Do you know your Hopper from your Hellfire Club? Take our ultimate Stranger Things quiz

Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in Netflix’s Stranger Things. Photograph: Netflix

1. What is the first line of dialogue spoken in the very first episode of Stranger Things?

   1. ‘Oh my God! Help me!’

   2. ‘I can feel it. It’s almost here.’

   3. ‘Something is coming. Something hungry for blood.’

   4. ‘Welcome to Hawkins.’

2. In which US state is the town of Hawkins located?

   1. Utah

   2. Ohio

   3. Indiana

   4. South Dakota

3. How do young heroes Mike Wheeler, Will Byers, Lucas Sinclair and Dustin Henderson collectively refer to themselves, in a nod to their favourite role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons?

   1. The Party

   2. The Army

   3. The Loremasters

   4. Team Nerd

4. Which unlikely 80s screen star was a key inspiration for the character of Eleven, the psychokinetic girl whose escape from Hawkins lab kickstarts the story?

   1. Yoda

   2. Gizmo

   3. Leprechaun

   4. ET

5. 

   OG goth star Winona Ryder was perfectly cast as Joyce Byers, the desperate mother of Will in Stranger Things. But can you name her deadbeat ex-husband?

   1. Donnie

   2. Johnnie

   3. Lonnie

   4. Ronnie

6. Hawkins police chief Jim Hopper served for several years as a homicide detective. But in which city?

   1. Chicago

   2. New York City

   3. Los Angeles

   4. Boston

7. 

   Nancy Wheeler’s tragically short-lived best friend was one of the breakout stars of the first season. Can you name her?

   1. Sandy Dutch

   2. Barb Holland

   3. Billie Scott

   4. Babs French

8. 

   According to police chief Jim Hopper, mornings are for coffee and … what?

   1. Cigarettes

   2. Isolation

   3. Pepto-Bismol

   4. Contemplation

9. While we’re on the subject, name the brand of frozen breakfast waffles beloved of Hopper’s soon-to-be surrogate daughter Eleven.

   1. Crispo

   2. Eggo

   3. Brekkies

   4. Waffly Good

10. 

    The ruthless scientist Dr Martin Brenner stole Eleven from her birth mother, who originally called her Jane. But can you name the mother?

    1. Karen Wheeler

    2. Billy Hammond

    3. Terry Ives

    4. Becky Frazier

11. Season two of Stranger Things featured some spot-on stunt casting in the form of two iconic 80s actors, Sean Astin and Paul Reiser. But can you name the films that made them famous?

    1. Stand By Me and The Thing

    2. The Lost Boys and Rumble Fish

    3. Back to the Future and Troll

    4. The Goonies and Aliens

12. 

    What does Dustin name the slimy, slug-like creature he finds in his dustbin, and which ends up growing into a ferocious Demodog?

    1. Porthos

    2. Athos

    3. D’Artagnan

    4. Aramis

13. 

    Which of the following jobs have not been held by Murray Bauman, the oddball isolationist who enters the story in season two?

    1. Investigative journalist

    2. Karate instructor

    3. CIA operative

    4. Private detective

14. According to Steve ‘The Hair’ Harrington, four puffs of which star’s name-brand hairspray is the secret to creating his signature bouffant?

    1. Olivia Newton-John

    2. Farrah Fawcett

    3. John Travolta

    4. Patrick Swayze

15. 

    In a controversial season two storyline, Eleven heads for Chicago where she encounters another psychic girl whom she refers to as her ‘lost sister’. What’s her name?

    1. Kali

    2. Shiva

    3. Vishnu

    4. Lakshmi

16. Season three finds Steve Harrington working alongside newcomer Robin Buckley in an ice cream parlour at the new Starcourt mall. But what’s it called?

    1. Ice to Meet You

    2. Cream Dreams

    3. Scoops Ahoy

    4. Rockin’ Toppin’s

17. 

    In season three, Dustin and his unexpectedly non-imaginary girlfriend Suzie duet on a version of The NeverEnding Story. But who sang the original?

