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

She won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for the role.

Q 02/05

The series 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

Tevis also wrote The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Q 03/05

Who wrote and directed the series?

A) Allan Scott

B) Ryan Murphy

C) Noah Hawley

D) Scott Frank

Answer · why

D) Scott Frank

Frank created it with Allan Scott, who had owned the book's rights since 1992.

Q 04/05

Who plays Beth's late mother, Alice Harmon, in flashbacks?

A) Rebecca Root

B) Chloe Pirrie

C) Christiane Seidel

D) Millie Brady

Answer · why

B) Chloe Pirrie

Alice held a Cornell doctorate before her mental health spiralled.

Q 05/05

How many episodes does the series have?

A) 8

B) 7

C) 9

D) 10

Answer · why

B) 7

Netflix originally ordered six, but the finished series ran one longer.