True Detective Trivia

Every True Detective trivia quiz on PopQ: 18 quizzes in Movies and TV. Sample questions and answers below, with a new selection each week.

Sample True Detective questions and answers

  1. What does Rust Cohle mean when he says The world needs bad men. We keep the other bad men from the door?

    Answer: Justification for his actions

    From Rust Cohle's Philosophies

  2. What does Rust Cohle's philosophy suggest about the nature of existence in True Detective?

    Answer: Existence is suffering

    From Detective Rust Cohle's Philosophy

  3. What is the name of the book that heavily influences the philosophy of Rust Cohle?

    Answer: The Conspiracy against the Human Race

    From Detective Rust Cohle

  4. What philosophy does Rust Cohle often reference in True Detective?

    Answer: Pessimism

    From Rust Cohle's Philosophies

  5. What philosophy does Rust Cohle subscribe to in True Detective?

    Answer: Pessimism

    From Detective Rust Cohle's Philosophy

  6. In which state is True Detective's first season set, where Rust Cohle works?

    Answer: Louisiana

    From Detective Rust Cohle

  7. Who directed all episodes of True Detective Season 1?

    Answer: Cary Joji Fukunaga

    From The Yellow King

  8. What is the title of the True Detective Season 1 theme song?

    Answer: Far From Any Road

    From Complicated Undercover Missions

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