The Blacklist Trivia
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98 free The Blacklist trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 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 said yes only three days before filming began, after the part had been offered to Kiefer Sutherland, Bryan Cranston, Pierce Brosnan and Richard Gere.
Q 02On which network did The Blacklist air from 2013 to 2023?
NBC
NBC bought the series from Sony Pictures Television in 2012, launched it in September 2013 and aired all ten seasons, ending in July 2023.
Q 03Who created The Blacklist?
Jon Bokenkamp
Jon Bokenkamp wrote the pilot and shared showrunning duties for eight seasons; he left in 2021, the day after the season-eight finale aired, but stayed credited as creator.
Q 04By what nickname is Raymond Reddington known in the underworld?
The Concierge of Crime
The Concierge of Crime had spent some twenty years on the run and stood fourth on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list when he walked into its headquarters and gave himself up.
Q 05To whom does Reddington surrender in The Blacklist's 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 does Reddington secure from the FBI in return for his list, besides working only with Elizabeth Keen?
Immunity from prosecution
Immunity from prosecution is the heart of Red's deal; it is torn up in season six, when he is about to be executed, and restored only after he helps catch an assassin.
Q 07Which criminal does Red hand the FBI first, in the pilot of The Blacklist?
Ranko Zamani
Ranko Zamani, a Serbian terrorist the FBI believed dead, plans to kidnap a general's daughter; Red, who hands him over, turns out to have set the plot in motion himself.
Q 08Who plays Elizabeth Keen?
Megan Boone
Megan Boone played Liz from the 2013 pilot until 2021; her exit was settled early enough for the eighth season to be written as the character's final chapter, which ends with Liz's death.
Q 09What first name was Elizabeth Keen given at birth in Moscow?
Masha
Masha was the name she was born with; after the fire that scarred her wrist she was sent to live with Sam, the adoptive father who raised her as Elizabeth Scott.
Q 10Who plays Tom Keen, Liz's husband with a secret past?
Ryan Eggold
Ryan Eggold plays Tom Keen, born Christopher Hargrave; he left in 2017 to lead a spin-off and came back to the parent show as soon as it was cancelled.
Q 11Who plays Harold Cooper?
Harry Lennix
Harry Lennix plays Harold Cooper, head of the task force, in all ten seasons; before acting took over he taught music in Chicago classrooms.
Q 12Which agent is the task force's cyber expert?
Aram Mojtabai
Aram Mojtabai began as a recurring character and joined the main cast in season two; actor Amir Arison left after season nine to star in The Kite Runner on Broadway.
Q 13Which intelligence agency did Samar Navabi come from?
Mossad
Mossad is where Samar Navabi served before joining the task force in season two; in season six the agency sends assassins after her, judging her illness a liability.
Q 21What do the task force call their black-site headquarters?
The Post Office
The Post Office is the task force's secret black site; in season one armed raiders storm it, and Reddington locks himself and the wounded Ressler inside its bulletproof holding cell.
Q 22Which hat is part of Reddington's signature look?
A fedora
A fedora was the leading man's own idea: the producers said no hat, he insisted on trying one for the pilot, and they ended up agreeing it made the character.
Q 23How did The Blacklist finish its season-seven finale after the pandemic shut down filming?
With graphic-novel-style animation
Q 14Who is Dembe Zuma?
Reddington's bodyguard and confidant
Reddington's bodyguard and confidant: Dembe, played by Hisham Tawfiq, guards Red through the first eight seasons, then reappears in season nine as an FBI special agent.
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, a senior US intelligence official and Cabal insider, who is killed in season two when a bomb strapped to him cannot be disarmed.
Q 17Which actor played Berlin, the villain of The Blacklist's first season?
Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare plays Berlin, whose vendetta against Red drives the first season; Red finally shoots him dead in season two, after the two share a bottle of vodka.
Q 18What is Glen 'Jellybean' Carter's job for Reddington?
Tracker
Tracker: Glen, played by Clark Middleton, used his job at the DMV to find people for Red; after Middleton died in 2020, the show gave Glen a memorial with Huey Lewis as a guest.
Q 19Who plays Marvin Gerard, Red's lawyer?
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens plays Marvin Gerard, a former top defence lawyer; in the season-three episode named after him, Red stages a diner hostage-taking as cover for breaking him out of custody.
Q 20Which real-life fugitive financier did Stacy Keach play in The Blacklist's sixth season?
Robert Vesco
Robert Vesco fled the US accused of taking some $200 million of investors' money and was reported dead in 2007, amid suggestions that he had faked his death.
With graphic-novel-style animation: the unfilmed scenes of 'The Kazanjian Brothers' were drawn instead, the cast recorded their lines at home, and the season ended three episodes short.
Q 24Where was The Blacklist actually filmed, despite being set in Washington, D.C.?
New York
New York: the task force's headquarters set stood at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, the studio complex where Law & Order was made, and Washington landmarks were shot on location.
Q 25How does Raymond Reddington die in The Blacklist's series finale?
Gored by a bull
Gored by a bull: weakened by illness, Red walks unarmed onto an abandoned Miura ranch in Andalusia, Spain, and Ressler arrives moments too late to help.
Q 26How does Elizabeth Keen die at the end of The Blacklist's eighth season?
Shot by a rival's henchman
Shot by a rival's henchman: Red had asked Liz to kill him and inherit his empire, and as she hesitates one of the dead crime lord Neville Townsend's men shoots her in the back.
Q 27Which congressman investigates the task force in The Blacklist's final season?
Arthur Hudson
Arthur Hudson, played by Toby Leonard Moore, builds a case against the task force; in the last episodes he shoots Dembe in the neck and is killed by Red on the spot.
Q 28Where is Reddington living with the healer Mierce when The Blacklist's task force finds him in season nine?
Cuba
Cuba: two years after Liz's death, Cooper finds Red there with Mierce and her sister Weecha, his new bodyguard, and he rejoins the task force only after Dembe is hurt.
Q 29Which character joins The Blacklist's task force in season ten as the daughter of the late 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.
Q 30What was the Tom Keen spin-off called?
The Blacklist: Redemption
The Blacklist: Redemption followed Tom Keen for eight episodes in early 2017 before the network cancelled it.