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50 free The King of Queens trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
44 free The King of Queens trivia questions with answers. The King of Queens ran nine seasons and 207 episodes on CBS, and its reruns have never really stopped. This King of Queens trivia quiz covers Doug and Carrie Heffernan's Rego Park house, Arthur in the basement, the IPS depot, Cooper's, Deacon and Kelly, Spence, Danny, Holly the dog walker, Lou Ferrigno next door and Ray Barone's crossover visits. It also digs into the details fans argue about: Doug's secret Canadian birth, Carrie's real first name, the sister who vanished after season one, why Richie left, Billy Vera's theme song, Kevin James's Emmy episode, and everything in the China Syndrome finale from the vegetable-crisper passport to Arthur's return to the basement. About a third of the questions are for casual rerun watchers, a third for regulars, and the rest for people who know Spence's birthday. Every answer is checked against a cited source shown under the question.
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Q 01On which network did The King of Queens air from 1998 to 2007?
CBS
It ran nine seasons and 207 episodes, all filmed before a live studio audience.
Q 02The actor who plays Doug started his career on Long Island in 1989 doing what?
Stand-up comedy
Kevin James debuted at Richie Minervini's East Side Comedy Club.
Q 03Who plays Carrie Heffernan?
Leah Remini
She and James reunited in 2016 for Kevin Can Wait.
Q 04In which Queens neighbourhood do the Heffernans live?
Rego Park
The fictional address is 3121 Aberdeen Street; the show was actually shot at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City.
Q 05What is the name of the delivery company Doug drives for?
IPS
International Parcel Service; his supervisor Patrick O'Boyle calls him only 'Heffernan'.
Q 06What is Carrie's job?
Legal secretary
She works in Manhattan for a demanding law-firm boss played by Victor Raider-Wexler under two different names.
Q 07Who plays Carrie's father Arthur Spooner?
Jerry Stiller
His real-life wife Anne Meara plays Spence's mother Veronica, whom Arthur marries in the finale.
Q 08Why does Arthur move into the Heffernans' basement in the pilot?
He burns down his own house
It was uninsured, so the basement became a nine-season arrangement.
Q 09Who plays Doug's best friend and co-worker Deacon Palmer?
Victor Williams
Deacon and his wife Kelly have two sons, Major and Kirby; Williams earned an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2007.
Q 10Which comedian plays the nerdy Spence Olchin?
Patton Oswalt
Spence is asthmatic, allergic to peanuts, and once claims to be from Ottawa to impress Huey Lewis.
Q 11Doug's cousin Danny is played by Gary Valentine, who is Kevin James's what in real life?
Brother
Valentine is their father's middle name; the two grew up in Stony Brook and both played football at SUNY Cortland.
Q 12What does the character Holly Shumpert do for a living?
Dog walker
Doug and Carrie hire her to 'walk' Arthur along with the dogs.
Q 13Which celebrity plays himself as the Heffernans' next-door neighbour?
Lou Ferrigno
The Incredible Hulk star is driven mad by neighbours quoting 'You wouldn't like me when I'm angry'.
Q 21Who performed the theme song 'Baby All My Life I Will Be Driving Home to You'?
Billy Vera and the Beaters
It arrived with season two; the first season opened with just an eight-second subway shot.
Q 22How many episodes of The King of Queens were made?
207
The finale was counted as episodes 206 and 207.
Q 23Who created the series?
Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt
Both stayed on as executive producers.
Q 14Which sitcom star appears as Doug's Long Island friend Ray Barone?
Ray Romano
It was a CBS crossover; James had earlier played a different character in eight episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond.
Q 15Where do Doug and Carrie fly to in the series finale?
China
They race each other there to adopt baby Ming-Mei, then discover Carrie is pregnant too.
Q 16What is the title of the series finale?
China Syndrome
The double-length episode aired May 14, 2007 and was written by co-creator Michael J. Weithorn.
Q 17Whom does Arthur end up marrying in the finale, after his first bride walks out?
Veronica, Spence's mother
Ava St. Clair leaves on learning Arthur is not gay; a year later he is back in the basement, marriage over.
Q 18Which game show is Doug watching instead of going to Arthur's wedding?
The Price Is Right
He rants that 'the Rice-a-Roni is much cheaper than the Turtle Wax'.
Q 19Where does Deacon find Doug's passport in the finale?
In the vegetable crisper
Doug then surprises Carrie on the plane and they patch things up on the long flight.
Q 20Whom does Holly move in with at the end of the finale?
Rabbi Feldman
She hits it off with the rabbi and decides to convert to Judaism.
Q 24Which pub-restaurant is a regular hangout on the show?
Cooper's
Most scenes, though, are in the Heffernan house.
Q 25Where was Doug born, a fact he only discovers in season five?
Montreal
The Canadian origin comes out in the episode 'Dog Shelter'.
Q 26What is Carrie's actual first name?
Simone
Carrie Heffernan, née Simone Spooner.
Q 27Which character was quietly written out in season three so the actor could join another sitcom?
Richie Iannucci
Larry Romano left for Kristin; Richie called Doug 'Moose'.
Q 28Which character vanished after the first season and was later treated as if she never existed?
Sara Spooner
Carrie's half-sister appeared in five early episodes; later plots imply Carrie is an only child.
Q 29Which talk-show host plays Doug's sister Stephanie?
Ricki Lake
A gym teacher who thinks her parents favour Doug; she has a fling with Richie.
Q 30What nickname did Doug once give his cousin Danny?
Stumpy
Danny once owned a pizza parlour and is divorced from a woman named Eva.