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61 free Buffy the Vampire Slayer trivia questions with answers. Buffy the Vampire Slayer ran for seven seasons and 144 episodes across The WB and UPN, and this quiz covers the whole run plus everything around it: the 1992 film with Kristy Swanson, the Angel spin-off in Los Angeles, the Season Eight comics from Dark Horse, and the cast, crew and Big Bads that made Sunnydale worth returning to. The questions start easy - who created the show, what Oz turns into, which network took the last two seasons - and climb steadily through the landmark episodes (Hush, The Body, Once More, with Feeling), the season arcs and the production stories, before finishing with the kind of details only a rewatcher knows: the Summers family address, the Master's unspoken real name, and how many days Buffy was dead. It works as a solo warm-up or as a ready-made round for a trivia night. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its episodes, its characters and its cast, and each question shows its source, so you can settle any argument about a wrong-looking answer on the spot.
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Q 01Who created the television series?
Joss Whedon
He first conceived the idea as 'Rhonda the Immortal Waitress' - a seemingly insignificant woman who turns out to be extraordinary.
Q 02Who plays Buffy Summers in the series?
Sarah Michelle Gellar
She had already won a Daytime Emmy at 18 for a soap-opera role before landing the part.
Q 03What job does Buffy's Watcher hold at Sunnydale High?
Librarian
The library sits directly above the Hellmouth, which is convenient for a Watcher who needs to keep an eye on things.
Q 04Which actor plays Willow Rosenberg?
Alyson Hannigan
An unaired half-hour pilot was filmed with a different actress, Riff Regan, as Willow before the network asked for a recast.
Q 05The spin-off series Angel is set in which city?
Los Angeles
The city's name is literally the first thing said in the premiere, and its skyline is the first image in the opening credits.
Q 06Which actor plays the bleached-blond vampire Spike?
James Marsters
He is American, and got informal coaching on his north London accent from British co-star Anthony Head.
Q 07What creature does Willow's boyfriend Oz turn into?
A werewolf
He was bitten on the finger by his young cousin Jordy, and transforms on the three nights around a full moon.
Q 08Former vengeance demon Anya has a running fear of which animals?
Bunnies
She belts out a whole number about them in the musical episode, and they feature in her worst nightmares.
Q 09What is the informal nickname of Buffy's circle of friends?
The Scooby Gang
Cordelia, who initially resented the group, ends up joining it and dating Xander.
Q 10The show moved to which network for its final two seasons?
UPN
The move followed a negotiation dispute with The WB, which had aired the first five seasons and billed the season five finale as its own 'series finale'.
Q 11Who played Buffy in the original 1992 film?
Kristy Swanson
The film cast her as a Valley Girl cheerleader; it received mixed reviews and grossed $16.6 million on a $7 million budget.
Q 12What is the name of Angel's soulless, sadistic alter ego?
Angelus
Born Liam in 18th-century Ireland, he became infamous as the most sadistic vampire in European history after being sired.
Q 13What is the title of the season-six musical episode?
Once More, with Feeling
The network promoted it with billboards showing the star's face with music notes over her eyes, and Channel 4 later included it among the 100 Greatest Musicals.
Q 21What does Xander do to revive Buffy after the Master drowns her in the season-one finale?
Performs CPR
Angel cannot do it because, as a vampire, he has no breath.
Q 22What weapon does Buffy use to destroy the supposedly invincible demon the Judge?
A rocket launcher
Xander and Cordelia stole it from an army base; her one-liner is 'That was then, this is now.'
Q 23Which body part does Xander lose to the preacher Caleb in season seven?
His left eye
The character was originally slated to die; instead he spends the final episodes in an eyepatch.
Q 14Which evil law firm is Angel's arch-nemesis on his spin-off?
Wolfram & Hart
The firm is a front for demonic forces; in the final season Angel's team controversially takes over the firm's own offices.
Q 15In the season-three finale, the Mayor 'ascends' into what kind of demon?
A huge snake
Buffy, Angel and the entire graduating class blow up the high school to kill him.
Q 16What does the Initiative implant in Spike's head in season four?
A behaviour-modifying chip
It punishes him with debilitating pain whenever he tries to hurt a human, and his inability to bite is comically compared to impotence.
Q 17Buffy's mother Joyce dies suddenly of what?
A brain aneurysm
The episode 'The Body' was shot with no musical score at all, and the writer-director's own mother had died the same way.
Q 18What are the silent, smiling, heart-stealing villains of the near-dialogue-free season-four episode?
The Gentlemen
About 27 of the episode's 44 minutes have no dialogue at all, in tribute to silent films; only a live human scream can kill them.
Q 19Buffy's sister Dawn is revealed to be what?
A mystical Key in human form
Monks turned the energy into a girl and gave everyone lifelong false memories of her, so the Slayer would instinctively protect it.
Q 20How does Buffy die at the end of season five?
Leaping into a portal
Her friends later resurrect her with a spell, believing they are rescuing her from a hell dimension.
Q 24Which rock band plays the show's opening theme?
Nerf Herder
The creator picked their track at the urging of the actress who plays Willow; the band's name comes from a Han Solo insult in The Empire Strikes Back.
Q 25On Angel, what does Cordelia inherit from the dying half-demon Doyle via a kiss?
Prophetic visions
She initially treats them as a curse until a demon overwhelms her with the pain of everyone in need worldwide.
Q 26What is the name of the 'miracle' child born to the vampires Angel and Darla?
Connor
Kidnapped to a hell dimension as a baby, he returns weeks later as a teenager because time runs faster there.
Q 27What is Buffy's degrading fast-food job in season six?
Doublemeat Palace
Its arrival marks her deep depression after being pulled out of heaven; the writers had her sink lower than at any other point in the show.
Q 28Which company published the canonical Season Eight comic continuation from 2007?
Dark Horse Comics
The run was planned at about 25 issues but grew to 40, followed by a Season Nine in 2011.
Q 29Buffy's brief death in the season-one finale activated which new Slayer?
Kendra
She is later hypnotized and killed by Drusilla, which in turn calls Faith.
Q 30Which former Slayer, killed by Spike in 1977 New York, was the mother of the season-seven principal?
Nikki Wood
Spike took his trademark leather duster from her after the fight, one of two Slayers he had killed.