80 free The Originals trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
78 free the Original trivia questions with answers. Always and forever. This quiz is for people who followed the Mikaelsons from Mystic Falls to the French Quarter and stayed for all five seasons. Seventy-eight questions cover Klaus the Original hybrid, Elijah's suits and promises, Rebekah, Kol, Finn and Freya, Mikael and Esther, Hayley and baby Hope, Marcel's rule over New Orleans, Davina and the Harvest, Cami, Vincent, Dahlia, the Strix, the Hollow, and the finale where two brothers stake each other on a park bench. Easy questions ask which show it spun off from and who plays Klaus; the hard ones want Hayley's birth name, the Georgia town where it was filmed, the composer, and who directed the pilot. There is a stretch on the actors too, from H2O: Just Add Water to Legacies. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its seasons, characters and cast, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01The Originals is a spin-off of which series?
The Vampire Diaries
It was the first television expansion of the franchise, and its backdoor pilot aired as an episode of the parent show.
Q 02In which American city is The Originals set?
New Orleans
The Mikaelsons had helped build the French Quarter before fleeing the city in 1919.
Q 03On which network did The Originals air?
The CW
The premiere was moved up to follow The Vampire Diaries' fifth-season opener to catch its fans.
Q 04Who plays Klaus Mikaelson?
Joseph Morgan
Morgan later reprised Klaus in the final season of Legacies.
Q 05How many seasons of The Originals were made?
5
Series creator Julie Plec announced in July 2017 that the fifth season would be the last.
Q 06How many episodes of The Originals aired in total?
92
Seasons 1-3 ran 22 episodes each, while seasons 4 and 5 were shortened to 13.
Q 07Who created The Originals?
Julie Plec
Unlike The Vampire Diaries, this spin-off was overseen by Plec alone with no involvement from Kevin Williamson.
Q 08What is the name of Klaus and Hayley's daughter?
Hope
The baby is the first ever tribrid, given to Rebekah to hide after her death is faked.
Q 09What kind of supernatural being is Klaus?
A vampire-werewolf hybrid
His mother Esther had an affair with a werewolf, making him a half-brother to the other Mikaelsons.
Q 10The Mikaelson family are known as 'the Originals' for what reason?
They were the first vampires ever to exist
They were born as witches to their mother Esther, who turned them into vampires.
Q 11Who is Klaus's former protégé and adoptive son who rules the French Quarter when the Mikaelsons return?
Marcel Gerard
He took charge as the self-proclaimed king while the Mikaelsons were away fleeing Mikael.
Q 12What is the title of the first episode of The Originals season 1?
Always and Forever
The title is the Mikaelson siblings' family vow, and the episode was written by Michael Narducci and Julie Plec.
Q 13On what date did the backdoor pilot for The Originals air as an episode of the parent series?
April 25, 2013
That episode revealed Hayley was pregnant with Klaus's child, setting the whole spin-off in motion.
Q 21Which actress plays the teenage Hope Mikaelson in season 5?
Danielle Rose Russell
Russell continued as Hope for four seasons of Legacies.
Q 22Who plays young Hope in season 4?
Summer Fontana
Baby Hope in seasons 1-3 was played by uncredited infants.
Q 23Which witch is possessed by Finn Mikaelson in season 2?
Vincent Griffith
Yusuf Gatewood played the character, who was upgraded to a series regular partway through season 2.
Q 24Kol Mikaelson spends season 2 in the body of which young witch?
Q 14Who is Elijah Mikaelson's actor?
Daniel Gillies
Gillies was simultaneously under contract for the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope and kept doing both shows.
Q 15Which actress plays Rebekah Mikaelson?
Claire Holt
Holt left the main cast in season 1 but returned as a special guest star through the finale.
Q 16Phoebe Tonkin plays which character?
Hayley Marshall
Tonkin and Claire Holt had already co-starred on the Australian mermaid series H2O: Just Add Water.
Q 17Before she became a hybrid, what species was Hayley at the start of the show?
Werewolf
She becomes the first unsired hybrid after dying with her daughter's blood in her system.
Q 18What is the name of Leah Pipes's bartender character who becomes involved with Klaus?
Camille O'Connell
Cami's family had protected the French Quarter's humans for decades using dark objects once owned by Kol.
Q 19The young Harvest witch played by Danielle Campbell is how old at the start of the series?
16
She becomes Regent of all the witch covens in New Orleans and marries Kol Mikaelson.
Q 20Riley Voelkel plays which long-lost Mikaelson sibling?
Freya
The character was a recurring role in season 2 before being promoted to series regular for season 3.
Kaleb Westphall
Daniel Sharman played the possessed Kaleb, who bonds with Davina in a record shop.
Q 25Who is the Mikaelson siblings' aunt, the season 2 villain who claims the firstborn of every generation?
Dahlia
Claudia Black played her; Freya had been given to her as a child in exchange for Esther's fertility.
Q 26Who is Lucien Castle, the season 3 arrival?
The first vampire sired by Klaus
Lucien warns of a prophecy that the Mikaelsons will fall by friend, foe and family.
Q 27Which season 3 character was Klaus's first love and the first vampire sired by Rebekah?
Aurora de Martel
Aurora's brother Tristan was Elijah's first sired vampire, and the two work with Lucien against the family.
Q 28What is The Strix in The Originals?
An ancient secret society of vampires
Elijah founded the order centuries earlier, and its emissary Aya invites Marcel to join.
Q 29Which parent-show character comes to the French Quarter in season 3, fleeing the hunter Rayna Cruz?
Stefan Salvatore
It was the first crossover with the parent show, tied to its seventh season.
Q 30Which of these characters dies in season 3?
Camille
Lucien bites her after becoming the Beast, and the same season also kills off Jackson and Davina.