    1. Limahl

    2. Phil Oakey

    3. Cyndi Lauper

18. At the end of season three Jim Hopper is apparently killed, only to reappear in a Soviet gulag. But in which region of Russia is the prison located?

    1. Siberia

    2. Irkutsk

    3. Sakhalin

    4. Kamchatka

19. 

    In season four, Erica Sinclair officially joins the nerds and reveals her love of D&D. But what’s the name of the character she has created?

    1. Lady Applejack

    2. Lady Snowblood

    3. Miss AmErica

    4. Princess Shut-Your-Mouth

20. In an echo of the Satanic Panic that swept the US in the 80s, season four finds metalhead Eddie Munson falsely acused of murder. But which high school sports team vows to bring him to justice?

    1. The basketball team

    2. The football team

    3. The baseball team

    4. The chess club

21. Name the pizza delivery service that probably regrets employing Jonathan Byers and his stoner buddy Argyle.

    1. Pizza the Action

    2. Surfer Boy Pizza

    3. Hot Pie

    4. Rockin’ Toppin’s

22. Horror legend Robert Englund made a cameo as the wrongly imprisoned Victor Creel in season four. But which slasher movie anti-hero did he first play all the way back in 1984?

    1. Jason Voorhees

    2. Michael Myers

    3. Freddy Krueger

    4. Pinhead

23. 

    Thirty seven years after its release, Kate Bush’s 1985 single Running Up That Hill reached No 1 thanks to a prominent appearance in Stranger Things. But which of Bush’s albums was the song originally featured on?

    1. Hounds of Love

    2. Lionheart

    3. The Sensual World

    4. Never for Ever

24. Joyce’s efforts to rescue Hopper from the aforementioned gulag lead her to enlist the aid of an untrustworthy pilot named Yuri. But what item is he infamous for transporting across the Russian border?

    1. Machine guns

    2. Peanut butter

    3. Oreo cookies

    4. Dr Pepper

25. The end of season four finds the main characters reunited as the Upside Down begins to invade the town of Hawkins. But which character remains in a coma?

    1. Jason Carver

    2. Erica Sinclair

    3. Dustin Henderson

    4. Max Mayfield

26. 

    Name the Stranger Things stage spin-off that began its run in London’s West End in 2023?

    1. Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    2. Stranger Things: Welcome to Hawkins

    3. Stranger Things: Enter the Darkness

    4. Stranger Things: The Upside Down

27. In 2024, Joe Keery AKA Steve Harrington played the lead singer in a playful mock-documentary about which iconic US alt-rock band?

    1. Pixies

    2. Dinosaur Jr

    3. Jane’s Addiction

    4. Pavement

28. 

    Coincidentally, Eddie Munson actor Joseph Quinn is also lined up to play a (slightly more famous) music icon in the forthcoming four-part Beatles biopic. But which Beatle will he be?

    1. John

    2. Paul

    3. George

    4. Ringo

29. Stranger Things was first created by identical twin writer-directors the Duffer Brothers. But what are their first names?

    1. Matt and Ross

    2. Ross and Steve

    3. Bob and John

    4. Fred and Barney

30. As we’ve seen, no season of Stranger Things would be complete without an 80s icon joining the cast. But which kick-ass screen heroine will head to Hawkins for the fifth and final series?

