Heroes (NBC series) Trivia
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148 free Heroes (NBC Series) trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Heroes trivia quiz is about the NBC superhero drama that ran from 2006 to 2010, plus the 2015 miniseries Heroes Reborn (if you want caped comic-book characters instead, try our Superheroes quiz). It follows ordinary people who wake up with extraordinary abilities: hospice nurse Peter Petrelli, cheerleader Claire Bennet, Tokyo office worker Hiro Nakamura, flying politician Nathan Petrelli, mind-reading cop Matt Parkman and the watchmaker-turned-killer Sylar. The easy questions are the ones any fan can answer: the network, the cheerleader slogan, who plays Hiro, what Claire's power is and where the season-one bomb was going to go off. From there it works through every volume: Genesis, Generations, Villains, Fugitives and Redemption, then Heroes Reborn. Expect questions on Isaac's paintings, the Shanti virus, Takezo Kensei, Primatech and Pinehearst, Level 5, Building 26, Samuel's carnival, Charlie at the Burnt Toast Diner and the ferris wheel ending. There are behind-the-scenes questions too: why Hiro was added to the pilot, the cannibalism idea behind Sylar, the eight Emmy nominations that won nothing, the writers' strike that cut season two to 11 episodes and the Wendy and Lisa score. Every answer was checked against the encyclopaedia entries for the series, its seasons, its episodes, its characters and its cast, and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. Fans of the era may also like our Lost and Fringe quizzes.
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Q 01On which network did Heroes originally air?
NBC
Its pilot drew NBC's best drama premiere rating in five years.
Q 02Who created Heroes?
Tim Kring
Tim Kring created Heroes and served as its showrunner; he later created the 2015 revival Heroes Reborn.
Q 03How many seasons of the original Heroes were made?
4
The original Heroes ran 4 seasons, from September 2006 until NBC cancelled it on May 14, 2010.
Q 04What is the title of the first volume and of the pilot episode?
Genesis
Both the pilot and Volume One are titled Genesis; the pilot aired on NBC on September 25, 2006.
Q 05Who plays Peter Petrelli?
Milo Ventimiglia
Milo Ventimiglia plays Peter Petrelli; he later starred as Jack Pearson in This Is Us.
Q 06What is Peter Petrelli's job when the series begins?
Hospice nurse
He becomes a paramedic in season four.
Q 07What is Claire's ability?
Rapid cellular regeneration
Claire Bennet has rapid cellular regeneration; she feels the pain of an injury but heals within seconds.
Q 08Who plays Hiro?
Masi Oka
Masi Oka plays Hiro Nakamura; Oka was born in Tokyo and moved to Los Angeles at age six.
Q 09What is Nathan Petrelli's power?
Flight
Nathan Petrelli's power is flight, which he hides while running for Congress in season one.
Q 10What does LAPD officer Matt Parkman do with his ability?
Read minds
Matt Parkman reads minds; his telepathy later grows into mind control and precognitive painting.
Q 11Which character does Ali Larter play in season four after Niki is written out?
Tracy Strauss
Tracy is Niki's triplet sister.
Q 12What power does Niki's triplet sister have?
Freezing objects with a touch
Tracy Strauss, Niki's triplet sister, can freeze objects with a touch; she first reveals it by accidentally freezing a reporter solid.
Q 13How many episodes did the first season of Heroes have?
23
23 episodes, averaging 14.3 million US viewers.
Q 14Where is the season-one explosion that the heroes must prevent?
Q 21What is the name of Primatech's rival organisation in Villains?
Pinehearst
Pinehearst, run by Arthur Petrelli, is the Company's rival in Villains; both it and Primatech are destroyed in the volume finale 'Dual'.
Q 22Who kills Nathan Petrelli at the end of Fugitives?
Sylar
Sylar kills Nathan in the Fugitives finale 'An Invisible Thread'; Matt then rewrites Sylar's memory so he believes he is Nathan.
Q 23Where does Sylar's consciousness end up after his memory is rewritten?
Inside Matt Parkman
He taunts Matt through season four.
Kirby Plaza, New York
Nathan flies Peter above the city to detonate safely.
Q 15What is the name of the second volume, which is also season two?
Generations
It picks up four months after Kirby Plaza.
Q 16Which illness is weaponized and locked away at Primatech in season two?
The Shanti virus
The Shanti virus, named after Mohinder's late sister Shanti Suresh, is the strain the Company keeps locked away in season two.
Q 17What kind of business is Primatech's front in Texas?
A paper company
Primatech's cover is a paper company, Primatech Paper Co.; Noah Bennet poses as its manager while secretly working for the Company.
Q 18Which two volumes make up season three?
Villains and Fugitives
Thirteen episodes then twelve.
Q 19What is Level 5?
The Company's maximum-security prison area
Level 5 is the Company's maximum-security prison area for the most dangerous specials; its inmates break out in the season-three premiere.
Q 20Who plays Arthur Petrelli, the father of Peter and Nathan?
Robert Forster
Robert Forster plays Arthur Petrelli; Forster had earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Jackie Brown (1997).
Q 24What is Volume Five, the fourth season, called?
Redemption
Season four is Volume Five: Redemption; its premiere 'Orientation' opens six weeks after the end of Fugitives.
Q 25What is slowly killing Hiro in season four?
A brain tumor
A brain tumor is slowly killing Hiro in season four; in 'Pass/Fail' he hallucinates a trial of his life as it nearly kills him.
Q 26What is Samuel Sullivan's ability?
Moving earth
Samuel Sullivan's ability is moving earth, terrakinesis; it grows stronger the more specials are gathered around him.
Q 27What is the never-made Volume Six teased in the series finale called?
Brave New World
The finale ends by teasing Volume Six: Brave New World; Heroes Reborn reused the title for its 2015 premiere episode.
Q 28From what does Claire jump in the last scene of the series?
A ferris wheel
Claire jumps from a ferris wheel at the carnival in front of reporters, saying she has lost count of her attempts.
Q 29Which NBC show had Tim Kring created before Heroes?
Crossing Jordan
Tim Kring created Crossing Jordan, which ran on NBC from 2001 to 2007 and was on the air when Heroes premiered.
Q 30Which Lost producer advised Kring on pitching a serialized drama?
Damon Lindelof
They had worked together on Crossing Jordan.