150 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
He had previously created Crossing Jordan for NBC.
Q 03How many seasons of the original Heroes were made?
4
NBC cancelled it on May 14, 2010.
Q 04What is the title of the first volume and of the pilot episode?
Genesis
Season one is a single 23-episode volume.
Q 05Who plays Peter Petrelli?
Milo Ventimiglia
He was Jess on Gilmore Girls before the role.
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
She says she feels pain but gets over it quickly.
Q 08Who plays Hiro?
Masi Oka
He translated his own dialogue into Japanese.
Q 09What is Nathan Petrelli's power?
Flight
He is a congressional candidate when the show begins.
Q 10What does LAPD officer Matt Parkman do with his ability?
Read minds
He later develops 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
She is Niki's triplet sister.
Q 13How many episodes did the first season of Heroes have?
23
It averaged 14.3 million U.S. 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
Both are destroyed at the end of Villains.
Q 22Who kills Nathan Petrelli at the end of Fugitives?
Sylar
Matt then makes Sylar believe 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.
Q 24What is Volume Five, the fourth season, called?
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 Paper in season two?
The Shanti virus
It is named after Mohinder's late sister.
Q 17What kind of business is Primatech's front in Texas?
A paper company
Primatech Paper is in Odessa, Texas.
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
Twelve villains escape it in season three.
Q 20Who plays Arthur Petrelli, the father of Peter and Nathan?
Robert Forster
He heads Pinehearst, the Company's rival.
Redemption
It starts six weeks after season three.
Q 25What is slowly killing Hiro in season four?
A brain tumor
He hallucinates a trial of his life in Pass/Fail.
Q 26What is Samuel Sullivan's ability?
Moving earth
It grows stronger with more specials around him.
Q 27What is the never-made Volume Six teased in the series finale called?
Brave New World
Heroes Reborn later reused the title for its premiere.
Q 28From what does Claire jump in the last scene of the series?
A ferris wheel
She says she has lost count of her attempts.
Q 29Which NBC show had Tim Kring created before Heroes?
Crossing Jordan
He was its showrunner for six years.
Q 30Which Lost producer advised Kring on pitching a serialized drama?
Damon Lindelof
They had worked together on Crossing Jordan.