Slow Horses Trivia Questions

109 questions across multiple rounds

A spy drama trivia theme built around Slow Horses, following the disgraced MI5 agents of Slough House under the command of the irascible Jackson Lamb.

Sample Questions

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  • The recurring figure Peter Judd works in which field? Politics
  • Season 4 opens with a devastating suicide bombing at which kind of location? A shopping centre
  • Slough House is a neglected division of which UK intelligence agency? MI5
  • Where is Tara instructed to meet the men at midnight in Season 5? Piccadilly Circus
  • What is the specific administrative error that caused Min Harper to be exiled to Slough House? Leaving a top-secret disk on a train
  • What university does Hassan Ahmed attend? Leeds University
  • Before joining Slough House, Shirley Dander was demoted for committing what disciplinary infraction? Punching her superior officer twice
  • What address does Roddy's girlfriend Tara falsely give as her home? 34 Priory Place
  • The Sons of Albion threaten to do what to their hostage on a live broadcast? Behead him
  • Season 4 of Slow Horses is based on which Mick Herron novel? Spook Street

Slow Horses trivia works because it blends genuine espionage plotting with dry, cutting humor and a cast of exiled agents, giving fans both mission details and the show's sharp character dynamics to be quizzed on.

A strong Slow Horses quiz can include Jackson Lamb, River Cartwright, Diana Taverner, Catherine Standish and the rest of the Slough House exiles, MI5's Regent's Park, the source Mick Herron novels, and the disasters that landed each agent in Slough House. The theme stays engaging because every season adapts a distinct spy plot while deepening the same core cast.

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