‘Boardwalk Empire’ Season 1 Trivia Quiz

HBO’s hit series “Boardwalk Empire” returns for its highly anticipated second season on September 25, 2011. Who will try to end the reign of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), Atlantic City wheeler-dealer supremo? His disenchanted protegee, Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt)? Jimmy’s youthful and conniving mommy, Gillian (Gretchen Mol). Will Nucky marry Margaret Schroeder (Kelly Macdonald)? And what will become of his last girlfriend, Lucy (Paz de la Huerta), now that she is carrying the child of Nucky’s nemesis, Agent Van Alden (Michael Shannon)?

We’ll find all that out and lots more soon enough, but how much do you remember about Season One? Test your memory with these multiple choice questions (answers below):

1. What are the names of Margaret Schroeder’s children?
(a) Emily and Teddy (b) Ruby and Freddy (c) Annabelle and Tommy

2. Who is Jimmy Darmody’s father?
(a) Nucky Thompson (b) The Commodore (c) Eli Thompson

3. What was the name of the thug who slashed Pearl’s face in Chicago?
(a) Johnny (b) Liam (c) Richard

4. Who admitted to poisoning the Commodore with arsenic?
(a) Luanne (b) Gillian (c) Margaret

5. Which D’Alessio Brothers did not have a pope’s name?
(a) Sixtus and Lucien
(b) Ignatius (spelled Ignacious in “Boardwalk Empire”) and Matteo
(c) Pius and Leo

6. Which 1920s performers were depicted in “Boardwalk Empire” Season 1?
(a) Sophie Tucker and Eddie Cantor
(b) Eddie Cantor and Hardeen
(c) Sophie Tucker, Eddie Cantor and Hardeen

7. What is the name of Jimmy’s common-law wife?
(a) Isabelle (b) Angela (c) Mary

8. What was the name of Jimmy’s wife lover?
(a) Annabelle (b) Margaret (c) Mary

Bonus Die-hard Boardwalk Empire Fans Questions:

9. Where did Agent Sebso buy his wing-tip shoes?
(a) Montgomery-Ward (b) Driscoll’s (c) Woolworth’s

10. How many children does Nucky’s brother Eli have?
(a) two (b) five (c) eight

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