Maze Runner Trivia
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100 free Maze Runner trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
42 free Maze Runner trivia questions with answers. The Maze Runner started as James Dashner's 2009 novel and became a five-book series and a film trilogy that grossed close to a billion dollars. This quiz covers both. Forty-two questions run through the Glade and its rules, the Grievers and the Runners, WICKED and the Flare, the Scorch and the Cranks, the Right Arm and the Last City, and the prequels and sequel trilogy, alongside the films: Wes Ball's debut, Dylan O'Brien's Thomas, Thomas Brodie-Sangster's Newt, Ki Hong Lee's Minho, Kaya Scodelario's Teresa, Will Poulter's Gally, and the on-set injury that pushed the final film back a year. Easy questions ask what the boys call their home and who leads them; hard ones want the code the maze spells out, where the first film was shot and how many years the sequel trilogy jumps forward. It suits readers of the books, fans of the films and anyone who has ever shouted 'shuck' at a screen. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the novels, films and cast, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Who wrote The Maze Runner novels?
James Dashner
James Dashner: he worked as an accountant until his books' success let him write full time.
Q 02In Maze Runner, what does the Gladers' slang word 'klunk' mean?
Poop
Poop: like 'shuck', it is one of the made-up words that let the Gladers swear without using real curse words.
Q 03In Maze Runner, who leads the Gladers when Thomas first arrives in the Glade?
Alby
Alby: when he later tries to tell Thomas what he remembered after being stung, he suddenly starts choking himself.
Q 04How often does the elevator box bring a new boy to the Glade?
Every month
Every month: supplies come up weekly, but the routine breaks when a girl arrives in the Box the day after Thomas.
Q 05Chuck's full name, revealed in The Fever Code, honours which famous Charles?
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin: the Gladers are named after famous minds, just as Newt honours Isaac Newton and Thomas honours Thomas Edison.
Q 06What are the deadly part-metal, part-flesh creatures that roam the maze called?
Grievers
Grievers: on his first night in the maze, Thomas survives with Minho by tricking some of them into charging over a cliff.
Q 07What do the Gladers call the painful ordeal that follows a sting and brings back scraps of lost memory?
The Changing
The Changing: Thomas lets himself be stung on purpose, and the ordeal returns memories that show the way out of the maze.
Q 08Who is the first and only girl delivered to the Glade?
Teresa
Teresa: she arrives in a coma, clutching a note saying she's the last one ever, and soon reaches Thomas telepathically.
Q 09What is the name of the disease that has devastated the world of The Maze Runner?
The Flare
The Flare: The Death Cure's epilogue reveals it was created and released on purpose after the sun flares, to shrink the population.
Q 10In the second Maze Runner novel, what teleporting portal carries the Gladers towards the desert?
The Flat Trans
The Flat Trans: another of these portals later lets the immune survivors escape WICKED's headquarters at the end of The Death Cure.
Q 11In The Maze Runner novel, what code does the maze spell out?
FLOAT CATCH BLEED DEATH STIFF PUSH
FLOAT CATCH BLEED DEATH STIFF PUSH: Thomas finds it by tracing each day's maze maps onto wax paper and stacking them.
Q 12In The Maze Runner novel, how do the Gladers escape the maze?
They jump into a hidden hole
They jump into a hidden hole: the creatures come out of it, yet it is also the maze's only way out.
Q 13In The Maze Runner novel, what are the mechanical spies that watch the Gladers called?
Beetle blades
Q 21The Kill Order, the first prequel, follows which pair of teenagers in New York City?
Mark and Trina
Mark and Trina: they escape devastated New York and settle in a village in the Appalachian Mountains.
Q 22The Fever Code reveals that Thomas was originally called what before WICKED renamed him?
Stephen
Stephen: as a small boy he was handed over to WICKED by his mother, who hoped it would keep him safe from the virus.
Q 23The Maze Cutter follows descendants of immune survivors who settled where?
An island
An island: 73 years on, a boat brings dark news of the mainland and pulls their descendants back into the world.
Beetle blades: WICKED uses them to observe the boys, because the maze is really the first phase of its experiment.
Q 14What is the second book of The Maze Runner trilogy called?
The Scorch Trials
The Scorch Trials: the Scorch is a burnt desert, once the land around the equator, that the Gladers must cross to reach a safe haven.
Q 15In The Maze Runner novel, what is the Glade house where some of the boys sleep called?
The Homestead
The Homestead: once the maze doors stop closing at night, the Gladers shelter inside, but the creatures still break in.
Q 16In the second Maze Runner novel, Aris explains he was the only boy in which parallel maze experiment?
Group B
Group B: soon afterwards, a tattoo on Thomas's own neck says he is 'to be killed by Group B'.
Q 17In the books, what nickname do the Gladers give WICKED's scientist Janson because of his looks?
Rat Man
Rat Man: WICKED's assistant director keeps testing the Gladers, until Thomas finally kills him in The Death Cure.
Q 18In the second Maze Runner novel, who leads Brenda's group when the Gladers take shelter from a storm?
Jorge
Jorge: after Minho attacks him, Thomas talks Jorge into helping the Gladers in exchange for a share of the cure.
Q 19In The Death Cure novel, the group travels to which real US city to have their control chips removed?
Denver
Denver: WICKED uses Thomas's chip to make him fight the operation, so his friends have to hold him down while Hans works.
Q 20Which rebel group fighting WICKED does Gally join in the third Maze Runner novel?
The Right Arm
The Right Arm: its leader Vince has Thomas plant a device inside WICKED's headquarters so no one there can use weapons during the rebels' attack.
Q 24Who directed all three Maze Runner films, making his feature debut with the first?
Wes Ball
Wes Ball: his planned Mouse Guard film was later cancelled by Disney before filming began.
Q 25Which of his own animated shorts helped The Maze Runner film's director land the job?
Ruin
Ruin: it became an internet sensation, and the studio bought the short itself before hiring him.
Q 26Who plays Thomas in the Maze Runner films?
Dylan O'Brien
Dylan O'Brien: he got his start writing, directing and starring in comedy shorts for his own YouTube channel.
Q 27Before The Maze Runner, the actor who plays Thomas was best known as Stiles Stilinski on which MTV series?
Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf: he was meant to audition for the werewolf Scott, but after reading the script he asked to go in for Stiles instead.
Q 28Which actor plays Newt in the Maze Runner film trilogy?
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Thomas Brodie-Sangster: in the final film his Newt turns out not to be immune, unlike Thomas and Frypan.
Q 29Which cartoon character did the actor who plays Newt voice for four seasons?
Ferb
He also played Jojen Reed in Game of Thrones and Sam in Love Actually.
Q 30Ki Hong Lee, who plays Minho, is also known for playing Dong Nguyen in which Netflix sitcom?
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: his Dong becomes Kimmy's boyfriend, until a green-card marriage to someone else gets in the way.