White Collar Trivia
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125 free White Collar trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This is the definitive White Collar trivia quiz: 125 questions on the USA Network caper series that ran from 2009 to 2014, from Neal Caffrey's prison break in the pilot to the bottle of wine that closes "Au Revoir". The easy questions are for anyone who watched casually: what Neal wears on his ankle, what Mozzie calls Peter, the name of the Burkes' dog, and which insurance company Sara Ellis works for. The middle of the quiz works through the season arcs in order: Kate and the man with the ring, the music box and its hidden code, Vincent Adler and the U-boat treasure, Matthew Keller kidnapping Elizabeth, Neal's father James and Senator Pratt, the Dutchman and Rebecca Lowe, and finally the Pink Panthers. The hardest questions are for the fans who remember Mozzie's real name, where the treasure evidence was hidden, who directed which episode and what the FBI agents' backstories were. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries for the series, its characters and its episode guide before publishing, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. If you enjoy this one, try our Psych, Burn Notice and Suits quizzes next.
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Q 01Matt Bomer grew up in Texas, but in which state was he born?
Missouri
Missouri: Bomer was born in Webster Groves, a St. Louis suburb, then grew up in Spring, Texas, where he played receiver and defensive back for his high-school football team before choosing acting.
Q 02Which actor did Hilarie Burton marry in 2019?
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, of The Walking Dead and Supernatural, married Burton in October 2019; his old co-star Jensen Ackles officiated, because he was the friend who had introduced the couple a decade earlier.
Q 03Which crime was Neal Caffrey actually convicted of?
Bond forgery
Bond forgery was the only charge that stuck, and it earned Neal a four-year sentence; he escapes just months before the end to look for his girlfriend, which is how Peter Burke comes to catch him a second time.
Q 04In the pilot, Neal wins a meeting with Peter by tracing a mystery fibre to which country's new banknotes?
Canada
Canada: the fibre was security thread for the new Canadian $100 bill, and the tip bought Neal a meeting with the agent who had spent three years chasing him, and then his deal with the FBI.
Q 05What must Neal wear as a condition of his release to work with the FBI?
A tracking anklet
A tracking anklet confines Neal to a two-mile radius; in the pilot he deliberately runs outside it, so that the agents chasing him gain lawful cause to enter a forger's warehouse.
Q 06Who asks the FBI to recover a stolen Bible in "Book of Hours"?
A mobster
A mobster asks the FBI to find the Bible stolen from his parish church; because the book is said to work miracles, Neal and Peter reason that the thief took it to heal someone, not to sell it.
Q 07What does Neal pose as in "Hard Sell"?
A stockbroker
A stockbroker: Neal talks his way into a crooked Wall Street brokerage that sells worthless shares over the phone, and Peter has to go undercover alongside him.
Q 08Which other USA show was White Collar sold into syndication alongside in 2013?
Burn Notice
Burn Notice was made by the same Fox studio as White Collar, and the network that bought both said it was making a concerted bet on top-performing cable shows.
Q 09In "Checkmate", the kidnapped Elizabeth tips Peter off by asking him to check on what?
Their dog
Their dog had bitten one of the kidnappers, so when Elizabeth asks Peter to make sure the animal is okay, the FBI finds blood under its chin and runs a DNA test.
Q 10Which award did Matt Bomer win in 2015 for playing Neal Caffrey?
A People's Choice Award
A People's Choice Award, decided by fan vote: Bomer beat Charlie Hunnam and William H. Macy to Favorite Cable TV Actor three weeks after White Collar's finale aired.
Q 11What title did creator Jeff Eastin announce in 2024 for a White Collar revival?
White Collar Renaissance
White Collar Renaissance was the title on a script page Jeff Eastin posted in September 2024; at the time, the revival was expected to honour the late Willie Garson and bring back its original leads.
Q 12Who was the target of Neal and Peter's first case together in the pilot?
The Dutchman
The Dutchman is the forger Curtis Hagen, undone by vanity: he hides his own initials in his forgeries, and Neal spots them in a forged bond.
