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39 free Impractical Jokers trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Impractical Jokers trivia questions with answers. Impractical Jokers flipped the hidden-camera format on its head: the joke is on four lifelong friends, not the public. This quiz covers the show and the troupe behind it, from the Monsignor Farrell religion class where the guys met and the improv club they joined "to meet girls", through the Tenderloins' $100,000 NBC prize, the truTV pilot shot on iPhones, the loser board and the punishments, to the 2020 movie with Paula Abdul, Joe's departure, the move to TBS and the many international remakes. Early questions suit anyone who has caught a few episodes; later ones dig into the guys' day jobs, spin-offs, podcasts and production details that only hardcore fans will know. Every answer is checked against documented sources on the series and the troupe rather than fan chatter. Good for a watch party, a road trip or a comedy pub quiz round. Free, no signup, answers included.
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Q 01On which network did Impractical Jokers premiere in December 2011?
truTV
truTV premiered Impractical Jokers on 15 December 2011; the hidden-camera show became the network's signature hit and ran there for ten seasons.
Q 02What is the name of the comedy troupe the four Jokers belong to?
The Tenderloins
The Tenderloins formed in 1999 as a live improv and sketch troupe, and their online videos had drawn millions of views before the hidden-camera series took off in 2011.
Q 03In which New York City borough did the Jokers grow up?
Staten Island
Staten Island: the Jokers all grew up there and met at a Catholic boys' high school; the borough later proclaimed an Impractical Jokers Day in their honour.
Q 04What was the name of the high school the Jokers attended?
Monsignor Farrell
Monsignor Farrell High School, an all-boys Catholic school in their home borough, is where the Jokers met as freshmen in 1990 and joined the improv club together.
Q 05Which Joker was NOT an original member of the troupe when it formed in 1999?
Q
Q (Brian Quinn) only joined in 2006, replacing original member Mike Boccio as the group shifted from stage shows to internet sketches.
Q 06The troupe won a $100,000 grand prize in 2007 on which network's competition?
NBC
NBC's online competition It's Your Show gave the troupe its $100,000 grand prize in 2007 for the sketch 'Time Thugs'.
Q 07What was the show's working title when truTV announced it in April 2011?
Mission: Uncomfortable
Mission: Uncomfortable was the title in the April 2011 announcement; it became Impractical Jokers before the December 2011 premiere.
Q 08Which talk-show bit inspired the Jokers' earpiece format?
David Letterman feeding lines to Rupert Jee
David Letterman feeding lines to Hello Deli owner Rupert Jee inspired the earpiece format; Murr calls the result an upside-down hidden-camera show where the joke is on the Jokers.
Q 09What is the tally of failed challenges shown at the end of each episode called?
The loser board
The loser board tallies each Joker's thumbs-downs; whoever has the most becomes the episode's big loser and must take a punishment he cannot refuse.
Q 10What happens if two or more Jokers tie for the most thumbs-downs?
They are all punished
They are all punished: when two or more Jokers tie for the most thumbs-downs, every one of them faces the episode's punishment, sometimes side by side in the same stunt.
Q 11Which Joker announced on New Year's Eve 2021 that he was leaving the show?
Joe
He said he wanted to focus on his family; the next season carried on with a rotating cast of celebrity guests.
Q 12Before comedy, Q worked for which New York City agency?
The Fire Department
The Fire Department: Brian Quinn served as a New York City firefighter for roughly eight years before Impractical Jokers made him a full-time comedian.
Q 13Which university awarded Murr his BA in English?
Georgetown
Georgetown University awarded Murr a BA in English in 1998; he went on to work as a television development executive while the troupe built its following.
Q 21Which celebrity's superfan must Sal pose as at a party, complete with a thigh tattoo?
Jaden Smith
Jaden Smith: the thigh already bore a Jaden Smith tattoo from a show punishment, and the movie's challenge adds a second, updated one on the other thigh.
Q 22How does Murr get home from Miami at the end of the movie?
Harnessed to the wing of a stunt plane
Harnessed to the wing of a stunt plane: Murr's losing punishment sends him home strapped to the wing while the others fly back by private jet.
Q 23Who directed Impractical Jokers: The Movie?
Chris Henchy
Q 14What is the title of Murr's 2018 sci-fi horror novel about a monster in the New York subway?
Awakened
Awakened, co-written with Darren Wearmouth, was published in 2018; its sequels The Brink and Obliteration followed in 2019 and 2020.
Q 15Sal earned a degree in which subject from St. John's University?
Finance
Finance: St. John's University in Queens awarded the finance degree in the late 1990s, years before the troupe's hidden-camera show took off.
Q 16Which Joker officiated Joe's wedding in 2013?
Sal
Sal, an ordained minister, officiated at the September 2013 wedding to Bessy Gatto.
Q 17At which baby retail store did Joe work until January 2012?
Giggle
Giggle, a Manhattan baby boutique, was the day job until January 2012, a month after the show premiered.
Q 18For season 9, Sal's punishment forced him to change his billing name to what?
Prince Herb
Prince Herb: the season 9 punishment imposed that billing, and the change was reflected on the show's credits, the troupe's website and its social media.
Q 19Which pop star plays herself as the Jokers' nemesis in the 2020 movie?
Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul plays herself; the plot has the guys wrecking her 1994 concert as teens and running into her at a Red Lobster 25 years later.
Q 20In the movie, why does only one Joker have to miss the Miami party?
They were given three tickets instead of four
They were given three tickets instead of four: the star's party invitation covers only three, so hidden-camera challenges on the road trip in a Crown Vic decide who stays home.
Chris Henchy, a co-founder of Funny or Die, directed the film, which was released in cinemas on February 21, 2020.
Q 24Which former NSYNC member hosted the aftershow Impractical Jokers: After Party?
Joey Fatone
Joey Fatone hosted After Party, which ran from 2017 as a panel aftershow where the Jokers dissected each new episode with him.
Q 25Which pandemic-era spin-off had the Impractical Jokers eating a meal over a video group chat?
Dinner Party
Dinner Party, launched in spring 2020 during lockdown, had the Jokers sharing a meal and stories over a video chat from their own homes.
Q 26Which staffer hosts the pop-up-fact Inside Jokes segments?
Casey Jost
Casey Jost, a writer-producer on the show and brother of SNL's Colin Jost, fronts Inside Jokes, which replays episodes with pop-up facts and commentary.
Q 27The 2019 TBS game show starring the Jokers was based on which card game?
Shit Happens
Shit Happens, a card game by Monk creator Andy Breckman, was the basis for The Misery Index, which launched in 2019 with the Jokers as team captains.
Q 28The Jokers' pilot for a scripted sitcom in 2008 was made for which network, which passed on it?
Spike TV
Spike TV commissioned a scripted sitcom pilot from the troupe in 2008 but passed on it; a second pilot was selected for the 2009 New York Television Festival.
Q 29The British version of the show launched in 2012 on which channel?
BBC Three
BBC Three launched the British version in December 2012 with Joel Dommett, Roisin Conaty, Paul Foot and Marek Larwood; it ended after two series.
Q 30The Australian version that premiered in 2023 stars which comedy duo?
The Inspired Unemployed
The Inspired Unemployed, Jack Steele and Matt Ford, front the Australian version, titled The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers, which premiered on Network 10 and Paramount+ in 2023.