50 free Sex Education trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Sex Education landed on Netflix in January 2019 with a socially awkward teenager, a sex-therapist mother played by Gillian Anderson, and a school that looked like a John Hughes film dropped into the Wye Valley. Laurie Nunn's comedy-drama ran four series, was streamed by more than 40 million viewers in its first month, won an International Emmy and became the first Netflix production to use intimacy coordinators. This quiz digs into the world of Moordale and beyond: the clinic Otis and Maeve run from a disused toilet block, Eric's family, the Untouchables, Adam and the headmaster, Jakob the Swedish plumber, the chlamydia panic, Hope Haddon's reforms, the move to Cavendish, Maeve's American university, the guest turns from Stephen Fry to Jodie Turner-Smith, the Welsh campus that stood in for the school and the awards the cast took home. Fifty questions with four options each and a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for a rewatch party.
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Q 01Who created Sex Education?
Laurie Nunn
Ben Taylor directed and Jamie Campbell and Joel Wilson produced through Eleven Film.
Q 02What is the name of the fictional town where the series is set?
Moordale
The setting looks like modern Britain but is full of 1970s–90s cars and CRT televisions, an homage to 1980s John Hughes films.
Q 03On what date did the first series arrive on Netflix?
11 January 2019
Netflix said it was on pace to be streamed by more than 40 million viewers within its first month.
Q 04Who plays Otis Milburn?
Asa Butterfield
Otis begins the show ambivalent about sex, partly because of his mother's profession and parade of suitors.
Q 05Which actress plays sex therapist Jean Milburn?
Gillian Anderson
Anderson said the show's American cultural references were intended to appeal to US audiences.
Q 06Who plays Eric Effiong, Otis's best friend?
Ncuti Gatwa
Eric is the openly gay son of a religious Ghanaian-Nigerian family.
Q 07Eric's family has roots in which two African countries?
Ghana and Nigeria
In series 3 he travels to Nigeria, where he meets a gay photographer named Oba.
Q 08Who plays Maeve Wiley?
Emma Mackey
Mackey was announced with the core cast in May 2018; Maeve is the brains behind the sex clinic business.
Q 09Where does Maeve live?
A caravan park
Cynthia owns the site, and Isaac Goodwin and his brother Joe move onto the same campsite in series 2.
Q 10What is the name of the popular clique led by Ruby Matthews?
The Untouchables
Anwar Bakshi and Olivia Hanan are the other members; Aimee Gibbs leaves the group after befriending Maeve.
Q 11Adam Groff's father Michael holds which position at the school?
Headmaster
Alistair Petrie plays the strict Mr Groff, who is replaced by Hope Haddon in series 3.
Q 12Jackson Marchetti, the head boy, is a champion in which sport?
Swimming
Pool scenes were shot at the Newport International Sports Village in Wales.
Q 13Which Ted Lasso star plays Sofia Marchetti, one of Jackson's two mothers?
Hannah Waddingham
Sharon Duncan-Brewster plays his other mother, Roz.
Q 14Lily Iglehart writes erotica about what?
Q 21Which national treasure appears as himself hosting a quiz in series 2?
Stephen Fry
Viv and Dex are members of the school quiz team that competes.
Q 22Rahim Harrack, who takes an interest in Eric, is an exchange student from where?
France
Sami Outalbali plays him; his uncle Yousef owns the local shop.
Q 23Who plays Hope Haddon, the new headmistress in series 3?
Jemima Kirke
Her plans to revamp the school put her at war with the students.
Q 24Which teacher helps Maeve apply for an exchange programme in America?
Aliens
Tanya Reynolds played her for three series; Lily's mother Carol, a nurse, appears in series 3.
Q 15What does Jakob Nyman, who starts a relationship with Jean, do for a living?
Plumber
Mikael Persbrandt plays the widowed Swede; his daughter Ola becomes Otis's first girlfriend.
Q 16Who becomes Otis's first girlfriend in series 2?
Ola
Patricia Allison plays Ola Nyman, who is pansexual and new to the school.
Q 17An outbreak of which infection in series 2 exposes the school's poor sex education?
Chlamydia
It leads to Jean being brought in as the school's resident sex therapist.
Q 18Who plays Otis's womanising father, Remi Milburn?
James Purefoy
Remi is a therapist and sex addict who lives in America; Purefoy's casting was reported in July 2018.
Q 19Which actress plays Maeve's drug-addicted mother, Erin Wiley?
Anne-Marie Duff
Erin is also mother to Sean and to Elsie, the half-sister who ends up with foster mother Anna.
Q 20Who raised Maeve in place of her parents?
Her older brother Sean
Edward Bluemel plays Sean, who returns in the final series with a dodgy friend played by Jack Gleeson.
Emily Sands
Rakhee Thakrar plays the English teacher, who recurs from series 1 and becomes a main cast member in series 3.
Q 25Which Harry Potter actor plays Peter Groff, older brother of Adam's father Michael?
Jason Isaacs
Peter appears in series 3 as Michael's life unravels after losing his job.
Q 26Non-binary student Cal Bowman relocated to the school from which US city?
Minneapolis
Dua Saleh plays Cal; Andi Osho plays Cal's mother Nicky in the final series.
Q 27After the school shuts, the students move to which sixth-form college in series 4?
Cavendish
The new college has its own popular clique, The Coven, led by Abbi Montgomery.
Q 28Maeve begins her studies at which prestigious American university in the final series?
Wallace
Dan Levy plays Mr Molloy, a teacher in her study programme there.
Q 29Which Schitt's Creek co-creator plays Maeve's American teacher Mr Molloy?
Dan Levy
He joined in series 4 alongside Thaddea Graham, Lisa McGrillis and Eshaan Akbar.
Q 30Who is Otis's rival sex therapist at the new college?
Sarah 'O' Owens
Thaddea Graham plays O, whose campus practice is already established when Otis arrives.