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Arrested Development Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one quiz that had no choice but to test you on all of it. From the banana stand to Motherboy, from never-nudes to loose seals, these questions reward fans who caught every callback. Don't make a huge mistake: read every choice.
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Arrested Development trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
Who is the narrator of Arrested Development?
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Answer: A. Ron Howard
Ron Howard, also an executive producer, is the show's all-knowing narrator, and in later seasons he appears on screen as a fictional version of himself.
Character guide: Michael Bluth
- Question 2Easy
According to George Sr.'s famous advice, where is there always money?
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Answer: B. In the banana stand
Michael learns too late what his father meant in "Top Banana": $250,000 was hidden in the walls of the banana stand that had just burned down.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 2, "Top Banana"
Character guides: George Bluth Sr., Michael Bluth
- Question 3Easy
What does Gob do for a living, or at least try to?
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Answer: C. Magic
Gob is a struggling magician who was blacklisted by the Magicians' Alliance for revealing secrets. His illusions tend to malfunction, usually to "The Final Countdown."
Character guide: Gob Bluth
- Question 4Easy
What bites off Buster's hand?
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Answer: D. A seal
A loose seal takes Buster's hand in "Out on a Limb," right after Lucille prays for anything that will keep him from being sent to war.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 11, "Out on a Limb"
Character guide: Buster Bluth
- Question 5Easy
What does Tobias call his condition of never being fully naked?
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Answer: A. Being a never-nude
Tobias is a self-diagnosed never-nude, so a pair of denim cutoffs stays on at all times, even underneath his underwear.
Character guide: Tobias Funke
- Question 6Easy
Complete Gob's signature line of regret: "I've made a huge..."?
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Answer: B. mistake
The line debuts in "Key Decisions," when Gob regrets recommitting to Marta, and he keeps saying it, without learning a thing, for the rest of the series.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 4, "Key Decisions"
Character guide: Gob Bluth
- Question 7Medium
After Lindsay kicks him out, Tobias returns in disguise as which British housekeeper?
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Answer: C. Mrs. Featherbottom
Tobias borrows a Mrs. Doubtfire style costume to become Mrs. Featherbottom in "The Immaculate Election." Michael and Lindsay see through it immediately, but the act survives because the housework gets done.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 14, "The Immaculate Election"
Character guides: Tobias Funke, Lindsay Bluth Funke
- Question 8Medium
Which performance troupe does Tobias try to join, spending part of season two covered in blue makeup?
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Answer: D. Blue Man Group
Tobias signs on as a Blue Man Group understudy, a gig he takes after assuming the group is a support group for depressed men.
Character guide: Tobias Funke
- Question 9Medium
What secret job does teenage Maeby con her way into?
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Answer: A. Movie studio executive
Maeby bluffs her way into a job as a movie executive and keeps the act going for months, until George Michael invites her studio contacts to her 16th birthday party and her real age comes out.
Character guide: Maeby Funke
- Question 10Medium
What do the Bluths call the Korean boy Lucille adopts in season one?
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Answer: B. Annyong
Annyong, which is Korean for hello, arrives in "Shock and Aww," and Lucille decides to keep him once she sees how jealous he makes Buster.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 14, "Shock and Aww"
Character guides: Lucille Bluth, Buster Bluth
- Question 11Medium
What is the name of George Sr.'s laid-back twin brother?
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Answer: C. Oscar
Oscar first turns up in "Whistler's Mother," hoping to start an affair with Lucille. Jeffrey Tambor plays both twins.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 20, "Whistler's Mother"
Character guides: George Bluth Sr., Lucille Bluth
- Question 12Medium
Embarrassed by Buster's missing hand, whom does Lucille bring to the Motherboy event instead?
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Answer: D. George Michael
Lucille recruits her grandson for the 30th annual Motherboy in "Motherboy XXX," and Michael scrambles to get his son out of it.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 13, "Motherboy XXX"
Character guides: Lucille Bluth, George Michael Bluth
- Question 13Medium
What is the name of George Michael's devout girlfriend whom Michael keeps forgetting?
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Answer: A. Ann Veal
Michael can never seem to remember Ann, and when he does, he cannot see the appeal. Mae Whitman plays her through most of the series.
Character guides: George Michael Bluth, Michael Bluth
- Question 14Medium
After Fox canceled the show in 2006, which company brought it back with new episodes?
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Answer: B. Netflix
Netflix licensed new episodes in 2011, and season four arrived on the streaming service in 2013, followed later by season five.
- Question 15Hard
Lucille impulsively enlists Buster in the Army after being goaded by an impersonator of whom?
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Answer: C. Michael Moore
A Michael Moore lookalike eggs Lucille on in "The One Where Michael Leaves," and Buster spends the rest of the season dreading a trip to Iraq.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 1, "The One Where Michael Leaves"
Character guides: Lucille Bluth, Buster Bluth
- Question 16Hard
Which Bluth sibling is revealed to have been adopted in the season three finale?
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Answer: D. Lindsay
The news in "Development Arrested" that Lindsay was adopted means George Michael and Maeby are not blood relatives after all.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 13, "Development Arrested"
Character guides: Lindsay Bluth Funke, George Michael Bluth, Maeby Funke
- Question 17Hard
Which high school football star turns out to be Gob's son?
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Answer: A. Steve Holt
Gob learns he has a son, the perennial super senior Steve Holt, in "The Cabin Show." Steve had already run against George Michael for class president.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 1, "The Cabin Show"
Character guide: Gob Bluth
- Question 18Hard
Which actress, Jason Bateman's real-life sister, plays Nellie, the woman Michael mistakes for his long-lost sister?
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Answer: B. Justine Bateman
Justine Bateman guest stars in "Family Ties." Michael brings Nellie into the company, only to learn she is not his sister at all but a call girl George Sr. had been paying.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 11, "Family Ties"
Character guide: Michael Bluth
- Question 19Hard
What label is on the cooler of damning evidence that Kitty survives the yacht explosion with?
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Answer: C. H Maddas
Kitty, George Sr.'s former assistant, is caught in the yacht blast from one of Gob's magic acts in season one. Read the label backward and "H Maddas" points straight at Saddam Hussein.
Character guides: George Bluth Sr., Gob Bluth
- Question 20Hard
In season three, who turns out to have actually ordered and paid for the mini-palaces George Sr. built in Iraq?
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Answer: D. The CIA
Michael and Buster find proof in Iraq that the CIA commissioned the buildings for wiretapping, and the government drops its charges against George Sr.
Character guides: George Bluth Sr., Michael Bluth, Buster Bluth
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