50 free CSI: Miami trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
CSI: Miami gave the world a lieutenant who put on his sunglasses, delivered a pun and walked off as The Who screamed 'Yeah!' It also, in 2006, was the most-watched TV series on the planet. David Caruso appeared in all 232 episodes; the rest of the lab had a rougher time. These 50 questions cover the whole run: the back-door pilot inside CSI, Emily Procter leaving The West Wing, Kim Delaney's ten-episode stay, Speedle's dirty gun, Marisol, Natalia's FBI secret, Tara's pills, the halon attack, Frank Tripp and Walter Simmons, the Felony Flight and Bone Voyage crossovers, the SkyOne credit union that played the crime lab, Long Beach standing in for Miami, and the 2012 duel with CSI: NY that Miami lost. Every answer is cited to a page we checked. Play it solo or print it for a TV night.
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Q 01On which network did CSI: Miami air from 2002 to 2012?
CBS
It ran ten seasons and 232 episodes, ending on April 8, 2012.
Q 02Who plays Lieutenant Horatio Caine?
David Caruso
He is the only actor to appear in all 232 episodes.
Q 03How many episodes did CSI: Miami run?
232
It was the first direct spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Q 04Who was CSI: Miami's show-runner among its three creators?
Ann Donahue
Mendelsohn and Zuiker were co-executive producers, with Bruckheimer also producing.
Q 05A 2006 BBC article named CSI: Miami the world's most popular series based on what?
Top-ten charts across 20 countries
An Informa study of 20 countries found it in more top-10 rankings for 2005 than any other show.
Q 06What was the 2024 true-crime revival of the brand called?
The Real CSI: Miami
CBS announced it on May 8, 2024, and it premiered that June.
Q 07Which agency does the CSI team belong to?
Miami-Dade
The fictional headquarters is known for its 'eerie blue light and flickering screens'.
Q 08What was Horatio Caine's earlier specialty that gave him explosive forensics expertise?
Bomb disposal
He rose through the ranks as a bomb squad technician before leading the crime lab.
Q 09What is Calleigh Duquesne's forensic specialty?
Ballistics
The New York Post called her 'a bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics'.
Q 10Eric Delko is an expert in what kind of recovery?
Underwater
He first met the team while working as a tow-truck driver before Caine recruited him.
Q 11Who plays Eric Delko?
Adam Rodriguez
He left in season eight and returned in season nine.
Q 12Which character is a former FBI agent and DNA specialist?
Natalia Boa Vista
Played by Eva LaRue, she was restricted to cold cases at first because of her federal grant.
Q 13Ryan Wolfe was recruited after the death of which detective?
Timothy Speedle
Caine noticed Wolfe's immaculate care of his gun, the opposite of Speedle's fatal neglect.
Q 14Who is the team's original medical examiner, played by Khandi Alexander?
Q 21Who was the first actor cast for the spin-off?
Emily Procter
She left The West Wing for it, likening the choice to a casual boyfriend versus a man who says 'I love you'.
Q 22Which Scooby-Doo character did Calleigh's actress say she pretended to be?
Velma
She described Calleigh as 'bright and very nerdy', in boot-cut corduroys and turquoise necklaces.
Q 23Which actress turned down the role of Megan Donner before Kim Delaney took it?
Sela Ward
Ward later joined the next spin-off, CSI: NY.
After how many episodes did Kim Delaney leave the series in 2002?
Alexx Woods
A 'mother' figure to the team, she was known for talking to the dead bodies.
Q 15Detective Yelina Salas is related to Horatio how?
His sister-in-law
She is the widow of Horatio's brother Raymond and later dates IAB's Rick Stetler.
Q 16Who plays Internal Affairs Lieutenant Rick Stetler, the team's nemesis?
David Lee Smith
Christina Chang played States Attorney Rebecca Nevins.
Q 17What was the series' original working title?
CSI: Miami-Dade
CBS announced the spin-off on April 17, 2002.
Q 18How was CSI: Miami launched?
As an episode of the original CSI
The back-door pilot, 'Cross Jurisdictions', introduced Caruso, Procter, Rodriguez, Alexander and Cochrane.
Q 19Which CSI star said CBS 'should have waited five years for a CSI spinoff'?
William Petersen
Helgenberger backed him in an Emmy speech: 'there's only one CSI'.
Q 20What nickname did the original CSI's lead actor jokingly give the new show?
NYPDCSI
Both Caruso and Kim Delaney were NYPD Blue alumni.
Ten
Her chemistry with Caruso was judged lackluster, and Procter's profile was raised to leading female.
Q 25Which of these actors was the last pilot cast member contracted to the series?
David Caruso
Zuiker was wary of 'the NYPD Blue thing' until the producers took Caruso to dinner at the eleventh hour.
Q 26In which state was CSI: Miami primarily filmed?
California
Indoor scenes were shot at Raleigh Manhattan Studios in Manhattan Beach; Long Beach stood in for Miami outdoors.
Q 27Which city's high-rise condos doubled as Miami in many outdoor scenes?
Long Beach
Its Naples district, with canals, boat docks and palms, supplied the Miami atmosphere.
Q 28The exterior of the MDPD crime lab is really the headquarters of what?
A federal credit union
The SkyOne Federal Credit Union building sits on Aviation Boulevard in Hawthorne, California.
Q 29What is CSI: Miami's theme song?
Won't Get Fooled Again
Every CSI series uses a song by The Who; the original used 'Who Are You'.
Q 30Which band performs CSI: Miami's theme?
The Who
They also supply the themes for CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber and CSI: Vegas.