166 Fun Facts About Walking Dead

Who wrote every issue of The Walking Dead comic book series?

Robert Kirkman only got the comic approved by telling his publisher the outbreak was really an alien invasion plot, a twist he never intended to write.

Who was the showrunner for the first season of The Walking Dead television series?

Frank Darabont, director of The Shawshank Redemption, developed the show and ran its first season, but AMC fired him in July 2011 while the second was being made.

Which handgun is Rick Grimes's signature sidearm in The Walking Dead?

Colt Python, a .357 Magnum revolver, is at Rick's hip from the pilot onward; after he vanishes, his young daughter carries it into battle.

Which weapon is the trademark of Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead's motorcycle-riding tracker?

Crossbow in hand, Daryl makes his entrance striding out of the woods after a hunt, and the weapon has rarely left his side since.

Who leads the cannibals holding Rick's group captive as Season 5 of The Walking Dead opens?

Gareth laughs when Rick vows to kill him with a red-handled machete; two episodes later Rick corners him in a church and does exactly that.

In The Walking Dead, after whom does Glenn's widow name their son?

Her father, Hershel Greene, gave his name to the boy born after Glenn's murder; the boy's kidnapping later sends his mother to Manhattan in the spin-off Dead City.

What was Carol Peletier's life like before the outbreak in The Walking Dead?

She was an abused housewife: Carol's husband beat her, and only after his death in Season 1 did she begin turning into one of the group's most hardened survivors.

How does Rick enter Atlanta in The Walking Dead's premiere?

On horseback: his patrol car runs out of gas, so he takes a horse from a farm, and the Halloween-night premiere ends with walkers devouring it while he hides in a tank.

Which character hides a walker bite and dies in The Walking Dead's final episode?

Rosita Espinosa is bitten while rescuing her baby daughter Coco from a horde; she tells only Eugene at first, and dies in bed as the eleven-season series ends.

Which artist took over drawing The Walking Dead comic from issue #7 and stayed to the end?

Charlie Adlard took over when co-creator Tony Moore left after six issues; Moore later sued, saying he had been tricked into signing away his rights.

Which word for the undead do survivors never say in The Walking Dead TV series?

Zombies go unnamed because the show is set in a world where zombie films were never made, so each group of survivors coins its own word: walkers, biters, roamers.

What was the leader of the Saviors' job before the outbreak?

Negan was a high school gym teacher before the outbreak, as shown in the 'Here's Negan' flashbacks; he named his barbed-wire bat after his late wife.

In which fortified location did the group live during Seasons 3 and 4, after leaving the Greene farm?

The Prison kept the group safe until the Governor's militia flattened its fences with a tank midway through Season 4 and scattered everyone.

With which weapon does the Governor execute Hershel in the mid-season finale 'Too Far Gone'?

Katana in hand, the Governor beheads Hershel with Michonne's own sword, the weapon she uses against walkers and humans alike.

Which supposed safe haven, advertised on signs across Georgia, turns out to be run by cannibals in The Walking Dead?

Terminus promised safety to all who arrived; Carol broke its grip by blowing up a propane tank and letting a herd of walkers through the fence.

In which Georgia county was Rick Grimes a sheriff's deputy before the outbreak in The Walking Dead?

King County is where he wakes from a coma in the pilot; by then his wife and son have fled toward Atlanta with his partner Shane.

Which cheerful song do the Saviors play on a loop to break Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead?

Easy Street, by The Collapsable Hearts Club, blares through the walls of his dark cell while his jailer feeds him dog-food sandwiches to make him submit.

Which illness sweeps through the survivors' shelter in Season 4 of The Walking Dead, killing many?

Influenza kills fast and its victims rise as walkers, so Hershel tends the quarantined sick with elderberry tea while a team raids a veterinary college for medicine.

What was Deanna Monroe's job before the outbreak?

Congresswoman turned town leader, Deanna interviews each newcomer in turn, then hands Rick and Michonne the job of constables.

What put Rick Grimes in the coma he wakes from at the start of The Walking Dead?

A gunshot wound from a roadside shootout with fleeing criminals left the deputy in hospital, where he slept through the collapse of civilization and woke alone.

What kind of animal is Shiva, King Ezekiel's loyal pet in The Walking Dead?

Tiger Shiva dies saving her master: she throws herself at the walkers closing in on the injured Ezekiel, Carol and Jerry, and is devoured while they escape.

