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50 free This is Us trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free This Is Us trivia questions with answers. This Is Us started as an 80-page movie script about octuplets and ended, six seasons and a lot of tissues later, as one of the most-watched dramas on American TV. This quiz covers the Pearson family across every timeline: the triplets born on Jack's 36th birthday, Kyle and the fire-station baby, William 'Shakespeare' Hill, Pittsburgh, the Super Bowl Sunday fire and the faulty slow cooker, the widow-maker heart attack, Louie the dog, Rebecca and Miguel, Randall and Beth, Tess, Annie and Deja, Kevin's acting career and his twins with Madison, Kate, Toby and Philip, Uncle Nicky, Dr K and the flash-forwards. It also covers the cast and the making of the show: Milo Ventimiglia's earlier roles, Mandy Moore's pop career, Sterling K. Brown's Emmy and Golden Globe firsts, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Ron Cephas Jones's two guest Emmys, Dan Fogelman's film scripts, the titles NBC rejected, why Fox sold it, and the 26.97 million who watched after Super Bowl LII. Easy questions cover the family tree and the biggest moments. Medium ones ask about the actors and the production. Hard ones want the number of pages in the original script, the sitcom that gave Fogelman's episode its 'Parenthood' comparison, and whose real house doubled as a location. Every answer has been checked against reference articles on the series and its cast, and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01Who created This Is Us?
Dan Fogelman
He had already written Cars, Tangled and Crazy, Stupid, Love, and later created Paradise.
Q 02On which network did This Is Us air from 2016 to 2022?
NBC
Fox's studio made it but sold it to NBC, which promised to feed it viewers from The Voice and the Olympics.
Q 03What is the surname of the family at the centre of the show?
Pearson
The show follows Jack, Rebecca and their three children across several decades.
Q 04Kevin and Kate are the surviving members of triplets. What was their stillborn brother's name?
Kyle
The babies arrived six weeks premature on Jack's 36th birthday in 1980.
Q 05Where had Randall been abandoned before he was brought to the hospital and adopted by Jack and Rebecca?
A fire station
His biological father, William Hill, left him there; Jack and Rebecca believed they were meant to have three children.
Q 06How old were the Big Three when Jack died?
17
He suffered a heart attack after a fire at the family home.
Q 07Whom does Rebecca marry after being widowed?
Miguel Rivas
Miguel Rivas is played by Jon Huertas.
Q 08In which city are the Big Three born and raised?
Pittsburgh
As adults Kate lives in Los Angeles, Randall in New Jersey and later Philadelphia, and Kevin bounces between LA and New York.
Q 09What are the names of Randall and Beth's two biological daughters?
Tess and Annie
They later adopt an older girl, Deja.
Q 10What is Kevin's profession?
Actor
He is successful but struggles to be taken seriously.
Q 11Which career does Kate pursue after marrying Toby?
Music
She also gets a degree and becomes a mother.
Q 12William Hill, Randall's biological father, has what nickname?
Shakespeare
Ron Cephas Jones won two guest-actor Emmys for the role, in 2018 and 2020.
Q 13Griffin Dunne plays which relative of the family?
Jack's brother Nicky
Michael Angarano plays Nicky as a young adult.
Q 14Who is the mother of Kevin's twins, Franny and Nick?
Q 21The episode revealing Jack's death aired straight after which sporting event in February 2018?
The NFL championship game
It drew 26.97 million viewers, the show's biggest audience and the highest-rated scripted post-Super Bowl telecast since House in 2008.
Q 22In the fire, Jack goes back into the house to rescue what?
Kate's dog Louie and some mementos
Among the mementos is the audition tape Kate later watches on the 20th anniversary of his death.
Q 23How exactly does Jack die after the fire?
Madison Simons
Madison Simons is Kate's best friend and Kevin's ex-fiancee; he ends up marrying childhood sweetheart Sophie.
Q 15Kate's second husband, Philip, is played by which English actor?
Chris Geere
Philip is her co-worker; Chris Sullivan plays first husband Toby.
Q 16Where was This Is Us mainly filmed?
Los Angeles
A few scenes were shot in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and once in Memphis; one LA location was actress Alyson Hannigan's real home.
Q 17The creator's original 80-page movie script, which became the show, was about what?
Eight adults who turn out to be octuplets
He cut it to 45 pages and turned it into a series after moving to 20th Century Fox Television.
Q 18Which of these was NOT one of the rejected alternative titles for the show?
Family Tree
NBC's Jennifer Salke said 'the title didn't come easy'.
Q 19How many episodes did NBC order for the first full season?
18
In January 2017 it renewed the show for two more 18-episode seasons, and in May 2019 for three more.
Q 20How many seasons of This Is Us were made?
Six
The final season premiered on January 4, 2022 and production wrapped that May.
A 'widow maker' heart attack at the hospital
Rebecca had stepped out of his room to handle logistics; she goes into denial until she sees his body.
Q 24What household appliance causes the family's house fire in 1998?
An old slow cooker with a faulty switch
It was a gift from a neighbour who was moving away; the plot point caused a real-world PR headache for Crock-Pot.
Q 25Where was Kevin on the night of the fire?
At Sophie's house
Kate is the one who finds him and tells him their father is dead.
Q 26In the flash-forward at the end of 'Super Bowl Sunday', the adult Tess is revealed to be working as what?
A social worker
An older Randall arrives to have dinner with her, keeping the promise he made when she was a child.
Q 27Milo Ventimiglia, who plays Jack, first broke through as brooding teen Jess Mariano on which series?
Gilmore Girls
He went on to play Peter Petrelli in Heroes and Rocky's son in Rocky Balboa and Creed II.
Q 28Ventimiglia's slightly crooked mouth is the result of what?
Damaged facial nerves from birth
The left side of his mouth is immobile, much like Sylvester Stallone, with whom he worked on Rocky Balboa.
Q 29Mandy Moore, who plays Rebecca, first found fame in 1999 with which debut single?
Candy
She later starred in A Walk to Remember and voiced Rapunzel in Tangled, a Fogelman-scripted film.
Q 30Which Disney princess did Mandy Moore voice?
Rapunzel
Tangled (2010) was written by Dan Fogelman, six years before he cast her as Rebecca.