80 free Vanderpump Rules trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
71 free Vanderpump Rules trivia questions with answers. Vanderpump Rules started in 2013 as a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spin-off about the servers and bartenders at Lisa Vanderpump's West Hollywood restaurant SUR, and it turned into one of Bravo's biggest shows. This quiz covers all of it: the original cast of Stassi, Kristen, Katie, Jax, Scheana and Sandoval, the crossovers, the firings of 2020, the opening of Tom Tom, the season nine engagement that collapsed at the reunion, and the 2023 affair scandal that put the show on the front page. There are also questions about the cast beyond the restaurant: Ariana Madix on Broadway and Dancing with the Stars, Lisa's Las Vegas empire and Puppygate exit from Beverly Hills, Scheana's music, Jax's Navy stint, The Valley, Vanderpump Villa and the fully rebooted season 12 with a new SUR staff. Easy ones for casual viewers, harder ones for people who remember which band played 'T.I.P.' Every answer is checked against a documented source and linked, so nothing here relies on fan-wiki hearsay.
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Q 01On which network has Vanderpump Rules aired since 2013?
Bravo
The show is Bravo's first spin-off from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and has run for 12 seasons.
Q 02In what year did Vanderpump Rules premiere?
2013
The first season ran from January 7 to March 11, 2013, and Andy Cohen announced a reunion on Watch What Happens Live! that February.
Q 03Madix and Schwartz were both promoted from recurring cast to series regulars in which season?
Third
That season also introduced James Kennedy and Vail Bloom as recurring cast members.
Q 04What is the name SUR short for?
Sexy Unique Restaurant
Lisa and Ken Todd became co-owners of SUR in May 2005 with Guillermo and Nathalie Pouille Zapata.
Q 05Roughly how long is a typical episode of Vanderpump Rules?
43 minutes
The show has bounced between Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and the 8, 9 and 10 PM slots over its run.
Q 06The show initially centred on which new SUR server and her relationships with the established staff?
Scheana
Scheana had already made headlines for dating Eddie Cibrian while he was married to Beverly Hills housewife Brandi Glanville.
Q 07Which of these cast members was NOT a series regular in season one, appearing only as a guest?
Ariana Madix
Madix was promoted to recurring in season two and to series regular in season three, and stayed through season 11.
Q 08Vanderpump Rules' season two premiere crossed over with which season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?
Fourth
Season two also introduced Kristina Kelly and Madix as recurring cast and gave James Kennedy his first guest appearances.
Q 09Sandoval's band, which performed the song 'T.I.P.' in season four, was called what?
Charles McMansion
Actor Isaac Kappy was his bandmate; Sandoval has fronted a different group in more recent years.
Q 10In season seven, Lisa and her husband partnered with the two Toms to open which West Hollywood bar?
Tom Tom
It opened on August 9, 2018, with Sandoval billed as 'chief mixologist' and a 'rustic Victorian' interior.
Q 11How much did Sandoval and Schwartz each invest for their five percent stake in the bar they co-founded?
$50,000
The bar's name simply combines the two founders' first names.
Q 12Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, how was the season eight reunion recorded in April 2020?
Virtually, over Zoom
Season eight had added Max Boyens, Brett Caprioni and Dayna Kathan as regulars; two of them were gone by season nine.
Q 13Kristen Doute and Stassi Schroeder were fired in June 2020 following accusations by which former co-star?
Faith Stowers
Stowers said the pair had filed a false police report against her; Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni were also dropped over resurfaced tweets.
Q 21Against which co-star did Leviss file a temporary restraining order in March 2023?
Scheana Shay
She alleged a punch after the affair came out; the order was dismissed on March 29 when Leviss did not appear in court.
Q 22How far apart did the restraining order require the two women to stay for the reunion?
100 yards
Leviss filed to drop the order on March 24, but the March 29 court date stayed on the docket.
Q 23Madix's red cut-out dress at the season ten reunion, nicknamed 'The Revenge Dress', was by which label?
Mônot
The dress was discussed by the fashion press for weeks and became a symbol of her post-breakup reinvention.
Q 14Which couple was fired from the show on December 4, 2020?
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright
Production on season nine was then put on hold 'indefinitely' before the show returned in 2021.
Q 15What event served as the season nine finale?
Kennedy and Leviss's engagement party
The engagement did not last long: the couple called it off during the reunion taping that December.
Q 16When did James Kennedy and Leviss call off their engagement?
During the season nine reunion taping
The reunion was taped on December 3, 2021, and the split effectively ended their relationship.
Q 17Sandoval's affair became public in March 2023 while which season was airing?
10th
Cameras went back up to capture the fallout, and the reunion was recorded on March 23, 2023.
Q 18With which co-star did Sandoval have the affair that ended his relationship with Madix?
Raquel Leviss
Leviss had first appeared on the show as James Kennedy's girlfriend before joining season seven as a recurring cast member.
Q 19Sandoval and Madix had been a couple since which year?
2014
The relationship lasted almost a decade; the affair reportedly began in August 2022 and was discovered in March 2023.
Q 20What was the media nickname for the 2023 affair scandal?
Scandoval
It got wall-to-wall coverage from People and E! News, and Bravo later paused filming to let the cast recover.
Q 24Madix's hosting commitment to which dating show was rumoured to have contributed to the 2024 filming hiatus?
Love Island
She replaced Sarah Hyland as host of season six and later earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for the job.
Q 25When the show was fully rebooted for season 12, who was the only returning cast member?
Lisa Vanderpump
The new cast was drawn from current SUR employees, plus Shayne Davis, who does not work there.
Q 26What was the title of the retrospective special that aired before season 12?
Raise Your Glass to 11 Seasons
It aired on November 25, 2025, with unaired footage and a look at the season 12 premiere.
Q 27In what year did the rebooted season 12 premiere?
2025
Bravo released the trailer and cast list on November 3, 2025, and the season premiered on December 2.
Q 28The Valley, the spin-off that premiered in March 2024, follows five couples doing what, in Bravo's words?
Taking a shot at adulting
The original cast included Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Kristen Doute alongside four other couples.
Q 29The Valley was announced during the premiere party for which season of Vanderpump Rules?
The 11th
The eighth episode of that season doubled as a crossover preview of the new show.
Q 30Which spin-off followed Jax and his then-fiancée on a visit to her hometown?
Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky
The couple later married at the Kentucky Castle in Versailles, Kentucky, in June 2019.