What is the name of Negan's signature weapon, a barbed wire-wrapped baseball bat?

Negan's iconic weapon is a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, which he affectionately named Lucille after his late wife.

Which lone scientist lets Rick's group into the CDC at the end of Season 1 of The Walking Dead?

Dr. Edwin Jenner whispers to Rick that everyone is already infected and will turn after death, bitten or not, a secret Rick keeps until the Season 2 finale.

Which child is told to 'look at the flowers' moments before being shot in Season 4?

Lizzie had killed her own sister Mika believing she would come back, and Carol decides she cannot be around other people.

How does Rick kill Joe, the gang leader, in The Walking Dead's Season 4 finale?

Bites out his throat: held fast while the Claimers menace his son and Michonne, Rick rips out Joe's jugular with his teeth, and the shock lets the others fight back.

What do Alpha's Whisperers wear to pass unnoticed among the dead in The Walking Dead?

Masks of walker skin let the Whisperers walk inside herds and steer them, and Alpha threatens to unleash her horde on any community that crosses into her land.

In what style was The Walking Dead comic printed across its 193 issues?

Black and white art ran through all 193 issues; a full-color reissue, tinted by Dave McCaig, began in 2020, the year after the story ended.

Who were Michonne's two chained, armless walkers before they turned in The Walking Dead?

Her boyfriend and his friend were high when walkers overran the camp and her young son died; in her anger she let both men turn, then cut off their arms and jaws.

Which Walking Dead character lies about being a scientist who knows how to end the outbreak?

Eugene Porter invented the mission to Washington so that stronger survivors would protect him; when he confessed, an enraged Abraham beat him unconscious.

Which walled community does Deanna Monroe lead before Rick Grimes's group arrives and takes charge?

Alexandria's walls had spared its residents the worst of the outbreak, so Deanna recruited Rick's hardened group to protect people who had never had to fight.

Which warning is painted on the chained hospital doors Rick passes in The Walking Dead's pilot?

Don't open, dead inside is sprayed across the chained cafeteria doors; as Rick edges past, gray fingers push through the gap and rattle the padlock.

Which Walking Dead character saws off his own hand to escape handcuffs on an Atlanta rooftop?

Merle Dixon was cuffed to a rooftop pipe by Rick and left behind when the key was dropped; he sawed through his own wrist because the hacksaw was too dull for the steel.

What was the name of the community led by The Governor?

Woodbury looks idyllic but harbours the Governor's dark secrets, including a room of fish tanks holding walker heads.

What is the first name of Carol Peletier's husband, killed by walkers in Season 1 of The Walking Dead?

Ed Peletier dies when walkers overrun the survivors' camp; as the bodies are being finished off with a pickaxe, Carol insists on dealing with her husband's herself.

What is the name of the Saviors' factory stronghold and base of operations?

The Sanctuary is a fortified factory ringed by a fence hung with walkers, and captives of the Saviors who die there end up among them.

How does Negan pick which of Rick's kneeling group to kill in The Walking Dead's Season 6 finale?

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe: Negan chants the rhyme while pointing his bat down the line, and the season ends on the first blow without showing who was hit.

What are Abraham Ford's defiant last words to Negan in The Walking Dead?

Abraham flashes Sasha a peace sign, takes the first blow of the bat, sits back up and growls 'Suck my nuts' before Negan finishes him.

What does Glenn crawl beneath to survive a walker horde in Season 6 of The Walking Dead?

A dumpster hides Glenn after a companion shoots himself and falls on him; the show kept viewers guessing for three episodes by dropping the actor's name from the credits.

Which Walking Dead character, maddened by grief, lives by a one-word creed: 'Clear'?

Morgan Jones lost his son Duane to his own undead wife, whom he could not bring himself to shoot; half-mad, he gives himself one purpose, keeping his town clear of walkers.

Which original Atlanta group member is bitten securing a gate and sacrifices himself so Carol can escape?

T-Dog, already bitten, charges two walkers in a corridor so Carol can flee; the others assume she died too, and only later does Daryl find her alive and hiding.

Which actor plays Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead and later in his own France-set spin-off?

Norman Reedus read Merle's lines at his audition, and the producers liked him so much that they invented Daryl, who has no comic-book counterpart, just for him.

Which Walking Dead character does Negan gut after a game of pool for scheming to replace Rick?

Spencer Monroe asks Negan to put him in charge, but Negan, disgusted that he went behind his leader's back, says he has no guts and then spills them.

