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50 free House of Cards trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
House of Cards was the show that made Netflix a studio. David Fincher took a BBC political drama, Beau Willimon moved it from Westminster to Washington, and Netflix, working from viewing data instead of a pilot, ordered 26 episodes outright and released all 13 of the first season on a single day in February 2013. Frank Underwood's rise from House Majority Whip to the Oval Office ran five seasons before the series ended with Claire in charge. These 50 questions cover the whole run: Frank's district and his promised cabinet post, Doug Stamper, Zoe Barnes and the Washington Herald, Peter Russo's campaign, Raymond Tusk, Viktor Petrov, Will Conway and the Shepherds. The production side gets equal time: the Maryland warehouse that held the West Wing, the Russian veto at the UN, the Emmy that made Chapter 1 the first award-winning webisode, Robin Wright's Golden Globe, the showrunner change after season four and the eight-episode final season. Easy questions stick to the leads; the expert tier asks about showrunners and New Mexico locations. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a binge night.
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Q 01Who created the American version of House of Cards?
Beau Willimon
Beau Willimon knew the terrain: he had been a press aide on Howard Dean's 2004 presidential run, and he turned that campaign into his play Farragut North before adapting this series.
Q 02House of Cards is based on a 1989 novel by which British author?
Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs began the novel beside a swimming pool after a furious row with Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister he had served as an aide.
Q 03How did Netflix release House of Cards' first season?
All at once
All at once: the 13 episodes arrived together in February 2013, so subscribers could watch the whole season in a weekend, bypassing the weekly schedule that networks had always kept to.
Q 04In the opening scene of House of Cards, Frank Underwood puts what out of its misery?
A neighbor's dog
A neighbor's dog, hit by a car outside his house, is killed by Frank with his bare hands while he turns to the audience and explains his view of pain.
Q 05Which state does Frank Underwood represent in Congress?
South Carolina
South Carolina's real town of Gaffney is Frank's home, and its giant peach-shaped water tower lands him in trouble when a teenager crashes her car while texting about it.
Q 06Who plays Claire Underwood?
Robin Wright
Robin Wright demanded the same pay as her co-star in 2016, telling producers she would go public, after seeing data that Claire had for a time been the more popular character.
Q 07Which cabinet post is Frank Underwood passed over for at the start of House of Cards?
Secretary of State
Secretary of State goes instead to Senator Michael Kern, so Frank plants a story about an old college editorial that wrecks Kern's confirmation.
Q 08What position does Frank Underwood hold in Congress in season one of House of Cards?
House Majority Whip
House Majority Whip is the job Frank trades up from: he maneuvers the sitting vice president into quitting, and by the end of the season the president has offered him the post.
Q 09Who plays Frank Underwood's loyal chief of staff, Doug Stamper, in House of Cards?
Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly's Stamper dies in the show's final scene, stabbed by Claire in the Oval Office with the letter opener he had just turned on her.
Q 10Kate Mara plays which ambitious young reporter in House of Cards?
Zoe Barnes
Zoe Barnes prints whatever Frank leaks to her until the season two premiere, when he ends the arrangement by pushing her in front of a Metro train.
Q 11In House of Cards, Kate Mara's reporter starts out at which newspaper?
The Washington Herald
The Washington Herald loses her after a clash with her editor, and she takes her scoops to the online startup Slugline.
Q 12Corey Stoll's Peter Russo is a congressman from which state in House of Cards?
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania voters turn on Russo when Frank forces him to let a shipyard in his Philadelphia district close, putting 12,000 people out of work.
Q 13Who plays President Garrett Walker in House of Cards?
Michel Gill
Michel Gill's President Walker resigns at the end of season two rather than face impeachment, which hands the Oval Office to Frank.
Q 21Who does Frank Underwood appoint as his vice president after taking office in House of Cards?
Donald Blythe
Donald Blythe, the congressman whose education bill Frank leaked and took over in season one, ends up as acting president when Frank is shot.
Q 22Who shoots Frank Underwood at a campaign event in season four of House of Cards?
Lucas Goodwin
Lucas Goodwin, a journalist jailed in a cyber-terrorism sting after digging into Frank's crimes, is shot dead on the spot by bodyguard Edward Meechum, who dies too.
Q 23Which organ does Frank Underwood need transplanted to survive the shooting in House of Cards?
Liver
Liver failure puts Frank on the transplant list, and Doug Stamper bullies the health secretary into moving the president to the top of it.
Q 14Gerald McRaney plays which billionaire with a wide network of influence in House of Cards?
Raymond Tusk
Raymond Tusk ends season two under arrest for funneling campaign money through a casino, after telling investigators that the president knew about it.
Q 15Mahershala Ali plays which lobbyist-turned-chief of staff in House of Cards?
Remy Danton
Remy Danton spent eight years as Frank's press secretary, then left for the money and lobbied against him for the gas company SanCorp before coming back.
Q 16What does Freddy Hayes serve at the Washington joint Frank Underwood frequents in House of Cards?
BBQ ribs
BBQ ribs bring Frank to Freddy's at all hours until season two, when a story exposing Freddy's criminal past costs him a franchise deal and he has to sell the place.
Q 17Claire Underwood runs which non-profit in season one of House of Cards?
Clean Water Initiative
The Clean Water Initiative loses half its staff in the first episodes, when a big donation falls through and Claire orders layoffs.
Q 18Which post does Claire Underwood take in season three of House of Cards?
UN Ambassador
UN Ambassador becomes her job only through the back door: the Senate votes her nomination down, so Frank installs her with a recess appointment.
Q 19Lars Mikkelsen plays which rival president in House of Cards?
Viktor Petrov
Viktor Petrov is insulted to his face at a White House state dinner by members of the punk band Pussy Riot, who appear in the episode as themselves.
Q 20What is the name of President Frank Underwood's ambitious jobs program in House of Cards?
America Works
America Works is paid for by raiding FEMA's disaster relief fund, a gamble that turns on Frank when a hurricane heads for the East Coast.
Q 24Who challenges President Frank Underwood for the Democratic nomination in House of Cards?
Heather Dunbar
Heather Dunbar is offered a seat on the Supreme Court by Frank, who hopes it will keep her out of the race, and announces her run for president anyway.
Q 25Joel Kinnaman's Will Conway is the Republican governor of which state in House of Cards?
New York
New York's young governor mines voters' data through the search engine Pollyhop, and when he admits it in a live webcast his poll lead over Frank grows.
Q 26Neve Campbell plays which Texas-based political consultant in House of Cards?
LeAnn Harvey
LeAnn Harvey is hired by Claire to win her a seat in Congress behind Frank's back, and ends up running the Underwoods' 2016 presidential campaign.
Q 27Which terror group does President Underwood demand that Congress declare war on in House of Cards?
ICO
ICO, the Islamic Caliphate Organization, is the enemy Frank names when he takes over the House floor and refuses to yield it to the Speaker.
Q 28Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear play siblings running which conglomerate in season six of House of Cards?
Shepherd Unlimited
Shepherd Unlimited's owners, modeled on the Koch brothers, spend the final season trying first to steer and then to destroy Claire's presidency.
Q 29Who becomes vice president under President Claire Underwood in House of Cards?
Mark Usher
Mark Usher starts out running Will Conway's Republican campaign against the Underwoods, then crosses over to advise them and rises from there.
Q 30Which studio produced House of Cards for Netflix?
Media Rights Capital
Media Rights Capital shopped the remake to cable networks including HBO and AMC, and Netflix outbid them all by committing to two full seasons up front.