50 free Trailer Park Boys trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
46 free Trailer Park Boys trivia questions with answers. Trailer Park Boys started as a black-and-white indie film in 1999 and became Canada's most quotable export. This quiz covers the whole Sunnyvale saga: Mike Clattenburg's shorts, the pitch that Showcase bought, Ricky's Rickyisms and his 1975 Chrysler, Julian's rum and Coke, Bubbles' shed, kitties, glasses and Green Bastard, Lahey's drunk-and-anger ratios, Randy's missing shirt, Cory and Trevor, J-Roc, Ray and Trinity. Then the wider universe: the three Clattenburg-directed films and 2024's Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties, the Netflix deal and SwearNet, the animated series, the Dublin live show, the cameos from Alex Lifeson, Snoop Dogg and Nathan MacKinnon, the theme song, the filming locations and John Dunsworth's final season. Easy questions suit anyone who has heard 'way she goes'; harder ones reward the greasy superfans. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series, its films and its characters, and the source line appears under each question after you answer.
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Q 01Who created Trailer Park Boys?
Mike Clattenburg
He grew it out of two shorts, The Cart Boy (1995) and One Last Shot (1998).
Q 02What is the name of the fictional trailer park where the show is set?
Sunnyvale
It sits in Dartmouth, in the Halifax area of Nova Scotia.
Q 03In which Canadian province is the show set and filmed?
Nova Scotia
Later seasons were shot at Bible Hill Estates in Truro after early parks stopped welcoming the crew.
Q 04On which Canadian channel did the series premiere in April 2001?
Showcase
The Comedy Network had turned it down first; the pitch to Showcase was made almost on a whim.
Q 05In the 1999 film the series grew from, what prompted Julian to want his life documented?
A phone psychic predicted his death
He hoped the film would steer others away from crime.
Q 06Which actor appeared in the 1999 film only as the location sound recordist?
Mike Smith
Mike Smith appeared instead as the location sound recordist; Bubbles was the name of his cat in The Cart Boy.
Q 07Who plays Ricky?
Robb Wells
Wells, Tremblay and Smith bought the rights to the show in 2013.
Q 08What drink is almost always in Julian's hand?
Rum and Coke
He climbs out of a rolled car in season two with the glass intact.
Q 09Ricky's malapropisms, like 'worst case Ontario', are known to fans as what?
Rickyisms
Others include 'denial and error' and 'get two birds stoned at once'.
Q 10What make and model is Ricky's dilapidated car?
1975 Chrysler New Yorker
The car originally belonged to Mike Clattenburg, whose wife wanted it out of the driveway.
Q 11Where does Bubbles live?
In a shed with his cats
He drives a go-kart and is the least willing of the trio to face consequences.
Q 12How does Bubbles make his living at the start of the series?
Salvaging and reselling shopping carts
His character grew out of the 1995 short The Cart Boy.
Q 13What is Bubbles' wrestling alter ego?
The Green Bastard
His favourite band is Rush, and he once worked as Alex Lifeson's guitar tech.
Q 21Who are the two hapless friends who idolise Ricky and Julian and end up as scapegoats?
Cory and Trevor
Actors Cory Bowles and Michael Jackson left the show because they felt underpaid.
Q 22What is the real first name of J-Roc, the park's white aspiring rapper?
Jamie
He is rarely seen without his friend Tyrone.
Q 23Which former teen-TV host plays J-Roc?
Jonathan Torrens
He co-hosted Street Cents and hosted Jonovision, which reunited the Degrassi cast in 1999.
Q 24Ricky's father Ray, a former trucker who uses a wheelchair, is secretly committing what?
Q 14What is the name of Bubbles' ventriloquist puppet?
Conky
He claims a relative used it in vaudeville; Julian suspects Bubbles made it himself.
Q 15Where did the actor who plays Bubbles get the character's trademark thick glasses?
His girlfriend found them at a Texas estate sale
She had only 50 cents on her, so she bought the glasses but not the photo of the old lady who owned them.
Q 16Which rock band was the actor who plays Bubbles a guitarist in before Trailer Park Boys?
Sandbox
Sandbox signed to EMI and was nominated for a Juno.
Q 17Who played park supervisor Jim Lahey?
John Dunsworth
He was also Halifax's most successful casting director and played Dave Teagues on Haven.
Q 18Lahey's assistant and on-off partner Randy is famous for what?
Never wearing a shirt
He is also mocked for his cheeseburger addiction.
Q 19What was Jim Lahey's job before he became a trailer park supervisor?
Police officer
He is described as a disgraced ex-cop and alcoholic.
Q 20Which direction did Clattenburg give Dunsworth for early Lahey scenes?
'6 out of 10 drunk and 2 out of 10 anger'
Dunsworth said Jim and Randy were among the first non-stereotypical gay couples on TV.
Disability fraud
Season 11 revealed Ray was not Ricky's biological father.
Q 25What is the name of Ricky's daughter?
Trinity
Her mother Lucy was Ricky's fiancée in the 1999 film.
Q 26Who owns the trailer park?
Barbara, Lahey's ex-wife
Barb Lahey's ownership gives Jim his job and his grudge.
Q 27The show's opening theme, 'Breeze', was written by Blain Morris trying to emulate which song?
'I Left My Heart in San Francisco'
Cracked called its gentleness the perfect setup for the chaos to follow.
Q 28Bubbles' actor said the show was 'really like' which wholesome series, 'with guns and drugs and liquor'?
The Waltons
Most seasons end with some of the main characters going to jail.
Q 29Which streaming service co-produced seasons 8 to 12 from 2014?
Netflix
Season 8 arrived on September 5, 2014, after the trio's own network SwearNet took over the rights.
Q 30What streaming network did Wells, Tremblay and Smith create after buying the show's rights?
SwearNet
It was later rebranded TPB+, home of the 2026 thirteenth season.