This Is Us Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

Trivia quiz questions with answers about the hit TV show 'This is Us'

This Is Us Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers

What is “This Is Us”?
A: This Is Us is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dan Fogelman that premiered on NBC on September 20, 2016.

The series follows the lives and families of whom in several different time frames?
A: Two parents, and their three children.

Where is This Is Us filmed?
A: In Los Angeles.

Who has received an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Critics' Choice Award, and an NAACP Image Award for his acting in the series?
A: Sterling K. Brown.

Mandy Moore and Chrissy Metz received Golden Globe nominations for what?
A: Best Supporting Actress.

In 2017, the series received how many Emmy nominations?
A: Ten.

They included which awards?
A: Outstanding Drama Series, with Brown winning for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

On September 27, 2016, NBC picked up the series for a full season of how many episodes?
A: 18.

In January 2017, NBC renewed the series for how many additional seasons of 18 episodes each?
A: Two.

When did the second season premiere?
A: On September 26, 2017.

When did the third season premiere?
A: On September 25, 2018.

The series follows the lives of what siblings and their parents?
A: Kevin, Kate, and Randall (known as the "Big Three"), and their parents Jack and Rebecca Pearson.

When does it take place?
A: In the present and uses flashbacks to show the family during various moments in the past.

Kevin and Kate are the two surviving members of a what?
A: A triplet pregnancy, born six weeks premature on Jack's 36th birthday in 1980; their brother is stillborn.

Believing they were meant to have three children, Jack and Rebecca, who are white, decide to adopt whom?
A: Randall, an African American child born the same day and brought to the same hospital after his biological father abandoned him at a fire station.

Jack dies when his children are how old?
A: 17.

Most episodes feature a storyline taking place when?
A: In the present and a storyline taking place at a set time in the past.

Some episodes are set in one time period or use what?
A: Multiple flashback time periods.

Flashbacks often focus on whom?
A: Jack and Rebecca c.1980 both before and after their babies' birth, or on the family when the Big Three are children (at least ages 8–10) or adolescents.

Where do these scenes usually take place?
A: In Pittsburgh, where the Big Three are born and raised.

Recently, the show has flashed back to follow the lives of newer characters, such as whom?
A: Randall's foster child, Deja.

As adults, Kate lives where?
A: In Los Angeles.

Where do Randall and his family live?
A: They are in New Jersey.

Kevin relocates from Los Angeles to where?
A: New York City.

Who plays Jack Pearson?
A: Milo Ventimiglia.

Who plays Rebecca Pearson?
A: Mandy Moore.

Sterling K. Brown play which character?
A: Randall Pearson.

Chrissy Metz plays what character?
A: Kate Pearson.

Kevin Pearson is played by whom?
A: Justin Hartley.

Susan Kelechi Watson plays who?
A: Beth Pearson.

Chris Sullivan plays whom?
A: Toby Damon.

Ron Cephas Jones plays whom?
A: William "Shakespeare" Hill: Randall's biological father.

Also played by whom as a young adult?
A: Jermel Nakia.

Jon Huertas Plays whom?
A: Miguel Rivas.

Who is Miguel Rivas?
A: Rebecca's second husband.

Sophie, Kate's childhood best friend as well as Kevin's childhood love and ex-wife is played by whom?
A: Alexandra Breckenridge.

Tess Pearson, Randall and Beth's older daughter, is played by whom?
A: Eris Baker.

Faithe Herman plays what character?
A: Annie Pearson, Randall and Beth's younger daughter.

Zoe Baker, Beth’s cousin and Kevin's new girlfriend is played by whom?
A: Melanie Liburd.

Lyric Ross plays who?
A: Deja, Randall and Beth's foster child.

This is Us originally began as a what?
A: An 80 page movie script that Dan Fogelman was developing while working for ABC Studios in the spring of 2015.

The story line, which Fogelman admitted to not having a definite direction, revolved around the lives of eight adults who, as it would be revealed, were what?
A: Octuplets.

After moving to an eight-figure deal with 20th Television, Fogelman made the decision to develop a TV series from the characters of his what?
A: His original script, cutting a few characters and shortening the script to 45 pages before bringing it to the studio.

Jennifer Salke, president at NBC, commented on the conception of a title for the series, saying what?
A: "The title didn't come easy...but This Is Us tapped into everything, and the show's about us."

It has been revealed that other ideas for the title included what?
A: 36, Happy Birthday, and The Story of Us.

Despite positive reviews from both 20th Television and sister company, Fox, there were concerns regarding what?
A: The lack of views it would attract on the network.

This lead Fox to sell it to whom?
A: NBC.

Fogelman intentionally recruited behind-the-scenes talent that would reflect the diversity of his cast, with what goal?
A: With the goal of bringing greater authenticity to the dialog and storylines.

These include black directors Regina King and George Tillman Jr. and what black female writers?
A: Kay Oyegun and Jas Waters (part of a 30% black core writing staff that far outpaces the industry standard of 5%).

In addition, Fogelman's sister Deborah, whose struggles with weight were one of the initial inspirations for the show, serves as a what?
A: A consultant.

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported what approval rating for the first season?
A: 89% with an average rating of 7.72/10 based on 63 reviews.

The website's critical consensus reads what?
A: "Featuring full-tilt heartstring-tugging family drama, This Is Us will provide a suitable surrogate for those who have felt a void in their lives since Parenthood went off the air."

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of what based on 34 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews"?
A: 76 out of 100.

Season 2 received what approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews?
A: 94%.

Entertainment Weekly gave the first few episodes of This Is Us a rating of what?
A: B, calling it "a refreshing respite from the relational violence and pessimism that marks the other buzz soaps that have bubbled forth from a culture of divisiveness".