Quiz on Breaking Bad

What product does Walter White manufacture and sell?

• Methamphetamine ✓ (Correct answer)
• Cocaine
• Heroin
• Counterfeit cash

Source: Walt's blue meth becomes legendary for its near-perfect 99.1% purity across the Southwest.

What signature color is Walt's meth famous for?

• Blue ✓ (Correct answer)
• Green
• Clear white
• Pink

Source: The blue tint is actually scientifically implausible for pure meth, but it became the show's iconic brand.

What profession does Walter White have before turning to crime?

• Chemistry teacher ✓ (Correct answer)
• Pharmacist
• Biology teacher
• Lab technician

Source: A brilliant chemist stuck teaching high schoolers, Walt's expertise is exactly what makes his product unbeatable.

Which agency does Walt's brother-in-law Hank work for?

• DEA ✓ (Correct answer)
• FBI
• ATF
• Local police

Source: Hank hunts the very 'Heisenberg' sitting at his own dinner table, never suspecting Walt for years.

What medical diagnosis pushes Walt into the drug trade?

• Lung cancer ✓ (Correct answer)
• Brain tumor
• Heart disease
• Leukemia

Source: Ironically, the non-smoking chemistry teacher gets the disease most associated with cigarettes.

What is the name of Walter's former chemistry student turned partner?

• Jesse Pinkman ✓ (Correct answer)
• Skinny Pete
• Brandon Mayhew
• Combo Ortega

Source: Aaron Paul's character was originally meant to die in season one, but his performance saved him.

What alias does Walter White adopt as a drug kingpin?

• Heisenberg ✓ (Correct answer)
• Schrodinger
• Cornelius
• Maxwell

Source: The name nods to physicist Werner Heisenberg, famous for his uncertainty principle.

In which U.S. city is Breaking Bad set?

• Albuquerque ✓ (Correct answer)
• Phoenix
• El Paso
• Tucson

Source: The city's tourism boomed after the show, with fans flocking to filming locations across New Mexico.

What kind of business does Gus Fring run as a front?

• Fried chicken chain ✓ (Correct answer)
• Car wash
• Laundromat
• Pizza parlor

Source: Los Pollos Hermanos hides a massive superlab beneath an industrial laundry it secretly owns.

Which lawyer becomes Walt and Jesse's criminal attorney?

• Saul Goodman ✓ (Correct answer)
• Howard Hamlin
• Ed Galbraith
• Dan Wachsberger

Source: His real name is Jimmy McGill; 'It's all good, man' inspired the catchy alias and a spinoff.

What does Walt buy his son for his sixteenth birthday?

• A muscle car ✓ (Correct answer)
• A motorcycle
• A pickup truck
• A sports sedan

Source: Walt buys, returns, then blows up a Dodge Challenger, flaunting drug money he can't explain.

What is the name of Walt and Skyler's car wash?

• A1A Car Wash ✓ (Correct answer)
• Sunshine Car Wash
• Octopus Car Wash
• Desert Shine

Source: Skyler launders meth profits here after rejecting Saul's far flashier nail-salon suggestion.

Which cartel enforcer twins silently hunt Walt for much of season three?

• The Cousins ✓ (Correct answer)
• The Diaz brothers
• The Vega twins
• Los Ramirez

Source: Known as 'The Cousins,' their eerie silence and axe make them among the show's most chilling killers.

How does Gus Fring ultimately die?

• A wheelchair bomb ✓ (Correct answer)
• A car explosion
• A poisoning
• A gunshot

Source: The bomb leaves half his face gone, yet he calmly adjusts his tie before collapsing dead.

What gift does Jesse give the recovering addict Andrea's young son?

• A robot toy ✓ (Correct answer)
• A video game
• A bicycle
• A football

Source: Jesse's tenderness toward Brock makes Walt's later poisoning of the boy especially monstrous.

What chemical does Walt use to dissolve a body in a bathtub?

• Hydrofluoric acid ✓ (Correct answer)
• Sulfuric acid
• Sodium hydroxide
• Nitric acid

Source: The acid eats through the tub and the floor, a chemically accurate detail the writers researched carefully.

Which flowering plant does Walt use to secretly poison Brock?

• Lily of the valley ✓ (Correct answer)
• Foxglove
• Oleander
• Castor bean

Source: The ricin cigarette was a decoy; Walt actually used lily-of-the-valley berries to frame Gus in Jesse's eyes.

What machine gun setup does Walt rig to kill the neo-Nazis in the finale?

• Trunk-mounted M60 ✓ (Correct answer)
• Roof-mounted minigun
• Hidden tripod rifle
• Drone-fired launcher

Source: Walt builds a remote-triggered M60 in his car trunk, a callback to the opening of that season.

Which real chemical element opening each title card hints at the story?

• Bromine and Barium ✓ (Correct answer)
• Boron and Beryllium
• Bismuth and Astatine
• Barium and Radium

Source: The logo hides 'Br' and 'Ba' from the periodic table, spelling out 'Breaking Bad' in element symbols.

What song plays as Walt watches Jane choke to death without helping?

• Crystal Blue Persuasion
• A Whiter Shade of Pale ✓ (Correct answer)
• Baby Blue
• Negro y Azul

Source: Procol Harum's haunting track underscores Walt's most coldly passive killing in the entire series.