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A long time ago ... you used to know everything about the teen detective from Neptune. Do you still? We've created a quiz on Veronica and her coastal Californian, haves-and-have-nots world. Test your Neptune knowledge now!
What is the name of the show's San Diego-adjacent town?
Oceanside
Neptune
Veronica calls it "a town with no middle class," though that's a bit of an exaggeration.
Las Cruces
Stars Hollow
What is the nickname of Neptune High's wealthy in-crowd?
The plastics
the Tritons
the 09ers
The full (fictitious) zip code is 90909.
The Torrey Piners
What office did Veronica's dad, Keith Mars, use to hold?
Mayor
Sheriff
Neptune is not incorporated, therefore doesn't have a police chief.
Police chief
Coroner
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How did Jake Kane get rich?
He made a breakthrough in computer software
On the day the stock went public, Veronica says, everybody in Kane's business became millionaires, even the secretarial pool.
He was an action-film star
He was a NFL quarterback
He married the wealthy Celeste
What 80s heartthrob played Aaron Echolls?
Corbin Bernsen
Jack Wagner
John Stamos
Harry Hamlin
His real-life wife, Lisa Rinna, played Aaron's wife Lynn.
What was the name of Veronica's dog?
Thor
Jupiter
Backup
The name supplied the punchline for a joke: "When you go after Jake Kane, take Backup," Keith says.
Paul Anka
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What was the name of Weevil's motorcycle gang?
The PCHers
Weevil's full name was Eli Navarro.
The Sharks
The Blackjacks
The Jaguars
Throughout Season One, what mystery was Veronica trying to solve?
Her mother's disappearance
Her best friend's murder
Her drugging and rape at an 09er party
All of the above
While Lilly Kane's murder is most often cited as the meta-story, Veronica was dealing with all three issues in Season One.
What is Wallace Fennel's extracurricular activity?
Chess
Campus TV
Basketball
Though not very tall, Wallace is a standout on the court.
Wrestling
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In the pilot, why does Veronica think Duncan broke up with her?
He thinks she cheated on him at Shelly Pomroy's party
He decided Veronica wasn't high enough on Neptune's social ladder
He thinks they were getting too serious
She has no idea
Duncan's motivations weren't revealed until the end of the season.
Who appears to be Lilly Kane's murderer, before Abel Koontz confesses?
Her boyfriend Logan
Her brother Duncan
As you probably know, it wasn't Koontz, either.
Veronica
Her father Jake
Where do Veronica and Logan first kiss?
At the beach
Outside the Mars apartment
The Camelot Motel
The unexpected kiss, which took place on a second-story walkway, electrified the Mars fandom.
A janitor's closet at school
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Who was actually revealed as Lilly Kane's murderer?
Her mother, Celeste
Her father, Jake
Her secret lover, Aaron Echolls
Neither Jake nor Celeste were ideal parents, but they weren't involved in her murder.
One of the PCHers
Who is Veronica dating as Season Two opens?
Logan Echolls
Duncan Kane
Duncan is a much more sane and together character in the second season.
Troy Vandegraff
Leo D'Amato
Who was the sole survivor of the bus crash?
Shelly Pomroy
Meg Manning
Alona Tal, who played Meg, went on to a recurring role in "Supernatural."
Jackie Cook
Miss Dumas
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Which two characters fail drug tests in "Normal is the Watchword"?
Wallace and Mac
Wallace and Meg
They were dosed without their knowledge, via cookies in a gift basket.
Meg and Dick
Dick and Cassidy
Who does Lucy Lawless play in the pivotal episode, "Donut Run"?
An FBI agent
The feds get involved when Duncan takes his baby and flees Neptune.
A love interest for Keith Mars
A new Neptune High journalism teacher
Herself
What does Duncan rename his daughter?
Faith
Meg
Lilly
Faith was the name Meg's parents gave the child.
Veronica
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How do Mac and Cassidy embarrass Dick at the Winter Carnival?
