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The Wire Trivia
Test your knowledge of HBO's The Wire with 120 challenging trivia questions covering Baltimore's streets, police investigations, and the greatest TV drama ever made.
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What network aired The Wire?
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What city is The Wire set in?
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Who plays Tommy Carcetti?
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What famous rapper appears in The Wire?
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What other HBO series did David Simon create?
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What is the average viewership per episode?
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Who plays D'Angelo Barksdale?
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What is Omar's signature weapon?
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How many seasons did The Wire run?
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Who plays Bunk Moreland?
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Which season features The Blind Boys of Alabama's version?
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Who is Namond Brice?
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What is Scott Templeton's flaw?
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Who plays Chris Partlow?
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How does Stringer Bell die?
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What is significant about Omar's death?
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Who plays Proposition Joe?
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What is "Hamsterdam"?
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Who created The Wire?
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What happens to Bubbles at the end?
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What is Bubbles's occupation?
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Who plays Ellis Carver?
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Who plays Avon Barksdale?
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What is each season's theme?
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What happens to Marlo at the end?
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What character does Steve Earle play?
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Who plays Roland Pryzbylewski?
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Who wrote novels and contributed scripts to The Wire?
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What is Brother Mouzone's signature?
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How does D'Angelo die?
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What does Carcetti refuse that would help Baltimore?
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What chess piece does D'Angelo compare himself to?
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What is a "burner" phone?
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What is the "Dickensian aspect"?
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What is Marlo's organization known for?
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Who plays Bubbles?
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Who becomes Police Commissioner?
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What nickname is Pryzbylewski given?
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Who plays Omar Little?
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Who gives the famous "40-degree day" speech?
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Who plays Wallace?
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Who plays Duquan "Dukie" Weems?
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Who is the stick-up artist who robs drug dealers?
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Who plays Scott Templeton?
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What does "juking the stats" mean?
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What is unique about Snoop's casting?
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Who is Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos?
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Who is Wee-Bey?
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Who plays Snoop?
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Who wrote "Way Down in the Hole"?
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What is Marlo's reaction to retirement?
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What does Wee-Bey confess to?
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What happens to Frank Sobotka?
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What does Ziggy do that ruins his life?
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What injury does Kima sustain?
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Who plays the Greek?
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What secret does Burrell have on Daniels?
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What happens to Dukie?
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Who plays Michael Lee?
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What other role did Clark Johnson have in The Wire?
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Who plays Frank Sobotka?
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Who plays Brother Mouzone?
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What does the 40-degree day refer to?
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How many Emmy Awards did The Wire win during its run?
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Who is the Greek?
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Who plays Stringer Bell?
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What year did The Wire premiere?
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What is D'Angelo's relationship to Avon?
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Who plays Lester Freamon?
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What does "re-up" mean?
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Who creates Hamsterdam?
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How does Proposition Joe die?
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What happens to Randy?
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What is Lester's hobby?
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Who is Walon?
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Who plays Jimmy McNulty?
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What happens to Wallace?
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Why does Daniels refuse to juke stats?
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What does McNulty do in Season 5 that's controversial?
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What is revealed about Rawls in a brief scene?
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What is the opening theme song?
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What book did David Simon write that inspired The Wire?
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What is notable about The Wire's Emmy history?
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What are the "vacants"?
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Who plays Ziggy Sobotka?
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What is Carcetti's fatal flaw?
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What was David Simon's previous career?
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Who plays Gus Haynes?
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What happens to Hamsterdam?
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What happens to Namond?
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What is Omar's catchphrase?
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What is Carcetti's position?
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What is the Co-Op?
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Who is Kenard?
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Who is Marlo's supplier?
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Who plays Cedric Daniels?
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Who plays Slim Charles?
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What is The Wire's critical legacy?
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What is a "stash house"?
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What is the Barksdale Organization's drug?
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Who plays Wee-Bey Brice?
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Who plays Ervin Burrell?
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Who plays Bunny Colvin?
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What is Frank Sobotka's position?
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What was Ed Burns's previous career?
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Why does he refuse the state money?
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Who are the main kids in Season 4?
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Which season features Steve Earle's version?
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What happens to Michael?
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Who plays Marlo Stanfield?
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Who co-created The Wire with David Simon?
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Who plays Randy Wagstaff?
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Who coins the phrase "the game is the game"?
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Who plays Nick Sobotka?
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Who shoots Kima in Season 1?
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Who does Method Man play?
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Who plays Kima Greggs?
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Who plays Bodie Broadus?
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Who plays William Rawls?
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How does Omar die?
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