50 free Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Brotherhood is the second anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's manga and the one that follows it to the end: 64 episodes from Resembool to the Promised Day. These Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood trivia questions cover the Elric brothers, Equivalent Exchange, the State Alchemists, the seven Homunculi, the voice casts in both languages and the manga behind it all. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Which studio animated Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood?
Bones
The same studio made the 2003 series and both films, so the franchise has a single animation house throughout.
Q 02Who directed Brotherhood?
Yasuhiro Irie
He said his big challenge was giving enough focus to the hugely popular Roy Mustang.
Q 03How many episodes does Brotherhood run?
64
It aired on MBS and TBS from April 2009 to July 2010, ending weeks after the manga finished.
Q 04Why was a second anime adaptation made after the 2003 series?
The first strayed from the manga
The 2003 show ran out of manga to adapt and invented its own story; Brotherhood follows the manga to the end.
Q 05Who wrote and illustrated the original manga?
Hiromu Arakawa
She announced the second anime in the manga's 20th volume in August 2008.
Q 06On which US programming block did the English dub premiere in February 2010?
Toonami on Adult Swim
The dub reused most of the 2003 series' English cast and ran until September 2011.
Q 07Which company took over the series' North American license after Funimation's expired in 2016?
Aniplex of America
Netflix added the series in the US and Canada in January 2018, and Funimation re-licensed it for streaming in 2019.
Q 08In which remote village are the Elric brothers raised?
Resembool
After the failed transmutation the brothers burn their house down to show there is no going back.
Q 09What is the name of the country where the series is set?
Amestris
Its world is styled on Europe's Industrial Revolution, and its head of state is titled Führer.
Q 10What is the name of the Elric brothers' mother?
Trisha
Her death from a lingering illness drives the boys to attempt the forbidden human transmutation.
Q 11What is the name of the brothers' absent father?
Hohenheim
He was made immortal centuries earlier and has spent the time working to stop the Homunculi's creator.
Q 12Who trained Ed and Al in alchemy before they attempted to revive their mother?
Izumi Curtis
Their neighbors Pinako and Winry Rockbell cared for them after their mother died.
Q 13Which limb does Edward lose in the failed transmutation, before giving up his arm?
Left leg
He then sacrifices his right arm to bind Al's soul to a suit of armor.
What are the mechanical prosthetic limbs of the series called?
Q 21Which serial killer targets State Alchemists to avenge his people's genocide?
Scar
His backstory is read as a reference to the Ainu people of Japan, whose land was seized by outsiders.
Q 22Which homunculus murders Maes Hughes?
Envy
Lieutenant Maria Ross is framed for it, and Mustang fakes her death to smuggle her out of the country.
Q 23King Bradley, the country's Führer, is secretly which homunculus?
Wrath
His adopted son Selim turns out to be Pride, the first homunculus ever created.
Q 24Which Xingese prince becomes the new vessel for Greed?
Automail
Ed's are made by Winry and Pinako, and Rush Valley is the town that specializes in building them.
Q 15Which natural law says you cannot create something without all its parts present?
Law of Equivalent Exchange
The author said the idea came from her parents' dairy farm, where you worked hard to earn what you ate.
Q 16What is the godlike being that confronts anyone attempting human transmutation called?
Truth
It appears as a reflection of the alchemist and takes a body part as the toll.
Q 17A philosopher's stone is made by trapping what?
Thousands of human souls
It is the only thing that can bypass Equivalent Exchange, and it is the fuel that lets Homunculi regenerate.
Q 18What rank does Roy Mustang hold when he invites Edward to become a State Alchemist?
Colonel
Edward becomes the youngest State Alchemist in the country's history, taking the title 'Fullmetal'.
Q 19Which State title does Mustang hold?
Flame Alchemist
His gloves of 'ignition cloth' carry transmutation circles that spark when he snaps his fingers.
Q 20What are Mustang's gloves made from?
Ignition cloth
It is often said he is useless when they are wet, but he only needs some other way to call up a flame.
Ling Yao
He came west seeking a philosopher's stone to secure his claim to his country's throne, and leaves with one.
Q 25Which homunculus does Mustang kill?
Lust
He later defeats Envy in a rage but is talked out of finishing him by Hawkeye, Edward and Scar.
Q 26Which homunculus swallows Ling, Edward and Envy into his void-like stomach?
Gluttony
They escape only after he carries Alphonse to meet the Homunculi's creator.
Q 27Who discovers that Bradley's son Selim is the homunculus Pride?
Riza Hawkeye
Bradley had already placed her under his own command to keep Mustang in check.
Q 28What is the northern fortress the Elrics travel to called?
Fort Briggs
There they confront Sloth and learn the country was founded to farm a population for one giant philosopher's stone.
Q 29Which general commands the northern fortress?
Olivier Armstrong
Her brother Alex was the character the manga's author found easiest to draw, along with the little animals.
Q 30What astronomical event does the villain's plan require on the Promised Day?
A solar eclipse
He also needs 'human sacrifices': alchemists who have performed human transmutation.