The Professor, Berlin, Tokyo and the red jumpsuits. The most-watched Spanish series in Netflix history deserves a proper quiz.
Code names, heists, characters and key moments from all 5 seasons. This quiz will test whether you were truly paying attention during all those hours of negotiation.
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Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) is a Spanish series created by Álex Pina, first broadcast on Antena 3 in 2017 before being acquired by Netflix and turned into a global phenomenon. It follows a group of robbers led by a criminal mastermind known as the Professor, who plans operations with surgical precision against Spanish financial institutions.
This quiz covers the main characters, the heists, key plot moments, the iconic music and a few details only true fans will have noticed. For those who have watched all 5 seasons more than once.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: Money Heist
Money Heist, a good deal less poetic than The Paper House.
Correct answer: Madrid
Madrid, home to both the Royal Mint and the Bank of Spain.
Correct answer: The gang and the hostages
The gang and the hostages, so that nobody outside can tell who is who.
Correct answer: Outside, from a hideout
Outside, from a hideout, keeping in touch by phone. Going in would spoil the plan.
Correct answer: Tokyo
Tokyo, a relationship that does not exactly follow the Professor's rules.
Correct answer: Paris
Paris. There are plenty of others, but no Paris in the gang.
Correct answer: His glasses
His glasses, often just before things go wrong.
Correct answer: Spanish
Spanish, although the choice of Bella Ciao might suggest otherwise.
Correct answer: Moscow
Moscow, who digs the tunnel, and who is also Denver's father.
Correct answer: Hacker
Hacker, and he is the youngest of the team.
Want to warm up before playing or double-check something? Open any question to reveal the correct answer and a short explanation.
Correct answer: Sergio Marquina
The Professor's real name is Sergio Marquina. His brother Berlin is named Andrés de Fonollosa. Álvaro Morte is the name of the actor who plays him. The Professor is the only gang member without a city code name: he is simply "the Professor".
Correct answer: Bella Ciao
Bella Ciao is a song linked to the Italian Resistance of World War II. Its use in the series shot it back to the top of charts around the world, reviving its popularity in dozens of countries. It became the symbol of the gang's resistance.
Correct answer: Raquel Murillo
Raquel Murillo is the inspector in charge of the investigation during the first heist at the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre. She eventually falls in love with the Professor without knowing his true identity, before joining the gang under the code name Lisbon.
Correct answer: The Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre
The first heist takes place at the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre, the Royal Mint of Spain in Madrid. The Professor's plan involves printing money on-site rather than stealing existing notes, an idea that forms the genius of the whole concept.
Correct answer: Silene
Tokyo's real name is Silene (Silene Oliveira). Like most gang members, she uses a city as her code name. Tokyo is introduced from the start as the narrator telling events after the fact, which is a significant clue about her survival... at least until season 5.
Correct answer: Berlin
Berlin (Andrés de Fonollosa) is the Professor's brother. He serves as the on-site operational leader of the first heist. A cold and morally ambiguous character, he dies at the end of the first heist, sacrificing himself to cover the group's escape.
Correct answer: 11 days
The first heist lasts 11 days. The Professor had planned everything to hold out long enough to print sufficient money. Every hour was timed and every setback had a contingency, even though several unexpected events send the original plan off the rails.
Correct answer: Antena 3
The series was first broadcast on Antena 3 in Spain in 2017. Viewership was decent but not extraordinary. It was Netflix that acquired the rights and made it available worldwide, turning the show into a phenomenon with hundreds of millions of views.
Correct answer: A Salvador Dalí mask
The gang members wear masks depicting the face of Salvador Dalí, the iconic Spanish surrealist painter. The choice is both symbolic (a revolutionary and iconoclastic Spanish artist) and visual (immediately recognisable). Combined with the red jumpsuits, it became one of the most replicated Halloween costumes in the world.
Correct answer: Tokyo
Tokyo sacrifices herself in the season 5 finale by pulling the pins on several grenades strapped to her body to take out the special forces surrounding her and allow her teammates to escape. Her death hits especially hard because Tokyo is the narrator of the entire series from the very beginning.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: Álvaro Morte
Álvaro Morte. Pedro Alonso plays Berlin, Miguel Herrán plays Rio, Jaime Lorente plays Denver.
Correct answer: Úrsula Corberó
Úrsula Corberó. Alba Flores is Nairobi, Itziar Ituño is Raquel, and Esther Acebo is Stockholm.
Correct answer: Berlin
Berlin, staying behind to cover the others' escape.
Correct answer: Nairobi
Nairobi, in one of the most painful scenes of the second heist.
Correct answer: Head of security at the Bank of Spain
Head of security at the Bank of Spain, and a former soldier who makes the second heist much worse.
Correct answer: A chief of police
Colonel Luis Tamayo, who leads the police operation during the second heist.
Correct answer: Helsinki and Oslo
Helsinki and Oslo, the muscle of the group.
Correct answer: A deal with the government, using fake gold
A deal with the government, using gold-plated brass in place of the real thing.
Correct answer: 5
5, with the last one split into two volumes in 2021.
Correct answer: Patrick Criado
Patrick Criado, who has a score of his own to settle with his family.