60 free Psych TV Show trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
52 free Psych TV Show trivia questions with answers. Psych ran 120 episodes on USA Network from 2006 to 2014, then came back for three movies, a musical fans waited years for and a rewatch podcast hosted by Lassie and Jules themselves. This quiz covers the whole run: the fake psychic with the real eidetic memory, Gus's nicknames and the Blueberry, the pineapple hidden in every episode, Henry's flashback lessons, and the guest-star stunts from the Breakfast Club reunion to the Twin Peaks tribute and the 100th-episode Clue homage where viewers voted for the killer. The easy questions ask who plays Shawn and what fruit to look for. The harder ones want Lassiter's middle name, which episode earned the show's first Emmy nomination, and what Gus throws at the killer in Psych 3. It suits a rewatch party, a pub quiz TV round or settling which of you actually heard it both ways. Every answer has been checked against a reference encyclopaedia entry on the series, the episode or the film, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01Which cable channel originally aired Psych from 2006 to 2014?
USA
It premiered right after the fifth-season opener of Monk and stayed paired with that show until Monk ended in 2009.
Q 02Who created Psych, and also fronts the band that plays its theme song?
Steve Franks
His father was a police officer who tested him with observation games, like asking how many people in a restaurant wore hats, a trick Henry uses in the pilot.
Q 03What is the title of the Psych theme song?
I Know You Know
Later seasons sometimes used a longer version with the first verse, and several episodes swapped in themed variations.
Q 04Which real ability lets Shawn Spencer pass himself off as a psychic?
Eidetic memory
He honed it in childhood drills from his father Henry, then used it to call in tips on dozens of televised crimes until police got suspicious.
Q 05Who plays Shawn Spencer?
James Roday
He co-wrote several episodes, including the Twin Peaks tribute, and later co-wrote all three Psych movies.
Q 06What is Gus's actual first name?
Burton
Shawn almost never uses it, preferring nicknames like Magic Head, Immaculate Conception and Gus T.T. Showbiz.
Q 07What is Gus's day job when the series begins?
Pharmaceutical sales rep
Shawn constantly teases him about his eclectic interests as they drive around in Gus's blue Toyota Echo.
Q 08What is the nickname of Gus's blue Toyota Echo?
The Blueberry
It carries the pair on nearly every case, to Gus's constant worry about the upholstery.
Q 09Which fruit is hidden somewhere in every episode of Psych?
Pineapple
It began as an ad-lib in the pilot when Roday picked one up and asked, 'Should I slice this up for the road?'
Q 10Which actor plays Shawn's father Henry, a retired Santa Barbara police sergeant?
Corbin Bernsen
Most early episodes open with a flashback in which Henry teaches young Shawn a lesson that pays off in the episode's climax.
Q 11What is Head Detective Carlton Lassiter's nickname, courtesy of Shawn and Gus?
Lassie
Timothy Omundson's character was the youngest Head Detective ever named to the SBPD and holds a master's in criminology.
Q 12Who plays junior detective Juliet 'Jules' O'Hara?
Maggie Lawson
She replaced Anne Dudek's Lucinda Barry, who was written out after test audiences disliked her romance with Lassiter.
Q 13Why was Lucinda Barry, the head detective's original partner, written out after the pilot?
Test audiences disliked her relationship with Lassiter
Q 21Which actress plays Shawn's mother Madeleine, a police psychologist?
Cybill Shepherd
Rashad plays Gus's mother Winnie; Gus's father was played by Ernie Hudson and then Keith David.
Q 22Kurt Fuller plays which recurring character?
Woody the Coroner
He and Shawn share a mutual respect; Woody appears in all three movies too.
Q 23Sage Brocklebank plays which lovable, naive SBPD officer?
Buzz McNab
By the second movie he has been promoted to detective.
Q 24Kristy Swanson plays Marlowe Viccellio, who becomes what to Lassiter?
Anne Dudek played her; Shawn tips off the department about the affair and she is transferred away.
Q 14Kirsten Nelson plays Karen Vick, who holds what job at the SBPD?
Chief
She was only interim chief in season one and got the permanent title in the episode 'Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead'.
Q 15The show is set in Santa Barbara but filmed where?
British Columbia
White Rock, near Vancouver, stands in for the California coast.
Q 16Which 1985 film's main cast appeared on Psych over the years, all except Emilio Estevez?
The Breakfast Club
Ally Sheedy played the serial killer Mr. Yang and Anthony Michael Hall was interim chief Harris Trout.
Q 17Which 1980s teen-film actress played the serial killer Mr. Yang?
Ally Sheedy
Department psychologist Mary Lightly, played by Jimmi Simpson, is the show's Yang expert.
Q 18Who plays elusive international art thief Pierre Despereaux?
Cary Elwes
He returned four times, the last alongside Vinnie Jones in the season 8 premiere.
Q 19Which Tears for Fears singer plays himself repeatedly on Psych?
Curt Smith
He recorded his own version of the theme for 'Shawn 2.0' and turns up shot at a mansion party in the 100th episode.
Q 20Which Star Trek captain plays Juliet's estranged con-man father Frank O'Hara?
William Shatner
Jeffrey Tambor plays her stepfather Lloyd French.
His wife
They meet at a bar in 'This Episode Sucks'; he vows to wait while she serves prison time, and they marry in season 7.
Q 25Which 1980s teen-film alum plays Harris Trout, the consultant the mayor hires to shake up the SBPD?
Anthony Michael Hall
He returns as interim chief in the final season.
Q 26Which Oscar winner joins season 8 as Head Detective Betsy Brannigan after Lassiter's promotion?
Mira Sorvino
Lassiter becomes chief when Vick is suspended, and the show ends with Shawn, Gus and Juliet moving to San Francisco.
Q 27Which former Twin Peaks star plays Father Wesley, the priest who helps Shawn and Gus?
Ray Wise
He first appears in the Twin Peaks tribute episode and eventually officiates Gus's panic-room wedding over a laptop.
Q 28What is the name of the season 5 Twin Peaks tribute episode?
Dual Spires
Maggie Lawson suggested the title; it aired 20 years to the day after the Twin Peaks episode that revealed Laura Palmer's killer.
Q 29In the Twin Peaks tribute episode, the drowned teenager's name, Paula Merral, is an anagram of which character?
Laura Palmer
Seven Twin Peaks cast members guested, recruited by Roday's friend Dana Ashbrook.
Q 30What event lures Shawn and Gus to the town in the Twin Peaks tribute episode?
A cinnamon festival
They eat cinnamon pie at the Sawmill Diner, built on a mill that burned in 1958.