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50 free What We Do in the Shadows trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
What We Do in the Shadows moved Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's 2014 mockumentary from Wellington to Staten Island and ran for six seasons on FX between 2019 and 2024. Nandor the Relentless, Laszlo and Nadja Cravensworth, the energy vampire Colin Robinson and the long-suffering familiar Guillermo de la Cruz collected 35 Emmy nominations and some of the best reviews of any sitcom of the decade. This quiz covers the household and the world around it: the Vampiric Council cameos from Tilda Swinton to Wesley Snipes, the Baron and his familiar, Jenna the LARPer, Simon the Devious, the Mosquito Collectors, the werewolf truce of 1993, the Norma Tanega theme song, the Toronto filming and the no-CGI rule. Fifty questions in sets of ten, from what any viewer knows to the kind of detail only a Staten Island completist would recall.
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Q 01Who created the TV series What We Do in the Shadows?
Jemaine Clement
He wrote the pilot; Waititi directed it and both serve as executive producers.
Q 02On which network did the series premiere on March 27, 2019?
FX
It ran for six seasons, ending on December 16, 2024.
Q 03In which New York City borough do the vampires share a house?
Staten Island
Simon the Devious rules the rival Manhattan vampires.
Q 04The series is based on a 2014 film from which country?
New Zealand
Clement and Waititi wrote, directed and starred in it.
Q 05Who plays Nandor the Relentless?
Kayvan Novak
Nandor once led the fictional kingdom of Al-Quolanudar in southern Iran.
Q 06How old is Nandor, the oldest vampire in the house?
760
Despite his self-proclaimed leadership he has little actual authority.
Q 07Which actor plays Laszlo Cravensworth, a part written specifically for him?
Matt Berry
Laszlo is a 310-year-old former porn actor from British nobility.
Q 08Laszlo and Nadja supposedly wrote which children's song, among others?
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
They also claim 'Come on Eileen' and 'Kokomo'.
Q 09Laszlo likes to sculpt topiaries in the yard shaped like what?
Vulvas
They include likenesses of his wife and his mother.
Q 10Who plays Nadja of Antipaxos?
Natasia Demetriou
She also voices Nadja's human ghost, which inhabits a doll.
Q 11Nadja's centuries-long lover Gregor dies the same way in every reincarnation. How?
Decapitation
Laszlo turns out to have caused every one of his deaths.
Q 12Who plays Guillermo de la Cruz, Nandor's familiar?
Harvey Guillén
Guillermo has served Nandor for more than a decade hoping to be turned.
Q 13Guillermo discovers he is descended from which famous vampire hunter?
Abraham Van Helsing
His skill at slaying leads to a job as the vampires' bodyguard.
What kind of creature is Colin Robinson, who feeds by boring people?
Q 21What is the name of the amateur vampire-hunting group Shanice joins?
Mosquito Collectors of the Tri-State Area
Craig Robinson plays their leader, Claude.
Q 22Who plays Simon the Devious, owner of the Sassy Cat nightclub?
Nick Kroll
He is obsessed with Laszlo's cursed witch-skin hat.
Q 23What is Simon's posse of vampires called?
The Leatherskins
Simon was once a friend of the Staten Island trio before betraying them.
Energy vampire
He drains people by being extremely boring, and as a day walker he holds an office job.
Q 15What happens to Colin Robinson after his 100th birthday?
He dies and a baby bursts from his chest
The child grows up fast and regains his memories from a room of diaries.
Q 16Who plays the Guide, the Vampiric Council envoy also called the Floating Woman?
Kristen Schaal
She later works for Nadja when the Council headquarters becomes a nightclub.
Q 17Which actor plays Baron Afanas?
Doug Jones
The Baron turns out to be merely 'barren', unable to have children.
Q 18How does Guillermo inadvertently kill the Baron in season one?
Opening a door to sunlight
The Baron survives, reduced to a head, torso and left arm.
Q 19Who plays Sean Rinaldi, the frequently hypnotised next-door neighbour?
Anthony Atamanuik
Laszlo considers Sean his best friend, and the vampires spare him for bringing in their bins.
Q 20Which actress plays Jenna, the LARPer Nadja turns into a vampire?
Beanie Feldstein
Jenna discovers a rare power of invisibility but struggles to turn into a bat.
Q 24Which SNL alum plays Evie, the emotional vampire who dates Colin Robinson?
Vanessa Bayer
Her name is a homophone for 'E.V.', and she later becomes Staten Island comptroller.
Q 25Which office does Colin Robinson campaign for in season five?
Staten Island Comptroller
He sinks his campaign by exposing himself in a video meeting, and Evie takes over.
Q 26Which Sixth Sense star plays Topher, the familiar revived as a zombie?
Haley Joel Osment
Unlike Guillermo, Topher has no interest in becoming a vampire.
Q 27Benedict Wong plays Wallace, a feuding rival of Laszlo's with what trade?
Necromancer
Laszlo considers him a fraud and con artist.
Q 28What is the name of Nandor's genie, played by Anoop Desai?
Djinn
He owes Nandor a very large number of wishes.
Q 29Marwa, who appears in season four, is what relation to Nandor?
His resurrected ex-wife
Critics faulted the season for stripping her of her identity for laughs.
Q 30Jerry the Vampire, the fifth roommate in season six, had been asleep since which year?
1976
He was meant to be woken on New Year's Eve 1996.