Naked and Afraid
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40 free Naked and Afraid trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Naked and Afraid strips survival television down to almost nothing. Two strangers meet in a remote wilderness with no clothes, no food and no water, and have to build a shelter, find something to drink and hunt for meals until the challenge ends. It has run for well over a decade and spawned a family of longer, tougher spin-offs. This quiz is a test of how closely you have been watching. It covers the rules every survivalist plays by, the score that tracks how they are coping, the jungles, swamps and frozen mountains the show has visited, and the people behind the most memorable episodes, from all-stars and celebrity guests to the crew behind the cameras. It suits regular viewers who want to see how much has stuck, and newcomers curious about how the challenge really works. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the story behind each fact as you play.
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Q 01What is hidden inside the centre bead of the matching necklaces every Naked and Afraid survivalist wears?
A microphone
A microphone sits in the bead, wired to a wireless transmitter tucked inside the survivalist's satchel.
Q 02Which comedy actor stripped off alongside James Franco for a celebrity special of Naked and Afraid?
Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen packed tissue paper and Franco chose sunglasses for a special made to promote their film The Interview.
Q 03On Naked and Afraid, what does the abbreviation PSR, a score updated during every challenge, stand for?
Primitive Survival Rating
Primitive Survival Rating is the show's score for skill, experience and mental strength, recalculated as each survivalist copes or cracks.
Q 04How many days must the two strangers on a standard Naked and Afraid challenge survive in the wilderness?
21
21 days is the full challenge, long enough that viewers get a running on-screen count of the days survived, the time and the temperature.
Q 05What did the spin-off Naked and Afraid: Last One Standing add that earlier challenges had never offered survivors?
A cash prize
A cash prize of $100,000 went to the single winner, and survivalists could use any means to get it, even sabotage.
Q 06Which phrase does Naked and Afraid use when a survivalist chooses to quit the challenge before the final day?
Tapping out
Tapping out is allowed at any moment, and it often leaves the other partner to finish the challenge completely alone.
Q 07The XL in the spin-off Naked and Afraid XL doubles as the Roman numeral for which length of challenge?
40 days
40 days is the length hidden in the title, since XL is the Roman numeral: a pun for a spin-off nearly twice as long as the original.
Q 08Which before-and-after measurement of each survivalist is revealed at the end of a Naked and Afraid episode?
Body weight
Body weight is shown at the start and again at the finish, so viewers see exactly how much each survivalist lost living off the land.
Q 09Which cable network has aired Naked and Afraid since the very first episode?
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel launched the series in June 2013 and has since spun it off into longer, harsher versions for returning survivalists.
Q 10How are the two strangers who meet in a standard episode of Naked and Afraid normally paired up?
One man, one woman
One man, one woman is the classic pairing, and the two meet for the first time only after both have stripped off.
Q 11Along with a diary camera for the nights, which navigation aid is packed in every Naked and Afraid satchel?
A map
A map goes in the rough cross-body satchel beside the diary camera, which survivalists use to film themselves once the crew leaves at night.
Q 12What name does Naked and Afraid give the spot survivalists must reach on the final day to be picked up?
The extraction point
The extraction point is where a helicopter, plane, boat or truck collects whoever lasted, depending on what suits the terrain.
Q 13Besides a satchel, what is each Naked and Afraid survivalist allowed to bring into the wilderness from home?
One helpful item
Q 21Himalayan Hell sent an Iraq War veteran and a nudist into the cold foothills of which country on Naked and Afraid?
India
India provided the high-altitude setting, where Phaedra Brothers battled food poisoning and then bladder and kidney infections.
Q 22Which country's Bark Lake pitted Cassie Turner and Greg Wells against cold rain, bears and moose on Naked and Afraid?
Canada
Canada's episode was called Frozen in Fear, part of a season that sent twelve pairs of survivalists across six continents.
Q 23Which US state's glacier hosted Laura Zerra and Steven Lee Hall in Naked and Afraid's Frozen and Afraid challenge?
Alaska
Alaska's challenge ran for two weeks, with aggressive moose and porcupine counted as both threats and possible meals.
One helpful item is the limit, and a machete or a fire starter is the usual choice.
Q 14Which Chelsea Lately comedian hosted Naked After Dark, the talk show that followed Naked and Afraid in season two?
Josh Wolf
Josh Wolf interviewed each episode's cast in the studio, in a format borrowed from the network's Shark Week talk show.
Q 15What are repeat Naked and Afraid episodes called when humorous facts about the survivalists appear as on-screen text?
Pop-Up Editions
Pop-Up Editions began in 2014, adding often humorous notes about the countries and the survivalists to episodes already shown.
Q 16Which survival host, famous for filming his own series alone, has loudly criticised how real Naked and Afraid is?
Les Stroud
Les Stroud, the star of Survivorman, has dismissed rival survival shows as staged, saying he risks his life alone and for real.
Q 17What happened to a producer in the jungle during the making of Naked and Afraid's very first episode?
A snake bit him
A snake bit him, and one reviewer found the venomous strike on the field producer more gripping than the episode's two survivalists.
Q 18In which Central American country was The Jungle Curse, the very first episode of Naked and Afraid, filmed?
Costa Rica
Costa Rica hosted Shane Lewis and Kim Shelton, the first pair ever to attempt the challenge on screen.
Q 19Which African country's Serengeti Plain tested E.J. Snyder and Kellie Nightlinger in Naked and Afraid's first season?
Tanzania
Tanzania was the setting, and Snyder returned a season later to finish another pair's abandoned challenge in the Amazon.
Q 20Alison Teal was marooned for Naked and Afraid's first season on an island in which coral-atoll nation?
Maldives
The Maldives may sound like a holiday, but Teal and partner Jonathan Klay fought sunburn, sand fleas and starvation on their island.
Q 24Which US state's Atchafalaya Basin hosted the first Naked and Afraid XL season where everyone attempted 60 days?
Louisiana
Louisiana's vast swamp gave twelve all-stars a shot at the title of XL Legend, the first time a whole cast had aimed that far.
Q 25Which South American country hosted Naked and Afraid XL's first season, where twelve survivalists formed four teams?
Colombia
Colombia hosted twelve returning survivalists, and by the midpoint the eight still standing had merged into two larger teams.
Q 26All-stars swam through shark-infested water to deserted islands off Palawan in which country for Naked and Afraid XL?
Philippines
The Philippines season also saw two all-stars start early and attempt 60 days, a first for the franchise.
Q 27Because of the extreme cold in Naked and Afraid XL: Frozen, what were the survivalists given to wear?
Animal hides
Animal hides were handed out for a season in Montana's Rocky Mountains, and the usual challenge was cut to just 14 days.
Q 28What did Honora Bowen do with her teammates' tools before quitting Naked and Afraid XL's first season?
Threw them in a river
Threw them in a river, then quit: it was her second early exit, as she had also left her first challenge before the finish.
Q 29Which star of MTV's Teen Mom took on Naked and Afraid in the Nicaraguan jungle but quit on only the second day?
Maci Bookout
Maci Bookout said beforehand that she felt really confident, then left the jungle almost as soon as she had arrived.
Q 30Which adventurer, later host of Animal Planet's Extinct or Alive, completed a Naked and Afraid challenge in Panama?
Forrest Galante
Forrest Galante made his television debut on the show, years before he went looking for species thought to be extinct.