Boardwalk Empire Trivia Questions

116 questions across multiple rounds

A Prohibition-era crime drama trivia theme built around Boardwalk Empire, following Atlantic County treasurer Nucky Thompson as he runs bootlegging, politics and gangland alliances in 1920s Atlantic City.

Sample Questions

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  • What is behind the Commodore's long illness in season one? Arsenic
  • What does Margaret shoplift from the boutique in season one? Lingerie
  • Which country is Nelson Van Alden's nanny and second wife from? Norway
  • How many D'Alessio brothers are there? Six
  • What is the title of the stage show Billie Kent is appearing in? The Naughty Virgin
  • What kind of shop does Margaret work in after Nucky arranges a job for her? A dress shop
  • Gyp Rosetti is repeatedly identified as being of which Italian origin? Sicilian
  • Which year does the final season jump forward to? 1931
  • Which hotel does Nucky move into after leaving his Ritz-Carlton suite? The Albatross
  • Which city does Nucky travel to for the Republican National Convention in season one? Chicago

Boardwalk Empire trivia works because the series mixes real Prohibition history with a sprawling cast of fictional gangsters, politicians and federal agents. Questions can cover Nucky and his rivals, the rise of Chicago and New York mobsters, and five seasons of betrayals along the boardwalk.

A strong Boardwalk Empire quiz can include Nucky Thompson and his brother Eli, Jimmy Darmody and Richard Harrow, Margaret Schroeder, Agent Nelson Van Alden alias George Mueller, Chalky White and the Onyx Club, Gyp Rosetti and the siege of Tabor Heights, Al Capone in Chicago and Cicero, Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, Dr. Valentin Narcisse, Babette's supper club, the Artemis Club, the Volstead Act and the Castellammarese War. It works because the show rewards viewers who followed every alliance from Atlantic City to Havana.

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