They read aloud a bad poem he wrote
They leave a naked photo of him in the photo booth
They set him up with a transvestite hooker
The hooker poses as a student's mother.
They frame him for stealing the cash box
What secret is Jackie's father, Terrence, hiding?
He uses and sells drugs
He threw an important ballgame to cover his gambling debts
Terrence opens up about this to Keith Mars while he's under investigation in the bus crash.
Jackie is not his real daughter
He killed someone in a hit-and-run
What was the nickname that Cassidy Casablancas hated?
L'il Dick
CeeCee
Squirt
Beaver
The show could be heavyhanded with its matching names: DIck and Beaver, Kane and Abel, Bishop and Knight, Mars and Neptune, etc.
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What is Veronica diagnosed with late in Season Two?
Generalized anxiety disorder
Skin cancer
Lupus
Chlamydia
Naturally, this was a setup that paid off in the next episode.
What popular 80s actor played child molester Woody Goodman?
Ted Danson
Steve Guttenberg
Woody had chlamydia, which he transmitted to Veronica's rapist.
Bob Saget
Ed Harris
Who was arrested just before graduating from high school?
Logan Echolls
Dick Casablancas
Eli "Weevil" Navarro
Weevil was suspected in the murder of the PCHer Thumper.
Veronica
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Who was revealed to be Veronica's rapist and the bus bomber?
Woody Goodman
Dick Casablancas
Cassidy Casablancas
He went out with a bang, blowing up a plane before leaping from a hotel roof.
Don Lamb
What secret does Jackie Cooke reveal in "Not Pictured"?
She didn't get enough credits to graduate
She knew who the bus bomber was
She never loved Wallace
She has a two-year-old son in New York
The second season ended Tessa Thompson's run on the show.
Who killed the newly-released Aaron Echolls?
Jake Kane
Cassidy Casablancas
Keith Mars
Clarence Wiedman
Clarence committed the murder on behalf of Duncan Kane.
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What is the name of the fictional university that Veronica enters as a freshman?
UC Neptune
Cowell University
Chandler College
Hearst College
Yes, that's right -- Neptune is too small to have its own police department, but hosts a major university.
Who else from Neptune High is at Hearst?
Logan
Logan and Mac
Logan, Wallace and Mac
Logan, Dick, Wallace and Mac
Despite what some fans wanted, Mac and Veronica weren't roommates.
What was the overarching mystery for much of Season 3?
The murder of a popular professor
A serial murderer at work on campus
A serial rapist at work on campus
The campus-rape plotline was introduced in Season 2, when Troy Vandegraff was accused.
The disappearance of Logan's sister
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Where did Rob Thomas get financing for the Veronica Mars movie?
He took out a mortgage on his house
He found a group of foreign investors
He used a Kickstarter campaign
Kristen Bell joined him in the successful Kickstarter effort.
He staged a sit-in at Warner Brothers until they folded
What is Veronica's career path in the movie?
FBI agent
PI
Lawyer
She's also living with "Piz" Piznarski in New York.
Actress
What is Logan's surprising career in the movie?
High-school teacher to the underprivileged
Navy fighter pilot
He's come a long way since his "obligatory psychotic jackass" days.
FBI agent
Artist
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What currently-hot actress reprised her role as Gia Goodman from Season 2?
Jennifer Lawrence
Kat Dennings
Krysten Ritter
Ritter can now be seen in Netflix's "Jessica Jones."
Anna Kendrick
Which band wrote and performed the theme song for "Veronica Mars"?
Spoon
Third Eye Blind
The Dandy Warhols
The theme was reworked in a slower, moodier style for the third season.
The Moldy Peaches
Who played shady, buffoonish PI Vinnie Van Lowe?
Ken Marino
We just had to include one question about Keith and Veronica's lovable but not-so-principled nemesis!
Dan Castellaneta
Daran Norris
Bobby Cannavale
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