Q 01/05

Who plays Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit?

A) Florence Pugh

B) Saoirse Ronan

C) Anya Taylor-Joy

D) Daisy Edgar-Jones

Answer · why

C) Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy trained in ballet until she was 15, and it helped: she learned each game's moves as what she called "choreography with your fingers".

Q 02/05

The Queen's Gambit is based on a 1983 novel by which author?

A) Walter Tevis

B) Vladimir Nabokov

C) Stefan Zweig

D) Richard Yates

Answer · why

A) Walter Tevis

Walter Tevis drew on his own childhood: diagnosed with a rheumatic heart, he was given heavy drug doses in hospital, which he said is where Beth's dep...

Q 03/05

Who wrote and directed every episode of The Queen's Gambit?

A) Steven Zaillian

B) Ryan Murphy

C) Noah Hawley

D) Scott Frank

Answer · why

D) Scott Frank

Scott Frank read the novel in the 1990s and tried to make it as a film. It only got made once Netflix let him stretch the story across a whole series.

Q 04/05

In The Queen's Gambit, a Christian group will pay for Beth's final tournament trip if she does what?

A) Donates her prize money

B) Makes an anti-Soviet statement

C) Quits drinking in public

D) Prays before each game

Answer · why

B) Makes an anti-Soviet statement

Makes an anti-Soviet statement: Beth calls the idea nonsense and hands the group its money back, which leaves her unable to afford the trip until Jole...

Q 05/05

How is Beth orphaned in The Queen's Gambit?

A) House fire

B) Car crash

C) Drug overdose

D) Drowning

Answer · why

B) Car crash

A car crash kills her mother. Later flashbacks suggest it was no accident: she drives into an oncoming truck after Beth's father refuses to take the g...