50 free Lupin trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Lupin was meant to star Omar Sy as Arsène Lupin himself. Showrunner George Kay instead created Assane Diop, the son of a Senegalese chauffeur who discovers Maurice Leblanc's books as a teenager and turns the gentleman thief's methods on the family that framed his father. Released in January 2021 with a Louvre heist in its first episode, the series was watched by 76 million households in a month, the biggest Netflix debut after Bridgerton, and sent Leblanc's first Lupin collection back to the top of the French children's charts. These 50 questions cover all three parts and the fourth on the way: Assane, Claire and Raoul, Benjamin Férel's antiques shop, detective Guédira and his Lupin theory, Hubert and Juliette Pellegrini, the diamond necklace and the Black Pearl, Fabienne Bériot and Léonard Koné, plus the production story: Louis Leterrier's first episodes, the museum that played the Pellegrini home, the Étretat tourism boom, Mathieu Lamboley's score and the viewing figures. Easy questions stick to the leads; the expert tier asks about locations, directors and chart placings. 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 Netflix quiz night.
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Q 01Who plays Assane Diop in Lupin?
Omar Sy
Sy's performance drew near-universal praise from critics.
Q 02Assane Diop models himself on which fictional gentleman thief?
Arsène Lupin
Maurice Leblanc created the character in the early 1900s.
Q 03Who wrote the original Arsène Lupin stories?
Maurice Leblanc
He lived in Étretat, which the show visits in episode five.
Q 04Which two writers created the series?
George Kay and François Uzan
Kay was the showrunner and main writer.
Q 05On what date did the first five episodes premiere?
8 January 2021
Part 2 followed in June 2021 and part 3 in October 2023.
Q 06What is the French subtitle of part 1?
Dans l'ombre d'Arsène
It means 'in the shadow of Arsène'.
Q 07How many households watched Lupin in its first month?
76 million
It was the biggest Netflix original debut after Bridgerton.
Q 08Assane's father came to France from which country?
Senegal
Babakar Diop worked as the Pellegrinis' chauffeur.
Q 09Assane's father was framed for stealing what?
A diamond necklace
The necklace is auctioned at the Louvre in the first episode.
Q 10Which wealthy family framed Assane's father?
The Pellegrinis
Hervé Pierre plays patriarch Hubert.
Q 11How old was Assane when his father died?
14
He was left to fend for himself on the streets of Paris.
Q 12How many years after his father's death does Assane launch his plan?
25
The gift that inspires him is a Lupin book his father gave him.
Q 13What is the name of Assane's son?
Raoul
Part 2 centres on his kidnapping.
Q 14Part 3 revolves around the theft of which jewel?
Q 21What was the first name of Assane's father?
Babakar
Fargass Assandé plays him in flashbacks.
Q 22Anne Benoît's Fabienne Bériot is a disgraced former what?
Journalist
She had come close to exposing Hubert's crimes.
Q 23Adama Niane plays Léonard Koné, an ex-convict employed by Hubert as what?
An assassin
Koné appears in parts 1 and 2.
Q 24Stefan Crepon's Philippe Courbet has what day job?
The Black Pearl
Assane also tries to mend things with his wife and son.
Q 15Who plays Claire Laurent, Assane's estranged wife?
Ludivine Sagnier
Critics praised her expanded role in part 3.
Q 16What does Assane's best friend Benjamin Férel do for a living?
Antiquarian
Antoine Gouy plays him.
Q 17Which detective uses his knowledge of the Lupin books to track Assane?
Youssef Guédira
Soufiane Guerrab plays the Lupin superfan.
Q 18Shirine Boutella's Sofia Belkacem holds what rank by part 3?
Captain
She had been a lieutenant in the first two parts.
Q 19Who plays Juliette Pellegrini?
Clotilde Hesme
Nicole Garcia plays her mother Anne.
Q 20Which actor plays Hubert Pellegrini?
Hervé Pierre
He returns as a guest in part 3 after being imprisoned.
Stockbroker
He is described as not all he seems.
Q 25In part 3, Jean-Luc Keller ran what kind of club that a teenage Assane joined?
Boxing
Steve Tientcheu plays him.
Q 26Which production company makes Lupin for Netflix?
Gaumont
The order was announced on 19 July 2018.
Q 27Who directed the first three episodes?
Louis Leterrier
Leterrier later directed Fast X.
Q 28Before George Kay's rewrite, whom was Omar Sy originally going to play?
The gentleman thief himself
Kay proposed the new character Assane Diop instead.
Q 29In which decade does the teenage Assane discover Leblanc's books?
The 1990s
Kay wanted the show to explore modern French cultural and racial issues.
Q 30What phrase did Kay use to describe a key trait of Assane's personality?
Good arrogance
Sy said he identified with it, having grown up the son of a cleaner and a factory worker.