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1 After being imprisoned on a ship, engaging in a mutiny, and stealing an escape boat, Daryl Dixon washes up on a beach in what European region?
Answer: Normandy

France is where the zombie virus originated in "The Walking Dead." The French scientists were, according to Dr. Jenner in season one of the original series, the "last to hold out" in the fight against the virus. Daryl Dixon speaks no French, but he encounters enough English-speaking characters to get by. He washes up on the beach at Normandy, where, the audience later learns, his own grandfather died during World War II.
  From Quiz: "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" (Season One)
2 Eugene discovers the Commonwealth in his quest to meet what woman?
Answer: Stephanie

Eugene has been flirting with a woman on the radio. She tells him in season 10 that she's uncomfortable sharing information about her community, not wanting to put her group at risk. Eventually, however, Stephanie agrees to meet him. Ezekiel and Yumiko join him on his journey, during which he runs into Princess. In Season 11, the audience see the Commonwealth for the first time.
  From Quiz: The Commonwealth
3 The Sanctuary, which was the headquarters of the Saviors, was located in what abandoned facility?
Answer: a factory

The Sanctuary was located in an old, abandoned factory likely situated somewhere in Virginia. The Sanctuary became the operational base for the Saviors, and its location was kept secret from Rick's group for some time. The Saviors organization was first introduced in season 6 of "The Walking Dead," and they served as the primary adversaries to Rick's group throughout seasons 7 and 8.
    Your options: [ a garbage dump ] [ a hospital ] [ a prison ] [ a factory ]
  From Quiz: The Sanctuary
4 Where was Terminus located?
Answer: At an old railroad yard

Terminus was located at the terminus of a railway, in an abandoned railway yard complex where maintenance was performed on trains. Abandoned train cars still existed about the camp, and they were used to temporarily imprison Rick's group as well as the original inhabitants of Terminus when the camp was raided.
  From Quiz: Terminus
5 What was Woodbury, originally?
Answer: A small Georgia town

The first four seasons of "The Walking Dead" are set in Georgia, beginning in King County. The tiny town of Woodbury is located not far from the West Georgia Correctional Facility in the show. Scenes were filmed in Senoia, Georgia. There is a real town called Woodbury, Georgia which, at the time of the 2010 census, had a population of 961.
  From Quiz: Woodbury
6 What does CDC stand for, and where was it located in "The Walking Dead"?
Answer: Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta

The Centers for Disease Control is a national U.S. agency tasked with health protection and related security threats. Morgan mentions the CDC to Rick in the first episode, saying it was used as an early evacuation site. Rick wants to go there to see if they can find any information or help, while Shane would rather push on to Fort Benning.

Although there are CDCs throughout the nation, it is the Atlanta CDC to which Rick's group heads after their first camp is overrun. At the end of season 1, episode 5, "Wildfire," the doors to the CDC roll open.
  From Quiz: The CDC
7 Where was the prison camp located?
Answer: West Georgia

The name of the prison was the West Georgia Correctional Facility. It was located near Newman, Georgia. The prison had been subjected to riots near the start of the apocalypse, and most of the prisoners and guards had died and turned, except for a handful of prisoners locked away from the tumult in the cafeteria.
  From Quiz: The Prison Camp
8 For Rick's group, the Greene Family Farm served as a base for which activity?
Answer: The search for Sophia

After abandoning the Atlanta Survivor Camp, Rick's group headed to the CDC, which they fled prior to destruction. While they were stopped on the road, Sophia was chased away by a walker. Rick went after her but left her in a clearing under a tree to fight off walkers, and then they couldn't find her. Meanwhile, Carl was shot by a farmhand who was hunting a deer. The farm hand, Otis, brought him back to the Greene family farm for treatment.

Rick's group settled at the Greene Family Farm while Carl healed from his gunshot wound and Daryl and other members of the group searched for Carol's missing daughter, Sophia. At this point, they had not yet encountered the Governor or Terminus and had no plan for establishing a more permanent camp. Daryl had also given up his search for Merle.
    Your options: [ The raid of Terminus ] [ The search for the Governor ] [ The search for Sophia ] [ The search for Merle ]
  From Quiz: The Greene Family Farm
9 Around what was the Kingdom built?
Answer: A school

The Kingdom was introduced in season 7, episode 2 of "The Walking Dead." With over fifty people, the Kingdom was built up around a school in or near Washington, D.C., possibly some kind of a vocational high school that had an agricultural program. The old school theater served as the king's throne room, while the cafeteria was used for common meals.
  From Quiz: The Kingdom
10 Alexandria was first built as a planned community in the suburbs of what major city?
Answer: Washington, D.C.

