Quiz on Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul serves as a prequel to which acclaimed crime drama?

• The Wire
• Breaking Bad ✓ (Correct answer)
• Ozark
• Narcos

Source: Saul first popped up in Breaking Bad's second season before earning his own origin story.

What is the birth name of the slick lawyer who calls himself Saul Goodman?

• Jimmy McGill ✓ (Correct answer)
• Chuck McGill
• Howard Hamlin
• Walter White

Source: He's born Jimmy McGill; 'Saul Goodman' is just a pun on 's'all good, man.'

Which actor stars as Jimmy McGill across the series?

• Bryan Cranston
• Jonathan Banks
• Giancarlo Esposito
• Bob Odenkirk ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Bob Odenkirk, long famous for sketch comedy, stunned audiences with a dramatic powerhouse turn.

In which New Mexico city does most of the show take place?

• Santa Fe
• Las Cruces
• Roswell
• Albuquerque ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Albuquerque doubles as the show's sun-baked backdrop, just as it did for Breaking Bad.

Jimmy's brother Chuck believes he is dangerously sensitive to what?

• Sunlight
• Electricity ✓ (Correct answer)
• Pollen
• Loud noise

Source: Chuck's electromagnetic hypersensitivity has no medical basis, making it a self-built prison.

What con-artist nickname did Jimmy earn back in Chicago?

• Slippin' Jimmy ✓ (Correct answer)
• Smooth Jimmy
• Jimmy the Kid
• Fast Jimmy

Source: 'Slippin' Jimmy' faked sidewalk falls to squeeze cash settlements out of his marks.

Which American cable network first aired Better Call Saul?

• HBO
• AMC ✓ (Correct answer)
• FX
• Showtime

Source: AMC kept the Breaking Bad universe in-house for the spinoff's six-season run.

What is the name of Gus Fring's fried-chicken restaurant chain?

• Pollo Loco
• El Pollo Rey
• Los Pollos Hermanos ✓ (Correct answer)
• Pollo Campero

Source: 'The Chicken Brothers' is a squeaky-clean fast-food front for a ruthless drug empire.

What humble job does ex-cop Mike hold at the courthouse early on?

• Bailiff
• Security guard
• Parking booth attendant ✓ (Correct answer)
• Janitor

Source: Mike collects parking stubs while quietly drifting toward the criminal underworld.

Jimmy's older brother helps run which prestigious Albuquerque law firm?

• Davis & Main
• Schweikart & Cokely
• Wexler & Associates
• Hamlin Hamlin McGill ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Hamlin Hamlin McGill, or HHM, looms over Jimmy's career and his bitter sibling rivalry.

Fans recognize the meticulous lawyer Kim Wexler by her signature what?

• Red glasses
• Leather jacket
• Tight ponytail ✓ (Correct answer)
• Briefcase

Source: Kim's severe ponytail became such an icon that fans read its every loosening as a mood signal.

Chuck McGill ultimately dies as the result of what?

• A car crash
• A house fire ✓ (Correct answer)
• A heart attack
• A drowning

Source: Chuck topples a lantern during a relapse, in one of TV's most haunting character exits.

Mike's drive to earn dirty money is fueled by his love for whom?

• His daughter
• His late wife
• His granddaughter ✓ (Correct answer)
• His nephew

Source: Everything Mike does is for granddaughter Kaylee, his one shot at quiet redemption.

In which year did Better Call Saul first premiere?

• 2015 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 2013
• 2017
• 2011

Source: It debuted in 2015, less than two years after Breaking Bad's finale aired.

After fleeing Albuquerque, Jimmy hides while managing a Cinnabon in which city?

• Omaha ✓ (Correct answer)
• Des Moines
• Minneapolis
• Wichita

Source: The black-and-white Omaha scenes show a broken man living in constant fear of recognition.

What new identity does Jimmy adopt while working at the mall Cinnabon?

• Viktor St. Clair
• Saul Goodman
• Jimmy James
• Gene Takavic ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: 'Gene Takavic' is the gray, anonymous fate Saul once joked he'd be reduced to.

Vince Gilligan co-created the show with which longtime collaborator?

• Thomas Schnauz
• Bryan Cranston
• Aaron Paul
• Peter Gould ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Peter Gould wrote the very Breaking Bad episode that introduced Saul, then co-ran the spinoff.

Which charming, ruthless cartel figure shockingly murders Howard Hamlin?

• Gus Fring
• Lalo Salamanca ✓ (Correct answer)
• Mike Ehrmantraut
• Nacho Varga

Source: Lalo's sudden killing of Howard turns Jimmy and Kim's petty con into a living nightmare.

Late in the series, what secret construction project does Gus race to protect?

• An underground meth superlab ✓ (Correct answer)
• A smuggling tunnel
• A hidden bunker
• A weapons depot

Source: The lab beneath the laundry is the very facility Walter White will one day cook in.

What medical emergency did Bob Odenkirk suffer on set during the final season?

• A stroke
• A seizure
• A heart attack ✓ (Correct answer)
• A collapsed lung

Source: Odenkirk had a heart attack on set in 2021 yet recovered to finish filming the series.