Which group, led by Jadis, speaks in clipped broken English and betrays Rick to Negan?

The Scavengers test Rick before dealing with him: Jadis has him thrown into a pit in their junkyard to fight Winslow, an armored walker.

What is the real first name of the Governor, the eye-patched villain of The Walking Dead's third season?

Philip Blake is the Governor's real name on screen; after his town falls he reinvents himself for a new family as Brian Heriot, a name he spots painted on a barn.

Which Walking Dead character is a former army medic who struggles with alcoholism?

Bob Stookey gets the last laugh on the cannibals who roast his leg: already bitten by a walker, he howls that they are eating tainted meat.

What is the name of the baby born to Rick and Lori Grimes?

Judith Grimes is delivered by an emergency caesarean that kills Lori; choosing a name, her brother first runs through the women the group has already lost.

In The Walking Dead comic books, who kills Abraham with an arrow through the head?

Dwight leads the Savior ambush that kills Abraham in the comics; the TV series gave that arrow death to Denise instead and had Abraham die at Negan's bat.

Which archer from Magna's group in The Walking Dead was a criminal defense lawyer before the outbreak?

Yumiko's old job returns in the final season, when she stands up in court to defend Eugene at his show trial.

Which actress plays the survivor who keeps two jawless walkers chained as camouflage?

Danai Gurira left the main series in Season 10, when Michonne found Rick's boots and a phone etched with her portrait and set off to find him.

Jadis, also known as Anne, becomes a warrant officer of which helicopter-flying force?

The CRM, short for Civic Republic Military, is the secretive force whose helicopter Jadis calls in to carry a badly injured Rick away from the riverbank.

What did Glenn deliver for a living in Atlanta before the outbreak?

Glenn was a pizza delivery boy in Atlanta; his knowledge of the city's back routes made him the group's best scavenger in the early seasons.

Which Walking Dead character admits he locked his own congregation out of his church as the outbreak began?

Gabriel Stokes barred the church doors while his parishioners were torn apart outside; Rick drags the confession out of him in Season 5.

Which actor played Hershel Greene?

Scott Wilson played Hershel Greene from Season 2 until the character's beheading in Season 4, and filmed a final cameo for Season 9 shortly before his death in 2018.

Which hidden Walking Dead community of women is led by Natania and later her granddaughter Cyndie?

Oceanside's women hide in the woods and shoot strangers on sight because the Saviors executed every male among them over the age of ten.

Which fighter in the Governor's last assault later joins Rick's group and keeps an all-female community secret?

Tara Chambler was horrified when the Governor killed Hershel and walked away from the fight; Glenn, whom she then helped, brought her into the group.

What is the name of Daryl Dixon's four-legged companion in The Walking Dead's later seasons?

Dog first belonged to Leah, a woman Daryl met while living alone in the woods after Rick disappeared; when she vanished, the animal stayed with him.

Near which Georgia town is Riverwood Studios, home base for filming The Walking Dead?

Senoia sits beside the studio lot; its downtown doubled as Woodbury in Season 3, and a neighborhood nearby was walled in to play another settlement.

Which showrunner took over from Scott Gimple with the ninth season?

Angela Kang ran seasons nine through eleven; she had joined the show in season two as a story editor and rose through the writers' room.

Which two characters left The Walking Dead after season eight and resurfaced on Fear the Walking Dead?

Morgan and Dwight both left as the Savior war ended: Morgan chose to be alone, while Dwight was exiled by Daryl and told to go and find his wife Sherry.

Which Battlestar Galactica and Outlander composer scored The Walking Dead?

Bear McCreary built the theme on one short string figure that repeats over and over, and it starts playing before the title card so viewers know it is coming.

Which special effects makeup artist became an executive producer and regular director of The Walking Dead?

Greg Nicotero learned the trade under Tom Savini on George Romero's Day of the Dead, and on this show he slipped into makeup himself for uncredited walker cameos.

The Walking Dead's season five premiere drew 17.3 million viewers, then a record for what?

Most-watched cable series episode at the time, the premiere aired while the show led all of television, broadcast networks included, among viewers aged 18 to 49.

Which Emmy did The Walking Dead's pilot episode win?

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup went to the pilot's walkers; extras had to pass a 'zombie school' audition, graded on their look and their performance.

Who hosted the aftershow Talking Dead from 2011 to 2022?

Chris Hardwick's live aftershow began as a half-hour; AMC doubled it to an hour in 2013, which he said gave guests room to pick each episode apart.

