Beyond Beth, The Queen’s Gambit features a strong supporting cast that shapes her life and career. This quiz tests how well you remember those key supporting characters.
Which pair of twin chess players befriends Beth and later helps analyze games with Benny?
Alex and Andy
Peter and Paul
Matt and Mike
Sam and Sean
What is Miss Lonsdale’s role at Methuen Home for Girls?
She is the math teacher
She is the head cook
She is the school nurse
She is the chaplain and choir director
Who is Mr Ganz in Beth’s early chess life?
The high school chess club teacher who arranges a simul with Beth
The director of the Kentucky State Championship
A Soviet grandmaster in Moscow
The principal of Methuen Home
Who is Alice Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit?
Beth’s biological mother
Beth’s adoptive mother
The director of Methuen Home
A chess coach at her high school
Who is Allston Wheatley in relation to Beth?
Her biological father
Her lawyer in Moscow
Her main chess coach
Her distant adoptive father who later gives up the house
Which older Soviet grandmaster befriends Beth and respects her play in Moscow?
Petrosian
Luchenko
Smyslov
Tal
Who is Cleo in The Queen’s Gambit?
A professional chess coach from Moscow
The director of the Kentucky State Championship
A glamorous model and casual chess player who befriends Beth and later goes out drinking with her in Paris
Beth’s roommate at Methuen Home
Which character works as an orderly at Methuen and administers pills to the girls?
Mr Wheatley
Mr Fergusson
Mr Shaibel
Mr Ganz
Which character represents the strict institutional authority at Methuen Home?
Jolene
Miss Lonsdale
Helen Deardorff
Alma Wheatley
Which friend from Methuen later describes herself as Beth’s “guardian angel” and helps restart her career?
Annette
Margaret
Jolene
Cleo
Starter
Starter: You remember the biggest names, but some side characters blend together. Focusing on their roles will help separate them.
Solid
Solid: You have a good sense of who is who around Beth. A bit more attention to smaller roles will complete the picture.
Expert!
Expert: You know the supporting cast almost as well as the main characters. You could cast a remake from memory.
The supporting characters in The Queen’s Gambit give Beth allies, obstacles, and mirrors. Paying attention to them on a rewatch reveals just how carefully the story is built. The Queen’s Gambit Quizzes
