130 free The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel trivia quiz follows Midge from her nightgown set at the Gaslight in 1958 to the writers' room of The Gordon Ford Show and the flash-forwards of the final season. The easy questions cover the cast — Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Tony Shalhoub — the streaming service, the club, Lenny Bruce and Susie. Medium questions dig into Sophie Lennon's fat suit, Shy Baldwin's tour, Joel's Chinatown club, the Wolford, Noah's secret job and Rose's matchmaking. The hard and expert questions are for people who noticed the details: the Led Zeppelin building that played the Gaslight, the Oquaga Lake resort, the Sparkly logo font, the I Am Cuba dance number, the Carnegie Deli pop-up and the 30-cent gasoline stunt. Every answer was checked against a reference page and each question carries its citation, so the names, dates and plot points can be trusted. Difficulty is shown on every question, which makes it easy to build a round for a TV quiz night or play the whole set. When you finish, try our Gilmore Girls and other comedy series quizzes.
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Q 01Who plays Miriam "Midge" Maisel?
Rachel Brosnahan
She won the 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role.
Q 02Who created The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?
Amy Sherman-Palladino
She was inspired by memories of her father, a New York stand-up comic, and by early female comics like Joan Rivers.
Q 03On which streaming service did The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premiere in 2017?
Amazon Prime Video
The pilot aired as part of Amazon's Spring 2017 pilot season before the show was picked up.
Q 04In what year does the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel begin?
1958
The final season adds flash-forwards all the way to the 2000s.
Q 05At which Greenwich Village club does Midge give her first drunken, nightgown-clad set?
The Gaslight Cafe
Its exterior was shot outside 96 St. Mark's Place, the building on Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti cover.
Q 06Which real-life comedian is arrested the same night as Midge in the pilot and becomes her ally?
Lenny Bruce
Luke Kirby won an Emmy for playing him.
Q 07Who becomes Midge's manager after spotting her raw talent at the Gaslight?
Susie Myerson
Alex Borstein won back-to-back supporting-actress Emmys for the role in 2018 and 2019.
Q 08Which actress, also the voice of Lois Griffin on Family Guy, plays Midge's manager?
Alex Borstein
She was a MADtv cast member from 1997 to 2009.
Q 09Midge's husband Joel leaves her for whom?
His secretary, Penny Pann
Joel's own comedy act was mostly stolen from Bob Newhart routines.
Q 10Whose comedy routines does Joel Maisel copy for his own act?
Bob Newhart's
His set at the Gaslight bombs so badly it kicks off the whole series.
Q 11At which department store does Midge take a job on the make-up counter?
B. Altman
Exteriors were shot at the real building on Fifth Avenue; interiors in a disused Brooklyn bank.
Q 12Who plays Midge's father, Abe Weissman?
Tony Shalhoub
He won the 2019 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.
Q 13What subject does Abe Weissman teach at Columbia University?
Mathematics
He also researches at Bell Labs before quitting academia to return to activism.
Abe Weissman later becomes theatre critic for which publication?
Q 21At which type of venue does Midge become the emcee in season four?
A burlesque club
The Wolford is eventually shut down by a police raid.
Q 22In season five, Midge is hired as a writer on which late-night TV programme?
The Gordon Ford Show
Reid Scott plays the host and Jason Ralph, Brosnahan's real-life husband, plays producer Mike Carr.
Q 23Why does Midge eventually fire her manager, as revealed in the season-five flash-forwards?
Her mob ties entangled Joel in illegal activity
The Village Voice
Chris Eigeman plays Gabe, the paper's editor.
Q 15What second career does Midge's mother Rose Weissman take up?
Matchmaker
She runs afoul of a consortium of New York matchmakers led by Kelly Bishop's Benedetta.
Q 16Which rival comic performs in a fat suit as a frumpy Queens housewife but is really a Manhattan snob?
Sophie Lennon
Jane Lynch plays her; the character's vindictive manager gets Midge blacklisted.
Q 17Which singer hires Midge as the opening act on his tour at the end of season two?
Shy Baldwin
Darius de Haas provided the character's singing voice.
Q 18Why is Midge fired from the singer's tour in season three?
She alludes to his homosexuality on stage
Sterling K. Brown played his manager Reggie that season.
Q 19Where does Joel open his nightclub in season three?
Chinatown
He soon discovers his landlords run an illegal gambling den downstairs.
Q 20Which future Oscar nominee plays Mei Lin, the mysterious woman Joel dates?
Stephanie Hsu
She went on to be nominated for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Frank and Nicky, the mob enforcers, become unlikely friends of Susie's along the way.
Q 24Midge's brother Noah Weissman secretly works for which organisation?
The CIA
His wife Astrid converted to Judaism and obsessively observes every tradition.
Q 25Which actress plays Benedetta, leader of a New York matchmaking consortium, in season four?
Kelly Bishop
Milo Ventimiglia, another Gilmore Girls veteran, also guested that season.
Q 26Which This Is Us star plays Reggie, manager of the singer Midge opens for, in season three?
Sterling K. Brown
His casting was announced in April 2019 in an undisclosed role.
Q 27Which comedian plays a version of legendary stand-up Moms Mabley in season three?
Wanda Sykes
The show also brought in Jason Alexander as playwright Asher Friedman that season.
Q 28Which Chuck star plays Dr. Benjamin Ettenberg, the doctor Midge is briefly engaged to?
Zachary Levi
They meet at the Catskills resort in season two.
Q 29Which cult filmmaker made a guest appearance in season four?
John Waters
The same season featured Milo Ventimiglia and Kelly Bishop from Gilmore Girls.
Q 30How many seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel were made?
5
The final season premiered on April 14, 2023.