What did any of us do before Netflix? We were just watching whatever the big cable networks decided we would. If you were to try explaining to a young person who has never known life without Netflix, he or she might imagine we all lived in the dark ages in some sort of a Flintstone-style existence. On a side note, Blockbuster really should have considered buying Netflix when it had the chance.
Many Netflix TV shows, movies, and documentaries deal with important issues going on in our world today or from history. In this quiz, we will test your knowledge not just on Netflix's original programming but also on several real-life events depicted in the shows and films. To do well on this quiz, not only are you going to have to have a lot of general knowledge, you better watch loads of Netflix as well. If you know a lot about world events and Netflix shows then take this quiz and see how well you can score.
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I'll Be Impressed If You Score 12 on This General Knowledge Quiz feat. Netflix Questions
1984 is the year where season 2 of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things begins. In real life, who would win the US presidential election that year?
George H. W Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
In the docuseries Tiger King, what piece of legislation does Carole Baskin's organization, Big Cat Rescue, lobby for?
The Animal Welfare Act
Big Cat Public Safety Act
Harambe's law
The Cool Cats and Kittens Act of 2020
In 1947, who was the top monarch in the British royal family? This is also portrayed at the beginning of The Crown series.
King George VI
Queen Victoria
King Edward VIII
Queen Elizabeth II
In 2021, which Netflix film won the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards?
Seaspiracy
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
The Social Dilemma
My Octopus Teacher
The documentary When They See Us is about what famous real-life case of wrongful conviction?
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
Steven Avery
Central Park Five
West Memphis Three
Which of these events occurred in 1986? Season 3 of GLOW also begins with the cast witnessing this real-life event.
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Valdivia Earthquake
The murder of John Lennon
Three Mile Island accident
What famous drug kingpin does the first two seasons of Narcos focus on?
Pablo Escobar
Frank Lucas
El Chapo
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
On the show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt what real-world event did Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne use to convince the Indiana Mole Women that the apocalypse had taken place?
SARS
Asteroid hitting Earth
Y2K
Nuclear fallout
What real-life serial killer, shown here, appears at the beginning of each episode in the first season of Mindhunter?
Dennis Rader
Jeffrey Dahmer
John Wayne Gacy
Ted Bundy
What political party did Frank Underwood from House of Cards belong to?
Whig
Independent
Republican
Democrat
Which member of the Fuller House cast spent time in prison in 2020?
Lori Loughlin
Candace Cameron
Jodie Sweetin
John Stamos
The Last Dance features never-before-seen footage from Michael Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls. What season was that?
1996/97
1999/2000
1997/98
1998/99
In the television show Arrested Development (picked up by Netflix for seasons 4 and 5) what performance art group does the character, Tobias Funke, join?
Cirque du Soleil
The Blue Man Group
Riverdance
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
What is the subject matter of the film Icarus?
USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
Puppets
International athlete doping scandal
Greek mythology
This picture of a cheese sandwich went viral in 2019. What Netflix documentary covers the event where this cheese sandwich was served?
Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Fyre Fraud
Much Ado About A Cheese Sandwich
Cheese Sandwich Confidential
One Comment
I’ve never seen Netflix in my life! Still got 8 right out of 15. I’m a good guesser.