Which large, class-divided settlement do the survivors join in season eleven of The Walking Dead?

The Commonwealth looks like the old world rebuilt, yet its class divide runs so deep that the survivors end up backing its workers against the people in charge.

Which actress played Alpha in The Walking Dead?

Samantha Morton played Alpha for two seasons, then returned in 2022 to show the villain's earlier life in an episode of the anthology Tales of the Walking Dead.

Which publisher released The Walking Dead comic from 2003 until its 2019 end?

Image Comics turned the pitch down as too ordinary and approved it only when its writer promised, falsely, that aliens would turn out to be behind the outbreak.

Which award did The Walking Dead comic win for Best Continuing Series in 2010?

Eisner Award voters named it Best Continuing Series in 2010; it had been nominated in 2007 as well, but lost to All-Star Superman.

In the comics, Rick Grimes polices a small town in which state rather than Georgia?

Kentucky is home in the comics: Rick polices Cynthiana, the real town where the comic's writer grew up, before the TV series moved him to Georgia.

Which award for Best Actor on Television did Andrew Lincoln win twice as Rick Grimes?

Saturn Award voters, who honor science fiction, fantasy and horror, chose Andrew Lincoln twice; born Andrew Clutterbuck, he took his stage name at drama school.

Which Christmas romcom featured Andrew Lincoln as Mark before The Walking Dead?

Andrew Lincoln played Mark, who declares his love to Keira Knightley's Juliet with cue cards, in Love Actually (2003).

Near which French city does Daryl wash ashore in his spin-off series?

Marseille is the nearest city when Daryl drifts ashore: taken to sea on a ship carrying walkers as test subjects, he had started a mutiny and escaped.

In the comics, Michonne's pre-apocalypse profession was what?

In the comics Michonne was a lawyer before the outbreak; a divorcée with two daughters, she later finds one of them, Elodie, alive in the Commonwealth.

Which boy does Carol take in as her son at the Kingdom?

Henry, Benjamin's younger brother, is adopted by Carol at the Kingdom; the Whisperers later kill him and leave his head on a pike to mark their border.

Melissa McBride appeared in which 2007 Stephen King adaptation directed by Frank Darabont?

The Mist gave Melissa McBride a small part as a mother who walks out alone to reach her kids; she was later offered the role of Carol without having to audition.

Whose look was the comic-book version of Negan modelled on?

Henry Rollins, the former Black Flag singer, was the artist's model for comic-book Negan; he later auditioned for the TV role but lost it to Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

What does Carl eat from a giant can on a rooftop in The Walking Dead episode 'After'?

Chocolate pudding, 112 ounces of it, is Carl's prize for surviving alone while Rick lies unconscious; he eats it as a walker claws at him through a window.

Which body part does Carl lose when he is shot during Season 6 of The Walking Dead?

An eye: as walkers overrun his town, a boy named Ron pulls a gun on Rick, and the shot that goes off as Michonne stabs him destroys Carl's right eye.

Before playing Negan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan was John Winchester in which CW series?

Supernatural cast him as John Winchester, the ex-Marine who raises his sons Sam and Dean as hunters of monsters after a demon kills their mother.

Which young girl, found hiding in her treehouse, becomes the hero of Telltale's Walking Dead games?

Clementine starts as the child the player protects and ends as the player's own character: the second season hands her the lead.

Glenn actor Steven Yeun earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for which 2020 film?

Minari stars Steven Yeun as a Korean immigrant who uproots his family to farm in rural Arkansas; he also served as one of the film's executive producers.

In the comics, Maggie becomes surrogate mother to which child?

Sophia is orphaned in the comics when Carol kills herself by walker, so Maggie adopts her; unlike her TV counterpart, she lives to the story's very end.

Whom does Maggie succeed as leader of the Hilltop?

Maggie displaces the cowardly Gregory as Hilltop's leader during the Savior war; Gregory is later hanged for trying to have her killed.

Lauren Cohan played Greta, hired to mind a lifelike doll, in which horror film?

The Boy casts Lauren Cohan as an American nanny in England whose elderly employers treat a life-sized doll as their living son and leave strict rules for his care.

In the comics, Andrea forms a relationship with which older group member?

In the comics Andrea and the much older Dale become a couple and raise the orphaned twins Billy and Ben; Dale dies after being partly eaten by the Hunters.

Who accidentally shoots Carl while hunting a deer in Season 2?

