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189 free Glee trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
50 free Glee trivia questions with answers. Are you ready to take center stage and prove your Glee expertise? This comprehensive trivia quiz will test your knowledge of McKinley High's most talented show choir, iconic musical performances, and beloved character moments. Whether you've watched the series multiple times or just catching up, challenge yourself and see how well you really know Glee!
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Q 01Which song does New Directions perform to close Glee's pilot episode?
Don't Stop Believin'
The New Directions' performance of Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' in the pilot episode was a pivotal moment, convincing Will Schuester to stay as their director.
Q 02Which original song did New Directions perform at Regionals in Season 2?
Get It Right
Rachel wrote 'Get It Right' after Quinn told her she and Finn were back together, and when New Directions won Regionals she was named the club's competition MVP.
Q 03What subject is Will Schuester teaching at McKinley High when he takes over the glee club in Glee's pilot?
Spanish
Spanish: after Santana complained about his teaching in Season 3, Will handed the class to his own night-school tutor and switched to teaching history.
Q 04Which rival glee club coach, played by Idina Menzel, adopts Quinn's baby Beth in Glee's first-season finale?
Shelby Corcoran
Shelby Corcoran is also the birth mother of Rachel Berry, New Directions' own lead singer, and she adopts Quinn's newborn daughter at the hospital in the finale.
Q 05Sue Sylvester's opinion segment on the local TV news was called what?
Sue's Corner
Sue's Corner first airs in 'Preggers': Sue brags to the staff room about her ratings, then uses the slot to argue that America should take up caning.
Q 06Which news anchor, playing herself, tells Sue Sylvester on Glee that she is the 'Loser of the Year'?
Katie Couric
Katie Couric delivers the verdict in a television interview after Sue's cheer squad loses its regional title for the first time in seven years.
Q 07Which comedy legend guest-starred on Glee as Sue Sylvester's Nazi-hunting mother?
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett's character reappears after years away, just in time for the wedding at which Sue marries herself.
Q 08At Regionals in Season 1, New Directions mashed up 'Any Way You Want It' with which other Journey song?
'Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin''
'Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'' was mashed up with 'Any Way You Want It' in an all-Journey Regionals set; New Directions still finished last, yet Sue talked Figgins into giving the club another year.
Q 09Glee's fictional high school is set in which real Ohio town?
Lima
Glee is set in Lima, Ohio, a real city, though William McKinley High School is fictional; the series was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood.
Q 10Where did the glee club lose Nationals in Glee's second season?
New York City
Season 2's Nationals were held in New York City, where New Directions placed 12th after Finn kissed Rachel on stage during their original-song set.
Q 11In Glee's series finale, McKinley High is repurposed as what?
A school for the arts
A school for the arts is what the finale 'Dreams Come True' makes of McKinley High, with Will Schuester chosen to run it, right after New Directions wins Nationals in Season 6.
Q 12On Glee, which trademark hairstyle does Puck lose in Season 1, costing him his bad-boy reputation?
A mohawk
A mohawk: it is shaved off on his dermatologist's orders, and Puck tries to win back his standing by dating the newly popular Mercedes.
Q 13Which Oscar-winning British actress voiced Becky Jackson's inner monologue on Glee, uncredited?
Helen Mirren
Q 21Which powerhouse vocalist quit New Directions in Season 3 to join the rival Troubletones?
Mercedes Jones
Mercedes Jones left for the Troubletones, a second glee club set up inside McKinley; after it finished runner-up to New Directions at Sectionals, its singers were coaxed back.
Q 22Quinn, Santana and Brittany join the glee club as Sue's spies in which early Season 1 episode?
'Showmance'
'Showmance', the second episode, also has the club scandalise a school assembly with Salt-N-Pepa's 'Push It', and ends a private rehearsal with Finn and Rachel kissing.
Q 23Which coach did McKinley's guidance counselor get engaged to in Season 1, while Will was still married?
