Grab your compass because the Pogues never met a treasure map they could leave alone.
These Outer Banks trivia questions contain spoilers through Season 4, with every plot-heavy round clearly labeled.
Meet the Pogues and Kooks
First, sort out the island's friendships, families, and famously fierce social divide.
- Who is the narrator and central Pogue of the series?
Answer: John B Routledge - Which actor plays John B?
Answer: Chase Stokes - What does the B in John B stand for?
Answer: Booker - Who is John B's best friend with a reckless streak?
Answer: JJ Maybank - Which Pogue is known for his academic talent?
Answer: Pope Heyward - Which Pogue comes from a wealthy family but rejects Kook life?
Answer: Kiara Carrera - What nickname do the working-class kids use for themselves?
Answer: Pogues - What nickname describes the wealthy island residents?
Answer: Kooks - Which Kook becomes John B's girlfriend and a Pogue ally?
Answer: Sarah Cameron - Who is Sarah's older brother?
Answer: Rafe Cameron - Who is Sarah's younger sister?
Answer: Wheezie Cameron - What is the name of Sarah's father?
Answer: Ward Cameron - Who is John B's missing father?
Answer: Big John Routledge - Which Bahamian teenager joins the Pogues after helping Sarah and John B?
Answer: Cleo Anderson - What North Carolina island county is fictional in the show?
Answer: Kildare County
Home Turf, Boats, and Pogue Life
Before the global treasure chase, the story starts among marshes, marinas, and a hurricane-battered home base.
- What is John B's house called?
Answer: The Chateau - What wealthy enclave is home to the Camerons?
Answer: Figure Eight - What working-class area do the Pogues call home?
Answer: The Cut - What restaurant do Kiara's parents own?
Answer: The Wreck - What is the name of the Pogues' first boat?
Answer: The HMS Pogue - What type of business does Pope's family operate?
Answer: A seafood delivery business - What is JJ's abusive father's name?
Answer: Luke Maybank - Which Kook is Sarah's boyfriend at the start of Season 1?
Answer: Topper Thornton - What is the name of Ward Cameron's yacht?
Answer: The Druthers - What fictional lighthouse appears in the Royal Merchant mystery?
Answer: Redfield Lighthouse - What real coastal region gives the series its title?
Answer: North Carolina's Outer Banks - In which state was most of Season 1 actually filmed?
Answer: South Carolina - What city served as a major filming base for the first seasons?
Answer: Charleston - Which hurricane sets Season 1's opening events in motion?
Answer: Hurricane Agatha - What hand gesture accompanies the Pogues' 'P4L' bond?
Answer: A raised four-finger sign
Season 1: The Royal Merchant Hunt
Season 1 spoilers begin here, from the motel-room key to a storm-bound escape.
- What shipwrecked vessel's treasure drives Season 1?
Answer: The Royal Merchant - What was the Royal Merchant carrying?
Answer: Gold - Which ancestor of Pope survived the Royal Merchant wreck?
Answer: Denmark Tanny - What object left by Big John points John B toward the treasure?
Answer: A compass - What word is scratched inside Big John's compass?
Answer: Redfield - Whose motel-room key do the Pogues find in the wrecked boat?
Answer: Scooter Grubbs's - Where is the Royal Merchant gold eventually found?
Answer: Under the Crain house - What property belongs to Ward Cameron's family?
Answer: Tannyhill - Who killed John B's father during a dispute over the treasure?
Answer: Ward Cameron - Who kills Sheriff Peterkin?
Answer: Rafe Cameron - Who is framed for Sheriff Peterkin's murder?
Answer: John B - What destination do John B and Sarah try to reach by boat?
Answer: Mexico - Where does the storm carry John B and Sarah instead?
Answer: A ship bound for Nassau - Which pair is believed dead after the storm?
Answer: John B and Sarah - Who possesses the stolen Royal Merchant gold at the end of Season 1?
Answer: Ward Cameron
Season 2: The Cross of Santo Domingo
Season 2 widens the hunt from Nassau to a church hiding place and one enormous golden cross.
- Where are John B and Sarah at the start of Season 2?
Answer: Nassau, the Bahamas - Who helps them in Nassau and later joins the Pogues?
Answer: Cleo - What major artifact becomes the new treasure target?
Answer: The Cross of Santo Domingo - Which historical figure is Pope descended from?
Answer: Denmark Tanny - What coded object leads Pope toward the cross?
Answer: A key - Who claims the key belongs to her family?
Answer: Carla Limbrey - What medical condition motivates Limbrey's search?
Answer: A serious illness that affects her mobility - Where is the Cross of Santo Domingo hidden?
Answer: Inside the church at Freedman's Assembly - Who is temporarily presumed dead after blowing up the Druthers?
Answer: Ward Cameron - Who actually pilots the boat before the explosion?
Answer: Ward Cameron - What does Rafe use to shoot Sarah in Nassau?
Answer: A gun - Who performs emergency treatment after Sarah is shot?
Answer: A local doctor - What cargo ship carries the Camerons and the cross near the finale?
Answer: The Coastal Venture - Where do the Pogues become stranded at the end of Season 2?
