Question 1

Which numbered vault is Lucy MacLean from?

Accepted Answer

Vault 33. Lucy is born and raised in Vault 33, a vault interlinked with 31 and 32 in a triad outside the show's version of Los Angeles.

Question 2

Which actor plays The Ghoul, the bounty hunter known in his pre-war life as Cooper Howard?

Accepted Answer

Walton Goggins. Walton Goggins plays both the pre-war movie star Cooper Howard and the irradiated bounty hunter he becomes after the bombs fall.

Question 3

Which game company developed the Fallout video games that the series adapts?

Accepted Answer

Bethesda Game Studios (with earlier work by Interplay/Black Isle). The franchise began at Interplay/Black Isle in 1997, then moved to Bethesda Game Studios in 2008. The show is overseen with Bethesda involvement, and Todd Howard is an executive producer.

Question 4

What is the name of the Brotherhood of Steel recruit who becomes Maximus?

Accepted Answer

Maximus (formerly Squire Dane's aspirant). Aaron Moten plays Maximus, an aspirant who pilots a T-60 power armor suit after Knight Titus is killed, in a complicated identity gamble.

Question 5

Which city's ruins serve as a major setting for the season finale?

Accepted Answer

Los Angeles (Shady Sands). The finale reveals that the crater the characters traverse is the remains of Shady Sands, the New California Republic's first capital, and a tease for New Vegas closes the season.

Question 6

Who runs Vault-Tec's experiments revealed across the season?

Accepted Answer

Vault-Tec Corporation itself. Vault-Tec is shown to have intentionally designed the vaults as long-term social experiments, an idea drawn straight from the games' lore.

Question 7

What artifact does Wilzig carry that everyone in the wasteland is hunting for?

Accepted Answer

A pre-war serum and his own head. The mission centers on Siggi Wilzig, an Enclave scientist carrying experimental cold fusion research, and his head specifically becomes the deliverable target.

Question 8

Which Coen Brothers collaborator created the show alongside Geneva Robertson-Dworet?

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Nolan (also directing the pilot). Jonathan Nolan, of Westworld fame, directed the first three episodes and co-developed the series with Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner.

Question 9

What song plays over the show's most-discussed needle drop in the pilot?

Accepted Answer

'Orange Colored Sky' by Nat King Cole. Nat King Cole's 'Orange Colored Sky' soundtracks the moment Cooper Howard sees the mushroom clouds rise over Los Angeles, blending the games' jukebox tone with a fresh selection.

Question 10

Lucy's father Hank MacLean is played by which actor known for HBO prestige work?

Accepted Answer

Kyle MacLachlan. Kyle MacLachlan plays Overseer Hank MacLean, whose origin in the pre-war world becomes the season's biggest twist.

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