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168 free Vampire Diaries trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
57 free Vampire Diaries trivia questions with answers. Welcome to the ultimate Vampire Diaries trivia experience! Whether you're a devoted fan who's watched the series multiple times or just discovering the supernatural world of Mystic Falls, this quiz will challenge your knowledge of characters, plot twists, and iconic moments. From Elena Gilbert's journey to the complex dynamics of the Salvatore brothers, see how much you really remember about this beloved supernatural drama.
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Q 01In season one of The Vampire Diaries, which school activity does Elena quit?
Cheerleading
Cheerleading: at practice Elena can no longer keep up with the routine, and it is Damon, of all people, who tells her to quit and move on. The next day she does.
Q 02In The Vampire Diaries, what must a vampire be given before it can enter a human's home?
An invitation
An invitation from someone who lives there: early in season one Elena unknowingly gives Damon the run of her house simply by asking him in to dinner.
Q 03In The Vampire Diaries, the Original vampires' father was what kind of warrior in his human life?
A Viking
A Viking: the family's father was a Norse warrior and landowner who moved his family across the sea a thousand years ago, to the village that would one day become Mystic Falls.
Q 04What specific object is capable of permanently killing an Original vampire?
A white oak stake
A white oak stake, cut from the tree whose magic made the Originals, is the one weapon that kills them for good; Esther later made the last one indestructible so that Alaric could use it on all her children.
Q 05Who is Elena's best friend and a powerful witch throughout the series?
Bonnie Bennett
Bonnie Bennett, a descendant of a long line of powerful witches, is Elena's loyal best friend and often plays a crucial role in supernatural conflicts.
Q 06In The Vampire Diaries, what happens to Katherine once the cure for vampirism is drained from her blood?
She ages rapidly
She ages rapidly: with the cure gone, the five centuries Katherine has cheated start catching up with her, turning her hair grey and loosening her teeth.
Q 07Which actor played Matt Donovan in all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries?
Zach Roerig
Zach Roerig played Matt in every season; he also got one villainous turn in season five, as a spirit named Gregor who hijacks Matt's body.
Q 08What does Stefan Salvatore drink in season one to avoid feeding on humans?
Animal blood
Stefan Salvatore lives on animal blood, which leaves him weaker than other vampires; decades of abstinence end in season one, when a taste of human blood sends him out of control.
Q 09In The Vampire Diaries, which secret group of townspeople, the sheriff among them, sets out to hunt vampires?
The Founders' Council
The Founders' Council, drawn from the Fell, Forbes, Lockwood, Gilbert and Salvatore families, secretly hunts vampires; in the season-one finale it uses Johnathan Gilbert's device to round them up.
Q 10What must a carrier of the Lockwood lycanthropy gene do to trigger a first transformation?
Kill a human
Kill a human, even by accident: Tyler triggers the curse at the masquerade ball when Sarah, a classmate under Katherine's mind control, attacks him and dies in the struggle.
Q 11What was the name of Stefan's doppelgänger, an Atlanta paramedic found in season five?
Tom Avery
Tom Avery, an Atlanta paramedic, was the last other living double of Stefan; Caroline tried to hide him, but Enzo snapped his neck as the price of help in finding his own lost love.
Q 12What was Alaric Saltzman's profession when he first arrived in town?
History Teacher
Alaric Saltzman arrived as the high school's new history teacher; he had come to kill Damon, who had turned his wife Isobel at her own request, but the two ended up best friends.
Q 13In The Vampire Diaries' season-two finale, what must Stefan agree to before Klaus cures Damon's werewolf bite?
Leave town with him
Q 21Who leads the tomb vampires freed in season one, alongside her daughter Anna?
Pearl
Pearl spent almost a century and a half in the tomb before her daughter got her out; it is Pearl who breaks the news to Damon that Katherine, the woman he opened it for, was never inside.
Q 22Who turns Caroline into a vampire in season two, wanting a spy against Stefan and Elena?
Katherine Pierce
Katherine Pierce smothers Caroline with a pillow in her hospital bed, knowing Damon's healing blood is still in her system, and leaves her with a two-word message for the brothers: 'Game on.'
Q 23Which Vampire Diaries main character stays fully human throughout and becomes sheriff of Mystic Falls in season eight?
