Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in Season 8 of hit SHOWTIME series Homeland.
By Nate Millado
For seven seasons, Homeland has kept us on the edge of our seats with labyrinthine twists and turns, globetrotting action, and stellar acting led by Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison and Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson.
Test your knowledge of SHOWTIME's hit terrorism drama as it heads into its eighth and final season.
Season 8 of Homeland premieres Sunday, Feb. 9, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Catch up on Seasons 1-7 on SHOWTIME ANYTIME.
1. GUESS WHAT?: Carrie suffers from what mental illness?
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ANSWER: Bipolar Disorder.
2. GUESS WHAT?: Carrie's unauthorized dealings with an imprisoned bomb maker led to a diplomatic incident. Estes (David Harewood) relegated her to the penalty box, which refers to what exactly?
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ANSWER: Desk job at Langley, VA.
3. GUESS WHAT?: Carrie was an Arabic languages student at which Ivy League university when Saul recruited her?
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ANSWER: Princeton University.
4. GUESS WHAT?: Brody (Damian Lewis) takes his family on a trip to what historic Pennsylvania town—where he retrieves an explosive vest?
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Morgan Saylor as Dana Brody and Jackson Pace as Chris Brody in Homeland.
ANSWER: Gettysburg.
5. GUESS WHAT?: What master plan do Saul and Carrie concoct in Season 3 to lure Javadi out?
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ANSWER: Have Carrie committed to entice enemy agents looking for a vulnerable CIA asset to exploit.
6. GUESS WHAT?: Why does Brody want to assassinate the vice president at the end of Season 1?
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ANSWER: VP Walden was behind the drone attack that killed Abu Nazir's son in Syria .
7. FILL IN THE BLANK: During their weekend in the countryside, Brody became suspicious of Carrie when she revealed her knowledge of his favorite tea, _________.
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ANSWER: Yorkshire Gold.
8. FILL IN THE BLANK: VP Walden (Jamey Sheridan) is killed when his __________ is remotely hacked.
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ANSWER: Pacemaker … yes, really.
9. FILL IN THE BLANK: When Brody was found guilty of treason against Iran, he was sentenced to death by ________.
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ANSWER: Public hanging.
10. FILL IN THE BLANK: In a nod to Season 4, when Carrie worked as a CIA station chief in this country, the final season of Homeland will take place in ________.
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ANSWER: Afghanistan.
11. TRUE OR FALSE: Brody ran for (and won) a seat in Congress.
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ANSWER: True.
12. TRUE OR FALSE: An impassioned call from Brody's son, Chris (Jackson Pace), convinced him not to go through with his bomb vest plot.
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ANSWER: False—it was Brody's daughter, Dana.
13. TRUE OR FALSE: Presumed dead, Tom Walker (Chris Chalk) was actually alive—and working for terrorist mastermind Abu Nazir.
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ANSWER: True.
14. BY THE NUMBERS: The number of years Brody was held captive as a POW
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ANSWER: 8
15. BY THE NUMBERS: The number of months Carrie spends in a Russian prison at the end of Season 7
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ANSWER: 7
16. BY THE NUMBERS: The age at which Quinn (Rupert Friend) was recruited to the CIA
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ANSWER: 16
17. BY THE NUMBERS: The date of the tragic terrorist attack at CIA headquarters
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ANSWER: 12/12/12
18. GUESS WHO?: Socially awkward surveillance expert, Virgil’s brother
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ANSWER: Max Piotrowski
19. GUESS WHO?: First female president of the United States
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ANSWER: Elizabeth Keane
20. GUESS WHO?: Black ops director, Saul's old friend, Quinn's handler
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ANSWER: Dar Adal
21. GUESS WHO?: Carrie and Brody's love child
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ANSWER: Frances "Frannie" Mathison
22. GUESS WHO?: Muslim CIA analyst
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ANSWER: Fara Sherazi
23. GUESS WHO?: Season 5 double agent
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ANSWER: Allison Carr
24. WHO SAID IT?: "An American prisoner of war has been turned."
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ANSWER: Hasan to Carrie
25. WHO SAID IT?: "Are you sure you’re not a monster?"
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ANSWER: Carrie to Brody
26. WHO SAID IT?: "Get the f— out of my White House!"
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ANSWER: Vice President Warner
27. WHO SAID IT?: "I’m the guy who kills bad guys."
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ANSWER: Quinn
28. WHO SAID IT?: "You’re the smartest and the dumbest f—person I’ve ever known."
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ANSWER: Saul to Carrie
Originally published in Watch! Magazine, January-February 2020.
Season 8 of Homeland premieres Sunday, Feb. 9, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Catch up on Seasons 1-7 on SHOWTIME ANYTIME.