Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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178 free Buffy the Vampire Slayer trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
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
Joss Whedon created Buffy; his first sketch of the idea was '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
Sarah Michelle Gellar plays Buffy; at 18 she had already won a 1995 Daytime Emmy for a soap-opera role before landing the part in 1996.
Q 03What job does Buffy's Watcher hold at Sunnydale High?
Librarian
Giles works as the Sunnydale High librarian; the library sits directly above the Hellmouth, which keeps the Watcher close to the action.
Q 04Which actor plays Willow Rosenberg?
Alyson Hannigan
Alyson Hannigan plays Willow; the unaired 1996 presentation pilot cast Riff Regan in the role before the network asked for a recast.
Q 05The spin-off series Angel is set in which city?
Los Angeles
Angel is set in Los Angeles; the pilot 'City Of' opens with Angel's voiceover saying 'Los Angeles' before anything else is spoken.
Q 06Which actor plays the bleached-blond vampire Spike?
James Marsters
James Marsters, an American actor from California, plays Spike; British co-star Anthony Head helped him polish the character's north London accent.
Q 07What creature does Willow's boyfriend Oz turn into?
A werewolf
Oz is a werewolf, bitten on the finger by his young cousin Jordy; he transforms on the three nights around each 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
Buffy's friends call themselves the Scooby Gang, after the mystery-solving crew of Scooby-Doo; Xander coins the name in season two's 'What's My Line'.
Q 10Buffy the Vampire Slayer moved from The WB to which network for its final two seasons?
UPN
UPN aired the last two seasons from October 2001 after a negotiation dispute with The WB, which had billed the season five finale as its own 'series finale'.
Q 11Who played Buffy in the original 1992 film?
Kristy Swanson
Kristy Swanson's Buffy learns it is her fate to hunt vampires; the film got 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
Angel's soulless self is Angelus; born Liam in 18th-century Galway, he was sired by Darla in 1753 and became infamous across Europe for his cruelty.
Q 13What is the title of the season-six musical episode?
Once More, with Feeling
The musical is 'Once More, with Feeling'; UPN promoted it with billboards of Gellar's face with music notes over her eyes, and Channel 4 ranked 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
Xander performs CPR and revives Buffy; Angel says he 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
Buffy blows the Judge apart with a rocket launcher that Xander and Cordelia stole 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
Wolfram & Hart is secretly a front for powerful 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
The Mayor becomes a huge snake, the pure demon Olvikan; Buffy lures him into the library and Giles detonates the explosives that destroy Sunnydale High with him inside.
Q 16In Buffy season four, what does the Initiative implant in the vampire Spike's head?
A behaviour-modifying chip
A behaviour-modifying chip punishes him with debilitating pain whenever he tries to hurt a human, so Spike turns to the Scooby Gang for protection; his inability to bite is comically compared to impotence.
Q 17Buffy's mother Joyce dies suddenly of what?
A brain aneurysm
Joyce dies of a brain aneurysm; 'The Body' was shot with no musical score, and writer-director Joss Whedon's own mother had died of an aneurysm.
Q 18What are the silent, smiling, heart-stealing villains of the near-dialogue-free season-four episode?
The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen are the villains of 'Hush'; about 27 of its 44 minutes have no dialogue, in tribute to silent films, and only a real human scream can kill them.
Q 19Buffy's sister Dawn is revealed to be what?
A mystical Key in human form
Dawn is a mystical Key in human form, sent to the Slayer for protection from the villainous Glory; everyone was given lifelong false memories of her.
Q 20How does Buffy die at the end of season five?
Leaping into a portal
Buffy dies leaping into Glory's portal in 'The Gift', her blood closing it; 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
Nerf Herder plays the theme; Alyson Hannigan urged Joss Whedon to use their track, and the band's name comes from Princess Leia's 'nerf herder' insult at Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back.
Q 25On Angel, what does Cordelia inherit from the dying half-demon Doyle via a kiss?
Prophetic visions
Doyle's kiss passes his prophetic visions to Cordelia; she treats them as a curse until the demon Vocah floods her with visions of everyone suffering in the world.
Q 26What is the name of the 'miracle' child born to the vampires Angel and Darla?
Connor
The child is Connor; Holtz kidnaps him into the hell dimension Quor'toth as a baby, and 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
Buffy takes a job at the Doublemeat Palace burger chain in season six; it marks the low point of her depression after being pulled out of heaven.
Q 28Which company published the canonical Season Eight comic continuation from 2007?
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics published Season Eight from March 2007; planned at about 25 issues, it grew to 40 and was followed by Season Nine in 2011.
Q 29Buffy's brief death in the season-one finale activated which new Slayer?
Kendra
Buffy's drowning called Kendra, who arrives in season two; Kendra 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
Nikki Wood, mother of Principal Robin Wood, was killed by Spike on a New York subway in 1977; he took his trademark leather duster from her body.