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The Americans is a TV period drama series by Joe Weisberg that first aired in 2013. Think you can spy the facts? Test your knowledge now with our quiz!
There are two main characters in the series (a couple). What are their names?
Elizabeth & Phillip
They have an arranged marriage, set forth by the KGB.
Martha & Jenny
Bert & Ernie
Jay & Mike
Who are the Jenningses?
Teachers
Spies
Phil and Elizabeth Jennings are soviet spies with an arranged marriage.
Wildlife activists
Journalists
What country to Phillip and Elizabeth often refer to as the Motherland?
Australia
China
Russia
Phillip and Elizabeth often refer Russia as the motherland - it is where they both grew up
Mexico
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What agency do Phillip and Elizabeth work for?
The KGB
Phillip and Elizabeth spies living in America but officially work for Russia.
The DEA
The Wildlife Agency
The CIA
How many kids do they have?
2
They have two kids. A girl named Paige and her younger brother, Henry.
10
none
4
What is the career that the Jenningses use as a cover?
Janitors
Bankers
Financial advisors
Travel Agents
Their cover is that they are travel agents. There is a few times where they actually have to perform this job.
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What is one way the couple get others to disclose information?
Being nice
Seduction
They both often seduce people, or perform sexual acts to convince people into trusting them or giving them information.
Telling jokes
Making good food
Where does the show take place?
Washington DC
Washington DC is where Elizabeth and Phil are stationed undercover.
Los Angeles
Paris
Miami
What does KGB stand for?
Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti
The KGB, standing for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti is the main security agency for the Soviet Union.
Klangobroutigo
Keep Going Brave
Keep Gentlemen Brave
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What is the name of the Jenningses' neighbor?
Oleg
Arkady
Stan
Stan Beeman is their neighbor who moves in, in the first season.
Martha
What does the new neighbor, Stan, do for a living?
Janitor
FBI agent
Ironically, Stan, their new neighbor, works for the FBI. However they seem to do a good job at revealing their identity to him.
KGB officer
Delivery man
Who is the main woman Phil starts a relationship with during the series?
Martha
Martha has a way of getting lots of information. Phil is assigned to seduce her and start a relationship.
Jennie
Lacey
Jeff
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How does Phillip and Martha's relationship progress throughout the series?
They have kids
They want to move away together
They become religious
They get married.
Phil needs to prove his love since Martha starts to have doubts. The two get married.
Stan flips a KGB agent. What is her name?
Nina
Phil turns Nina into an informant. She is now a mole at the KGB.
Johnny
Elizabeth
Phillip
What is a way to classify Stan's forming relationship with Nina?
Lovers
The two spend lots of time together and soon enough, they become romantically involved.
Father and daughter
Sibilings
She is his boss
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Phillip and Elizabeth do lots of assignments out and about, how do they protect themselves?
Accents.
with magic tricks
They don't leave the house
Disguises.
They have lots of disguises and fake names to protect themselves.
What is the name of Phillip and Elizabeth's first “Handler”?
Claudia
In the show, a handler is a a KGB supervisor
Serena
Jade
Henry
During the series, someone at the KGB develops feelings for Nina. Who?
Marty
Oleg
Olegs dad is very important in the KGB. The two develop a relationship after Nina confesses about Stan Bochmann.
Amador
Paige
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In season 2, what is the name of their new “Handler”?
Kate
Kate is their handler, but not for long. They discover she is in contact with Jared, and romantically involved. The source of why he killed his parents.
Kenny.
Martha
Paige.
What is exfiltration? (As described in the series.)
Ordered back to Russia
As in the series, when an agent is exfiltrated they are ordered back to Moscow, Russia
An arranged marriage
Forced to be an informant
A church service
What is a soviet defector? (As described in the series.)
Someone who marries two people.
Someone who fights for Russia
Someone who abandons Russia.
A soviet defector is one who abandons their home country of Russia for a different country.
Someone who is born in the US
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What religious affiliation does Paige start to have?
Christian
She meets some Christians and dives into the religion. She goes to church and confides in the Pastor.
Buddhist
Jewish
Atheist
In season 3, Paige discovers something about her parents. What?
They are blonde.
They hate each other.
Their real identities.
Paige is very upset when she finds out that her parents are Russian spies and lied about their identity. She feels like her whole life is a lie.
They are Christian.
Who is the President of United States during the show?
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagen is just elected as president when the show is beginning.
Donald Trump
George Bush
George Washington
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In the 4th episode, there is an assassination attempt, against who?
The president
John hinckley tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan. He was wounded, but survived.
Nina
Oleg
The Governer of NY
What happens to FBI agent Chris Amador?
He is turned
He gets married to Elizabeth
He runs away
He is killed
Amador is Stan's partner. The KGB agents kill him, making Stan enraged.
Who is Martha?
Agent Gaad's secretary
She is agent Gaad's secretary. She becomes an informant for Phil and gets her hands on lots of classified documents.
Phil and Elizabeth's daughter
A defector
A KGB officer
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Who is Arkady Ivanovich?
Nina's husband.
The KGB's resident advisor.
The resident advisor is a higher position to the KGB agents. He has lots of power.
The Jenning's neighbor.
Stan's boss.
What is Paige's surprising birthday wish?
She wants to be baptized.
She asks to be baptized. Her parents are upset and don't want that for her, but realize they can't push her away.
She wants a boyfriend.
She wants to move.
She wants to go to Russia.
Why does Phillip reveal himself to Martha?
She knows that he is lying.
She knows that he is lying about his identity. The person he is said to be, showed up at the FBI office, and it was not him.
She is nice to him.
She threatens to cheat on him.
She wants to have kids.
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What relative of the Jenningses falls very ill in Russia?
Elizabeth's mom
Elizabeth's mom is very sick and she brings Paige to go see her.
Paige's brother
Stan's Wife
Nina
Where do Paige and her mother take a trip to in Season 3?
Jamaica
Palm Springs
West Germany
They go to West Germany to visit Paige's grandmother so she can meet her before she passes away.
Paris
What is the name of the Pastor of the church where Paige attends?
Pastor Jane
Pastor Henry
Pastor Martha
Pastor Tim
Pastor Tim has a lot of influence on Paige and she often confides in him about personal subjects.
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In the finale of Season 3, what does Paige tell Pastor Tim?
That her parents are Russians.
She tells the Pastor that her parents are Russian! This is a huge secret to give up that could lead to them being arrested.
That her brother is weird.
That she wants to have sex
That her mom is having an affair.
In the 3rd season, the FBI discovers a bug in the office. Where was it hiding?
In Stan's wallet.
In a pen.
The events of the discovery led to her discovering phillips identity. The man Phillip. was pretending to be, showed up at the office. Martha realized it was not Phillip.
In an air duct.
On the janitor.
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