Otis, a farmhand on the Greene farm, accidentally shoots Carl while hunting a deer; Hershel, a veterinarian, operates and saves the boy.

Which actor played the Governor in The Walking Dead?

David Morrissey prepared by reading the prequel novel Rise of the Governor, which tells how an ordinary man turned into the villain.

Which actor played Abraham Ford?

Michael Cudlitz played Abraham Ford from season four until Negan kills him in the season seven premiere; he later directed several episodes.

Which actor plays Eugene Porter?

Josh McDermitt's Eugene ends the Savior war by sabotage: the bullets he made for Negan's army are faulty, and their guns blow up in their hands.

Which actress plays Rosita Espinosa?

Christian Serratos's Rosita outlived her comic-book self, who is among the victims Alpha beheads; on TV that fate fell to other characters.

Which TV-only character was played by Sonequa Martin-Green?

Sasha Williams, Tyreese's sister, has no comic counterpart; she dies in the season seven finale, taking a suicide pill so that she will turn and ambush Negan.

Which actor played Tyreese in The Walking Dead?

Chad L. Coleman's Tyreese dies of a walker bite on TV, but in the comics the Governor beheads him, a death the show handed to Hershel instead.

Which weapon does Morgan carry after Eastman teaches him aikido in The Walking Dead?

A wooden staff suits what Morgan learns along with aikido, that all life is precious: it lets him stop an attacker without killing him.

What was Ezekiel's job before the apocalypse, explaining Shiva?

Zookeeper Ezekiel once saved Shiva when she was badly hurt at the zoo; his grand way of speaking came from amateur theater.

Which Walking Dead recruiter scouts the roads with his boyfriend Eric?

Aaron tries to win Rick's trust with photographs of his town as proof that it is safe; Rick answers by knocking him out cold.

What does Jesus steal from Rick and Daryl when they first meet?

Their supply truck: Jesus sets off firecrackers as a distraction, lifts Rick's keys and drives away, and the chase that follows ends with the truck rolling into the water.

In the comics, what was Beta before the apocalypse?

In the comics Beta was a basketball player and actor who hid his famous face; TV Beta was instead a country singer, his record teased on Fear the Walking Dead.

Which actress played the older Judith Grimes in The Walking Dead's final seasons?

Cailey Fleming took over when a time jump aged Judith into a schoolgirl; she had already played the young Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Which actress plays Jadis in The Walking Dead?

Pollyanna McIntosh's Jadis was invented for TV and has no comic counterpart; before the outbreak the ruthless leader taught art.

In which city does Fear the Walking Dead begin, as the outbreak takes hold?

Los Angeles falls in the first season, a prequel set at the very start of the outbreak; the story later moves to Mexico and Texas.

Which guidance counselor is the original lead of Fear the Walking Dead?

Madison Clark was believed dead after sacrificing herself when her stadium settlement fell in season four, yet she returned alive three seasons later.

In which US state is the Alexandria Safe-Zone of The Walking Dead?

Virginia: the Safe-Zone is a new housing development near Washington, D.C., built with its own solar grid and cisterns, which is why it still has power and water.

Which French landmark is the Nest in Daryl Dixon's spin-off?

Mont-Saint-Michel makes a natural fortress: the abbey stands on a tidal island off Normandy, and the Union of Hope has made it its headquarters.

In The Ones Who Live, the hidden city-state holding Rick is in which US city?

Philadelphia survives as a fortified city-state whose army keeps its existence secret, so Rick must work for years on its outskirts and is never free to go home.

Which convicted criminal is the protagonist of Telltale's 2012 Walking Dead game?

Lee Everett, a history professor convicted of murder, is on his way to prison when the police car hits a walker and crashes, setting him free.

Where is the missing Sophia finally found in Season 2 of The Walking Dead?

In the barn: when Shane breaks it open and the group shoots the walkers Hershel kept inside, Sophia is the last to step out, and Rick has to shoot her.

Which Walking Dead character is held at an Atlanta hospital by Dawn Lerner's officers?

Beth is kept at Grady Memorial Hospital as Dawn's ward; in 'Coda' she stabs Dawn with scissors during a hostage swap and is shot dead.

In which Walking Dead episode does Negan kill Abraham and Glenn?

The Day Will Come When You Won't Be takes its title from the reply the CDC's last scientist gave in season one when Rick said he was grateful for the chance to live.

Which governor is overthrown in The Walking Dead's finale, 'Rest in Peace'?

