The Fault in Our Stars
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50 free The Fault in Our Stars trivia questions with answers — literature quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
John Green's novel about two seriously ill teenagers who meet at a support group became one of the best-selling books of its era and then a hit film. Part of its pull is how much detail fans carry around with them: the private jokes, the metaphors, the books within the book and the scenes people can still replay from memory. This quiz covers the whole story. It begins with Hazel and Augustus meeting in the opening chapters, follows them on the trip to Amsterdam and the visit to the author Hazel idolises, and goes on to the pre-funeral, the eulogies and the final letter. There are questions on Isaac, the parents and the other supporting characters, on how John Green came to write the novel, and on the cast, music and filming of the screen version. It suits a chapter check for a class or book club, a character quiz for fans, or a warm-up before a rewatch. Every answer comes with a short explanation, and no question asks you to finish a quotation, so it is the story you need to remember, not the exact wording.
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Q 01John Green took the title The Fault in Our Stars from a line spoken by Cassius in which Shakespeare play?
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar has Cassius tell Brutus that people, not fate, are to blame for their lot. J. M. Barrie borrowed the same line for the title of his play Dear Brutus.
Q 02Which actress beat around 150 others to play Hazel Grace Lancaster in the 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars?
Shailene Woodley
Shailene Woodley convinced the director within about fifteen seconds of her audition, peering at him over the top of her script pages. John Green had earlier said he would be happy to see Mae Whitman in the role.
Q 03Which everyday word do Hazel and Augustus turn into their private vow of love in The Fault in Our Stars?
Okay
Okay becomes the couple's cooler answer to the word always, which Isaac and his girlfriend keep swearing to each other. Hazel says it to Augustus again at his coffin on the day of his funeral.
Q 04At which Amsterdam landmark do Hazel and Augustus share their first kiss in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars?
Anne Frank House
Anne Frank House visitors who catch the two kissing break into applause instead of scolding them. Hazel had struggled up every steep staircase in the building to get there.
Q 05What does Augustus Waters hold between his teeth but never use, as a metaphor, in The Fault in Our Stars?
A cigarette
A cigarette he never lights is how Augustus claims control over his health: it could kill him, but only if he lets it. Hazel is furious at the sight of it until he explains.
Q 06Which actor played Augustus Waters in The Fault in Our Stars months after playing his co-star's brother in Divergent?
Ansel Elgort
Ansel Elgort was cast as Augustus in May 2013, while Divergent was still in production. He went on to win a Teen Choice Award as the year's breakout star.
Q 07In The Fault in Our Stars, where did Hazel spend her one Genie Foundation wish at the age of 13?
Disney World
Disney World used up Hazel's wish years before she had a better idea, so Augustus spends his own on flying them both to Amsterdam.
Q 08In which American city, John Green's birthplace, do Hazel and Augustus live in The Fault in Our Stars?
Indianapolis
Indianapolis was chosen partly because, like Amsterdam, it is a canal city, so both halves of the story unfold beside water. Green moved back there in 2007.
Q 09Which mathematical idea does Hazel build her eulogy for Augustus around at his pre-funeral in The Fault in Our Stars?
Infinity
Infinity, Hazel argues, comes in more than one size, and she thanks Augustus for the small but endless stretch they shared. She took the idea from the novelist they met in Amsterdam.
Q 10Which British singer-songwriter wrote All of the Stars for the closing credits of the film The Fault in Our Stars?
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran said he wanted the song to feel sad yet euphoric and to lift people a little. Its video was built from messages of encouragement sent in by fans.
Q 11In The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel's cancer has spread to her lungs but began in which gland?
Thyroid
Thyroid cancer was also the illness of Esther Earl, the 16-year-old fan and friend to whom John Green dedicated the novel.
Q 12Which actress does Augustus Waters say Hazel resembles on the day they meet in The Fault in Our Stars?
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta is the comparison, and Augustus promptly invites Hazel over to watch the film. She had never seen it.
Q 13Asked at Support Group what he fears, what one-word answer does Augustus Waters give in The Fault in Our Stars?
Oblivion
Oblivion, the dread of being forgotten, drives Augustus through the whole story. Hazel replies on the spot that everyone is forgotten eventually, which only impresses him.
Q 21Beside which real sculpture by a Dutch artist does Augustus lay out a picnic for Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars?
Funky Bones
Funky Bones is a giant skeleton by Joep van Lieshout, laid out on the grass in twenty bone-shaped sections that visitors can sit on. For the film, the crew built a copy with the artist's help.
