Netflix Quiz: Binge-Worthy Trivia Questions from 2021/2022

Netflix’s “Squid Game” was famously produced in South Korea. The series started streaming on Sept. 17, 2021, and soon became Netflix’s No. 1 show.

What’s going on in the “Squid Game”?

“Squid Game” is a Netflix nine-part series that describes a fictional competition where contestants are forced to play elaborately staged and deadly versions of childhood games for cash prizes. Critics say the show taps South Korea’s worries about expensive housing and scarce jobs.

John Cho’s character’s name in Netflix’s new “Cowboy Bebop” is Spike Spiegel. The series is based on an anime series that ran for one season in Japan in 1998 and spawned a cult following.

Lily Collins, Phil Collins’s daughter, is Emily in “Emily in Paris.” The Netflix series’ second season premieres on Dec. 22, 2021. Watch the season 2 trailer.

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons played the married couple in trouble in Fargo’s 2015 second season. By 2017, they were engaged in real life. The two now star alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Jane Campion’s 2022 Netflix movie “The Power of the Dog.” The film has earned Dunst Critics Choice, Golden Globe, and SAG awards nominations. Dunst and Plemons, who have two children together, won their first Oscar nominations for this film in 2022.

Andrew Garfield won the 2022 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical, or Comedy for his appearance in the Netflix biographical musical “tick, tick…BOOM!”, based on the autobiographical broadway musical created by “Rent” writer, Jonathan Larson. The movie is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (“Hamilton”) feature directorial debut. “tick, tock…BOOM!” also earned Garfield a second Oscar nomination, following up 2017’s Hacksaw Ridge nod.

Was there a Golden Globe Awards ceremony in 2022?

The Golden Globe Awards were announced in a live-blog event for its 79th edition, Jan. 9, 2022 – without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press, or live stream. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association came under fire in 2021 after a Los Angeles Times report revealed ethical lapses and a lack of diversity. There was not a single Black journalist in the 87-person group.

“The Harder They Fall,” featuring Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, and LaKeith Stanfield, is a western produced for Netflix by Jay-Z (credited as Shawn Carter), based on real Black characters from the Old West. On Jan. 18, 2022, the film was nominated for 12 NAACP Image Awards, including for best picture. The two-hour awards show will be broadcast on BET on Feb. 26, 2022.

Kristen Bell plays Anna, the star of Netflix’s dark satirical parody “The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window,” released on Jan. 28, 2022. It’s the same name her character has on Disney’s Frozen and very close to her actual middle name – Anne. The eight-episode series made it to No 1 on Netflix’ ‘s Top 10 ranking almost immediately.

The Crown’s season four received the best drama award on the Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, Emmy Awards. It’s the first time the streaming service won the prestigious trophy. “The Crown” also took all four dramatic acting categories at the 2021 ceremony. Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit picked the Best Limited Series / Mini-Series award.

How many Emmy Awards did Netflix win in 2021?

Netflix won a leading total of 44 Emmy awards in 2021, meeting the record set in 1974 by CBS.

Red Notice, released on Netflix on November 12, 2021, is the streaming platform’s most expensive film to date, with a budget reportedly around $200 million.

Red Notice Facts

Directed and written by Rawson Marshall Thurber (‘Skyscraper,’ ‘We’re the Millers’,) Red Notice stars Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds. Initially planned for theatrical release, the action film halted production due to the COVID-19 pandemic until Netflix purchased the film from Universal. Watch the trailer.

Jeen-Yuhs is the title of Netflix’s 2022 three-part documentary depicting Ye’s career in music, fashion, and politics over more than 20 years.

Is Ye Happy with the Jeen-Yuhs docu?

Writing on Instagram, Ye said: “I’m going to say this kindly for the last time. I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix. Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.” Jeen-Yuhs is available on Netflix from Feb. 16, 2022.

Will Arnett is best known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix series Arrested Development. Gob being short for George Oscar Bluth Jr., pronounced “Jobe” (rhyming with “robe”).

What’s Murderville?

Netflix’s Murderville is an improvisational crime comedy. Will Arnett plays detective Terry Seattle, who teams up with celebrity guest stars to investigate a series of murders. The six-episode series streams beginning Feb. 3, 2022, on Netflix.

Ewan McGregor won his first Emmy in 2021 for his leading role on Netflix’s Halston – on which he played the famed fashion designer Roy Halston Frowick. He was previously nominated for “Fargo,” narrating “Highlands: Scotland’s Wild Heart,” and his guest appearance on ER in 1997.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama launched a kids’ cooking show on Netflix featuring two puppets, Waffles and Mochi. Their names are also the new show’s title, available for streaming since March 16. In a message tweeted Tuesday, February 9, 2021, Obama said the show would help children ‘discover, cook, and eat delicious food from all over the world’.

Netflix launched Paris Hilton’s unscripted reality series Cooking with Paris on Aug 4, 2021. On the trailer, released July 27, the show is described as a Netflix “cooking” series.

Famously a late bloomer, comedian Ricky Gervais turned 60 on June 25, 2021.

What’s new?

Ricky Gervais has confirmed the third series of “After Life” started filming on Monday, April 19, 2021. “After Life” ‘s third and final series hits Netflix by the end of 2021.

David Harbour, who plays Black Widow’s pretend “father” in the 2021 movie, was better known until now for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Cecil Hotel, AKA Hotel Cecil, currently named Stay on Main, is a budget hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It is the star of Netflix’s Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, which explores the mysterious death of Canadian student Elisa Lam and the conspiracy theories it spawned.