Pamela Milton shuts herself inside a gated enclave and leaves her citizens outside as a herd closes in, until her own soldiers turn on her and Mercer arrests her.

Shane Walsh actor Jon Bernthal first played which Marvel character in 2016?

The Punisher made his debut in Daredevil's second season, and Netflix ordered a spin-off series for Bernthal's Frank Castle the following month.

Which title do The Walking Dead's TV pilot and the comic's first volume share?

Days Gone Bye covers issues #1-6, and the six-episode first season follows it before leaving the comics behind for a detour to the CDC.

What is the name of the boy Daryl escorts across France in his spin-off?

Laurent was delivered just as his mother died and turned; the nuns who raised him believe he is a messiah destined to lead humanity's renewal.

What subtitle did the second season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon carry?

Season two was subtitled The Book of Carol because Melissa McBride returned as a series regular, restoring the show's original Daryl-and-Carol concept.

Under what original title was the Maggie-and-Negan spin-off announced in March 2022?

Isle of the Dead pointed to the setting, a Manhattan cut off from the mainland; AMC renamed the series Dead City five months later, in August 2022.

Which Walking Dead survivor, played by deaf actress Lauren Ridloff, communicates in American Sign Language?

Connie vanishes when a cave collapses on her in season ten and is feared dead, but she walks out alive after drifting for days inside a walker herd.

Who played English teacher Travis Manawa, the original male lead of Fear the Walking Dead?

Cliff Curtis, a New Zealand actor of Māori descent, played Travis until season three, when the character is shot aboard a helicopter and falls to his death.

Which vehicle does Rick Grimes crawl inside to escape a walker horde in the pilot of The Walking Dead?

A tank saves him only because he spots a trapdoor in its floor while hiding underneath. Moments later a voice on its radio sarcastically asks whether he is comfortable in there.

Where on the Greene family farm does Hershel secretly keep walkers in The Walking Dead's second season?

In the barn, Hershel pens walkers he insists must be treated as people. Shane finally breaks the locks off the doors and the group guns them down as they file out.

What secret, whispered to Rick by a CDC scientist, does he reveal in The Walking Dead's season two finale?

Everyone is already infected, so anyone who dies for any reason comes back as a walker. Rick had not believed it until he watched Shane turn.

Under what does Glenn Rhee crawl to survive a walker swarm at a dead end in The Walking Dead's season six?

A dumpster hid him after another man's corpse knocked him off the top of it into the crowd. His fate stayed unresolved until the episode 'Heads Up' showed him wriggling beneath it.

Which children's rhyme does Negan recite to choose a victim in The Walking Dead's season six finale?

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe plays out as he points his bat down a line of kneeling survivors. The episode then switches to the victim's point of view, hiding who was chosen.

What is the name of the Belgian Malinois that accompanies Daryl Dixon in later seasons of The Walking Dead?

Dog first appears in the season nine episode 'Stradivarius'. Daryl's actor had asked the writers for a pet years earlier, was refused, and got a new weapon for the character instead.

What does a wounded Rick Grimes blow up to stop a walker herd in The Walking Dead's 'What Comes After'?

A bridge strewn with dynamite goes up when Rick fires at it, dropping the herd into the river. His friends believe he died in the blast, but a helicopter flies him away alive.

Which part of Hershel Greene does Rick hack off with a hatchet after a walker bite in The Walking Dead?

His right leg is cut away moments after a walker that only looked dead bites his calf. Hershel goes into shock and passes out from blood loss, but recovers.

The Walking Dead's Michonne actress also plays Okoye, head of the Dora Milaje, in which Marvel film?

Black Panther reached cinemas in February 2018 with her as the loyal General Okoye. The Dora Milaje she leads are an elite all-female unit protecting Wakanda and its ruler.

Andrew Lincoln, who plays Georgia lawman Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead, was born in which city?

London is where he was born Andrew Clutterbuck. He adopted his stage surname after leaving school, while studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Which building has chained doors spray-painted 'Don't Open Dead Inside' in The Walking Dead's pilot?

A hospital lies abandoned and ransacked, with bodies littering its hallway. From behind the chained double doors comes growling, as something unseen pushes against them.

Which Georgia state flower does Daryl Dixon give Carol while her child is missing in The Walking Dead?

Cherokee rose, he tells her, is a sign linked to the Trail of Tears that lifts the spirits of mothers. The gift marks the start of the pair's close bond.

