50 free Narcos trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Narcos arrived on Netflix in August 2015 with a title card about magical realism and a Brazilian actor playing Colombia's most notorious drug lord. Across three seasons it followed DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Peña from the rise of Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel to the pursuit of the Cali cartel, then handed its planned fourth season to a new series set in Mexico. These 50 questions cover the show rather than the headlines: the three creators, José Padilha and his Elite Squad pedigree, the $25 million first season, the Gaumont partnership, Rodrigo Amarante's bolero Tuyo, and the title sequence built from a photographer known as El Chino. Character questions take in Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook and Pedro Pascal, the Rodríguez Orejuela brothers, Pacho Herrera, Colonel Carrillo and Search Bloc, Connie Murphy, Valeria Vélez, Jorge Salcedo and the accountant Pallomari. There are also questions on the accent criticism, the Narcos: Mexico cast and the video games. Easy questions stick to the leads; the expert tier asks about real-life counterparts and minor players. 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 01Which actor plays Pablo Escobar in Narcos?
Wagner Moura
Moura is Brazilian, and his accent drew criticism from Colombian viewers.
Q 02Who plays DEA agent Steve Murphy?
Boyd Holbrook
Murphy narrates the first two seasons.
Q 03Pedro Pascal plays which DEA agent?
Javier Peña
Peña becomes the lead protagonist in season three.
Q 04In which country is Narcos set and filmed?
Colombia
Seasons one and two follow the Medellín Cartel; season three moves to Cali.
Q 05Which city's cartel does the DEA pursue in season three?
Cali
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela announces the cartel will quit cocaine within six months.
Q 06In which month and year did season one premiere?
August 2015
Season two followed on September 2, 2016.
Q 07How many episodes were in the first season?
10
Each of the three seasons ran to ten episodes.
Q 08The planned fourth season was reset as season one of which new series?
Narcos: Mexico
It was released on November 16, 2018, and set in 1980s Mexico.
Q 09Which three people created Narcos?
Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro
Brancato did most of the writing; Padilha directed.
Q 10Which Brazilian director helmed Narcos?
José Padilha
He had directed Elite Squad and its record-breaking sequel.
Q 11Elite Squad 2 became the highest-grossing film ever in which country?
Brazil
It was released in 2010, four years before Narcos was announced.
Q 12The show was made in partnership with which production company?
Gaumont International Television
The deal was announced in April 2014.
Q 13The first season was estimated to cost about how much?
$25 million
That worked out at roughly $2.5 million per episode.
Q 14What is the title of the Narcos opening theme?
Q 21Stephanie Sigman's journalist Valeria Vélez is based on which real person?
Virginia Vallejo
Vélez serves as Escobar's mistress in the series.
Q 22Who plays Colonel Horacio Carrillo, commander of Search Bloc?
Maurice Compte
Colonel Hugo Martínez succeeds him as commander.
Q 23Damián Alcázar plays which Cali boss?
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
His younger brother Miguel is played by Francisco Denis.
Q 24Alberto Ammann plays which high-ranking Cali figure?
Tuyo
It is a bolero written for the show.
Q 15Who wrote and composed the opening theme?
Rodrigo Amarante
Amarante is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.
Q 16The opening title card defines which literary concept?
Magical realism
The narrator says there is a reason it was born in Colombia.
Q 17The title sequence used photos from Escobar's personal photographer, known by what name?
El Chino
The images include Escobar's entourage at his zoo.
Q 18Which photo book inspired the production team behind the title sequence?
The Memory of Pablo Escobar
It is by photographer James Mollison.
Q 19Who plays Escobar's wife Tata?
Paulina Gaitán
Tata's full name in the show is Maria Victoria Henao.
Q 20What was the former profession of Escobar's mother, Hermilda, in the series?
Teacher
Paulina García plays her.
Pacho Herrera
Pacho is the cartel's link to Mexican trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes.
Q 25Which US ambassador does Brett Cullen play?
Arthur Crosby
Crosby replaces Ambassador Noonan in 1992.
Q 26What does Joanna Christie's Connie Murphy do for a living?
Nurse
She is Steve Murphy's wife.
Q 27Matias Varela's Jorge Salcedo holds which job for the Rodríguez brothers?
Head of security
Javier Cámara's Guillermo Pallomari is the chief accountant.
Q 28Eric Lange's CIA station chief Bill Stechner is based on whom?
William Wagner
Stechner appears in seasons two and three.
Q 29Who plays Mexican trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes, 'The Lord of the Skies'?
José María Yazpik
He returned to the role in Narcos: Mexico.
Q 30Luis Guzmán plays which Medellín founding member?
Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha
Gacha was a real cartel co-founder known as 'El Mexicano'.