Trivia quiz
The Good Place Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Think you know your Bearimys from your Bortles? This quiz runs from Eleanor's first confused morning in the neighborhood to the very last door, with stops for Janet's many forms, Jason's Florida schemes, and Chidi's endless ethics lessons. Questions start friendly and get forking hard by the end.
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The Good Place trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
Which actor plays Eleanor Shellstrop, the selfish Arizonan who lands in the Good Place by mistake?
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Answer: A. Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell leads the cast as Eleanor, a saleswoman from Phoenix who has to fake her way through paradise. Jameela Jamil plays Tahani, D'Arcy Carden plays Janet, and Maya Rudolph plays the Judge.
Character guide: Eleanor Shellstrop
- Question 2Easy
In the Good Place, Eleanor's favorite F-word gets swapped for which harmless kitchen word?
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Answer: B. Fork
In the Good Place, profanity is automatically swapped out, so Eleanor's cursing comes out as "fork," and "bullshirt" stands in for another favorite. She first hits the filter in "Everything Is Fine."
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Everything Is Fine"
Character guide: Eleanor Shellstrop
- Question 3Easy
What did Chidi Anagonye do for a living on Earth?
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Answer: C. Ethics professor
Chidi was a professor of ethics and moral philosophy, which is why Eleanor begs him for lessons on becoming a good person. Amateur DJ was Jason's gig, and philanthropy was Tahani's.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Everything Is Fine"
Character guides: Chidi Anagonye, Eleanor Shellstrop
- Question 4Easy
Which all-knowing helper keeps politely reminding everyone that she is not a girl and not a robot?
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Answer: D. Janet
Janet can answer any question and produce almost any object on request, but she will correct you if you call her a robot or a girl. D'Arcy Carden plays her along with many other Janets.
Character guide: Janet
- Question 5Easy
Who greets Eleanor in the afterlife as the architect of her neighborhood?
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Answer: A. Michael
Michael, played by Ted Danson, welcomes Eleanor as the neighborhood's architect in the pilot. He also explains the points system that decides who goes where.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Everything Is Fine"
Character guides: Michael, Eleanor Shellstrop
- Question 6Easy
Which NFL team does Jason Mendoza worship, along with its quarterback Blake Bortles?
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Answer: B. Jacksonville Jaguars
Jason is a die-hard Jacksonville Jaguars fan from Jacksonville, Florida. Yelling "Bortles!" is basically his battle cry.
Character guide: Jason Mendoza
- Question 7Medium
Before his real identity comes out, what name does Jason go by while posing as a silent Taiwanese monk?
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Answer: C. Jianyu
Jason is introduced as Jianyu Li, a monk under a vow of silence, which conveniently keeps him from blowing his cover. He finally tells Eleanor the truth in "Jason Mendoza."
Episode: Season 1, Episode 4, "Jason Mendoza"
Character guides: Jason Mendoza, Tahani Al-Jamil
- Question 8Medium
What is the name of Tahani's hugely successful younger sister, whose shadow she lived in her whole life?
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Answer: D. Kamilah
Kamilah Al-Jamil, played by Rebecca Hazlewood, is the overachieving younger sibling Tahani could never top. Tahani's urge to upstage her even plays a part in how Tahani dies.
Character guide: Tahani Al-Jamil
- Question 9Medium
In the season 1 finale, what does Eleanor suddenly realize about the neighborhood?
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Answer: A. It is really the Bad Place
In "Michael's Gambit," Eleanor figures out that the four humans were placed together to torture each other, and Michael admits he is a demon running a new kind of Bad Place. Before the reset, she hides a note telling herself to find Chidi.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 13, "Michael's Gambit"
Character guides: Eleanor Shellstrop, Michael
- Question 10Medium
What is the lonely in-between afterlife where Mindy St. Claire lives by herself called?
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Answer: B. The Medium Place
Mindy, a cocaine-loving 1980s lawyer, earned just enough points for her own private Medium Place. Eleanor, Jason, and Janet flee there in "Mindy St. Claire."
Episode: Season 1, Episode 12, "Mindy St. Claire"
Character guides: Eleanor Shellstrop, Jason Mendoza, Janet
- Question 11Medium
Which famous thought experiment does Michael gruesomely act out to torment Chidi in season 2?
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Answer: C. The trolley problem
In "The Trolley Problem," Michael puts Chidi inside realistic simulations of the dilemma, then admits he is doing it on purpose. Chidi kicks him out of class until he apologizes properly.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 6, "The Trolley Problem"
Character guides: Chidi Anagonye, Michael
- Question 12Medium
What is the name of the wacky rebound boyfriend Janet creates for herself?
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Answer: D. Derek
On Eleanor's advice to try a rebound, Janet builds Derek at the end of "Janet and Michael." Jason Mantzoukas plays him, and he is gloriously easy to distract.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 7, "Janet and Michael"
Character guides: Janet, Eleanor Shellstrop
- Question 13Medium
How did Tahani die, according to Michael's reveal in season 2?
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Answer: A. A falling statue of her sister crushed her
In "Team Cockroach," Michael wins Tahani over by revealing her cause of death: she yanked down a statue of Kamilah and it landed on her. The suffocating safe belongs to Jason's story.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 4, "Team Cockroach"
Character guides: Tahani Al-Jamil, Michael
- Question 14Medium
Which ordinary human object is Michael charmingly obsessed with playing with?
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Answer: B. Paper clips
Michael is introduced as an angel who is delighted by the mundane parts of human life, like playing with paper clips. The detail lands differently once you learn what he really is.
Character guide: Michael
- Question 15Hard
In "Dance Dance Resolution," which numbered reboot of the neighborhood is the one where Eleanor and Chidi discover the memory wipes?
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Answer: C. The 802nd
Michael reboots the neighborhood hundreds of times, and Eleanor keeps catching on. In the 802nd attempt she and Chidi stumble on complaining neighborhood workers and learn the truth.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 3, "Dance Dance Resolution"
Character guides: Michael, Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye
- Question 16Hard
Who is Jason's best friend and partner in crime, who survives the botched restaurant robbery that kills Jason?
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Answer: D. Pillboi
Pillboi, played by Eugene Cordero, was with Jason when Jason suffocated in a safe during a robbery, as shown in "What's My Motivation." Pillboi walked away with probation.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 11, "What's My Motivation"
Character guide: Jason Mendoza
- Question 17Hard
Which Canadian man correctly guessed most of the afterlife points system during a 1970s mushroom trip?
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Answer: A. Doug Forcett
Michael and Janet track down Doug Forcett in Alberta in "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By." Played by Michael McKean, he has spent his whole life chasing points and is miserable for it.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 9, "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By"
- Question 18Hard
In "Janet(s)," the head accountant reveals that nobody has gotten into the Good Place in how many years?
- Question 19Hard
Which emotionless version of Janet works in the afterlife's Accountants' Office?
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Answer: C. Neutral Janet
Neutral Janet is a flat, impartial Janet who serves the Accountants. D'Arcy Carden plays every Janet variant, including the rude Bad Janet and the very fun Disco Janet.
Character guide: Janet
- Question 20Hard
In the series finale, what does Tahani decide to do instead of walking through the final door?
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Answer: D. Become an afterlife architect
After making peace with her parents in "Whenever You're Ready," Tahani chooses to keep going and train as an afterlife architect. It is a fitting job for someone who once threw the best parties in the neighborhood.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 13, "Whenever You're Ready"
Character guide: Tahani Al-Jamil
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