Behind Hawkins’ small town charm lurk secret experiments, hidden bases, and decades of cover ups. This quiz digs into the hidden side of Stranger Things.
Dr. Brenner’s work at Hawkins Lab is tied to which real world CIA program involving mind control experiments?
Bluebird
MKUltra
Stargate Project
Paperclip
What is the street level cover story for Hawkins National Laboratory’s work near the town?
It is a NASA training center
It is a Department of Energy research facility
It is a private pharmaceutical lab
It is a state university campus
In season 2, what eerie sign first alerts Hopper that something is wrong with the land around Hawkins?
Rotting pumpkin patches and dying crops
Birds falling from the sky
Sudden snowstorms in summer
Cars mysteriously losing power
Under which Hawkins location do the Russians secretly build a machine to force open a gate in season 3?
Hawkins High School
The quarry
Starcourt Mall
The Hawkins community pool
Where do Dustin, Steve, Robin, and Erica first discover the elevator that leads down into the hidden Russian base?
At Melvald’s General Store
In the Starcourt Mall parking lot
In the basement of Hawkins High School
Inside a storage room behind the Scoops Ahoy back hallway
The Creel House, introduced in season 4, hides which terrifying truth about Henry Creel?
He built the first gate to the Upside Down
He had powers and killed his family before becoming Vecna
He was secretly Eleven’s biological father
He worked as a scientist at Hawkins Lab
What do the lights flickering in houses around Hawkins usually signal in the series?
A scheduled power cut by the town
The Russians jamming communications
A nearby presence or activity from the Upside Down
Storms approaching from Indianapolis
In season 1, what false story do government agents try to sell Joyce and the town about Will’s “body”?
That he was hit by a car and buried quickly
That he died in a fire at home
That he ran away to Chicago and died there
That he drowned in the quarry
Which character runs a conspiracy filled radio show out of his home and later helps decode Russian transmissions?
Sam Owens
Murray Bauman
Larry Kline
Scott Clarke
In season 3, what secret are the Russians trying to protect by capturing and interrogating Steve and Robin?
The existence and location of their gate opening machine under Starcourt
The location of Hopper’s hidden cabin
The fact that they control the Mind Flayer
The true identity of Eleven
Starter
You caught some of the conspiracies, but other Hawkins secrets stayed below your radar.
Solid
Nice work. You remember many of the hidden labs, deals, and cover stories that haunt Hawkins.
Expert!
You have a conspiracy-board level memory for Hawkins secrets, from MKUltra to Russian tunnels under the mall.
From hidden doors at Hawkins Lab to secret tunnels under Starcourt, Hawkins is full of mysteries. Next time you watch, look for background clues in each location. Stranger Things Quizzes
