Sitcoms Trivia Questions and Answers

Comedy series from both sides of the Atlantic, from the long-running network giants to the six-episode British runs that ended before they could decline. Questions cover characters, catchphrases, the episodes everybody quotes, and the casting decisions that nearly went the other way. Sitcom trivia ages unusually well because the shows get rewatched for decades, so a pool spanning forty years still plays fairly for a room of mixed ages. The hard tier is about production — writers, spin-offs, and the finales that split their audiences — rather than about who said what to whom.

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  1. 1. Which Friends character, played by Matthew Perry, is sarcastic and works in a job nobody understands?Medium

    • Chandler Bing ✓
    • Ross Geller
    • Joey Tribbiani
    • Ross's roommate

  2. 2. Which Friends character, played by Jennifer Aniston, works her way up from waitress to fashion executive?Easy

    • Rachel Green ✓
    • Monica Geller
    • Phoebe Buffay
    • Emily

  3. 3. Which Friends character is a quirky masseuse and musician known for her song "Smelly Cat"?Medium

    • Phoebe Buffay ✓
    • Monica Geller
    • Rachel Green
    • Emily

  4. 4. Which US sitcom, set in a Scranton, Pennsylvania paper company, is filmed in a mockumentary style?Easy

    • The Office ✓
    • Parks and Recreation
    • Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    • 30 Rock

  5. 5. Which Seinfeld character, played by Jason Alexander, is known for his neuroses and bad luck?Medium

    • George Costanza ✓
    • Kramer
    • Newman
    • Frank Costanza

  6. 6. Which fictional holiday, invented on Seinfeld, involves an aluminum pole and the "Airing of Grievances"?Hard

    • Festivus ✓
    • Serenity Now
    • The Bro
    • Yada Yada Day

  7. 7. Which sitcom follows detectives at Brooklyn's fictional 99th Precinct, led by Captain Raymond Holt?Easy

    • Brooklyn Nine-Nine ✓
    • Law & Order
    • NYPD Blue
    • Barney Miller

  8. 8. Which bar do the characters in How I Met Your Mother regularly hang out at?Medium

    • MacLaren's Pub ✓
    • Central Perk
    • Cheers
    • Paddy's Pub

  9. 9. Which sitcom, created by Tina Fey, is set behind the scenes of a fictional sketch comedy show?Easy

    • 30 Rock ✓
    • Saturday Night Live
    • Studio 60
    • Community

  10. 10. Which 30 Rock character, played by Alec Baldwin, is the eccentric, conservative network executive?Hard

    • Jack Donaghy ✓
    • Tracy Jordan
    • Kenneth Parcell
    • Pete Hornberger

  11. 11. Which sitcom follows widower Danny Tanner raising three daughters with help from his brother-in-law and best friend?Easy

    • Full House ✓
    • Family Matters
    • Step by Step
    • Growing Pains

  12. 12. Which Fresh Prince of Bel-Air character is the snobbish, wealthy patriarch of the Banks family?Medium

    • Philip Banks ✓
    • Carlton Banks
    • Geoffrey
    • Will Smith's character

  13. 13. Which Schitt's Creek character, played by Eugene Levy, is the flamboyant, formerly wealthy family patriarch?Hard

    • Johnny Rose ✓
    • David Rose
    • Moira Rose
    • Alexis Rose

  14. 14. Which sitcom follows a family navigating identity, starring Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross?Easy

    • black-ish ✓
    • Modern Family
    • The Carmichael Show
    • Everybody Hates Chris

  15. 15. Which classic sitcom follows a bus driver and his best friend in a working-class Brooklyn apartment building?Hard

    • The Honeymooners ✓
    • I Love Lucy
    • All in the Family
    • Sanford and Son

  16. 16. Which sitcom follows a witch who tries to live a normal suburban life while married to a mortal man?Hard

    • Bewitched ✓
    • I Dream of Jeannie
    • The Munsters
    • The Addams Family

  17. 17. Which actor played bar owner Sam Malone throughout Cheers before appearing in a Frasier crossover episode?Hard

    • Ted Danson ✓
    • Kelsey Grammer
    • Woody Harrelson
    • John Ratzenberger

  18. 18. Which sitcom follows friends at a historically Black university, starring Craig, Kim and Whitley?Hard

    • A Different World ✓
    • The Cosby Show
    • Living Single
    • Martin

  19. 19. Which classic sitcom, spun off from All in the Family, follows Black neighbors in a Manhattan high-rise?Hard