Hershel Greene, who operates on the wounded Carl in The Walking Dead, was trained in which profession?

Veterinarian Hershel finds the bullet has broken into six fragments and warns that the boy needs major surgery. Rick gives blood to keep his son alive while others go for a respirator.

On what object does a grieving Rick Grimes hear dead friends speak in The Walking Dead's third season?

A telephone rings in the boiler room where his wife died, and callers including Jim and Jacqui press him about losing her. The last voice is Lori's, and he realizes he imagined every call.

Whom does the Governor keep chained in a hidden room of his home in The Walking Dead's third season?

His daughter Penny has turned into a walker, and he pleads for her to be left unharmed. Michonne kills the girl anyway, then wounds him with a shard from a smashed aquarium.

What nickname does Daryl Dixon give Rick's newborn baby in the third season of The Walking Dead?

Little Asskicker is his name for the baby girl, delivered by a caesarean her mother did not survive. Hershel had warned that the newborn could not live without formula milk.

With what does a pinned Rick Grimes kill Joe, leader of the Claimers, in The Walking Dead?

His teeth do it: Rick bites into Joe's neck and rips out the jugular vein, shocking the gang. Daryl and Michonne use the moment to break free of their own captors.

Which martial art does Eastman, a former forensic psychiatrist, teach Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead?

Aikido comes with a bō stick and a tract titled 'The Art of Peace'. Eastman first knocks Morgan out, then holds him in a cabin cell that was never locked.

Which tool does Tyreese favor over firearms as his weapon against walkers in The Walking Dead?

A hammer is his choice both on the page and on television. He uses it to destroy the skull of a bitten companion before she can reanimate.

Which vehicle, bought for its owner's retirement, becomes the Atlanta survivors' camp in The Walking Dead?

An RV was bought so that its owner and his wife could travel in retirement, but she died of cancer before the outbreak. It becomes the group's base on the outskirts of the city.

Which song do the Saviors force a captive Daryl Dixon to hear through his cell walls in The Walking Dead?

Easy Street plays through the walls of a dark cell at the Saviors' base. His jailer shows him captives who refused to join and now wander a fenced yard as walkers.

In what does Negan carry Sasha to Alexandria, unaware she has taken a suicide pill, in The Walking Dead?

A casket on the back of a truck holds her, with an iPod and some water for the ride. She takes the pill so that she can attack him as a walker once the lid is opened.

Which hostile group in The Walking Dead carves the letter W into the foreheads of its victims?

The Wolves kill people for their supplies and leave the marked bodies to turn into walkers. One of them, wearing the same letter himself, holds Morgan at gunpoint to explain the creed.

What does Carl Grimes lose when Ron's gun goes off in The Walking Dead's 'No Way Out'?

An eye is the price: the shot puts it out just as Michonne runs Ron through. Ron had turned the gun on Rick after walkers killed the rest of his family.

What do the Whisperers wear to pass unnoticed through a herd in The Walking Dead?

Skins of the undead are exposed when Daryl examines a fallen attacker and finds a living human under a mask. Whispers then grow louder all around the survivors.

On television, The Walking Dead's Whisperer deputy Beta is revealed to have been what before the outbreak?

A country musician with the stage name Half Moon, he is first glimpsed on an album cover in the companion series Fear the Walking Dead. His actor made an uncredited cameo there.

In The Walking Dead, what does the Whisperers' line of ten severed heads on pikes mark?

The edge of their land is staked out with the heads of people taken from the allied communities. A beaten survivor, left tied to a tree, points the searchers to the hill.

What fate does Rick Grimes choose for the defeated Negan at the end of The Walking Dead's eighth season?

Life imprisonment is the sentence, so that he must watch the community thrive without him. Rick first slices his throat with broken glass, then orders a medic to save him.

Which Army post is Rick's group heading for when The Walking Dead's second season opens on a jammed highway?

Fort Benning in Georgia becomes the plan once the CDC is destroyed. The convoy never gets there: a child goes missing during a walker horde, and the search for her takes over.

By which regal nickname is Juanita Sanchez, a lone Pittsburgh survivor, known in The Walking Dead?

Princess says she has not seen another survivor in around a year when the travelers find her. She dyes her hair several colors and dresses in feather boas and aviator goggles.

Which actor, later Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy, played Merle Dixon in The Walking Dead?

Michael Rooker broke through in the title role of a 1986 film about a serial murderer. On the zombie drama he is Daryl's brother, and the two roles are the ones he is best known for.

