Classify the 2020 TV Shows Trivia Quiz

Answer: Vampires

The vampire-oriented TV series "What We Do in the Shadows" was produced by FX and was based on the film of the same name, which was created by New Zealanders Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. The TV version featured four vampires living in a house in Staten Island, along with a familiar and other vampiric and non-vampiric acquaintances.

Answer: Vampires

"Interview with a Vampire" was produced by AMC. The series was based on the 1976 novel of the same name. The 2022, seven-part series starred Sam Reid as the voracious vampire Lestat, with Jacob Anderson as the more reluctant vampire Louis de Pointe du Lacthe. In 2023, it was nominated for Best Horror Series, Limited Series or TV Movies by the Critics' Choice.

Answer: Vampires

You might not expect a charismatic young priest of being a vampire -- but that's who showed up in a small island community to wreak havoc in the series "Midnight Mass." It debuted on Netflix in 2021. Series writers Mike Flanagan, James Flanagan, and Jeff Howard won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Screenplay for the episode "Book VI: Acts of the Apostles."

Answer: 1800s

The 19th century shows up on television often, perhaps because the luscious costumes and sets are exciting to create. Released in 2020 by ITV and Epic, "Belgravia" demonstrated friction between nouveau rich and old aristocracy in an affluent neighborhood of London.

Answer: 1800s

One of the most popular fictional characters living in the 1800s is Sherlock Holmes; in "The Irregulars," Holmes's underground amateur sleuths, the Baker Street Irregulars, worked with Dr. Watson to find the missing detective. Its eight episodes appeared on Netflix in 2021.

Answer: 1800s

Shonda Rhimes' "Bridgerton" appeared on Netflix in 2020, depicting the exciting social seasons that took place in the 1800s in certain British societies. Two of the stars included Adjoa Andoh who played Lady Danbury and Julie Andrews who provided the voice of Lady Whistledown, the author of a scandalous society newsletter.

Answer: Stephen King adaptation

Stephen King's "The Stand" returned to screens in 2021 as a mini-series starring James Marsden as Stu Redman, Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith, Alexander Skarsgård as Randall Flagg, and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail. King has been quoted as saying it was difficult to turn the 1,000-plus page novel to the screen in any format.

Answer: Stephen King adaptation

Stephen King's novel "The Outsider" turned into a mini-series that appeared on HBO in 2020. Jason Bateman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of a little league coach arrested for murder.

It started as a standard-seeming whodunit but then supernatural elements appeared -- it has been compared to Netflix's hit "Stranger Things" in that way.

Answer: Stephen King adaptation

Stephen King was also behind the television series "Chapelwaite," though you wouldn't know it for its name. It was based on King's novella "Jerusalem's Lot." "Chapelwaite" appeared on Epix in 2021, and, while it differed from much of the original source, it was still about a man inheriting a home in a small town and learning some awful secrets about the local history and his family's role in it.

Answer: Amy Schumer project

Amy Schumer produced and starred in "Life & Beth," which appeared on Hulu in 2022. The first season followed the story of 40ish Beth, a wine salesperson, who returned to her hometown after her mother's death, and what happened as she interacted with relatives, friends, and boyfriends, old and new.

Answer: Amy Schumer project

An Amy Schumer vehicle, "Expecting Amy" was a documentary miniseries released in 2020 on HBO Max. It followed the story of Amy's pregnancy, which included medical complications, and the creation of her stand-up tour that same year.

Answer: Amy Schumer project

Amy Schumer produced and starred in this cooking show along with her celebrity chef husband Chris Fisher. Debuting on the Food Network in 2020, in this show, Chris taught Amy and the viewers how to cook, while Amy mixed drinks. Viewers were also introduced to their son, Gene, and the television and household staff.

Answer: Opioids = addictive

Covering the opioid epidemic in its eight episodes, Hulu's "Dopesick" was released in 2021. It centered on a small town doctor played by Michael Keaton, and also included storylines about the family behind the drug and the U.S. attorneys trying to stop the epidemic.

Answer: Opioids = addictive

Opioids and greed are the roots of evil in this series based on a mix of Edgar Allan Poe stories. "The Fall of the House Usher" followed the story of a man, Roderick Usher, who developed a fatally addictive opioid that made him very rich, and killed untold numbers of people. It was released by Netflix in 2023.

Answer: Opioids = addictive

Netflix's series on the opioid epidemic was "Painkiller," released in 2023. It looked at the crisis from the point of view of the Sackler family, who created and marketed the drug, as well as a father who became addicted to it, a young medical sales person who became caught up in the money the crisis brought in, and a persistent lawyer who was undaunted by the Sackler family's power and wealth.