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111 free Severance trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
50 free Severance trivia questions with answers. Are you a true fan of Apple TV+'s mind-bending thriller Severance? Put your knowledge to the test with our comprehensive trivia quiz featuring questions about the show's plot, characters, and unforgettable moments. See how well you remember Mark Scout's journey at Lumon Industries and uncover what you might have missed.
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Q 01In the opening scene of Severance, where does Helly wake with no memory of who she is?
On a conference table
On a conference table: a voice on an intercom quizzes her, and when she cannot answer even her own name, she is told she got a perfect score.
Q 02Where did Mark Scout teach history before he joined Lumon?
Ganz College
Ganz College is where Mark taught before Lumon; in season one he is summoned back to campus at night, where a fugitive hiding in a disused lab offers to undo his severance.
Q 03Which Lumon perk is Dylan G. famously obsessed with?
Finger traps
Finger traps are trophies to Dylan until he learns that his outie has a young son; after that the perks lose their hold, and he sits out the team's next reward in a fury.
Q 04Who created the television series Severance?
Dan Erickson
Dan Erickson dreamed up the premise in a dull office job, wishing he could skip the workday and find it already done; he wrote the pilot on his lunch breaks.
Q 05How do Lumon's refiners decide which numbers to sort into bins?
By the feeling they evoke
By the feeling they evoke: Helly scoffs when told some numbers will simply seem scary, then finds her first frightening cluster and bins it.
Q 06What is the purpose of the "Break Room" on the severed floor of Lumon Industries?
Punishing rule-breaking employees
Punishing rule-breaking employees is its job: an offender must read the same scripted apology aloud, over and over, until Milchick judges it sincere.
Q 07Who portrays Seth Milchick, the cheerful yet intimidating supervisor on the severed floor?
Tramell Tillman
Tramell Tillman's Milchick takes over the severed floor in season two after Cobel is dismissed, and tries to win the refiners back with promised reforms.
Q 08At the office funeral Lumon holds for Irving in season two, his face is carved into which fruit?
A watermelon
A watermelon: the show's creator drew on office jobs where a melon spread was the standard treat, and the prop was sculpted in lacquered foam because real fruit turned to mush.
Q 09What is missing from the dinner party Ricken hosts in the first episode of Severance?
The food
The food: at Ricken's 'dinnerless dinner' the guests argue over severance instead of eating, until it comes out that Mark himself is severed.
Q 10In Severance, who is the wellness counselor on the severed floor?
Ms. Casey
Ms. Casey reads each worker a list of pleasant facts about their outie, and they must take every fact in without reacting or showing a favourite.
Q 11How does Dylan keep the security room door closed against Milchick in Severance's season-one finale?
Ties it shut with his belt
Ties it shut with his belt: Milchick has to cut his way through, which buys Mark, Helly and Irving a few more minutes in the outside world.
Q 12In Severance, what does Helly grab to smash a door window and push a note outside?
A fire extinguisher
A fire extinguisher: the breaking glass alerts security at once, and she is led away with the note undelivered.
Q 13What is the name of the self-help book written by Mark's brother-in-law, Ricken?
The You You Are
Q 21What happens to Petey while showering in Mark's basement?
He hallucinates Lumon and collapses
He hallucinates Lumon and collapses: with two sets of memories bleeding together, Petey can no longer tell Mark's basement from the office he escaped.
Q 22What does Petey show Mark's outie in the abandoned greenhouse?
A hand-drawn map of the severed floor
A hand-drawn map of the severed floor: Petey also hid one behind a team photo at the office, where Mark's innie later finds it.
Q 23What is the name of the Lumon security chief on the severed floor?
Doug Graner
The You You Are never reaches Mark's outie: Cobel swipes it from his doorstep, and a copy left on the severed floor ends up inspiring his innie to defy the company.
Q 14What is the name of Irving's outie's dog?
Radar
Radar is the only company Irving's outie keeps at home, and the dog boards the train beside him in season two when he is warned to leave town and never return.
Q 15In Severance, under what false identity does Harmony Cobel live next door to Mark's outie?
Mrs. Selvig
Mrs. Selvig is Cobel's cover for watching Mark at home; she even gets herself hired as his sister's lactation consultant to stay close to the family.
Q 16In Severance, Irving finds at least seven employees toiling in which department's hidden back room?
Optics & Design
Optics & Design turns out to be far bigger than its head had let on; he admits his team hid its numbers because of rumours that the refiners were dangerous.
Q 17In Severance, which top reward does Dylan claim late in season one?
A waffle party
A waffle party is the prize for the quarter's best refiner, and Dylan turns it into cover: he slips away from the ceremony and locks himself in the security room.
Q 18In Severance season one, how is Lumon's security chief killed after following Mark to a secret meeting?
Beaten with a baseball bat
Beaten with a baseball bat by the fugitive he was hunting, who then hands his access card to Mark with the promise that his work self will know what to do with it.
Q 19What drove Mark Scout to have himself severed?
To forget a personal tragedy
Mark had himself severed to forget a personal tragedy: his wife was reported killed in a car crash, and the severed floor gave him eight hours a day free of that grief.
Q 20In Severance season one, what does Mark's innie sculpt from clay during a wellness session?
A tree
A tree: Cobel, watching the session remotely, sees that it resembles the one his outie drove out to and wept beside only the day before.
Doug Graner tracks a fugitive ex-employee to her hideout, and the access card taken from him there is what lets the refiners reach the security office.
Q 24What does Milchick award Mark's team when Helly passes a refining milestone in season one?
A Music Dance Experience
A Music Dance Experience turns ugly: Dylan, furious that Lumon will tell him nothing about the son he has just learned he has, attacks Milchick mid-dance.
Q 25In Severance, what is the "Overtime Contingency" protocol?
Waking an innie outside the office
Waking an innie outside the office is meant for emergencies: Milchick uses it to question Dylan at home over a stolen card, which is how the refiners learn it exists and turn it against Lumon.
Q 26How does Helly's innie try to escape Lumon for good midway through season one?
Hanging herself with an extension cord
Hanging herself with an extension cord in the elevator fails: security cuts her down in time, and her outie, told what happened, still refuses to let her quit.
Q 27Which ex-Lumon surgeon secretly reverses Petey's severance?
Asal Reghabi
Asal Reghabi performed Mark's own severance surgery before turning against Lumon, and she blames Petey's decline on his ignoring her aftercare instructions.
Q 28Which real New Jersey building stood in for the exterior of Lumon's headquarters?
Bell Labs Holmdel Complex
The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex sat empty for years before a developer revived it as Bell Works; since the show aired, fans have flocked there to film their visits for social media.
Q 29In Severance, which head of another department becomes Irving's love interest?
Burt Goodman
Burt Goodman bonds with Irving over the company's art, but the romance is cut short when Burt's outie retires, which Irving protests means the end of the Burt he knows.
Q 30What must Dylan do in the security office to keep his coworkers awake outside?
Hold down two switches at once
Hold down two switches at once: they sit far enough apart to need two people, so Dylan stretches himself between them until Milchick tackles him.