Getting your questions ready
Getting your questions ready
Beat the crowd
10 questions No timer
50 free Jersey Shore trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Jersey Shore trivia questions with answers. Jersey Shore trivia questions on both meanings of the phrase. The first thirty cover MTV's reality juggernaut: the eight housemates and the Shore Store, GTL, Miami and Florence, Snooki's arrest and her Chilean birthplace, how The Situation got his name and why he went to prison, JWoww's clothing line, the UNICO protests and Chris Christie's veto, the international copies and the Family Vacation reunion, right up to Sammi's 2023 return. The last dozen head to the actual New Jersey coast: the world's first boardwalk, Monopoly's Atlantic City streets, salt water taffy, Springsteen's Asbury Park, Wildwood's doo-wop motels and tram car, Cape May diamonds and Hurricane Sandy's roller coaster in the surf. Easy questions come first; the deep cuts will separate the superfans from the bennies. Every answer has been checked against a reference page and carries its source.
30 of 50 questions with answers and explanations. Play the quiz
Q 01On which network did Jersey Shore premiere on December 3, 2009?
MTV
It ran six seasons to December 2012 and its season-three premiere drew 8.45 million viewers, then MTV's most-watched telecast ever.
Q 02In which New Jersey borough was the Jersey Shore house?
Seaside Heights
1209 Ocean Terrace hosted seasons one, three, five and six; the cast decamped to Miami and Florence in between.
Q 03Where did the cast work during their New Jersey seasons?
A boardwalk T-shirt shop
Owners Danny and Paul Merk had the housemates fold tees and hawk merchandise, when they turned up.
Q 04What does the housemates' daily ritual 'GTL' stand for?
Gym, tan, laundry
Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino claimed the routine; it became the show's most quoted phrase.
Q 05Where was season two of Jersey Shore filmed?
South Beach, Florida
Season four went further, to Florence, Italy, where the cast's Italian-American heritage met actual Italians.
Q 06Which Italian city hosted season four of Jersey Shore?
Florence
The season-four premiere in 2011 was watched by about 8.8 million people in the US.
Q 07Which cast member joined the house in season three, having been Snooki's friend from home?
Deena Nicole Cortese
She replaced Angelina, who had walked out twice; Snooki and Deena were soon dubbed 'the meatballs'.
Q 08Which housemate quit the show in season one and again in season two after fights with Mike and Snooki?
Angelina Pivarnick
She was back for the Family Vacation revival in 2018, wedding drama included.
Q 09Which Italian-American group called Jersey Shore a 'direct, deliberate and disgraceful attack on Italian Americans'?
UNICO
Dell, Domino's and American Family Insurance asked MTV not to run their ads during it.
Q 10Why did Governor Chris Christie veto a $420,000 tax credit for the show in 2011?
It perpetuated misconceptions of the state
His statement said taxpayers should not foot the bill for a project 'which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the state and its citizens'.
Q 11What happened to Snooki in a bar in season one that MTV ultimately declined to air in full?
A man punched her in the face
The assailant was a schoolteacher; the network showed the build-up but cut the blow itself.
Q 12For what was Snooki arrested on the beach on July 30, 2010?
Disorderly conduct
The disturbing-the-peace charges were later dropped; the beach arrest was, naturally, filmed.
Q 13In which country was Snooki born?
Chile
Nicole Polizzi was adopted at six months by Italian-American parents and grew up in Marlboro, New York.
Q 21Vinny Guadagnino graduated with a degree in which subject?
Political science
He later wrote The Keto Guido Cookbook and guest-hosted Chippendales in Las Vegas.
Q 22What was the name of JWoww's short-lived 2010 clothing line, pulled after a trademark threat?
Filthy Couture
Jenni Farley launched it at a Las Vegas runway show; she and Snooki went on to co-star in Snooki & Jwoww from 2012.
Q 23Which Jersey Shore couple's relationship, begun in season one, became the show's central on-off romance?
Sammi and Ronnie
The infamous anonymous 'note' about Ronnie's Miami behaviour was written by Snooki and JWoww in season two.
Q 14Snooki's nickname comes from a character in which film?
Save the Last Dance
Her middle-school friends named her after Snookie, a male character in the 2001 dance movie.
Q 15Snooki appeared at WrestleMania XXVII in 2011 alongside which two wrestlers, and won?
Trish Stratus and John Morrison
She followed it with Dancing with the Stars in 2013, partnered with newcomer Sasha Farber.
Q 16What was the title of Snooki's 2011 novel about looking for love on the boardwalk?
A Shore Thing
It made the New York Times bestseller list; a sequel, Gorilla Beach, followed in 2012.
Q 17How does Mike Sorrentino say he got his nickname?
A stranger admired his abs, upsetting her boyfriend
He earned more than $5 million in 2010, second only to Kim Kardashian among reality stars, and one clothing brand offered him $10,000 not to wear its clothes.
Q 18Which retailer offered Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino $10,000 in 2011 to stop wearing its clothes?
Abercrombie & Fitch
The company said his association was 'contrary to the aspirational nature' of the brand; he sued them.
Q 19For what crime did Mike Sorrentino serve eight months in federal prison in 2019?
Tax evasion
He pleaded guilty in January 2018 and married Lauren Pesce that November before reporting to Otisville; he has been sober since December 2015.
Q 20Which cast member is a DJ born in Providence, Rhode Island, who got his own 2012 spin-off?
Pauly D
He signed a three-album deal with 50 Cent's G-Unit and G-Note labels and later co-starred with Vinny on Double Shot at Love.
Q 24Which cast member was missing when Jersey Shore: Family Vacation premiered on MTV in April 2018?
Sammi Giancola
The others reunited in Miami; a 'Sammi doll' stood in for her, and she finally rejoined for the second half of season six in 2023.
Q 25Where did season two of Family Vacation open in 2018?
Las Vegas
Its second half revolved around Mike's tax sentencing and his wedding to Lauren.
Q 26Which Jersey Shore cast member stepped back from Family Vacation in May 2021 for his mental health?
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro
Sammi Giancola's return in 2023 completed the original cast reunion he had left.
Q 27Which international spin-off, set in Newcastle, England, was the first overseas version of the show?
Geordie Shore
Warsaw Shore and Acapulco Shore followed the same house-and-hangovers template.
Q 28Who created Jersey Shore through her company 495 Productions?
SallyAnn Salsano
Salsano also made A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila; her firm went on to produce Floribama Shore and Family Vacation.
Q 29Roughly how long is New Jersey's Atlantic coastline, from Perth Amboy to Cape May Point?
About 141 miles
Locals call day-tripping tourists 'bennies' up north and 'shoobies' down south.
Q 30The world's first boardwalk opened in 1870 in which resort, later home to casinos?
Atlantic City
It was built to stop sand being tracked into hotel lobbies; the city's street names later populated the Monopoly board.