Q 01/05

Barry Berkman became a hitman after coming home from military service in which country?

A) Iraq

B) Afghanistan

C) Somalia

D) Saudi Arabia

Answer · why

B) Afghanistan

Afghanistan left Barry feeling placeless, and a family friend with connections, Monroe Fuches, steered the skills he brought home into contract killin...

Q 02/05

In season one, Barry's breakthrough on stage is a single line in a scene from which Shakespeare play?

A) Hamlet

B) Othello

C) King Lear

D) Macbeth

Answer · why

D) Macbeth

Macbeth gives Barry six words, 'My lord, the queen is dead'; everything he has been bottling up pours into them, and Sally admits her own performance ...

Q 03/05

Which city is Barry from?

A) Detroit

B) Pittsburgh

C) Cleveland

D) Cincinnati

Answer · why

C) Cleveland

Cleveland is where Barry is based when the series begins; his handler Fuches sends him to Los Angeles for a single job, hoping a change of scenery wil...

Q 04/05

In which branch of the military did Barry serve?

A) U.S. Army

B) U.S. Navy

C) U.S. Air Force

D) U.S. Marines

Answer · why

D) U.S. Marines

U.S. Marines service follows him to Los Angeles: a fellow ex-Marine muscles in on his work in season one, and he ends up killing Chris, an innocent Ma...

Q 05/05

Who plays Barry's eccentric acting coach?

A) Richard Dreyfuss

B) Ron Howard

C) Henry Winkler

D) Martin Short

Answer · why

C) Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler still had to audition: the creators asked HBO whether they could get him and were told he was already coming in to read. The part won hi...

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