Q 22In The Fault in Our Stars, which colour is everything at Augustus's Dutch-themed picnic, from the tulips to the blanket?
Orange
Orange is the national colour of the Netherlands, and the picnic is how Augustus reveals that he has spent his wish on taking Hazel there. He even wears a Dutch player's jersey.
Q 23What does Hazel compare herself to in The Fault in Our Stars when explaining why she keeps Augustus at arm's length?
A grenade
Q 14In The Fault in Our Stars, what does Augustus Waters let a heartbroken Isaac smash to pieces in his basement?
Basketball trophies
Basketball trophies from Augustus's playing career are sacrificed after Isaac's girlfriend leaves him just before surgery will blind him. Augustus had already decided the sport was pointless.
Q 15Which girlfriend dumps Isaac shortly before the operation that leaves him blind in The Fault in Our Stars?
Monica
Monica had sworn "always" to Isaac again and again, yet stops answering him before the surgery. Hazel points out that his illness cannot have been easy for her either.
Q 16In The Fault in Our Stars, which video-game novel does Augustus lend Hazel in return for An Imperial Affliction?
The Price of Dawn
The Price of Dawn hooks Hazel enough that she soon buys the next two books in the series at the mall. Augustus had left his phone number written inside the book.
Q 17Which cancer survivor leads the Support Group where Hazel meets Augustus in John Green's The Fault in Our Stars?
Patrick
Patrick survived testicular cancer and uses his own story to rally the group, though Hazel is no fan of his. Late in the story he is the one who asks a grieving Hazel why she chooses to go on living.
Q 18Which fictional drug keeps Hazel's tumours in check in The Fault in Our Stars after her doctors expected her to die?
Phalanxifor
Phalanxifor shrank Hazel's tumours after pneumonia nearly killed her, letting her live at home and take community college classes. She calls that recovery her miracle.
Q 19In The Fault in Our Stars, what do Hazel and Augustus call the favours sick children get out of pity?
Cancer perks
Cancer perks, in their slang, include the driving licence Augustus was handed after repeatedly failing the test. His driving on a prosthetic leg terrifies Hazel.
Q 20Which piece of medical equipment does Hazel Grace Lancaster wheel everywhere she goes in The Fault in Our Stars?
An oxygen tank
An oxygen tank feeds Hazel through a cannula, the thin tube under her nose. At the airport she insists on walking through the scanner without it, and pays for those few steps in pain.
A grenade is how Hazel sees herself: sure to go off one day and wound everyone standing close. Her parents tell her she is no such thing to them.
Q 24In The Fault in Our Stars, which relic of Hazel's childhood do she and Augustus advertise online, free to a good home?
A swing set
A swing set built by her father had been making Hazel cry, so the two write a jokey advert and give it to a man whose children never play outside.
Q 25Which of Hazel's doctors argues she should be allowed to fly to Amsterdam in The Fault in Our Stars?
Dr. Maria
Dr. Maria insists that Hazel's life is hers to live, risks and all, and later phones her parents to say the trip should go ahead. A colleague had argued firmly against it.
Q 26In the novel The Fault in Our Stars, which action film do Hazel and Augustus watch on the flight to Amsterdam?
300
300 thrills Augustus, while Hazel mostly watches his face. Afterwards they argue over whether the living outnumber the dead, and he assures her the dead win easily.
Q 27Which complimentary drink do Hazel and Augustus share at their canal-side dinner in The Fault in Our Stars?
Champagne
Champagne arrives free with the meal, and a waiter chats with them about where it came from. They later learn the whole bill was paid by the author they had come to meet.
Q 28What music does the drunken author Peter Van Houten blast at his young visitors in The Fault in Our Stars?
Swedish rap
Swedish rap thumps through his living room while Van Houten drinks Scotch, insults his guests and refuses to say what happens after his novel ends.
Q 29In The Fault in Our Stars, what does a newly blind Isaac hurl at his ex-girlfriend's car while Augustus directs his aim?
Eggs
Eggs, a full dozen bought for the purpose, splatter the car in broad daylight. When the girl's mother comes out to object, Augustus talks her into going back inside.
Q 30In The Fault in Our Stars, which assistant quits her job with Peter Van Houten and later finds Augustus's last letter?
Lidewij
Lidewij had secretly arranged the teenagers' visit, hoping that meeting devoted readers would pull her employer out of his drinking. After the funeral she emails Hazel the pages Augustus sent him.