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64 free TV Shows trivia questions with answers. Sixty-plus TV trivia questions and answers spanning the whole history of the small screen: the golden-age westerns and anthology shows, the sitcoms and soaps that drew 90-million-viewer audiences, and the prestige dramas and streaming hits of the last two decades. Expect Cheers and Gunsmoke next to Breaking Bad, The Bear and Squid Game. The set starts with easy crowd-pleasers (which sitcom hung out at Central Perk?) and works up to record ratings, rejected pilots and finale details only serious viewers remember. Play it solo, or lift a round for a pub quiz or family night. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and network sources, and each question carries its citation. No recycled listicle errors.
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Q 01Which sitcom's six Manhattan twenty-somethings spend their days on an orange couch at the Central Perk coffee shop?
Friends
Friends ran ten seasons from 1994 to 2004, with Rachel, Monica, Ross, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe gathered at Central Perk, where Phoebe performed 'Smelly Cat'.
Q 02In Breaking Bad, what alias does the show's protagonist adopt as his drug-lord persona?
Heisenberg
The alias borrows the name of German physicist Werner Heisenberg, of uncertainty-principle fame, and comes with a shaved head and a black pork-pie hat.
Q 03In the US version of The Office, Michael Scott manages the Scranton branch of which fictional paper company?
Dunder Mifflin
Dunder Mifflin's Scranton, Pennsylvania branch is the setting; the British original put David Brent at Wernham Hogg in Slough.
Q 04Which animated series features the town of Springfield?
The Simpsons
The Simpsons keeps Springfield's state a running joke; the name was picked because so many US states have a Springfield of their own.
Q 05What HBO series follows the Roy family and their media conglomerate Waystar Royco?
Succession
Succession (2018-2023) chronicles the Roy family's battle for control of Waystar Royco, their global media and entertainment conglomerate. The show won numerous Emmy Awards during its four-season run.
Q 06In Stranger Things, what is the name of the alternate dimension that threatens Hawkins, Indiana?
The Upside Down
The Upside Down mirrors the real world in rot and darkness, home to the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer; the kids' Dungeons & Dragons games gave the monsters their names.
Q 07Teams of two have raced around the globe for US$1 million on which CBS show, hosted by Phil Keoghan since 2001?
The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race once saw Keoghan detained by officials on a leg in Ukraine; he was freed with help from the American ambassador, who happened to be a fan.
Q 08What is the fictional motorcycle club at the center of Sons of Anarchy?
SAMCRO
SAMCRO stands for Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original. The show follows the club in the fictional town of Charming, California, led by Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam).
Q 09Which character says "I am the one who knocks" in Breaking Bad?
Walter White
Walter White's line, from Season 4's 'Cornered', was listed by Time as one of the best television lines of 2011.
Q 10In Game of Thrones, what is the 700-foot ice barrier guarded by the Night's Watch called?
The Wall
The Wall runs 300 miles coast to coast along the Seven Kingdoms' northern edge and was raised, in legend, by the Children of the Forest and the First Men to keep out the Others.
Q 11Which TV show coined the phrase No soup for you?
Seinfeld
Seinfeld's 'The Soup Nazi' (Season 7, 1995) made the line one of the show's many elements that lived on; the character was based on a real Manhattan soup vendor.
Q 12What is the name of the dragon ridden by Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones?
Drogon
Drogon, named after Daenerys's late husband Khal Drogo, is the largest and most aggressive of her three dragons, identified by his black and red coloring.
Q 13In which decade did I Love Lucy first air?
1950s
It premiered on CBS on October 15, 1951 and ran until 1957, 180 episodes in six seasons, among the first sitcoms shot before a live audience with multiple cameras.
Q 21How did the final shot of The Sopranos' 2007 series finale 'Made in America' end?
An abrupt cut to black
Many viewers thought their cable had cut out. David Chase wanted the black screen to run silently all the way to the HBO logo with no credits, but the Directors Guild would not grant a waiver.
