Stranger Things Quiz: Test Your Hawkins & Upside Down Knowledge
Stranger Things Quiz
25 Questions · Est. Reading 7 MinWhen "Stranger Things" premiered on Netflix in the summer of 2016, nobody expected a low-budget throwback to Spielberg movies and Stephen King paperbacks to become one of the biggest shows on television. Created by twin brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, the series followed a group of kids in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, as they got tangled up with a secret government lab, a parallel dimension called the Upside Down, and a psychokinetic girl known only as Eleven. Nine years and five seasons later, the show wrapped its story for good, with the final episodes landing between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day of 2025 into 2026.
Along the way the show turned a synth-heavy score, Christmas lights spelling out an alphabet, and a Kate Bush song from 1985 into pop culture staples all over again. This quiz covers the whole run — characters, monsters, Hawkins geography, and a handful of behind-the-scenes details that only the most dedicated viewers tend to remember. Grab a can of New Coke and see how many transmissions from the Upside Down you can pick up.
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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 90 Seconds
Hawkins
What is the name of the Hawkins newspaper where Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers work during Season 3?
Season 2
What arcade game does Dustin's mysterious creature-related discovery lead him to play with Steve and the others?
Season 3
What is the name of the Russian code-breaking location hidden beneath the Starcourt Mall?
Character Details
What is the name of Dustin Henderson's pet cat, which is mentioned during the events of Season 2?
Season 4
Which song becomes especially important to Max as she struggles against Vecna's influence?
Hawkins High
What is the name of the high school basketball team that Lucas joins in Season 4?
Season 1
What does Jonathan Byers use to take photographs while searching for his missing brother?
Season 3
What unusual food does Eleven repeatedly enjoy while spending time with Mike and Max?
The Upside Down
What distinctive feature of the Upside Down does Nancy discover when she realizes the environment appears strangely frozen in time?
Season 4
What is the name of the Hellfire Club's leader at Hawkins High?
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Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions
- Q1: What is the name of the Hawkins newspaper where Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers work during Season 3?
Answer: The Hawkins Post
- Q2: What arcade game does Dustin's mysterious creature-related discovery lead him to play with Steve and the others?
Answer: Centipede
- Q3: What is the name of the Russian code-breaking location hidden beneath the Starcourt Mall?
Answer: The Russian Base
- Q4: What is the name of Dustin Henderson's pet cat, which is mentioned during the events of Season 2?
Answer: Mews
- Q5: Which song becomes especially important to Max as she struggles against Vecna's influence?
Answer: Running Up That Hill
- Q6: What is the name of the high school basketball team that Lucas joins in Season 4?
Answer: The Panthers
- Q7: What does Jonathan Byers use to take photographs while searching for his missing brother?
Answer: A 35mm camera
- Q8: What unusual food does Eleven repeatedly enjoy while spending time with Mike and Max?
Answer: Ice cream
- Q9: What distinctive feature of the Upside Down does Nancy discover when she realizes the environment appears strangely frozen in time?
Answer: Hawkins is stuck on the date of November 6, 1983
- Q10: What is the name of the Hellfire Club's leader at Hawkins High?
Answer: Eddie Munson
What does the group of kids call the alternate dimension?
✓ The Upside Down
Dustin coins the term early in Season 1, borrowing it from the Vale of Shadows in Dungeons & Dragons, the game the boys are shown playing in the very first scene.
Which 1985 song becomes Max's lifeline in Season 4?
✓ "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush
The needle-drop sent the decades-old track back to number one on charts worldwide in 2022, introducing Kate Bush to an entirely new generation of listeners.
What number is tattooed on Eleven's wrist?
✓ 011
The number comes from Hawkins Lab's testing program, where children with abilities were logged and numbered instead of named — which is exactly how she got her nickname.
Who plays Hawkins Police Chief Jim Hopper?
✓ David Harbour
Harbour's gruff, world-weary take on Hopper turned a supporting character into one of the show's emotional anchors, especially once the Russian prison arc kicked off in Season 4.
What does Vecna use to mark his victims before they die?
✓ A trance that plays out through a broken clock chiming
Victims hear a grandfather clock strike as they're pulled into a curse, a detail introduced in Season 4 that ties Vecna's kills to the number of chimes remaining before death.
Which store does Robin work at alongside Steve in Season 3?
✓ Scoops Ahoy, inside the Starcourt Mall
The sailor uniforms became one of the most recognizable costumes of the season, and Starcourt Mall itself doubled as a front for a Soviet operation underneath Hawkins.
If you swept every log above, you've basically earned an honorary badge from Hawkins PD. If a few slipped by, that's fair — five seasons and nearly seven years of lore is a lot to keep straight, even for the Party. Either way, the Upside Down is always one flickering lightbulb away.
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