We give several criteria to show over which quadratic number fields
$\bQ(\sqrt{D})$ there should exists a non-constant arithmetic progressions of
five squares. This is done by translating the problem to determining when some
genus five curves C_D defined over Q have rational points, and then using a
Mordell-Weil sieve argument among others.
We show that there exists an upper bound for the number of squares in
arithmetic progression over a number field that depends only on the degree of
the field. We show that this bound is 5 for quadratic fields, and also that the
result generalizes to $k$-powers for $k>1$.