50 free The Blacklist trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Blacklist trivia quiz covers all ten seasons of the NBC series, from Raymond Reddington walking into the Hoover Building in September 2013 to his final scene in an Andalusian field in 2023. It asks about the task force (Cooper, Ressler, Aram, Samar, Dembe, Alina Park), the villains (Berlin, the Cabal, Mr. Kaplan's turn, Neville Townsend), the long mystery of who Red really is, and Liz Keen's exit. It also covers how the show was made: the four bigger names approached before James Spader was cast three days before filming, the fedora Spader insisted on, the New York locations doubling for Washington, the animated season-seven finale forced by the pandemic, the record Netflix deal, the Titan comics and novels, and the short-lived spin-off Redemption. Questions run from easy (who plays Red) to expert (Reddington's number on the Most Wanted list). Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Who plays Raymond 'Red' Reddington?
James Spader
He was cast just three days before filming began.
Q 02On which network did The Blacklist air from 2013 to 2023?
NBC
The pilot drew 12.6 million US viewers.
Q 03Who created the series?
Jon Bokenkamp
John Eisendrath developed it and became sole showrunner after season eight.
Q 04What was Reddington's rank on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list when he surrendered?
Number four
He had vanished twenty years earlier after a career in US Naval Intelligence.
Q 05To whom does Reddington surrender in the pilot?
Assistant Director Harold Cooper
He walks into the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.
Q 06What are Reddington's two conditions for helping the FBI?
Immunity, and working only with Elizabeth Keen
He will only say that the rookie profiler is 'very special'.
Q 07Who was the first name on the Blacklist, hunted in the pilot episode?
Ranko Zamani
He is a Serbian terrorist, and catching him convinces Cooper to take Red's deal.
Q 08Who plays Elizabeth Keen?
Megan Boone
She prepared a week for her audition and left the show after season eight.
Q 09What was Liz Keen's birth name?
Masha Rostova
Her mother, Katarina Rostova, was a KGB spy.
Q 10Who plays Tom Keen, Liz's husband with a secret past?
Ryan Eggold
His character was born Christopher Hargrave and later went by Jacob Phelps.
Q 11Who plays Harold Cooper?
Harry Lennix
He said he would happily play Cooper into a twentieth season, like his favourite show Gunsmoke.
Q 12Which agent is the task force's cyber expert?
Aram Mojtabai
Amir Arison was promoted to the main cast after improvising brilliantly in his debut episode.
Q 13Which intelligence agency did Samar Navabi come from?
Mossad
Her character was originally going to be named Tamar Kartzman.
Q 14Who is Dembe Zuma?
Q 21Which real-life fugitive financier did Stacy Keach play in season six?
Robert Vesco
Vesco fled the US with $200 million and was rumoured to have died in 2007, amid theories he faked it.
Q 22Which of these actors was NOT approached for the role of Reddington before Spader?
Al Pacino
Richard Gere was the fourth name on the list.
Q 23What costume piece did Spader insist on trying at the pilot screening, now part of Red's image?
A fedora
His original pitch was for a bald or short-haired criminal in a hat; the producers had rejected it.
Reddington's bodyguard and confidant
Red rescued him from traffickers in Kenya at 14; in season nine he becomes an FBI agent.
Q 15What is the real name of Mr. Kaplan, Red's 'cleaner'?
Kathryn Nemec
She had also once been Liz's nanny.
Q 16Which veteran actor played Fitch, a senior member of the Cabal?
Alan Alda
David Strathairn played 'The Director', another Cabal leader.
Q 17Which actor played the season-one villain Berlin?
Peter Stormare
He continued into season two before departing midway.
Q 18What unusual interrogation methods does Teddy Brimley use?
Ones involving various animals
He is played by Teddy Coluca.
Q 19What is Glen 'Jellybean' Carter's job for Reddington?
Tracker
Actor Clark Middleton died of West Nile virus in 2020, and the show gave his character the same fate.
Q 20Who plays Marvin Gerard, Red's lawyer?
Fisher Stevens
He debuted in a season-three episode named after the character.
Q 24How was the season-seven finale completed after the pandemic shut down filming?
With graphic-novel-style animation
Only 19 of the planned 22 episodes were made; the rest rolled into season eight.
Q 25Where is The Blacklist actually filmed, despite being set in Washington, D.C.?
New York
The task force headquarters is at Chelsea Piers, previously used by Law & Order.
Q 26How does Reddington die in the series finale?
Gored by a bull in Andalusia
Ressler discovers the body; the show never explained who Red really was.
Q 27How does Liz Keen die at the end of season eight?
Shot by a hitman avenging a crime lord Red killed
The killer, Elias Vandyke, was a bodyguard for Neville Townsend.
Q 28Which congressman investigates the task force in the final season?
Arthur Hudson
He is played by Toby Leonard Moore and grows suspicious of the unit's huge funding.
Q 29Where does Red promise to retire with his girlfriend at the start of season nine?
Cuba
He breaks the promise once he starts running what is left of his empire again.
Q 30Which season-ten character is the daughter of season-one agent Meera?
Siya Malik
She is an MI6 officer, played by Anya Banerjee.