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This Friends TV show trivia quiz has 132 free questions with answers and starts where everyone can play: Central Perk, Smelly Cat, Hugsy, Dr. Drake Ramoray, 'we were on a break'. Then it keeps going. The back half is built for people who claim they have seen every episode ten times: how many embryos the doctor implants, what Chandler makes Joey drink from Monica's fridge, which airport Rachel actually flies from in the finale, where the chick and duck get stuck, what half of Rachel's trifle really is, and the childhood mishap behind Miss Chanandler Bong. There are production questions too: the working title, the writer whose husband said 'lobsters', why Phoebe's London scenes were shot in Burbank, the Super Bowl lead-out that became the most-watched episode, and the cast member credited as a guest star for ten straight seasons. Play it as a warm-up round for a Friends night, or skip straight to the hard Friends trivia questions at the end and see who is bluffing. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01What is Chandler's middle name?
Muriel
His parents are an erotic novelist and a Las Vegas drag performer, which goes some way to explaining the name.
Q 02What is the name of Phoebe Buffay's most famous song?
Smelly Cat
"Smelly Cat" is Phoebe Buffay's most iconic song, which she often performed at Central Perk.
Q 03Which main character works as a paleontologist?
Ross
Ross Geller is a paleontologist, first working at a museum and later becoming a professor at New York University.
Q 04What is the name of Joey Tribbiani's acting agent?
Estelle Leonard
Her first booking for Joey was as Al Pacino's butt double, a role he lost for overacting.
Q 05In Friends, which animal did Ross keep as a pet, named Marcel, during season one?
A monkey
A monkey, a white-headed capuchin, played by a female called Katie; Marcel left the show for the San Diego Zoo once he reached sexual maturity.
Q 06What is the name of the coffee shop where the friends often hang out?
Central Perk
Central Perk is the iconic coffeehouse where the six friends frequently gathered throughout the series.
Q 07What is Monica's apartment number for most of the series?
20
Monica's apartment number was initially 5, but was changed to 20 in later episodes to reflect its location higher up in the building.
Q 08Which character often uses the sarcastic catchphrase 'Could I *be* any more...'?
Chandler
Matthew Perry's odd stress on BE became so associated with him that the other actors picked it up too.
Q 09What was Rachel Green's first job after leaving Barry at the altar?
Waitress
Rachel works as a waitress at the coffeehouse for the first two seasons after cutting herself off from her father's money, before she breaks into the fashion business.
Q 10Which two characters eventually get married in London, though the wedding does not go as planned?
Ross and Emily
Ross and Emily marry in London in the season 4 finale; Ross says 'I take thee, Rachel' at the altar, and the registrar's 'Shall I go on?' became one of the show's biggest cliffhangers.
Q 11Chandler's father stars in a Las Vegas drag show under what stage name?
Helena Handbasket
Charles Bing performs as Helena Handbasket in the Las Vegas revue 'Viva Las Gay-gas'; Kathleen Turner played the role when Monica drags Chandler there to invite his father to their wedding.
Q 12What are the names of Ross and Monica's parents?
Jack and Judy
Jack and Judy Geller, played by Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles, are Ross and Monica's parents; Judy's constant criticism of Monica is a running gag.
Q 13Which character has an identical twin sister named Ursula?
Phoebe
Phoebe Buffay has an estranged identical twin sister named Ursula, who also appears in the show and is sometimes mistaken for Phoebe.
Q 21Which actor plays Joey Tribbiani?
Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc played Joey for all ten seasons and was the only cast member to carry his character into a spin-off, the short-lived Joey (2004-06).
Q 22Rachel becomes an assistant buyer at which department store in season 3?
Bloomingdale's
Rachel lands an assistant buyer job at Bloomingdale's after a menial stint at Fortunata Fashions; she later works there as a personal shopper, where she meets Joshua.
Q 23What does 'unagi', the word Ross lectures Rachel and Phoebe about, actually mean in Japanese?
Eel
Unagi is Japanese for freshwater eel, not the state of total awareness Ross claims; Rachel and Phoebe, fresh from a self-defence class, ambush him to prove their point.
Q 14Who manages the coffeehouse where the gang hangs out, and quietly pines for Rachel for ten seasons?
Gunther
Gunther, the bleach-blond coffeehouse manager, finally confesses his love to Rachel in the series finale, and she lets him down gently.
Q 15Which two characters famously had a pet duck and a chick?
Joey and Chandler
Joey and Chandler adopt the chick and the duck in season 3; in the finale Joey gives Monica and Chandler a Chick Jr. and Duck Jr. as a housewarming gift for their new suburban house.
Q 16What instrument does Phoebe play when performing her songs at the coffeehouse?
Guitar
Phoebe strums an acoustic guitar for her coffeehouse songs; Lisa Kudrow learned only a handful of chords for the role, which suited Phoebe's repertoire perfectly.
Q 17What is the name of Rachel Green's first child?
Emma
Emma got her name because Monica had called dibs on it years earlier and gave it to Rachel as a gift.
Q 18Ross's 'We were on a break!' defence refers to his night with which woman?
Chloe
Chloe, 'the hot girl from the Xerox place', is who Ross sleeps with the night Rachel suggests a break; whether it counted was never settled.
Q 19What is the name of the recurring love interest of Janice Litman Goralnik?
Chandler Bing
Janice Litman Goralnik is most famously known for her on-again, off-again relationship with Chandler Bing throughout the series.
Q 20What is the occupation of Monica's long-term boyfriend, Richard Burke?
Ophthalmologist
Richard Burke, played by Tom Selleck, is an ophthalmologist and a friend of Monica's father; Monica meets him again while catering a party at his home.
Q 24Who officiates Phoebe and Mike's wedding after a blizzard forces it out into the street?
Joey
Joey officiates, having been ordained over the internet to marry Monica and Chandler; Chandler walks Phoebe down the aisle and Mike's dog Chappy fills a slot in the wedding party.
Q 25In Friends, which two characters get drunk in Las Vegas and accidentally marry each other?
Ross and Rachel
Ross and Rachel wake up married; Ross then secretly refuses to annul it, unable to face another divorce, until Rachel finds out.
Q 26What vehicle of Phoebe's does Joey borrow to drive to a film shoot out west?
A taxicab
Joey borrows Phoebe's yellow taxicab, once her grandmother's, to drive to Las Vegas for the film Shutter Speed; he kicks Chandler out on the George Washington Bridge after Chandler doubts the movie is his big break.
Q 27What is the name of Chandler's eccentric and often inappropriate mother?
Nora Tyler Bing
Nora Tyler Bing, played by Morgan Fairchild, is an erotic novelist who kisses Ross in season 1, to Chandler's horror.
Q 28What is Rachel's middle name?
Karen
Rachel Karen Green is the full name; Jennifer Aniston's haircut for the role, 'The Rachel', became a 1990s salon phenomenon.
Q 29In the girls-versus-boys poker episode, whose aunt is recruited as the expert card player?
Monica
Rachel is also job-hunting that week, interviewing at Saks Fifth Avenue as an assistant buyer and not getting it.
Q 30What is Gladys, which Phoebe reluctantly gives away when Mike moves in?
A creepy artwork
Gladys is a creepy mixed-media artwork of a woman emerging from the frame; Monica and Rachel fight over who gets stuck with it, and Phoebe makes an even worse follow-up called Glynnis.