    1. Cynthia Rothrock

    2. Linda Hamilton

    3. Brigitte Nielsen

    4. Sigourney Weaver

Solutions

1:C - Aside from a brief ‘aargh’ in the opening scene, the first line of dialogue is spoken by Mike during a game of Dungeons and Dragons., 2:C - The 38th largest in the US, this Midwestern state claims Michael Jackson, James Dean and KFC creator Colonel Sanders among its notable progeny. , 3:A - In D&D, a Party is any group of player characters who go on adventures together, often incorporating different stock characters such as wizards, rogues and clerics. , 4:D - Showrunners the Duffer Brothers wanted Eleven’s initial interactions with the Party to echo the relationship between ET and his human counterpart Elliott, as the alien learns about the world through the boy’s eyes., 5:C - Played by Ross Partridge, Lonnie is a poor excuse for a husband and father, cheating on his wife, forcing his son Jonathan to kill a defenceless rabbit and only showing up when he thinks he can squeeze a few dollars from Will’s disappearance., 6:B - Following the death of his daughter, Hopper served for a time as a New York City cop until his problems with alcohol and drugs forced a return to the small town where he grew up., 7:B - Red-headed Barb was among the first victims of the monstrous Demogorgon, but most viewers would’ve preferred her to stick around a bit longer. , 8:D - Yep, Jim likes to be left alone with his thoughts first thing in the morning, presumably because he’s dealing with a raging hangover. , 9:B - Produced by Kellogg's, Eggo waffles underwent a huge increase in popularity following their regular appearances on the show. , 10:C - Eleven’s mother Terry was played by Aimee Mullins, a model, actor and Paralympian who competed at the 1996 summer games in Atlanta., 11:D - Astin played Mikey, the asthmatic hero of pirate classic The Goonies, while Reiser played Carter J Burke, the slimy corporate villain in Aliens., 12:C - Named for the young hero of The Three Musketeers, the creature known affectionally as Dart will end up murdering Dustin’s cat, Mews. , 13:C - He may know karate and speak fluent Russian, but conspiracy-obsessed outsider Murray has never held down a job with the Central Intelligence Agency. As far as we know … , 14:B - A thorough wash with Fabergé Organics shampoo and conditioner followed by four little jets of Fawcett’s finest is Steve’s regular routine – but if you tell anyone, your ass is grass. , 15:A - Played by Linnea Berthelsen and named for an Indian goddess, the character of Kali has yet to reappear in the show, despite being set up as a potentially major character. , 16:C - The parlour has a nautical theme complete with sailor uniforms for the staff, and is a favourite of the local kids including Lucas’s little sister Erica. , 17:A - Sung by Limahl of Kajagoogoo, the track was produced by legendary synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder for the soundtrack of the film of the same name., 18:D - A remote peninsula at the very eastern limit of the USSR, Kamchatka is portrayed as an inhospitable wilderness where the Soviet authorities experiment on creatures from the Upside Down., 19:A - Having remorselessly lampooned her brother Lucas and his friends, Erica joins the Hellfire Club and proclaims herself Lady Applejack, a chaotic good half-elf rogue. , 20:A - Led by jock supremo Jason Carver, the Hawkins High basketball team go on a town-wide manhunt for poor innocent Eddie, and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for., 21:B - Named for California’s favourite sport, Surfer Boy Pizza presumably own the pizzamobile that Argyle and Jonathan drive half way across the country, entirely shirking their hot food delivery responsibilities. , 22:C - Englund played the hideously scarred child murderer in eight films from 1984 to 2003: the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, its five sequels, self-aware reboot New Nightmare and trashy monster mash Freddy vs Jason., 23:A - The lead single from Bush’s fifth LP, the song hit No 3 in the UK on its original release – but after Max Mayfield named it as her favourite song it rose all the way to No 1 on the streaming charts in 2022., 24:B - Nicknamed ‘The Peanut Butter Smuggler’, Yuri makes his living smuggling American products – notably this crunchy spread – into Russia. , 25:D - Having been murdered by Vecna only to be resurrected by Eleven, Max is still comatose at the end of the season, as Eleven’s efforts to locate the girl’s absent consciousness lead only to a black void., 26:A - Focusing on Henry Creel, the psychic boy who will later transform into the monstrous Vecna, the play transferred to Broadway in 2025., 27:D - The film Pavements found Keery on hilariously self-mocking form, preparing to play frontman Stephen Malkmus in a fake big-budget biopic., 28:C - Yes, Quinn will ‘sitar’ (see what we did there?) as the meditation-loving, Maharishi-following Quiet Beatle in Sam Mendes’s epic undertaking, opposite Aimee Lou Wood as his wife Pattie. , 29:A - The brothers were born in Durham, North Carolina in 1984; they attended school and university together, and have worked together ever since. , 30:B - It’s been announced that the original Terminator and T2 star Hamilton will be playing a new character, a scientist determined to continue the experiments in psychokinesis begun by the deceased Dr Brenner.

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