    • The Jeffersons ✓
    • Good Times
    • Sanford and Son
    • Maude

  20. 20. Which classic sitcom, another All in the Family spin-off, follows Edith Bunker's outspoken feminist cousin?Hard

    • Maude ✓
    • The Jeffersons
    • Good Times
    • Sanford and Son

  21. 21. Which sitcom follows a family in a Chicago housing project, an early two-parent Black family in poverty?Hard

    • Good Times ✓
    • Sanford and Son
    • The Jeffersons
    • Maude

  22. 22. Which sitcom catchphrase, from Full House, is Uncle Jesse's signature exclamation of approval?Easy

    • "Have mercy!" ✓
    • "Cut it out!"
    • "How rude!"
    • "You got it, dude!"

  23. 23. Which sitcom catchphrase, from Full House's youngest character Michelle, became a widely repeated phrase?Hard

    • "You got it, dude!" ✓
    • "Have mercy!"
    • "Cut it out!"
    • "How rude!"

  24. 24. Which term describes a low-budget sitcom episode confined to a single location, often used to save production costs?Hard

    • A bottle episode ✓
    • A backdoor pilot
    • A clip show
    • A crossover episode

  25. 25. Which sitcom follows twin sisters, separated at birth, who reunite as teenagers and end up living together?Hard

    • Sister, Sister ✓
    • Full House
    • Family Matters
    • Step by Step

  26. 26. Which sitcom follows a Vermont innkeeper and his eccentric neighbors, ending with a twist revealing it was all a dream?Medium

    • Newhart ✓
    • WKRP in Cincinnati
    • Taxi
    • Cheers

  27. 27. Which sitcom, narrated by the middle child, follows a chaotic, low-income family, starring Frankie Muniz?Easy

    • Malcolm in the Middle ✓
    • Everybody Hates Chris
    • The Middle
    • Boy Meets World

  28. 28. Which Happy Days spin-off follows two women working at a Milwaukee brewery?Medium

    • Laverne & Shirley ✓
    • Mork & Mindy
    • Joanie Loves Chachi
    • Happy Days: The Next Generation

  29. 29. Which British sitcom follows two socially awkward IT support workers in the basement of a corporate office?Medium

    • The IT Crowd ✓
    • Peep Show
    • The Office (UK)
    • Black Books

  30. 30. Which comedy-drama follows two therapists sharing a practice, one of whom breaks professional boundaries?Medium

    • Shrinking ✓
    • Ted Lasso
    • In Treatment
    • Physical

  31. 31. Which sitcom follows a suburban Indiana family whose father, an engineer, secretly built a robot daughter?Easy

    • Small Wonder ✓
    • Punky Brewster
    • Webster
    • ALF

  32. 32. Which sitcom follows aliens studying Earth disguised as a human family, starring John Lithgow?Medium

    • 3rd Rock from the Sun ✓
    • ALF
    • Mork & Mindy
    • My Favorite Martian

  33. 33. Which sitcom follows a housekeeper who becomes romantically involved with the widowed father he works for?Easy

    • Who's the Boss? ✓
    • The Nanny
    • Charles in Charge
    • Mr. Belvedere

  34. 34. Which sitcom follows an airline company's staff at a small Nantucket airport, starring Tim Daly and Steven Weber?Medium

    • Wings ✓
    • Cheers
    • Frasier
    • Coach

  35. 35. Which Nickelodeon sitcom follows a girl attending a coed boarding school in California, starring Jamie Lynn Spears?Easy

    • Zoey 101 ✓
    • Drake & Josh
    • iCarly
    • Victorious

  36. 36. Which Disney Channel sitcom follows a girl who can see flashes of the future, starring Raven-Symoné?Easy

    • That's So Raven ✓
    • Lizzie McGuire
    • Even Stevens
    • Hannah Montana

  37. 37. Which classic sitcom follows a wealthy bachelor raising his niece with a British butler's help?Medium

    • Family Affair ✓
    • My Three Sons
    • The Brady Bunch
    • Eight Is Enough

  38. 38. Which classic sitcom follows a widowed newspaper columnist raising eight children in a large, chaotic household?Medium

    • Eight Is Enough ✓
    • The Brady Bunch
    • Family Affair
    • My Three Sons

  39. 39. Which sitcom follows a wisecracking robot and a downtrodden janitor aboard a mining spaceship stranded in deep space?Easy

    • Red Dwarf ✓
    • Doctor Who
    • Blackadder
    • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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