Answer: A deserted Caribbean island - What do the Pogues nickname their island refuge?
Answer: Poguelandia
Season 3: El Dorado
Season 3 spoilers follow the Pogues from Poguelandia to South America's legendary city of gold.
- Who rescues the Pogues from Poguelandia?
Answer: Carlos Singh's men - What legendary place is Singh trying to find?
Answer: El Dorado - Where has Big John been held?
Answer: Barbados - Who reunites with his father early in Season 3?
Answer: John B - What artifact helps decode the route to El Dorado?
Answer: The gnomon of Solana - Which country contains the show's route to El Dorado?
Answer: Venezuela - Who is Kiara taken by against her will?
Answer: Singh's men - Who helps Kiara escape Singh's compound?
Answer: Rafe - Which Pogue professes his love to Kiara during a rescue?
Answer: JJ - Where do JJ and Kiara first kiss?
Answer: At Kitty Hawk - Who shoots Big John?
Answer: Carlos Singh - Who kills Carlos Singh?
Answer: Ward Cameron - How does Ward die?
Answer: He tackles Singh's armed man off a cliff - Who finds El Dorado's gold?
Answer: John B and Sarah - How much time passes in the finale's closing jump?
Answer: Eighteen months
Season 4: Blackbeard's Blue Crown
This round contains major Season 4 spoilers, including the final episode's devastating loss.
- What business do the Pogues build after returning home?
Answer: Poguelandia 2.0 - What valuable item do they buy at auction?
Answer: Blackbeard's amulet - Which legendary pirate drives the Season 4 treasure story?
Answer: Blackbeard - What treasure are the Pogues hired to seek?
Answer: The Blue Crown - Who hires the Pogues to find Blackbeard's amulet?
Answer: Wes Genrette - What local ghost legend is tied to the Genrette estate?
Answer: The ghost of Elizabeth Teach - Who is revealed to be JJ's biological father?
Answer: Chandler Groff - Who is JJ's biological mother?
Answer: Larissa Genrette - What is JJ's actual birth name?
Answer: Jackson Genrette - Which character discovers that she is pregnant?
Answer: Sarah Cameron - Which Pogue considers joining the Marines?
Answer: Pope - In what North African country does the finale take place?
Answer: Morocco - Who reaches the Blue Crown first?
Answer: JJ - To whom does JJ surrender the crown to save Kiara?
Answer: Chandler Groff - Who fatally stabs JJ?
Answer: Chandler Groff
Treasures, Clues, and Dangerous Rivals
Now connect the maps, heirlooms, villains, and artifacts that keep every season moving.
- What valuable cargo sank with the Royal Merchant?
Answer: Gold - How much gold was commonly said to be aboard the Royal Merchant?
Answer: About $400 million worth - Which former enslaved man is central to the Royal Merchant backstory?
Answer: Denmark Tanny - What did Denmark Tanny use recovered gold to buy?
Answer: His freedom and Tannyhill - Which Season 2 treasure is made of gold and jewels?
Answer: The Cross of Santo Domingo - Which Spanish ship carried the cross before it was hidden?
Answer: The San Jose - What rumored healing object does Carla Limbrey seek?
Answer: The shroud inside the cross - Who is Season 3's principal treasure-hunting villain?
Answer: Carlos Singh - What is the gnomon used to locate?
Answer: The path to El Dorado - What natural feature hides El Dorado's entrance?
Answer: A cave behind water - Which antagonist controls the Season 4 mercenary team?
Answer: Lightner - What object contains a message connected to Blackbeard?
Answer: The amulet - What royal object is said to grant wishes in Season 4 lore?
Answer: The Blue Crown - Which family owns Goat Island?
Answer: The Genrette family - What nickname does John B use for the group's treasure-hunting lifestyle?
Answer: The G-game
Cast, Creators, and Episode Details
Finish on the people behind the adventure and a few details from the episode guide.
- Which actress plays Sarah Cameron?
Answer: Madelyn Cline - Which actor plays JJ Maybank?
Answer: Rudy Pankow - Which actor plays Pope Heyward?
Answer: Jonathan Daviss - Which actress plays Kiara Carrera?
Answer: Madison Bailey - Which actress plays Cleo Anderson?
Answer: Carlacia Grant - Which actor plays Rafe Cameron?
Answer: Drew Starkey - Which actor plays Ward Cameron?
Answer: Charles Esten - Which actress plays Wheezie Cameron?
Answer: Julia Antonelli - Which actor plays Big John Routledge?
Answer: Charles Halford - Which actor plays Topper Thornton?
Answer: Austin North - On which streaming service did Outer Banks premiere?
Answer: Netflix - In what year did the series premiere?
Answer: 2020 - What is the title of the first episode?
Answer: Pilot - Who created the series?
Answer: Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon Burke - How many episodes are in each of the first four seasons?
Answer: Ten
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Sources and Further Reading
- Netflix Outer Banks official series page
- Netflix Tudum Outer Banks episode guide
- Netflix Tudum Outer Banks cast guide
- Netflix Media Center: Outer Banks
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