The upscale, planned, "green community," which ran on solar and water power, had houses that started "in the low $800,000s." However, the military took it over as a safe-zone shortly after the outbreak and directed a number of survivors there. Though Alexandria is supposed to be in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., the set was filmed in Senoia, Georgia, nearby where Woodbury was filmed.
  From Quiz: Alexandria
11 In which state was the Hilltop located?
Answer: Virginia

"The Walking Dead" opens in Georgia, but it is only after traveling to the D.C.-metro area that the group happens upon The Hilltop Colony, which is located in Virginia. The group gets its first look at the Hilltop in season 6, episode 11, "Knots Untie." Though located in Virginia for the purposes of the story, the Hilltop set was filmed in Senoia, Georgia.
    Your options: [ Deleware ] [ Georgia ] [ Virginia ] [ California ]
  From Quiz: The Hilltop
12 While the group was searching for Sophia, he asked, "Am I the only one zen around here? Good Lord!"
Answer: Daryl

When the group is searching for Sophia in season 2, Daryl insists he's going to "locate" Carol's little girl, and that she's going to be "just fine." He responds to the turmoil with, "Am I the only one zen around here?" Later, he makes another potential allusion to Buddhism: "We're in the woods of Georgia. Not the mountains of Tibet."
  From Quiz: Who Said It in "The Walking Dead"?
13 In a flashback in season one of "Daryl Dixon," who tells Daryl, through the radio, that a mysterious someone has come back?
Answer: Carol

Daryl is able to briefly reach Carol on the radio. They ask after one and other, and then she says, "Hey, Daryl!" But her transmission is cut-off by static and the next few words are obscured, ending in "came back." Daryl asks who came back, but the transmission is lost. At the time the episode aired, speculations included Rick, Michonne, Morgan, Dwight, and Dog.

Melissa McBride was originally set to co-star as Carol in the spin-off, but due to logistical issues, she dropped out of the season one production. Season two of the show, however, is titled "The Book of Carol."
  From Quiz: "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" (Season One)
14 Where does season one of "Dead City" take place?
Answer: New York City

"Dead City" is set primarily in New York City, in particular in Manhattan. It is the fifth series in "The Walking Dead" franchise and the first to serve as a sequel to the original series.
  From Quiz: The Walking Dead: Dead City (Season One)
15 Who discovers a sibling living in the Commonwealth?
Answer: Yumiko

Eugene, Yumiko, Ezekiel and Princess are taken captive and interrogated by the Commonwealth. When they attempt to escape, Yumiko finds a snapshot of herself on "The Wall of the Lost" where people post photos searching for relatives. She knows it is a photo her brother Tomichi used to carry in his wallet. She therefore convinces the others to stay.
  From Quiz: The Commonwealth
16 Who were the leaders of Terminus?
Answer: Gareth and his mother Mary

Gareth is played by Andrew J. West. He was in charge of Terminus, along with his mother Mary (played by Denise Crosby). Gareth was eventually killed by Rick, who hacked him to death with a machete in season 5, episode 3, "Four Walls and a Roof."
  From Quiz: Terminus
17 How many people were living at the CDC when Rick's group entered it?
Answer: 1

In season 1, episode 6, "TS-19," Rick's group enters the CDC and finds Dr. Edwin Jenner is the sole occupant. Most of the other doctors fled to be with their families. Some remained but gradually committed suicide one by one. Jenner's wife Dr. Cadence Jenner had passed away, though he used her as a test subject as she reanimated. There was a real-life scientist named Edward Jenner who pioneered the small pox vaccine.
  From Quiz: The CDC
18 Who shows up on a horse to bring Lori to the Greene Family Farm after Carl is shot?
Answer: Maggie

Maggie was sent to fetch Lori once Carl was at the farm and receiving treatment. She thundered in on her horse. "All I know is this chick rode out of nowhere like Zorro on a horse and took Lori," Glenn later explained to Dale.
  From Quiz: The Greene Family Farm
19 What happened to the husbands, fathers, and elder sons of the women of Oceanside?
Answer: They were slaughtered by the Saviors

The Saviors extorted all four of the communities that would eventually form a joint milita against them, but the women and children who fled to Oceanside perhaps bore the worst suffering at their hands. Simon, unbeknownst to Negan, had all of the men of the community slaughtered, including all boys over the age of ten, because they failed to pay up.
  From Quiz: Oceanside
20 What was the profession of Deanna Monroe before she became the leader of the Alexandria Safe-Zone?
Answer: Congresswoman from Ohio

