Streaming Wars & Binge Culture Quiz

1. Netflix released its first original series in 2013. What was it?

1. House of Cards
2. Narcos
3. Orange Is the New Black
4. Stranger Things

2. The term 'Netflix and Chill' became cultural shorthand for what?

1. A campaign to reduce screen time among young people
2. A euphemism for casual sexual encounters, originally from social media around 2014–2015
3. Netflix's cheaper subscription tier with ads
4. Watching Netflix in a relaxed, low-stress environment

3. Game of Thrones (HBO) ran for 8 seasons. The controversial final season aired in which year?

1. 2017
2. 2018
3. 2019
4. 2020

4. Stranger Things (Netflix) is set in the 1980s in a fictional Indiana town. What is the town called?

1. Castle Rock
2. Hawkins
3. Millfield
4. Springfield

5. The streaming service HBO Max was rebranded to what name in 2023?

1. HBO Prime
2. HBOmax+
3. Max
4. WarnerStream

6. Which Korean drama became Netflix's most-watched series of all time when it launched in September 2021?

1. All of Us Are Dead
2. Crash Landing on You
3. Kingdom
4. Squid Game

7. Breaking Bad (AMC) is often called the greatest TV drama ever made. How many total Emmy Awards did it win?

1. 10
2. 16
3. 24
4. 38

8. Disney+ launched in November 2019. How many subscribers did it reach in its first 24 hours?

1. 1 million
2. 10 million
3. 5 million
4. 50 million

9. The Sopranos (HBO) finale in 2007 famously ended how, dividing audiences?

1. The entire show was revealed to be Tony's dream
2. The screen cut to black mid-scene, with no resolution
3. Tony and Carmela fled the country to Italy
4. Tony Soprano was shot and killed in front of his family

10. What does 'prestige TV' refer to?

1. High-quality, critically acclaimed television drama — typically with cinematic production values, complex storytelling, and A-list talent
2. Television awards shows
3. TV series with budgets over $100 million per season
4. TV shown exclusively on premium cable channels

11. The Bear (Hulu/Disney+) became a critical phenomenon in 2022. What is it about?

1. A comedy set in a zoo
2. A drama about a fine dining chef who returns to run his family's Chicago sandwich shop after his brother's death
3. A nature documentary about grizzly bears
4. A thriller about wildlife conservation in Montana

12. Which streaming service produced 'The Crown', the drama about the British Royal Family?

1. Amazon Prime
2. HBO
3. Hulu
4. Netflix

13. What is 'churn rate' in the context of streaming services?

1. The percentage of subscribers who cancel their subscription in a given time period
2. The percentage of subscribers who share their passwords
3. The rate at which new content is added to a platform
4. The rate at which streaming quality degrades

14. HBO's Succession concluded in 2023 after four seasons. The show focused on the Roy family's media empire and was widely compared to which Shakespeare play?

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream
2. Hamlet
3. King Lear
4. Macbeth

15. Netflix's password-sharing crackdown in 2023 resulted in what?

1. A controversial short-term subscriber drop followed by a major increase in paying subscribers
2. A major PR crisis that set back Netflix by years
3. A significant loss of subscribers as expected
4. Netflix's stock price dropping permanently by 40%

16. The Wire (HBO, 2002–2008) is often called the greatest TV series ever made. What institution does each of its five seasons primarily focus on?

1. A different Baltimore institution each season: drug trade, docks, city politics, education system, and media
2. Five different American cities each season
3. The police only, in different precincts each season
4. The same drug gang's story told from five perspectives

17. What is 'peak TV' — a phrase coined by FX CEO John Landgraf in 2015?

1. A specific era when television quality was highest
2. The best TV programming block — primetime hours
3. The moment in a TV series when viewership is highest
4. The observation that so much TV is being produced that neither viewers nor critics can keep up with it all

18. Which Amazon Prime series, set in a dystopian world where superheroes are corporate-owned celebrities, became one of the platform's most-watched?

1. Invincible
2. Jack Ryan
3. The Boys
4. The Man in the High Castle

19. The Mandalorian was a landmark Star Wars series for Disney+. What is 'Baby Yoda' (Grogu's) real species?

1. A Force-sensitive Human
2. Jedi Child
3. Yoda's actual biological child
4. Yoda's species — but it has no official name in canon

20. White Lotus (HBO) became one of the most talked-about anthology series of the 2020s. Each season is set at a resort in a different country. Where were Seasons 1 and 2 set?

1. Hawaii and Italy
2. Hawaii and Thailand
3. Maldives and France
4. Mexico and Greece