Anne with an E
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50 free Anne with an E trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Anne with an E took one of the best-loved orphan stories in children's literature and retold it with more grit, more history and a great deal of heart. The Canadian drama followed Anne Shirley from her first frightened night at Green Gables to the edge of adulthood, and it gathered a fiercely loyal audience along the way. This quiz covers the whole journey: Anne's scrapes and triumphs in Avonlea, the friends, rivals and teachers around her, the storylines the series added to the original novel, and the people who made it in front of and behind the camera. It is written for fans, whether they watched the series once or return to it every year. The early questions suit anyone who knows the story, and the later ones reward viewers who remember the smaller moments.
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Q 01Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, who take in Anne at Green Gables, are related in what way?
Siblings
Siblings who never married, the Cuthberts run their ancestral farm together, and they send for an orphan only because Matthew needs help in the fields.
Q 02What does Anne smash over Gilbert Blythe's head after he tugs her braid and mocks her red hair?
A slate
A slate, the writing tablet each pupil used, lands on Gilbert's head. Scolded in front of the whole class, Anne runs home in tears and swears she will never go back.
Q 03Which missing item does Marilla accuse Anne of stealing before sending her back to the orphanage?
A brooch
A brooch that Marilla treasures goes missing, and she finds it wedged between the chair cushions only after Anne has already been put on the train.
Q 04Anne with an E is set in the fictional farming town of Avonlea in which Canadian province?
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is where the story's author spent her childhood, and she modelled Avonlea on the real village of Cavendish there.
Q 05Which author wrote Anne of Green Gables, the classic novel that Anne with an E adapts for television?
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery built the story on notes she made as a girl about a household that was sent the wrong orphan by mistake and decided to keep the child.
Q 06Anne gets Diana Barry drunk at a grown-up tea party after mistaking wine for which drink?
Raspberry cordial
Raspberry cordial was what Anne meant to pour, and the mix-up costs her dearly: Diana's mother finds both girls tipsy and forbids the friendship.
Q 07Which streaming service joined Canada's CBC to make Anne with an E and released the drama worldwide?
Netflix
Netflix carried the drama outside Canada under the longer title, while the CBC first aired it simply as Anne and took up the streamer's name from season two.
Q 08Matthew surprises Anne with the dress she has longed for, which has what fashionable feature?
Puff sleeves
Puff sleeves were the fashion Anne had pined for, and shy Matthew braves a dress shop to order them, where he meets a friend unseen since his school days.
Q 09In Anne with an E, what had the Cuthberts actually asked the orphanage to send them instead of Anne?
A boy
A boy was what the Cuthberts ordered, to work the fields beside Matthew, so Marilla's first instinct is to send the talkative newcomer straight back.
Q 10Which Canadian Hollywood star tweeted his support for the fan campaign to save Anne with an E?
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds backed the campaign alongside English singer Sam Smith, as fans launched a petition and paid for billboards to win the drama another season.
Q 11Which Irish-Canadian actress beat some 1,800 hopefuls to play Anne Shirley in Anne with an E?
Amybeth McNulty
Amybeth McNulty won the part with an audition that asked her to talk to trees and flowers and build a throne out of twigs.
Q 12Anne saves Diana Barry's little sister Minnie May when the child falls dangerously ill with what?
Croup
Croup leaves Minnie May fighting for breath, and Anne knows what to do from years of minding other people's children. The rescue wins over Diana's formidable great-aunt.
Q 13Although set in Atlantic Canada, Anne with an E was mostly filmed in which province to save money?
Ontario
Ontario doubled for Avonlea, with a pioneer-village museum in Toronto among the period backdrops, and only occasional scenes were shot where the story is set.
Q 21Which Canadian rock band recorded Ahead by a Century, the opening theme of Anne with an E?
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip closed their farewell concert with the song in 2016, the year before the series first aired with it playing over the titles.
Q 22Moira Walley-Beckett, creator of Anne with an E, had earlier won an Emmy for writing on which crime drama?
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad brought her the Emmy for Ozymandias, often ranked among the greatest television episodes, before she turned to an orphan's story in rural Canada.
Q 23Bash, the shipmate Gilbert befriends at sea in Anne with an E, comes from which part of the Caribbean?
Trinidad
Q 14New teacher Miss Stacy startles Avonlea in Anne with an E by arriving on what unusual vehicle?
A motorbike
A motorbike and her modern lessons soon have conservative parents pressing for her dismissal, until a town-hall vote keeps her in the classroom.
Q 15Which wild animal does Anne try to protect in season two when Billy Andrews sets out to hunt it?
A fox
A fox suspected of raiding the henhouse becomes Anne's cause, and Matthew ends up removing his own trap and fencing in the chicken coop instead.
Q 16Two boarders at Green Gables swindle Anne's neighbours by claiming Avonlea's soil is rich in what?
Gold
Gold was the lure: the con men charged $150 a property to test the soil, and one of them escaped with the money Mr. Barry had handed over.
Q 17Which right do Anne and her classmates stage a protest to demand in season three of Anne with an E?
Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech became the cause after Anne published an article on equality without her teacher's approval and the board banned her from the paper.
Q 18Which new machine at Anne's Avonlea school do the town elders secretly remove in season three?
A printing press
A printing press let the pupils publish their own paper, and once it had carried Anne's opinions the elders took it away and burned down the schoolhouse.
Q 19Fans protesting the axing of Anne with an E funded billboards in Toronto and at which New York landmark?
Times Square
Times Square carried a fan-funded billboard soon after the first went up in Toronto in January 2020, and the show's star and its creator visited the displays in person.
Q 20Searching church records in season three, Anne learns her birth parents originally came from where?
Scotland
Scotland was the answer waiting in the church records, and Anne is soon leading her friends in a Beltane rite taken from a book of its customs.
Trinidad is where the steamer docks and Bash faces his mother and his past. He appears in none of the novels: the showrunner invented him to widen the world of the story.
Q 24At the end of Anne with an E, Anne and most of her classmates pass the entrance exam to study where?
Queen's College
Queen's College accepts Diana too, though she only sat the exam at her great-aunt's urging and her parents take time to let her go.
Q 25In Anne with an E, the authorities take Anne's friend Ka'kwet away to what kind of institution?
A residential school
A residential school holds Ka'kwet after she is taken back by force, and the story ends with her parents unable to get inside to bring her home.
Q 26Anne befriends Ka'kwet while writing an article about a village of which Indigenous nation?
Mi'kmaq
Mi'kmaq characters appear throughout the season, and one of their healers treats classmate Moody Spurgeon when he injures his leg on a nature walk.
Q 27Jerry Baynard, the hired hand at Anne's Green Gables, comes from which French-speaking community?
Acadian
Acadian home life gets a showcase when Diana fakes an ankle injury to escape her parents and spends a lively evening with Jerry's large household.
Q 28Anne ends up with cropped hair in season two after a botched attempt to dye it which colour?
Black
Black, raven black to be exact, was the shade Anne wanted in place of her red, and the ruined result has to be cut very short before she faces the town.
Q 29Geraldine James, Marilla in Anne with an E, played royalty in the 2019 film of which British period drama?
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey's 2019 film cast Geraldine James as Mary, consort of King George V, decades after she made her name in The Jewel in the Crown.
Q 30Which party game leaves Anne's Avonlea classmates fretting about kissing and beauty in season two?
Spin the Bottle
Spin the Bottle gives Diana her first kiss, while Billy Andrews uses the game to taunt Anne about her looks.