Q 01/05

Which stage skill does Patrick Jane excel at in The Mentalist?

A) Ventriloquism

B) Hypnosis

C) Sword swallowing

D) Tightrope walking

Answer · why

B) Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a skill Jane uses to get suspects to confess and witnesses to remember what they saw.

Q 02/05

Which tattoo does Jane learn Red John has on his left shoulder?

A) A crescent moon

B) Three dots

C) A small cross

D) A snake

Answer · why

B) Three dots

Three dots, revealed in a dying woman's last words, and when Jane bares five suspects' shoulders at gunpoint, three have the mark.

Q 03/05

Who created The Mentalist?

A) David Shore

B) Bruno Heller

C) Andrew W. Marlowe

D) Shonda Rhimes

Answer · why

B) Bruno Heller

Bruno Heller is the brother of novelist Zoë Heller, whose Notes on a Scandal was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Q 04/05

How many episodes of The Mentalist aired in total?

A) 121

B) 135

C) 151

D) 172

Answer · why

C) 151

The run stretched from September 2008 to February 2015 across seven seasons.

Q 05/05

What were the names of Jane's murdered wife and daughter?

A) Teresa and Grace

B) Lorelei and Rosalind

C) Sarah and Emily

D) Angela and Charlotte

Answer · why

D) Angela and Charlotte

Angela and Charlotte: the girl's name, Charlotte Jane, comes from two films written by the creator's father, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte and What Eve...