Q 01/05

In which fictional Louisiana town is True Blood set?

A) Bon Temps

B) Shreveport

C) Hotshot

D) Monroe

Answer · why

A) Bon Temps

The name means "good times" in French, which is not how most residents would describe seven seasons of murders and maenads.

Q 02/05

What supernatural ability does waitress Sookie Stackhouse have?

A) Shapeshifting

B) Telepathy

C) Precognition

D) Telekinesis

Answer · why

B) Telepathy

The show later explains it through her part-faerie heritage, revealed in season three.

Q 03/05

On which network did True Blood air from 2008 to 2014?

A) Showtime

B) AMC

C) HBO

D) FX

Answer · why

C) HBO

It ran seven seasons and 80 episodes, from September 7, 2008 to August 24, 2014.

Q 04/05

The series is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries, a novel series by which author?

A) Anne Rice

B) Laurell K. Hamilton

C) Kim Harrison

D) Charlaine Harris

Answer · why

D) Charlaine Harris

The 13 books ran from Dead Until Dark in 2001 to Dead Ever After in 2013 and were later rebranded as the True Blood novels.

Q 05/05

Which writer created True Blood after finding the first novel in a bookshop?

A) Alan Ball

B) David Milch

C) Ryan Murphy

D) Joss Whedon

Answer · why

A) Alan Ball

The creator of Six Feet Under was killing time before a dentist appointment in a Barnes & Noble when he picked up Dead Until Dark.