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40 free Veep trivia questions with answers. Veep turned the vice presidency into the funniest job in Washington and won seventeen Emmys doing it. This quiz covers all seven seasons: Selina Meyer's climb from forgotten VP to accidental president to defeated candidate and back again, Gary and his bag, Amy and Dan, Mike's press briefings, Ben and Kent, Sue's front desk, Jonah Ryan's improbable rise, Tom James, Laura Montez, Richard Splett's destiny and the funeral overshadowed by Tom Hanks. The making-of side is here too: Armando Iannucci and The Thick of It, David Mandel taking over, the move from Baltimore to Los Angeles, Julia Louis-Dreyfus's record six Emmys for one role and the diagnosis that delayed the last season. Easy questions ask which network aired it and who Selina's bag man was; the hard ones want the year Selina dies, the state Montez represented and what Jonah's news site was called. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the show and its characters, and each question carries the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01On which network did Veep air from 2012 to 2019?
HBO
It ran for seven seasons and 65 episodes, ending on 12 May 2019.
Q 02Who created Veep?
Armando Iannucci
The Glasgow-born satirist had already made The Thick of It and In the Loop.
Q 03Veep grew out of which BBC political comedy by the same creator?
The Thick of It
Several American actors from the spin-off film In the Loop became Veep regulars.
Q 04How many episodes of Veep were made?
65
That is seven seasons, with the last delayed by a year.
Q 05Selina Meyer had been a US senator from which state before becoming vice president?
Maryland
Her party affiliation is never named in the entire run.
Q 06Which detail about Selina Meyer is deliberately never revealed in the show?
Her party affiliation
The writers wanted the satire to hit both sides equally.
Q 07Tony Hale plays Gary Walsh, whose job for Selina is what?
Personal aide and body man
His enormous bag, the Leviathan, contains anything Selina could possibly need.
Q 08Anna Chlumsky plays which member of Selina's staff?
Amy Brookheimer
The chief of staff calls herself the VP's 'trouble-shooter, problem-solver, issue-mediator'.
Q 09Reid Scott plays which ambitious, cut-throat member of the VP's office?
Dan Egan
He starts as deputy director of communications and ends up a TV host.
Q 10Matt Walsh's Mike McLintock holds what job?
Director of communications
He has been Selina's press man since her Senate days and later writes for BuzzFeed.
Q 11Sue Wilson, Selina's secretary, boasts that she is what?
The third most important person in the world
Sufe Bradshaw plays the no-nonsense gatekeeper.
Q 12Kevin Dunn plays Ben Cafferty, who holds which post?
White House Chief of Staff
The depressed, high-functioning alcoholic serves both President Hughes and President Meyer.
Q 13Gary Cole's Kent Davison is best described as what?
A number-crunching strategist
The senior strategist to the president lives and dies by polling data.
Q 21Who ends up president after the tied election, via a Senate tiebreaker?
Laura Montez
The former senator from New Mexico had been O'Brien's running mate.
Q 22Selina's eventual successor, O'Brien's former running mate, was a senator from which state?
New Mexico
Her Latina identity is later revealed to be a stretch, to Selina's fury.
Q 23Sam Richardson's amiable aide is first introduced doing what?
Filling in for Gary on Selina's book tour
The amiable aide is revealed in the finale to have become a successful two-term president.
Q 14Timothy Simons plays Jonah Ryan, who begins the series in what role?
White House liaison to the VP's office
He clashes constantly with the VP's staff, particularly Amy.
Q 15After being fired for running an insider blog, Jonah launches his own news website called what?
Ryantology
The site is as successful as everything else Jonah does.
Q 16Jonah is drafted to run for Congress in which state to secure a vote for Selina?
New Hampshire
A congressman dies and Jonah's Uncle Jeff's machine puts him in the seat.
Q 17In 2020 Jonah marries his former step-sibling, who turns out to be what?
His biological half-sister
The revelation barely dents his presidential campaign.
Q 18How does Selina first reach the Oval Office in the season three finale?
President Hughes resigns
Hughes steps down to care for his wife's poor mental health.
Q 19The season four presidential election ends in what result?
A tie between Selina and Bill O'Brien
The deadlock throws the decision to a contingent election in the House of Representatives.
Q 20Which British actor plays Tom James, Selina's charming running mate?
Hugh Laurie
The senator is so popular that Selina spends most of her time trying to undercut him.
Q 24Which character is revealed in the finale to have become a successful two-term president?
Richard Splett
He and First Lady Annette Splett attend Selina's funeral.
Q 25In the finale, how does Selina secure the nomination and the top job?
By offering Jonah the vice presidency
She also frames Gary for the Meyer Fund scandal to save herself.
Q 26Whom does Selina frame for wrongdoing at the Meyer Fund in the finale?
Gary
The loyal aide is led away by the FBI while she accepts the nomination.
Q 27Selina's funeral in the finale's flash-forward is knocked out of the news by whose death?
Tom Hanks's
The final indignity for a woman who craved coverage above all.
Q 28In what year does Selina Meyer die, according to the finale?
2045
Her age is given as between 75 and 77 because she lied about it so often.
Q 29Selina's daughter Catherine does what during her mother's funeral?
Watches it on television instead
The put-upon daughter finally gets the last word by staying away.
Q 30Who took over as Veep's showrunner from season five, becoming its first American writer?
David Mandel
The Curb Your Enthusiasm veteran took the show through its last three seasons.