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20 questions on the series people binge and quote: Friends, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Stranger Things, Squid Game, The Crown, Ted Lasso and more.
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A round for the people who finish a series in a weekend and the people who still remember the Friends theme tune. It covers sitcoms, prestige dramas, animation and the streaming hits, from the 1990s to the 2020s. Twenty questions take about 15 minutes, so it slots in before the next episode.
How to run it
- Run it at a watch party before the finale, while everyone is waiting for the last guest to arrive.
- Put a binge-watcher and a sitcom fan on each team. The 90s questions and the streaming questions reward different people.
- Question 19 asks for a number of seasons. Keep it as your tie-breaker if the scores are level.
Questions and answers
1In Friends, what is the name of the coffee house where the six friends meet?Easy
- ACentral Perk
- BMonk's Cafe
- CThe Peach Pit
- DCafe Nervosa
Reveal answer
A. Central Perk
Central Perk is where Rachel starts as a waitress. Monk's is the diner in Seinfeld and Cafe Nervosa the coffee house in Frasier.
2Which series is set on the fictional continent of Westeros?Easy
- AThe Witcher
- BGame of Thrones
- CVikings
- DOutlander
Reveal answer
B. Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's novels, follows the noble houses fighting for the Iron Throne of Westeros. It ran on HBO from 2011 to 2019.
3In which fictional town do The Simpsons live?Easy
- AQuahog
- BSouth Park
- CSpringfield
- DBedrock
Reveal answer
C. Springfield
The show never says which state Springfield is in. Matt Groening picked the name because it is one of the most common town names in the United States.
4Which series is set in Hawkins, Indiana, and features a girl called Eleven?Easy
- ARiverdale
- BStranger Things
- CDark
- DThe OA
Reveal answer
B. Stranger Things
Stranger Things begins in 1983, when Eleven escapes a government lab and the Upside Down starts leaking into Hawkins. The fifth and final season came out in 2025.
5In Breaking Bad, what was Walter White's job before he started making drugs?Medium
- APharmacist
- BPolice officer
- CHigh school chemistry teacher
- DLawyer
Reveal answer
C. High school chemistry teacher
Walter is a chemistry teacher in Albuquerque with a part-time job at a car wash when a cancer diagnosis pushes him into making methamphetamine.
6Which long-running British series has a time machine that looks like a blue police box?Easy
- ARed Dwarf
- BTorchwood
- CBlake's 7
- DDoctor Who
Reveal answer
D. Doctor Who
The TARDIS is bigger on the inside and stuck in the shape of a 1960s police box. Doctor Who first aired on the BBC in 1963 and returned in 2005.
7The Crown follows the reign of which monarch?Easy
- AQueen Victoria
- BQueen Elizabeth II
- CKing George VI
- DKing Charles III
Reveal answer
B. Queen Elizabeth II
The series ran from 2016 to 2023 and recast the Queen every two seasons: Claire Foy, then Olivia Colman, then Imelda Staunton.
8The sitcom Frasier is set in which US city?Medium
- ABoston
- BSeattle
- CChicago
- DSan Francisco
Reveal answer
B. Seattle
Dr Frasier Crane leaves the Boston bar from Cheers and moves home to Seattle to host a radio advice show. The series ran for 11 seasons from 1993.
9True or false: Squid Game is a South Korean series.Easy
- ATrue
- BFalse
Reveal answer
A. True
Hwang Dong-hyuk's series about 456 debt-ridden players competing in deadly children's games became Netflix's most-watched show within weeks of its 2021 release.
10Which animated series follows a mad scientist and his grandson across dimensions?Medium
- AFuturama
- BRick and Morty
- CBob's Burgers
- DArcher
Reveal answer
B. Rick and Morty
Rick Sanchez drags his anxious grandson Morty on adventures through space and parallel universes. It airs on Adult Swim.
11Mad Men, the series about advertising man Don Draper, is set in which decade?Medium
- A1950s
- B1960s
- C1970s
- D1980s
Reveal answer
B. 1960s
The story runs from 1960 to 1970 at a Madison Avenue agency. The title refers to the Manhattan street where the big advertising firms sat.
12The Sopranos is set in which US state?Hard
- ANew York
- BNevada
- CNew Jersey
- DIllinois
Reveal answer
C. New Jersey
Tony Soprano runs a New Jersey crime family while seeing a psychiatrist about his panic attacks. The series won 21 Emmys over six seasons.
13Which series follows the aristocratic Crawley family on a Yorkshire estate?Medium
- ABridgerton
- BUpstairs, Downstairs
- CDownton Abbey
- DPoldark
Reveal answer
C. Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey runs from the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 to 1925. The house itself is Highclere Castle in Hampshire, not Yorkshire.
14Who played Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock?Medium
- AMartin Freeman
- BBenedict Cumberbatch
- CTom Hiddleston
- DAndrew Scott
Reveal answer
B. Benedict Cumberbatch
Cumberbatch played a modern-day Holmes with nicotine patches instead of a pipe. Martin Freeman was Watson and Andrew Scott was Moriarty.
15In Ted Lasso, which sport does the American coach end up coaching in England?Easy
- ARugby
- BCricket
- CFootball (soccer)
- DBasketball
Reveal answer
C. Football (soccer)
Ted is an American football coach hired to run AFC Richmond, a Premier League club, by an owner who wants the team to fail.
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Friends, Game of Thrones, The Simpsons, Stranger Things, Breaking Bad, Doctor Who, The Crown, Frasier, Squid Game, Rick and Morty, Mad Men, The Sopranos, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Ted Lasso, Succession, Seinfeld, The Wire and Money Heist. One question per show.
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Sources
Every answer shown here was checked against two sources, listed below. Links last checked 22 October 2026.
- Friends - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Game of Thrones - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Game of Thrones | Television Series, Plot, Reception, & Facts | Britannicabritannica.com
- The Simpsons - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Stranger Things - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- Breaking Bad - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- Doctor Who - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- The Crown (TV series) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- Frasier - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- Squid Game - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- Rick and Morty - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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- Mad Men - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- The Sopranos - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Downton Abbey - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Sherlock (TV series) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
- Ted Lasso - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- britannica.combritannica.com
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