Red John ("The Mentalist") Trivia Quiz

Answer: Simon Baker

The correct answer was Australian actor Simon Baker, who is actually a Golden Globe Award nominee. The incorrect answers all relate to the show: Tim Kang and Owain Yeoman are both other actors in the show, plus, Bruno Heller is the show's creator.

Answer: California Bureau of Investigation

Jane consults for the California Bureau of Investigation by inputting his advice and usually solving the case with his amazing skills of noticing things normal people wouldn't.

Answer: False

Red John actually murder Jane's wife and daughter leaving a note on the bedroom door which said "Dear mister Jane, I do not like to be slandered in the media, especially by a dirty money-grubbing fraud. If you were a real psychic, instead of a dishonest little worm, you wouldn't need to open the door to see what I've done to your lovely wife and child."

Answer: "No, just paying attention."

Jane continues to go on about how he "used to make a good living pretending to be a psychic." This is said in the first episode.

Answer: The chef and his wife

Jane says the chef "uses way too much butter" in his cooking so therefore suspects him. He also calls him a "gluttony baby".

Answer: Real psychics

Jane says this in the pilot episode when Grace Van Pelt asked him "When you met with other psychics, real psychics, could they tell you were just pretending?" and that is when Jane responds "There's no such thing as real psychics."

Answer: "Red Tomato"

"Red-Handed" is episode 6, "Red Rum" is episode 12, and "Bloodshot" is episode 16. "Red Tomato" is made up but also a phrase used on the British cook show "Ready Steady Cook".

Answer: Zachariah

Zachariah is the murderous lumberjack, although, it turns out to be one of the kids at the camp, Elliot. He is the kid who has been at the camp the longest and never wants to leave, incidentally he is also the killer in this episode.

Answer: "Bloodshot"

Jane loses his sight due to an explosion in the CBI car park. Nonetheless, he relies on his other senses (which he claims have heightened, even though he still walks into a poll) to continue with the case. However, as the case proceeds it becomes revealed that Jane is the true target of the killer.
(Jane still continued the case blind! Wow! What a trouper!)

Answer: Dead people

A very funny one liner from Mr Jane. He says this when he enters the house of a woman claiming to be a psychic who Jane then immediately believes to be a fake.