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What We Do in the Shadows Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Grab your cape and your most patient familiar. This quiz covers six seasons of Staten Island's least effective vampires, from the Baron's disastrous visit to Jackie Daytona's glory days and Colin Robinson's very strange birthday. The early questions are a warm welcome, the late ones are for fans who can name the theme song's singer.
Tap a choice to lock in your answer and see the explanation, or open any answer below to check it. Questions run from easy to hard, and every answer links to the What We Do in the Shadows character guides.
What We Do in the Shadows trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
In which New York City borough do Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja, and Colin Robinson share a house?
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Answer: A. Staten Island
The vampires share a creaky old mansion on Staten Island, the least glamorous of the boroughs for a coven. Across the water, the Manhattan vampires answer to Simon the Devious.
Character guides: Nandor the Relentless, Laszlo Cravensworth, Nadja
- Question 2Easy
What does Colin Robinson feed on instead of blood?
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Answer: B. People's energy
Colin Robinson is an energy vampire who drains people's life force by being as boring or irritating as possible. He can also walk around in daylight, which the others cannot.
Character guide: Colin Robinson
- Question 3Easy
What is Guillermo's job in the house when the series begins?
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Answer: C. Nandor's familiar
Guillermo has served Nandor as a familiar for years, all in the hope of finally being made a vampire. He does the chores, fetches victims, and gets almost no thanks.
Character guides: Guillermo de la Cruz, Nandor the Relentless
- Question 4Easy
In what style is the show presented?
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Answer: D. Mockumentary
A documentary crew films the vampires' everyday lives, and characters often talk straight to the camera, just like in the 2014 film the show is based on.
- Question 5Easy
Which vampire is married to Laszlo, and is also the one who turned him?
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Answer: A. Nadja
Nadja turned Laszlo into a vampire and later married him, and they remain the house's most dramatic couple. Natasia Demetriou plays her.
Character guides: Nadja, Laszlo Cravensworth
- Question 6Easy
Who wrote and directed the 2014 film that the series is based on?
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Answer: B. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi made the original New Zealand film and serve as executive producers on the FX series. Clement is credited as the show's creator.
- Question 7Medium
In the season 1 finale, Guillermo learns he is descended from which famous vampire hunter?
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Answer: C. Van Helsing
In "Ancestry," Guillermo discovers he is a descendant of Van Helsing. That bloodline goes on to give him a real talent for slaying vampires, which is awkward for someone who wants to become one.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 10, "Ancestry"
Character guide: Guillermo de la Cruz
- Question 8Medium
Which ancient vampire from the Old Country arrives in the pilot with a plan to take over the Western Hemisphere?
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Answer: D. Baron Afanas
Baron Afanas, played by Doug Jones, believes vampires should rule the world, and the housemates scramble to prepare for his visit in the pilot. He seems to die in sunlight later in season 1, but he turns up again in season 3, badly diminished.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot"
Character guides: Nandor the Relentless, Laszlo Cravensworth, Nadja
- Question 9Medium
What name does Laszlo use while hiding out as a beloved small-town Pennsylvania bar owner?
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Answer: A. Jackie Daytona
In "On the Run," Laszlo hides out in a small Pennsylvania town, picking the state because its name sounds like Transylvania, and runs a bar as a human named Jackie Daytona. The locals adore him, especially for cheering on the girls volleyball team.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 6, "On the Run"
Character guide: Laszlo Cravensworth
- Question 10Medium
Which lover of Nadja's keeps being reincarnated, only to lose his head in every life?
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Answer: B. Gregor
Gregor, a knight Nadja loved centuries ago, returns in the pilot as a human named Jeff. It later turns out Laszlo has been behind those beheadings all along.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot"
Character guides: Nadja, Laszlo Cravensworth
- Question 11Medium
After the episode "Ghosts," where does Nadja's human ghost end up living?
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Answer: C. In a doll
In "Ghosts," the vampires meet the ghosts of their human selves, and Nadja's sticks around by inhabiting a doll. From then on the ghost, in doll form, is a regular presence in the house.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 2, "Ghosts"
Character guide: Nadja
- Question 12Medium
What is Kristen Schaal's Vampiric Council envoy, who teleports short distances and craves acceptance, usually called?
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Answer: D. The Guide
The Guide is an envoy of the Vampiric Council who can teleport short distances, and her wish to be accepted by the housemates is a reliable source of laughs. She later works for Nadja when the council headquarters becomes a nightclub.
Character guide: Nadja
- Question 13Medium
What bursts out of Colin Robinson's dead body at the end of season 3?
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Answer: A. A baby who looks just like him
In "The Portrait," Laszlo discovers a baby who looks just like Colin Robinson, so he quietly skips the move to London and stays on Staten Island. He locks Guillermo in his own coffin, and Guillermo ends up shipped off with Nadja instead.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 10, "The Portrait"
Character guides: Colin Robinson, Laszlo Cravensworth
- Question 14Medium
What is the name of the hypnotized human next-door neighbor whom Laszlo considers his best friend?
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Answer: B. Sean
Sean Rinaldi keeps spotting vampire business and keeps getting hypnotized into forgetting it. The vampires spare him mainly because he brings their trash cans in.
Character guide: Laszlo Cravensworth
- Question 15Hard
What is the name of the kingdom Nandor once ruled as a bloodthirsty warrior?
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Answer: C. Al-Quolanudar
Nandor the Relentless once led the fictional kingdom of Al-Quolanudar, and at about 760 years old he is the oldest of the housemates. He calls himself their leader, with mixed results.
Character guide: Nandor the Relentless
- Question 16Hard
Nadja's full title names the Greek island she comes from. Which island is it?
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Answer: D. Antipaxos
She is Nadja of Antipaxos, a Greek Romani vampire of roughly 500 years. She is the one who turned Laszlo before marrying him.
Character guide: Nadja
- Question 17Hard
Which Star Wars legend guest-stars as Jim the Vampire, who is hunting Laszlo over unpaid rent?
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Answer: A. Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill plays Jim in "On the Run," chasing Laszlo over a month's rent left unpaid in California 167 years earlier. That grudge is what sends Laszlo off to become Jackie Daytona.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 6, "On the Run"
Character guide: Laszlo Cravensworth
- Question 18Hard
How many wishes does the Djinn from the lamp owe Nandor?
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Answer: B. 52
Guillermo and Nandor find the Djinn in "The Lamp," and he owes Nandor 52 wishes. Nandor promptly spends some resurrecting his 37 dead wives so he can pick one to remarry.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 2, "The Lamp"
Character guides: Nandor the Relentless, Guillermo de la Cruz
- Question 19Hard
Which Norma Tanega song plays as the show's opening theme?
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Answer: C. "You're Dead"
The opening theme is "You're Dead," a 1960s song by folk singer Norma Tanega that also opened the original film. Her best-known hit, "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog," came out the same era.
- Question 20Hard
Who is the forgotten fifth housemate the vampires were supposed to wake from his super slumber in 1996?
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Answer: D. Jerry
Jerry went into a super slumber in 1976 and was supposed to be woken on New Year's Eve 1996, but everyone forgot. In "The Return of Jerry," he finally wakes and is startled to learn the New World is still unconquered.
Episode: Season 6, Episode 1, "The Return of Jerry"
Character guides: Nandor the Relentless, Laszlo Cravensworth, Nadja
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