Deanna Monroe was a U.S. Congresswoman from Ohio and was vacating D.C. to return to Ohio to check on her constituents when the military directed her and her husband and two sons to the Safe-Zone, where her husband, a professor of architecture, helped to build the walls. The military never returned.
  From Quiz: Alexandria
21 What was at the center of the Hilltop Colony?
Answer: A historic mansion

The Hilltop Colony was built around a historic mansion called the Barrington House. The historic property consisted of a mansion, a barn, and a blacksmith shop and was visited by children on school field trips. FEMA brought in trailers in the early days after the Outbreak so it could serve as a refugee camp. Fences eventually went up around the property, which also came to encompass fields for crops.
  From Quiz: The Hilltop
22 The hand holding her gun trembled while she said, "Just look at the flowers."
Answer: Carol

In season 4, episode 14, Carol tells Lizzie to look a the flowers while she shoots her. Because she's crazy and doesn't believe walkers are any different than people, Lizzie has murdered her younger sister Mika. Lizzie has been taught to look at the flowers when she has panic attacks in order to calm down.
    Your options: [ Beth ] [ Lizzie ] [ Carol ] [ Maggie ]
  From Quiz: Who Said It in "The Walking Dead"?
23 Andrea asks the Governor what his real name is. He says he never tells. She responds "never say never". Later in the episode when he is trying to get her to stay in Woodbury he tells her his given name. What is it?
Answer: Philip

When Merle addresses him as 'Governor', Andrea says "Governor? They call you that?" To which he replies "Some nicknames stick whether you want them to or not". Andrea comes back with "Buzz is a nickname. Governor is a title."
  From Quiz: Welcome to Woodbury
24 Daryl encounters a new kind of walker in the first episode of "Daryl Dixon." What are these walkers known as?
Answer: burners

Called "burners" or "boilers," one of these walkers burns Daryl's arm simply by touching him. When a "burner" is stabbed or pierced, smoke emits from its body. Burn wounds from a "burner" are cauterized to prevent spread of the infection.
  From Quiz: "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" (Season One)
25 In "Dead City," Perlie Armstrong is a marshal for what federation?
Answer: New Babylon

Perlie is played by Gaius Charles, who starred as Smash Williams in the popular television series "Friday Night Lights." The New Babylon Federation is a network of survivor communities in New York. Perlie's job as a marshal is to hunt down Negan for the crime of murder. The other choices come from dystopian books by Samuel R. Delhany (Dhalgren), George Orwell (Oceania), and Margaret Atwood (Gilead).
  From Quiz: The Walking Dead: Dead City (Season One)
26 Who is the Governor of the Commonwealth?
Answer: Pamela Milton

Philip Blake was "the Governor," a villain from earlier seasons and the leader of Woodbury. The Milton family was a highly influential political family, and they managed to secure a few town blocks at the start of the apocalypse. The Commonwealth continued expanding from there.
  From Quiz: The Commonwealth
27 Terminus drew people to its community by posting signs that read, "Terminus, community for all, ___ for all. Those who arrive survive." What word is missing from the blank?
Answer: sanctuary

After the prison collapsed and Rick's community was scattered, Carol and Tyreese, who were hiking with Judith, Lizzie, and Mika, discovered a sign with the words:

"Terminus, community for all, sanctuary for all. Those who arrive survive." The community also broadcast this message through the radio.

In a flashback, Gareth's brother Alex warned that the signs were a "mistake."
After her near-death experience at Terminus, Maggie painted a big NO above "Sanctuary" on the signs as the group moved on in search of a new camp.
  From Quiz: Terminus
28 What does Woodbury call Philip Blake, the man in charge?
Answer: The Governor

Woodbury was discovered by Phillip Blake and other survivors who cleared it of walkers, set up defensive walls, and made it their own. They even restored power and began to give the children formal educations. Philip earned the nickname of "The Governor" from those he helped to lead.
  From Quiz: Woodbury
29 What was the name of the CDC's main computer?
Answer: Vi

Vi most likely is short for "virtual intelligence" as the main computer is a virtual intelligence computer in charge of running the CDC building. Voiced by Judi M. Durand, Vi can be heard speaking in response to Dr. Jenner's commands in the season 1 episodes "Wildfire" and "TS-19."
  From Quiz: The CDC
30 Not counting flashbacks, how many episodes of "The Walking Dead" take place at least partially on the Greene Family Farm?
Answer: 12

The farm featured in twelve episodes of season 2, starting with "Bloodletting" and ending with "Beside the Dying Fire." It later appeared in flashbacks in season 3 and season 7 and in Rick's hallucination in season 9.
  From Quiz: The Greene Family Farm
31 Where did the women of Oceanside live before they moved to Oceanside?
Answer: Hallowbrant Outreach Recovery Facility

The community was living near, in, or around Hallowbrant Outreach Recovery center when the Saviors began to extort them. After the men and boys over ten were slaughtered, the women fled and discovered Oceanside, where they sought to keep their camp safely hidden from the Saviors. They returned to the center in "Warning Signs" (Season 9, episode 3) when they decided to execute certain Saviors because it was the same spot where their own men were executed.