Q 22How did the Rose family come to own the town of Schitt's Creek before they lost their fortune?
Johnny bought it as a joke gift for David
After their business manager embezzled the Rose Video fortune, the deed Johnny bought for David's birthday in 1991 was the only asset the government left them.
Q 23Jack, Kate and Sawyer were stranded on the island after the crash of which numbered Oceanic Airlines flight?
Q 14What is the name of the high school in Saved by the Bell?
Bayside High
Bayside High School is the fictional school in Saved by the Bell, located in the Palisades area of Los Angeles. The show aired from 1989 to 1993.
Q 15Which actress plays Eleven in Stranger Things?
Millie Bobby Brown
Millie Bobby Brown earned two Primetime Emmy nominations for Eleven, and the role launched her into international stardom.
Q 16In The Bear, what is the name of the restaurant that Carmy inherits from his brother?
The Original Beef of Chicagoland
The Original Beef of Chicagoland, which regulars call The Beef, is the sandwich shop Carmy takes over after his brother Mikey's death; he later reopens it as the fine-dining restaurant The Bear.
Q 17Which NBC comedy is set in the parks department of Pawnee, Indiana?
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation follows Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and the Parks Department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The show ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015.
Q 18Which TV character's catchphrase is "How you doin'?"
Joey Tribbiani
Matt LeBlanc's struggling actor made the line his signature pickup; it became one of the most recognisable catchphrases in sitcom history.
Q 19Which medical drama, created by Shonda Rhimes and premiering in 2005, is set at Seattle Grace Hospital?
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy renamed its hospital twice, to Seattle Grace Mercy West and then Grey Sloan Memorial after a plane crash killed several characters at the end of Season 8.
Q 20In The Sopranos, what type of business does Tony Soprano use as his legitimate front?
Waste management company
Tony Soprano uses Barone Sanitation, a waste management company, as his primary legitimate business front to launder money and conceal his mob activities throughout the series.
815
The flight was travelling from Sydney to Los Angeles when it came down in the South Pacific in September 2004; the number turns up hidden in the show's recurring sequence 4 8 15 16 23 42.
Q 24Which animated show features characters named Bender, Leela, and Fry?
Futurama
Pizza delivery boy Philip J. Fry is frozen on New Year's Eve 1999 and thawed a thousand years later, finding work at Planet Express alongside one-eyed Leela and the robot Bender.
Q 25What is the name of Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer's regular coffee-shop hangout?
Monk's Cafe
Monk's Cafe is the gang's hangout; its exterior is the real Tom's Restaurant at Broadway and 112th Street in Manhattan, while the interiors were shot on a Los Angeles set.
Q 26In Downton Abbey, what is the title held by Robert Crawley?
Earl of Grantham
Robert Crawley holds the title Earl of Grantham. Downton Abbey is the family's estate in Yorkshire, England. The show follows the Crawley family and their servants from 1912 onward.
Q 27How many players are recruited into Squid Game's deadly contest?
456
456 players, all drowning in debt, compete for a pot of 45.6 billion won, 100 million per eliminated player; creator Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote the script in 2009 and could not get it funded for a decade.
Q 28What is the name of the fictional law firm in Suits?
Pearson Hardman
Pearson Hardman (which undergoes several name changes throughout the series, including Pearson Specter and Pearson Specter Litt) is the prestigious New York law firm at the center of Suits.
Q 29Which TV show is set in the fictional Dillon, Texas and follows a high school football team?
Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights follows the Dillon Panthers high school football team and their coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler). The show ran from 2006 to 2011 and is based on the book and film of the same name.
Q 30In The Wire, which Baltimore institution is the primary focus of Season 4?
The public school system
Season 4 of The Wire focuses on the Baltimore public school system, following four middle school boys and examining how the drug trade, poverty, and institutional failure affect youth in the city.