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Quiz: who said it – Logan Roy or Rupert Murdoch?

Spot the difference: Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch
Spot the difference: Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch Composite: HBO/Reuters

This has been an absurdly big week for ageing media magnates. On Monday, the latest episode of Succession (spoiler alert) finally delivered on its promise by killing off its ferocious, foul-mouthed, billionaire patriarch, Logan Roy, after three and a half seasons of ruthless ambition, the bulk of which came at the expense of his squabbling children.

But then, not to be outdone, Wednesday brought Vanity Fair’s long report about Roy’s real-life inspiration, the billionaire patriarch Rupert Murdoch, filled with the sort of juicy insider details that could have only come from someone close to the source.

So, armed with mounds of information about Roy and Murdoch, it’s time to put our knowledge to the test.

Below you’ll find 21 questions. Your job is simple: figure out if they’re about Rupert Murdoch or Logan Roy.

  1. Who supports one football team, but owns its main rival?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  2. Who owns a Hamptons summer home that was originally built for Henry Ford’s grandson?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  3. Who owns an 180-foot yacht called Rosehearty?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  4. Who collects rare medals despite having never having served in the military?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  5. Who once suffered a brief bout of psychosis brought about by an untreated urinary tract infection

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  6. Who divorced his wife with an email reading: ‘Sadly I’ve decided to call an end to our marriage. We have certainly had some good times, but I have much to do’?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  7. Who was described by one of his own children as 'a human Saudi Arabia'?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  8. Who claims he broke his back when his ex-wife pushed him into a piano during a fight?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  9. Who once employed, through his cable news channel, an anchor who married at Adolf Hitler’s Bavarian home?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  10. Who wanted his wife to enrol on an online course and spend 500 hours a year winemaking as a way to write off his vineyard expenses?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  11. Who had security guards watch his ex-wife move out of their marital home, and required her to show receipts for everything she took?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  12. Who inspired a former partner to make an effigy of him, tie a noose around its neck and then burn it on the grill?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  13. Who once fell ill on a boat, but had difficulty getting to hospital because it was too big for the dock?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  14. Who owns seven copies of General Douglas MacArthur’s biography?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  15. Whose ex-wife discovered surveillance cameras in her home, feeding footage back to his company headquarters?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  16. Whose ex-wife is now reportedly ‘Shopping in Milan. Indefinitely’?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  17. Who tore an achilles tendon tripping over a chessboard given to him by his son?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  18. Who once fired, then paid off, a waiter at the wedding of one of his children for spilling champagne on him?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  19. Who once publicly declared that 'I’m now convinced of my own immortality'?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  20. Whose son reportedly sees the destruction of his father’s cable news channel as 'his mission in life'?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

  21. Finally, as his children jostle for succession of the family business empire, who said ‘I love you, but you’re not serious people’?

    1. Logan Roy

    2. Rupert Murdoch

Solutions

1:A, 2:A, 3:B, 4:A, 5:A, 6:B, 7:A, 8:B, 9:A, 10:B, 11:B, 12:B, 13:B, 14:A, 15:B, 16:A, 17:B, 18:A, 19:B, 20:B, 21:A

Scores

  1. 20 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  2. 21 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  3. 19 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  4. 18 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  5. 17 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  6. 16 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  7. 15 and above.

    Congratulations! You are incredibly familiar with the inner workings of both Logan Roy and Rupert Murdoch. This can only mean one of two things. Either you are a Succession obsessive (in which case congratulations) or you are Jerry Hall (in which case commiserations).

  8. 14 and above.

    So near and yet so far. You made a decent fist of this quiz, but some of the deeper cuts were sadly beyond you. Maybe you’re really more of Billions person at heart.

  9. 13 and above.

    So near and yet so far. You made a decent fist of this quiz, but some of the deeper cuts were sadly beyond you. Maybe you’re really more of Billions person at heart.

  10. 12 and above.

    So near and yet so far. You made a decent fist of this quiz, but some of the deeper cuts were sadly beyond you. Maybe you’re really more of Billions person at heart.

  11. 10 and above.

    A slight disappointment. We had such high hopes for you, but you let us all down. To offer a Roy family equivalent, your score means that you are very firmly a Connor. But it doesn’t seem like you know a lot about Succession, so this comparison probably means very little to you.

  12. 11 and above.

    So near and yet so far. You made a decent fist of this quiz, but some of the deeper cuts were sadly beyond you. Maybe you’re really more of Billions person at heart.

  13. 9 and above.

    A slight disappointment. We had such high hopes for you, but you let us all down. To offer a Roy family equivalent, your score means that you are very firmly a Connor. But it doesn’t seem like you know a lot about Succession, so this comparison probably means very little to you.

  14. 8 and above.

    A slight disappointment. We had such high hopes for you, but you let us all down. To offer a Roy family equivalent, your score means that you are very firmly a Connor. But it doesn’t seem like you know a lot about Succession, so this comparison probably means very little to you.

  15. 7 and above.

    A slight disappointment. We had such high hopes for you, but you let us all down. To offer a Roy family equivalent, your score means that you are very firmly a Connor. But it doesn’t seem like you know a lot about Succession, so this comparison probably means very little to you.

  16. 6 and above.

    A slight disappointment. We had such high hopes for you, but you let us all down. To offer a Roy family equivalent, your score means that you are very firmly a Connor. But it doesn’t seem like you know a lot about Succession, so this comparison probably means very little to you.

  17. 5 and above.

    A very disappointing turnout. You don’t watch Succession, and it is now perfectly clear that you also don’t revel in glossy magazine longreads pieces about the tortured love lives of nonagenarian billionaires. Honestly, it’s baffling that you even took this quiz in the first place.

  18. 4 and above.

    A very disappointing turnout. You don’t watch Succession, and it is now perfectly clear that you also don’t revel in glossy magazine longreads pieces about the tortured love lives of nonagenarian billionaires. Honestly, it’s baffling that you even took this quiz in the first place.

  19. 3 and above.

    Well A very disappointing turnout. You don’t watch Succession, and it is now perfectly clear that you also don’t revel in glossy magazine longreads pieces about the tortured love lives of nonagenarian billionaires. Honestly, it’s baffling that you even took this quiz in the first place.

  20. 2 and above.

    Well A very disappointing turnout. You don’t watch Succession, and it is now perfectly clear that you also don’t revel in glossy magazine longreads pieces about the tortured love lives of nonagenarian billionaires. Honestly, it’s baffling that you even took this quiz in the first place.

  21. 1 and above.

    A very disappointing turnout. You don’t watch Succession, and it is now perfectly clear that you also don’t revel in glossy magazine longreads pieces about the tortured love lives of nonagenarian billionaires. Honestly, it’s baffling that you even took this quiz in the first place.

  22. 0 and above.

    A very disappointing turnout. You don’t watch Succession, and it is now perfectly clear that you also don’t revel in glossy magazine longreads pieces about the tortured love lives of nonagenarian billionaires. Honestly, it’s baffling that you even took this quiz in the first place.

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