task force in season nine.
Q 15What is the real name of Mr. Kaplan, Red's 'cleaner'?
Kathryn Nemec
Kathryn Nemec: Mr. Kaplan, Red's cleaner played by Susan Blommaert, is revealed as Kate Nemec, who once looked after the young Liz.
Q 16Which veteran actor played Fitch, a senior member of the Cabal?
Alan Alda
Alan Alda plays Alan Fitch, the deputy director and Cabal figure who dies in a bomb collar in season two.
Q 17Which actor played the season-one villain Berlin?
Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare plays Berlin, the Russian crime lord whose vendetta drives season one and who is killed midway through season two.
Q 18What unusual interrogation methods does Teddy Brimley use?
Ones involving various animals
Ones involving various animals: Brimley, played by Teddy Coluca, tortures Red's captives with creatures such as a wolverine, usually off-screen to comic effect.
Q 19What is Glen 'Jellybean' Carter's job for Reddington?
Tracker
Tracker: Glen, a DMV clerk played by Clark Middleton, is Red's irritating but brilliant skip tracer, the man he turns to when someone must be found.
Q 20Who plays Marvin Gerard, Red's lawyer?
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens plays Marvin Gerard, Red's disbarred lawyer, introduced in the season-three episode titled after the character.
Q 24How was the season-seven finale completed after the pandemic shut down filming?
With graphic-novel-style animation
With graphic-novel-style animation: the unfinished scenes of 'The Kazanjian Brothers' were rendered as animation mixed with live footage, and season seven stopped at 19 of 22 planned episodes.
Q 25Where is The Blacklist actually filmed, despite being set in Washington, D.C.?
New York
New York: the series shot in New York City, with its main set built on a Chelsea Piers sound stage once used by Law & Order.
Q 26How does Reddington die in the series finale?
Gored by a bull in Andalusia
Gored by a bull in Andalusia: in the 2023 finale Red walks into a Spanish pasture and is killed by a bull; Ressler finds his body.
Q 27How does Liz Keen die at the end of season eight?
Shot by a hitman avenging a crime lord Red killed
Shot by a hitman avenging a crime lord Red killed: Elias Vandyke, bodyguard to the slain Neville Townsend, guns Liz down in the street in the season-eight finale 'Konets'.
Q 28Which congressman investigates the task force in the final season?
Arthur Hudson
Arthur Hudson, a congressman played by Toby Leonard Moore, probes the task force's lavish, unexplained funding in season ten.
Q 29Where does Red promise to retire with his girlfriend at the start of season nine?
Cuba
Cuba: season nine opens two years after Liz's death with Red living quietly in Cuba with Mierce, until the task force draws him back into the game.
Q 30Which season-ten character is the daughter of season-one agent Meera?
Siya Malik
Siya Malik, an MI6 officer played by Anya Banerjee, joins the task force in season ten to learn about her mother Meera's death.