Ken Tanaka
Helen Mirren provides Becky's inner voice in Season 3's 'Yes/No', as Becky decides she wants a boyfriend and sets her sights on Artie.
Q 14In Glee's pilot, Will overhears Finn singing which REO Speedwagon ballad in the locker-room showers?
Can't Fight This Feeling
Can't Fight This Feeling convinces Will that the quarterback can sing, so he resorts to blackmail to get Finn into the club.
Q 15What was the name of the rival glee club from Carmel High, known for their elaborate performances?
Vocal Adrenaline
Vocal Adrenaline, from Carmel High, was the New Directions' primary rival, known for their highly theatrical and competitive performances.
Q 16Which musical does Sandy Ryerson cast Rachel in after she quits glee in Season 1?
Cabaret
Cabaret was bait: Sue had Sandy Ryerson stage it to lure the club's star away, and Rachel took the role of Sally Bowles after Will gave Tina a solo she wanted.
Q 17After rivals performed its set list at Season 1 Sectionals, New Directions opened with which Rachel Berry solo?
'Don't Rain on My Parade'
'Don't Rain on My Parade' was Rachel's answer after rival choirs performed all three songs on the leaked set list; the club rebuilt its set on the spot and the judges still chose it unanimously.
Q 18In Glee's pilot, Kurt protests that his jacket comes from which designer's new collection?
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs: the jocks let Kurt take the jacket off before throwing him in the dumpster, and Chris Colfer has said he had never heard of the designer before the scene.
Q 19Which McKinley High staff member suffered from severe mysophobia and OCD?
Emma Pillsbury
Emma Pillsbury finally confronts it in Season 2's 'Born This Way': she starts seeing a psychiatrist and joins the club's number in a T-shirt that reads 'OCD'.
Q 20Who is Will Schuester's wife when Glee begins?
Terri
Terri Schuester faked a pregnancy after her hysterical pregnancy proved false; Will left her after finding the pregnancy pad in 'Mattress' and filed for divorce.
Ken Tanaka, the football coach, called off the wedding on the day because of Emma's feelings for Will, who then stopped her leaving McKinley with a kiss.
Q 24Which Dalton Academy show choir did Darren Criss's character lead before transferring to McKinley?
The Warblers
Blaine Anderson fronted the Dalton Academy Warblers before transferring to McKinley in Season 3; in Season 6 Dalton burns down and the Warblers merge into New Directions.
Q 25In the pilot, a rival glee club unnerves New Directions with which Amy Winehouse song?
'Rehab'
'Rehab' is the number Vocal Adrenaline performs when Will and Emma take the club to scout the competition; its polish rattles New Directions, and soon afterwards Will tells them he is quitting.
Q 26In Glee's first season, which jock is revealed as the real father of cheerleader Quinn Fabray's baby, not her boyfriend Finn?
Noah Puckerman
Quinn told Finn the baby was his even though they had never slept together. When Rachel works out that Noah Puckerman is the father, Finn attacks his best friend, dumps Quinn and quits the club.
Q 27To rekindle her passion for cheerleading, Sue Sylvester planned to fire a Cheerio out of what?
A cannon
A cannon: Sue planned to fire Brittany out of one at a cheer competition, and when Sue pulled the squad from the football halftime show, Brittany, Quinn and Santana quit the Cheerios to perform in it.
Q 28New Directions win Nationals for the first time in Glee's third season, in which Midwestern city?
Chicago
Chicago hosted the Season 3 Nationals; New Directions took the trophy and came home to a school that had once slushied them and now treated them as heroes.
Q 29Which Season 1 episode of Glee is built around the music of Lady Gaga?
'Theatricality'
'Theatricality' is Season 1's Lady Gaga episode: the girls and Kurt perform 'Bad Romance' in homemade Gaga costumes, while the boys answer with KISS.
Q 30Which pop superstar got a Glee tribute episode in Season 2 and appeared in it herself?
Britney Spears
Britney Spears turns up in the club's dream sequences: one by one the singers go under dental anaesthetic and wake up inside her videos.