Q 13Who plays the forger Curtis Hagen?
Mark Sheppard
Q 21How did Mozzie get his name?
From a stuffed bear, mispronouncing Mozart
From a stuffed bear, mispronouncing Mozart: he came to a Detroit orphanage with a toy bear called Mozart, could only say 'Mozzie', and later took the name for himself.
Q 22What is Mozzie's real name, revealed in "Out of the Frying Pan"?
Theodore Winters
Theodore Winters is the name Mozzie believes he was born with; when an FBI agent traces 'Teddy Winters' to his hidden holdings in season five, Mozzie burns his own warehouse so the Bureau will think Teddy is dead.
Q 23Which agent joined Peter's team in "Threads" and was written out after season one?
Lauren Cruz
Mark Sheppard plays Curtis Hagen, the forger and art restorer whose blackmail of Neal drives the fifth season; Sheppard is also known as Crowley on Supernatural.
Q 14What did Kate leave behind in the apartment when she left Neal?
A bottle of Bordeaux
A bottle of Bordeaux, left empty, is all Neal finds when he breaks out of prison to reach Kate; he tells Peter the bottle is the message, and the message is that it is over.
Q 15Where does Neal Caffrey live for most of White Collar?
June's mansion
June's mansion: the wealthy widow meets Neal in a thrift store while donating her late husband's suits and offers him her guest room, a long way up from the cheap lodging the FBI was willing to pay for.
Q 16Who plays June Ellington?
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll plays June, and the show puts her singing voice to work: in 'Empire City', Neal and Peter book June as the opening-night act of a jazz club they are investigating.
Q 17What is the name of the Burkes' dog?
Satchmo
Satchmo shares Louis Armstrong's nickname, short for 'Satchel Mouth'; in the pilot, Elizabeth quietly slips him the dinner Peter is too late at work to come home for.
Q 18What does Mozzie call Peter Burke?
Suit
Suit is Mozzie's name for Peter, and 'Mrs. Suit' his name for Elizabeth; for all his distrust of the FBI, he ends up one of her closest friends.
Q 19What is Peter's wife's profession?
Event planner
Elizabeth Burke is an event planner who runs her own small company; the job often gives her a convincing cover when she helps on a case.
Q 20Which baseball team drafted Peter Burke as a pitcher after college?
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins drafted Peter as a pitcher out of college, but he tore his rotator cuff two weeks into spring training and walked away rather than risk a permanent injury.
Lauren Cruz, played by Natalie Morales, debuted in 'Threads' having written her Quantico thesis on Neal; she left after season one when Diana returned.
Q 24Diana Berrigan is the daughter of what kind of parent?
A diplomat
Diana's father was a diplomat, so she spent much of her childhood in hotel rooms around the world; her bodyguard Charlie was killed protecting her.
Q 25What is the name of Diana's girlfriend, a doctor introduced in "Deadline"?
Christie
Christie proposes in "Pulling Strings", but Diana later reports they have split.
Q 26Why did Diana disappear for most of White Collar's first season?
She took a desk job in Washington, D.C.
She took a desk job in Washington, D.C. after the pilot; Peter, who trusts her as he trusts few others, calls her back for the season-one finale to help him investigate a fellow agent.
Q 27What does Diana name her baby son?
Theo
Theo arrives in season five when Diana goes into labour while trying to arrest Mozzie, who ends up delivering the baby himself.
Q 28Where did Clinton Jones study before his military service, per "As You Were"?
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Naval Academy graduate Jones chose the FBI after his military commitment; in 'As You Were', an old Academy classmate vanishes, pulling the team into the world of private security contractors.
Q 29Which company does insurance investigator Sara Ellis work for?
Sterling-Bosch
Sara Ellis is an investigator for the insurer Sterling Bosch; she had testified against Neal years earlier over the alleged theft of a painting.
Q 30Sara Ellis re-enters Neal's life in season two as what?
The target of a contract killing
The target of a contract killing: undercover as a courier, Neal is handed a gun and told to kill the insurance investigator, so the FBI fakes her death instead.