Q 01/05

When Guillermo del Toro first pitched The Strain to Fox as a TV series, the network president asked for what?

A) A musical

B) A comedy

C) A cartoon

D) A western

Answer · why

B) A comedy

A comedy was the request, so the talks broke down and del Toro walked away. An agent then suggested telling the story as a series of books instead.

Q 02/05

The Strain opens with a silent jet full of dead passengers on the tarmac at which New York-area airport?

A) LaGuardia

B) Newark

C) Kennedy

D) Teterboro

Answer · why

C) Kennedy

Kennedy, or JFK, is where the jet goes dark with all but one window shade drawn. Four people, the pilot among them, are later found alive on board.

Q 03/05

Which Harry Potter actor, the caretaker Argus Filch, plays the vampire hunter Abraham Setrakian in The Strain?

A) Robbie Coltrane

B) David Thewlis

C) Mark Williams

D) David Bradley

Answer · why

D) David Bradley

David Bradley plays the Holocaust survivor who has spent decades hunting the Master. He is also the villainous Walder Frey in Game of Thrones.

Q 04/05

Which Lord of the Rings actor plays Jim Kent, the colleague who betrays Eph Goodweather's team in The Strain?

A) Sean Astin

B) Elijah Wood

C) Billy Boyd

D) Dominic Monaghan

Answer · why

A) Sean Astin

Sean Astin was cast because the producers liked the idea of the most famous sidekick of all turning betrayer. He played Samwise Gamgee in the film tri...

Q 05/05

Which Canadian city doubled for New York during filming of the vampire series The Strain?

A) Vancouver

B) Toronto

C) Montreal

D) Calgary

Answer · why

B) Toronto

Toronto hosted the shoot, and its own international airport played the New York one in the opening scenes. Filming of the pilot began there in Septemb...