Woodbury was the town run by the villain of season 3, the Governor. Terminus was home to the cannibals of season 5. West Georgia Correctional Facility was home to Rick's group in seasons 3 and 4.
  From Quiz: Oceanside
32 Whom did Deanna put in charge of recruiting new members for the Alexandria Safe-Zone?
Answer: Aaron and Eric

Aaron was in charge of recruiting, along with his boyfriend Eric, both of whom used to work for an NGO in Africa. It was Aaron who brought Rick's group into Alexandria. When Eric was injured and retried from recruiting, Aaron invited Daryl to join him in his recruiting adventures. Deanna's son Aiden, a former member of ROTC, was a supply runner. Her son Spencer kept guard with a rifle.
  From Quiz: Alexandria
33 Who was the original leader of the Hilltop Colony?
Answer: Gregory

Despite never killing a single walker, Gregory managed to assume leadership of The Hilltop Colony after FEMA abandoned the safe-zone. He was often seen drinking whisky at his desk in his study in the historic mansion. A weak and self-centered man, he made deals with the Saviors and allowed others to protect him.
  From Quiz: The Hilltop
34 After the fall of the farm, he declared, "This is not a democracy anymore."
Answer: Rick Grimes

Rick utters this line in season 2 finale to the group after they flee Hershel's zombie-infested, burning farm. Later in the series, however, Rick begins to delegate responsibility, and for awhile he hands it over to the prison council.
    Your options: [ Glenn Rhee ] [ Daryl Dixon ] [ Rick Grimes ] [ Hershel Greene ]
  From Quiz: Who Said It in "The Walking Dead"?
35 Prior to Andrea and Michonne's arrival, how long had it been since the walls were breached?
Answer: "Over a month"

The woman giving Andrea and Michonne the tour of Woodbury tells them the wall haven't been breached in over a month and they haven't had a casualty inside since early winter.
  From Quiz: Welcome to Woodbury
36 What is the name of the nun Daryl encounters, who nurses his wounds and asks him to assist in a special mission?
Answer: Isabelle

Played by Clémence Poésy, Isabelle Carriere is a former drug addict and thief who has become a nun in the post-apocalyptic world. She is the aunt of Laurent and the head of a semi-Catholic, syncretic religious group with some of its own mythology.
  From Quiz: "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" (Season One)
37 Judging by his name, where can we assume the main villain of season one of "Dead City" was born?
Answer: Croatia

"The Croat" (so-called because of his origin) is a former member of the Saviors who was so sadistic that even Negan wanted to be rid of him. The Croat kidnaps Hershel. He is played by Zeljko Ivanek.
  From Quiz: The Walking Dead: Dead City (Season One)
38 How are people typically assigned jobs in the Commonwealth?
Answer: Based on their past employment before the apocalypse

During the interrogation process, Eugene, Ezekiel, Yumiko, and Princess are repeatedly asked what they did in the old world. This is because the Commonwealth has a caste system where people are assigned jobs based on their former positions in life. Because Yumiko was a lawyer, she is invited to meet with the governor to discuss a bureaucratic position. Ezekiel is given a job related to animals because he was a zookeeper. Princess is assigned to retail.
  From Quiz: The Commonwealth
39 Who, while on a supply run, was the first member of Rick's group to hear a scrambled broadcast on the car radio mentioning Terminus?
Answer: Daryl

In season 4, episode 3, "Isolation," Daryl was with Michonne, Bob, and Tyreese on a supply run when he heard the broadcast saying, "Terminus, community for all, sanctuary for all." They lost the signal, however, when Daryl dodged a walker in the middle of the road. This was the first time Terminus was mentioned on "The Walking Dead." The first time the audience physically sees Terminus, however, is in season 4, episode 15, "Us."
  From Quiz: Terminus
40 How many MORE people were there in Woodbury than in Rick's prison camp toward the start of season 3?
Answer: 55-65 more

When giving Michonne and Andrea a tour of the town in season 3, episode 3 ("Walk with Me") Rowan said there were 73 residents, with number 74 on the way (referring to a baby that was about to be born). Meanwhile, Rick's camp at that time had only about twelve people (Carol, Daryl, Hershel, Maggie, Glenn, Beth, Rick, Lori, Carl, T-Dog, and the two prisoners who eventually assimilated into the camp).
  From Quiz: Woodbury
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