1. Vixens dressed as birds of prey. The Unburnt Queen they want to slay. On the usurped lands of Slaver’s Bay. It’s Game of Thrones, but who are they?

a. Sand Snakes b. Sons of the Harpy c. Red Women

2. Mirzapur Season 2, ended with a surprise. Maqbool attacks Bauji, seeking revenge. But it’s Beena who hacks him to death. True fans know there was a surprise in a post-credit scene too. One of the Tyagi twins is in his dad’s office, impersonating his dead twin. Who’s alive: Bharat or Shatrughan?

a. Shatrughan b. Bharat c. Both

3. Breaking Bad: Walter White wants to make sure his kids have a good life. He wants to route his drug money, via Elliot and Gretchen’s company through a trust fund. So, he hires two hitmen to threaten them. What was their weapon of choice?

a. Bunsen burners b. Water guns c. Laser pointers

4. X is a board game that has claimed several lives in the town Y. The anagram of Y gives you the name of the realm Z, in which the board game is based. Ask Reggie, bring Betty, rope in Jughead. Guess X, Y, Z.

a. Knightfall, Storybrook, Kroobys b. Upside Down, Indiana, Anaidni c. Gryphons & Gargoyles, Riverdale, Eldervair

5. Rewind to this show, set in Hawkins of the 1980s, and focus on a bald girl with a nosebleed. Now, try some maths. Superhero - super villain = 10. Name the superhero.

a. 001 b. Eleven c. Number Five

6. This 2020 Hindi thriller set in East Delhi has a man with an animal’s name, and an animal with a human name. Savitri is the dog. Now, name the show.

a. Paatal Lok b. Kohhra c. Aranyak

7. She’s Brown. She’s talented. She’s appeared in Big Little Lies, Never Have I Ever, The Night Of, The Outlaws, and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Who?

a. Indira Varma b. Poorna Jagannathan c. Mindy Kaling

8. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Miriam “Midge” Maisel is deemed “marvellous” only once in the entire five-season series. It happens in the last episode of the final season. Who finally calls her that?

a. Talk-show host, Gordon Ford b. Joel, her husband c. Abe, her dad

9. Scam 1992 had everything: Pratik Gandhi playing stock-trader Harshad Mehta, all the ‘90s Bombay feels, a theme song that worked for the club and for Reels. It also served some killer quotes. Three of these are from the show. One is from Family Man. Spot the scam.

a. Jinhe jaan ki parwah nahi hoti, woh kuch zyada hi dangerous hote hai. b. Risk hai toh ishq hai c. Success kya hai? Failure ke baad ka chapter

10. Who cares whether Ross and Rachel were or weren’t on a break. Phoebe’s twin is Ursula. Chandler is an only child. Joey has seven sisters. Rachel has two sisters. Blonde. Pretty. What are their names?

a. Janis and Carol b. Estelle and Emily c. Jill and Amy

11. Season 1 Episode 4 of Gossip Girl opens with Blair Waldorf in a fever dream that pays homage to the opening scene of an iconic film of the ‘60s starring a legendary actor. Little Black Dress, sunglasses, black gloves. Name the film and the OG star.

A. Cleopatra, Elizabeth Taylor b. Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn c. Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts

12. Mergers, private jets, sibling rivalry, but also delicious lines. Ask cousin Greg where these are from: “If I’m the king and you’re the queen, maybe it’s fine to f**k the odd peasant.” “Let’s bleed the Swede.” “Goodbye my dear, dear, world of a father.” “I’ve maybe pre-grieved.”

a. Succession b. The Crown c. Billions

13. Michael Schur was the producer and writer for The Office. But that’s not all he did on the show. He played one recurring character who grew beets, parked cars and crushed on a lady scarecrow. Who?

a. Oscar’s male roommate b. Angela’s senator husband c. Dwight’s cousin Mose

14. The Crows Have Eyes is a fictional movie shot in Bosnia. But it’s from a real TV show Schitt’s Creek. Name the character from Schitt’s Creek who acted in the fictional movie.

a. Rosie b. David c. Moira

15. Two characters on Brooklyn Nine-Nine are colleagues and childhood friends. The actors are colleagues and childhood friends IRL too. Who and who?

a. Andy Samberg (Jake) and Chelsea Peretti (Gina) b. Chelsea Peretti (Gina) and Andre Braugher (Holt) c. Melissa Fumero (Amy) and Stephanie Beatriz (Rosa)

16. In Made in Heaven, Season 2, Vijay Raaz plays Ramesh Jauhari, a silent partner in Karan and Tara’s wedding planning agency. But what was his occupation in Season 1?

a. Flower wholesaler b. Divorce lawyer c. Loan shark

17. Only Murders in the Building has had three seasons. That’s three deaths in the New York City residential complex. You’d think residents would be more careful – but that would leave nothing for Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez to do. Their podcast has the same name as the show. But what is the name of the building?

a. Beau Monde b. Belvedere c. Arconia

18. X is based on a zombie-apocalypse video game. X stars an actor who played the 10-year-old Lady of Bear Island on Game of Thrones. The titles of the first and last episodes of X complete the message, “When you’re lost in the darkness, look for the light.” Give X.

a. The Witcher b. The Last Of Us c. Arcane

19. It’s all about loving your parents, even in Regency England. The theme song from which Hindi film was featured, in an instrumental version, on Bridgerton Season 2?

a. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham b. Kal Ho Naa Ho c. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

20. Jenna Ortega plays Wednesday Addams in Wednesday. But Christina Ricci, who plays the villain Marilyn Thornhill, has an older Addams Family connection. She shot to fame at age 10 in the 1991 movie adaptation. What role did she play?

a. Young Marilyn b. The narrator c. Wednesday Addams

21. Kohrra starts with a groom found dead in the Punjab fields on the day of his wedding. The plot is tight, the performances by Savinderpal Vicky and Barun Sobti superb. But there’s one familiar face, Clara, the gori mother of the groom’s BFF. Indian viewers know her best from an Oscar-nominated 2001 Bollywood film. Can you bowl us over with the answer?

a. Lagaan b. Lajja c. Asoka

22. I’m a 19-line French verse,

Not the easiest to write;

I’m an obscure Belgian perfume,

On a BBC show, I’ll give you a fright.

With the embrace came the bullet

But who goes down without a fight?

Who am I? Which show do I come from?

Sandra Oh can help you get it right.

a. Villanelle, Killing Eve b. Sherlock, Sherlock c. Donny, Baby Reindeer

23. These gays... They’re trying to murder Tanya McQuiod. They manage to. But the previous season’s death was not a murder, just an unfortunate accident. Name the upscale resort, with outposts in Hawaii and Sicily (and soon, Koh Samui), where rich-people’s problems reliably turn fatal.

a. The Metropol b. The Night Manager c. The White Lotus

24. Fans of The Bear sang along with Richie to Taylor Swift’s Love Story as he drove home from a triumphant realisation in S2 E7. Fans call it the best episode of the series. It’s when Richie finally figures out the importance of his role in the kitchen and starts to excel at his tasks. What job was he assigned?

a. Organising spoons b. Washing dishes c. Polishing forks

Boss level: Can you crack these questions by celebrity binge-watchers?

25. Seasons: 2 (2018 and 2019). Based on a book released in: 2006. Flex: S1 was the only Indian show to make it to The New York Times’ list of 30 Best International TV Shows of the Decade. Premise: A Bombay gangster has given a cop 25 days to save the city. It starts with a yantra, ends with a code. In between, a villain thinks he’s god, and others pray for hope. Give the name.

a. Family Man b. Jamtara c. Sacred Games

* By Sumantra Talukdar, ad film producer

26. JJ Abrams pitched this show as a story of a survivor on an island. But over six seasons, it turned out to be the most complicated mystery on TV. Plane crash. Secrets, Others, Smoke Monsters, a Hatch, timeline shifts, 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, and people hoping to be found. Abrams went on to direct Star Trek, Star Wars and Mission Impossible movies. Name this show that put him on the map.

A. Lost b. Bermuda Triangle c. Hawaii Five-O

*By Suparn Varma, writer, filmmaker

27. Believe it or not, the hot priest on one show ended up as the detective’s arch-nemesis in another show. Believe it or not, the actor was in the James Bond film, Spectre. Believe it or not, he most recently played a conman-turned-killer in a role originally played by Matt Damon. Andrew Scott just played which titular character?

a. Hit Man b. Ripley c. Sherlock

*By Supriya Joshi, comedian and writer

28. The UK charity We Are Survivors supports male (including trans and non-binary) survivors of sexual abuse. It reported a sharp increase in first-time calls following the release of a certain 2024 drama miniseries. We didn’t type this on “my iphon”. We won’t follow you home. We just want the name of the show.

a. Shogun b. Manhunt c. Baby Reindeer

*By Anirban Dasgputa, comedian

29. Aliens want our Earth

They know what it’s worth

Their planet’s dying

We’re powerless but trying

The countdown’s begun

There’s nowhere to run

My plot comes from Chinese sci-fi

Who am I?

a. Resident Alien b. 3 Body Problem c. Star Trek

*By Aditi Mittal, comedian

30. A is a fiction show directed by B and features the making of a film called C. Now, C was an actual film produced by the family of B in real life. B’s family made their money by making D. D is one of the most used (and photographed) products during the Indian freedom movement. An Indian Prime Minister even endorsed D. Identify A to D.

a. Jubilee/Vikramaditya Motwane/Andolan/Chicago Radio b. Heeramandi/Sanjay Leela Bhansali/Pears/ Indira Gandhi. C. Bombay Velvet/Anurag Kashyap/ Usha Fans/ VP Singh

* By Varun Grover, writer, comedian, poet, filmmaker

Answers

1. Sons of the Harpy

2. Shatrughan

3. Laser pointers

4. Gryphons & Gargoyles, Riverdale, Eldervair

5. Eleven

6. Paatal Lok

7. Poorna Jagannathan

8. Talk-show host Gordon Ford

9. Jinhe jaan ki parwah nahi hoti, woh kuch zyada hi dangerous hote hai

10. Jill and Amy

11. Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn

12. Succession

13. Dwight’s cousin Mose

14. Moira

15. Andy Samberg (Jake) and Chelsea Peretti (Gina)

16. Loan shark

17. Arconia

18. The Last Of Us

19. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

20. Wednesday Addams

21. Lagaan

22. Villanelle, Killing Eve

23. The White Lotus

24. Polishing Forks

25. Sacred Games

26. Lost

27. Ripley

28. Baby Reindeer

29. 3 Body Problem

30. Jubilee/Vikramaditya Motwane/Andolan/Chicago Radio

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