What is Hamsterdam in season three?

Zones where drug dealing is tolerated

The Wire Quiz: Baltimore's Streets, Docks and Schools

David Simon once covered crime for The Baltimore Sun, and his series turned that city into one big story, which this The Wire quiz explores season by season. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on McNulty and Bunk, Stringer Bell, Omar Little, Frank Sobotka's dockworkers, the Hamsterdam experiment, the school season, Marlo Stanfield and Lester Freamon.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Creator
Who created The Wire?
Network
Which network aired the series from 2002 to 2008?
Detective
Which detective helps start the wiretap case?
Stringer
Who played Stringer Bell?
Omar
What does Omar Little do?
Docks
Which setting does season two focus on?
Hamsterdam
What is Hamsterdam in season three?
Schools
Which season follows four boys in a middle school?
Paper
Which institution is central in season five?
Freamon
Which detective says all the pieces matter?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who created The Wire?
Answer: David Simon
He had worked at The Baltimore Sun.
Q2: Which network aired the series from 2002 to 2008?
Answer: HBO
It ran for five seasons.
Q3: Which detective helps start the wiretap case?
Answer: Jimmy McNulty
Dominic West played him.
Q4: Who played Stringer Bell?
Answer: Idris Elba
Stringer runs the Barksdale business side.
Q5: What does Omar Little do?
Answer: Robs drug dealers
He lives by his own code.
Q6: Which setting does season two focus on?
Answer: The port and its dockworkers
Frank Sobotka leads the stevedores' union.
Q7: What is Hamsterdam in season three?
Answer: Zones where drug dealing is tolerated
Major Colvin tries the experiment.
Q8: Which season follows four boys in a middle school?
Answer: Season four
Former officer Prez becomes a teacher.
Q9: Which institution is central in season five?
Answer: A newspaper newsroom
It is based on The Baltimore Sun.
Q10: Which detective says all the pieces matter?
Answer: Lester Freamon
Clarke Peters played him.

The Wire Quiz – Baltimore's Streets, Docks and Schools

The Wire aired on HBO from 2002 to 2008. Created by David Simon, a former Baltimore Sun crime reporter, with former detective and teacher Ed Burns, it examines Baltimore through its institutions.

Season one follows a wiretap case against Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell. Season two turns to the docks and union leader Frank Sobotka, and season three introduces Hamsterdam, where Major Colvin tolerates drug dealing in set zones.

Season four follows four boys in a middle school, and season five looks at a newspaper. Characters such as Omar Little, McNulty, Bunk, Kima and Lester Freamon made it one of TV's most praised dramas.

What This Quiz Teaches

Drama fans will enjoy these questions.

Who created the show
What each season covers
Who the key characters are
Which experiments it shows
Why it is praised

Did You Know?

The series has 60 episodes.
Many actors were Baltimore locals.
Michael K. Williams played Omar.
Marlo Stanfield rises in later seasons.
The show rarely won major awards while airing.