Running Point Quiz
Try out this Running Point quiz to test your knowledge. Running Point trivia spotlights the key facts behind the American sports comedy series created by Elaine Ko, Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
300 pts max score
Question 1 · Medium · 20 pts
In the early boardroom clash, Isla is dismissed as what?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
Which setting becomes a main comic battleground in the opening episodes?
Question 3 · Medium · 20 pts
Running Point was loosely inspired by which basketball executive?
Question 4 · Medium · 20 pts
After the bad on-camera moment, what becomes the team’s immediate problem?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
What is Running Point’s episode-length format?
Question 6 · Medium · 20 pts
Who serves as Isla’s closest workplace ally at the team office?
Question 7 · Medium · 20 pts
What usually fuels front-office blowups over Waves decisions?
Question 8 · Medium · 20 pts
Jay Ellis appears in Running Point as whom?
Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts
Which two parts of team life does the series follow for its conflicts?
Question 10 · Medium · 20 pts
What family dynamic gets played for both laughs and a power struggle?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
What role does Isla Gordon take over in the show?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the name of the fictional basketball team in Running Point?
Question 13 · Hard · 40 pts
The show’s basketball-franchise world echoes the real-life orbit of which NBA team?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
To the Gordons, the Waves are more than a team—they're what?
Question 15 · Medium · 20 pts
How are arena politics flavored in Running Point: like a grim thriller or like sitcom-style awkwardness?