Which British actor, DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty, plays Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead?

Lennie James is also a writer: he created and starred in the Sky Atlantic drama Save Me, whose second season won the BAFTA for best drama series.

Which actress, Prison Break's Sara Tancredi, played Rick's wife Lori Grimes in The Walking Dead?

Sarah Wayne Callies was raised in Honolulu, where her family moved when she was a year old, long before she starred in both dramas.

Which deaf actress, Marvel's Makkari in Eternals, plays the survivor Connie in The Walking Dead?

Lauren Ridloff was a fan of the show who submitted an audition tape and joined in its ninth season. She had just earned a Tony nomination for 'Children of a Lesser God' on Broadway.

The Walking Dead's Daryl Dixon actor stars as protagonist Sam Porter Bridges in which video game series?

Death Stranding arrived in 2019 and its sequel, On the Beach, in 2025. Away from acting, he began hosting his own AMC travel show in 2016.

Which producer of The Terminator and The Abyss served as an executive producer of The Walking Dead?

Gale Anne Hurd was named as an executive producer on the day AMC announced it had ordered a pilot. Her other notable credits include the disaster film Armageddon.

Which false twist did The Walking Dead comic's writer add to his pitch to win over the publisher?

Aliens sent the plague, he claimed, after a plain zombie survival tale was rejected as too "normal". He never meant to write that story, but felt the lie was needed to get published.

Which Walking Dead spin-off follows four teenagers in Nebraska, the first generation raised in the apocalypse?

World Beyond premiered in October 2020 as a limited series, set ten years into the apocalypse. Its premise promised that some of the teenagers would become heroes and some villains.

In which New York borough do Maggie and Negan hunt for her kidnapped son in The Walking Dead: Dead City?

Manhattan has been cut off from the mainland in the spin-off, a crumbling island full of the dead. The pair make uneasy allies, since Negan killed her husband.

Which girl, found hiding alone in a tree house, becomes the heart of Telltale's The Walking Dead games?

Clementine's parents had left for Savannah before the outbreak, so a stranger takes her under his protection. In later games she raises a young boy the same way she was raised.

The first walker Rick Grimes shoots on screen in The Walking Dead is a little girl holding what?

A teddy bear is in her hand as Rick reassures her outside an abandoned convenience store, taking her for a living child. The story then jumps back several weeks to explain how he got there.

What washes away the walker-gut disguise worn by Rick and Glenn in Atlanta in The Walking Dead?

A rainstorm rinses off the blood and viscera they had smeared on to mask their scent, forcing a sprint for a box truck. A car alarm then draws the horde away.

Which word completes Rick Grimes's warning in The Walking Dead's season two finale: 'This isn't a ___ anymore'?

"If you're staying, this isn't a democracy anymore," he says after admitting he killed Shane for the group's sake. He dares anyone to leave the camp, and nobody does.

Which extreme weather makes survivors rope themselves together in The Walking Dead's season nine finale?

A blizzard strikes after winter has already ruined one settlement with burst pipes, rot and fires. A girl who runs off into the snow has to be rescued by Negan.

What do the letters JSS, scrawled by the teenager Enid, stand for in The Walking Dead?

Just Survive Somehow is the farewell note Carl finds from her. In flashbacks she writes the three letters in the dirt, on a dusty window and finally on her own hand.

On which film format was The Walking Dead shot until it switched to digital for its final 30 episodes?

16 mm film gave way to digital with the six bonus episodes of season ten. The pandemic prompted the change, because digital meant fewer "touch points" on set than film.

The Kingdom scenes in The Walking Dead were filmed at a former military base now home to whose studios?

Tyler Perry had the old base converted into studios, and it stood in for the community's home. It was an exception to the production's habit of filming around its own studio lot.

Which Deadwood actress leads the early seasons of Fear the Walking Dead as Madison Clark?

Kim Dickens left the role after four years and came back for the show's last two. In Deadwood she was Joanie Stubbs.

Which actor asked for his character to be killed off after The Walking Dead's first showrunner was fired?

Jeffrey DeMunn had appeared in nearly all of the ousted showrunner's films and said he was furious at how his friend was pushed out. His character, the group's moral center, dies in season two.

What is the name of Morgan Jones's son, later bitten by his own reanimated mother, in The Walking Dead?

Duane is with his father when the pair first take Rick in. Morgan could not bring himself to shoot his turned wife, and later mourns that she went on to bite the boy.