Matt Donovan
Leave town with him: Klaus's blood is the cure, and his price is Stefan himself. He feeds Stefan blood bags until the old Ripper resurfaces, then takes him away from Elena and Damon.
Q 14Alaric wears a ring, obtained from Isobel, that protects him from what?
Supernatural death
Supernatural death is all the Gilbert ring guards against, and it has a price: after dying and reviving again and again, Alaric develops a murderous, vampire-hating alter ego he knows nothing about.
Q 15In The Vampire Diaries, which rare ability makes Kai an outcast in his coven?
Stealing magic
Stealing magic is all a Siphoner can do: born with no power of their own, they must draw it from other witches or enchanted objects, which is why the Gemini Coven treated Kai as an abomination.
Q 16What is the limbo for dead supernatural beings that collapsed at the end of season five?
The Other Side
The Other Side fell apart after a mass sacrifice tore through Bonnie, its link to the living; her friends rushed the dead back through her while it crumbled, but Damon missed his chance and vanished with her.
Q 17Which vampire was Damon's cellmate in the 1950s when both were held by the Augustine society?
Enzo St. John
Enzo St. John became Damon's closest friend during five years in the Augustine cells; when a fire gave Damon his chance to escape, he left Enzo behind to burn, a betrayal that shadows their reunion.
Q 18In which US city does the Gemini Coven, Kai's family, reside?
Portland
Portland, Oregon is home to the Gemini Coven, which picks its leader by making twins merge at 22, the stronger absorbing the weaker; refused that ritual, Kai turned on his own family.
Q 19What plant is toxic to vampires and is often used to weaken or incapacitate them?
Vervain
Vervain burns vampires on contact and keeps them out of a human's head, which is why Stefan gives Elena a necklace filled with it to protect her from Damon.
Q 20What ability do vampires use to influence human minds and memories?
Compulsion
Compulsion works only on humans for ordinary vampires, but Originals can also control other vampires; Alaric, turned by the same kind of spell, uses that power at Elena's request to erase her love for Damon.
Matt Donovan is one of the only completely human characters in the whole franchise. He wants no part in the supernatural, becomes a police officer, then sheriff, and plans to run for mayor.
Q 24Which actor, later Mon-El in Supergirl, played the villainous Kai Parker in The Vampire Diaries?
Chris Wood
Chris Wood joined in season six as Kai, who seems finished when Damon takes his head off in that season's finale; two years later the villain escapes from Hell and is back for the final season.
Q 25In The Vampire Diaries, which mystical artifact that traps vampire souls drives much of season seven?
The Phoenix Stone
The Phoenix Stone imprisons vampire souls; when it is destroyed the freed souls land in other bodies, and Stefan finds himself inside a drunk named Marty Hammond while a remorseless vampire takes over his own.
Q 26Which creatures from Greek myth harvest souls for the Devil in the final season of The Vampire Diaries?
Sirens
Sirens Sybil and Seline bargained with the Devil for eternal youth and beauty, and in return must keep feeding him the souls of the wicked, which is what brings them after Damon and Enzo.
Q 27In The Vampire Diaries, who is 'the Devil', the final season's villain served by Sybil and Seline?
Arcadius
Arcadius, the first psychic, known as Cade, made his own Hell after villagers burned him at the stake; Stefan kills him in season eight with a dagger forged from Cade's own bones.
Q 28Which ancient witch, also calling herself Tessa, resurrects herself while the Veil is down to stop Silas?
Qetsiyah
Qetsiyah made Silas immortal expecting to marry him, and when he shared the spell with another woman she entombed him for 2,000 years; she comes back as Tessa to finish what she started.
Q 29Who serves as the town's sheriff for most of The Vampire Diaries?
Liz Forbes
Sheriff Liz Forbes, Caroline's mother, is sworn to hunt vampires yet becomes one of Damon's closest friends; dying of cancer in season six, she asks him to write her eulogy.
Q 30In The Vampire Diaries, what leaves the newly turned Elena unable to refuse anything Damon asks of her?
Sire bond
A sire bond arises when a human in love with a vampire is turned by that vampire's blood; in season four the gang learns it shapes only how Elena acts, not how she feels about Damon.