There's No Way 00s Kids Are Getting Over 50% On This Friends Quiz
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Friends is, without a doubt, one of the most popular TV shows of all time. Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey still remain, to this day, six of the most beloved and iconic characters in the history of television.
They didn't just dominate the airwaves in the 1990s and then disappear into thin air as a monument of the TV and culture and society of that time. It continues to dominate the TV airwaves today, even as it has gone into reruns. Millions of people across the world can't get enough of that group of characters' antics. In the years since it went off the air, the fan base of Friends has continued to grow, thanks to the age of streaming and online viewing. A recent report concluded that Netflix can thank its streaming of Friends for a large chunk of its success.
The cast members have all gone on to be huge stars in their own right, particularly A list movie star Jennifer Aniston. Only a truly dedicated fan of the show will be able to ace their way through these 50 trivia questions about their favorite sitcom. So, slip into a zen state of unagi and give this quiz a go.
What country did Ross take everyone to for a conference?
The final season of Friends begins not in the usual location of New York, but in an exotic country where everyone has come out for a science conference that Ross is attending. There is a lot of drama for the friends on a romantic front out there, as Joey's relationship with his girlfriend didn't fare well and then Ross got together with her. Also, Monica's hair went really frizzy in the humidity. What exotic country did Ross take everyone to for a conference?
What city do the characters live in?
The city in which Friends is set makes up a large part of the identity of the show. The characters are all from that city and it has informed who they are. This is one of those cities where if it is the setting of a movie or a TV show, then the cast and crew of that project will say in interviews that the city is like another character in the story. What city do the characters live in?
Who does Phoebe marry in season 10?
Out of the six main characters in Friends, Phoebe Buffay was the one who was least likely to get married. Well, her and Joey. She just did not get into many long term relationships, and often when she did, they would end badly for her. After all of her struggles, she did deserve to have a happy ending and she got that when she married the man of her dreams, who she had originally met on a fluke. Who does Phoebe marry?
Which long running soap opera did Joey have a role on?
Joey Tribbiani started off Friends as a struggling actor, and in the first couple of seasons, jokes were made out of how he could not get any roles in movies or TV shows and would just get extra work or star in bad off Broadway plays or appear in TV ads. His big break came when he scored a major recurring role on a long running real world TV soap opera. Which long running soap opera did Joey have a role on?
What does Joey not like to share?
There have been plenty of iconic episodes of Friends and plenty of iconic quotes from the show. One of the most iconic lines is Joey yelling at a woman who he is on a date with, "Joey doesn't share ___!!" Although he might seem childish for not wanting to share with this woman, it is actually not too hard to relate to him and agree with him. He just wants to keep it to himself. What does Joey not like to share?
Who always says: "We were on a break!"?
The phrase "We were on a break!" has become etched into the brains of Friends fans as they have heard one character out of the Ross and Rachel pairing say it about a dozen times. This character feels like it was okay that they were with someone else after a big argument within the couple, because they had stipulated that they were on a break from their relationship. Who always says the following phrase in Friends: "We were on a break!"?
What was Joey's character's name?
Joey once met a deranged woman who thought that he actually was his soap opera character and didn't realize he was an actor. Joey got himself fired from his soap opera job when he naively told the press that he writes all his dialogue. The writers of the show exacted their revenge by writing his character out of the show. What was the name of Joey's character in the TV soap opera on which he appeared for a few seasons?
What is Phoebe's most popular song?
While it is not her main source of income, Phoebe Buffay is known for playing gigs at the coffee shop. She cracks out the guitar and plays a series of chords and sings unusual lyrics that are oddly very catchy. She has a number of songs that she plays on the show, but there is one that has caught on in the popular culture more than any other one. What is the name of Phoebe's most popular song in Friends?
What is Joey's classic pick-up line?
Joey Tribbiani gained a reputation over the course of the series run of Friends for being kind of a ladies' man. He was constantly hitting on women and going out on dates. He had a pick up line that he would always use when he met a woman. This quote is one of the best known lines in the whole show and it has become a staple of popular culture over the years. What is Joey's classic pick up line in Friends?
How many times has Ross been married by the end of the show's run?
It became a running gag throughout the series run of Friends that Ross would get married to women and then divorce them shortly afterwards. Everyone made fun of him for it and he became known as the guy whose marriages don't work. He even tried to give himself the nickname "the Divorce Force" to try and make it kind of cool that he had been through so many splits. How many times has Ross been married by the end of the show's run?
What is Janice's catchphrase?
Janice, the on and off girlfriend of Chandler who also, at one point, dated Ross, is known for saying one specific phrase. It's how she can be spotted. If her distinctive voice can be heard saying these words, she's back. She is also known for her loud and distinctive laugh, which she does as a response to pretty much everything. She continued to pop up in the show every now and then, even after Chandler married Monica. What is Janice's catchphrase?
In which city do Chandler and Monica first get together?
One of the most iconic moments in the history of not only Friends, but of television as a whole, is when Chandler and Monica got together in Friends. It was such a huge and unexpected turn in the road for these two characters, but it was one that was very well received by the fans of the show. They ended up staying together from then until the end of the series. In which city do Chandler and Monica first get together?
What coffee shop do the characters always hang out at?
A lot of sitcoms have a coffee shop in which all of the characters like to hang out. Perhaps the most iconic fictional coffee shop from any sitcom in TV history is the one from Friends. It is a coffee shop that many coffee shops from the real world have been named and designed after this one in order to draw in customers who might be fans of the TV show. What coffee shop do the characters always hang out at?
Who is the father of Rachel's daughter Emma?
It came as a huge surprise to Rachel's closest friends Phoebe and Monica when they found a pregnancy test that was positive in the bin in the bathroom. They spent a while after that trying to figure out who the father of the child could be. As it turns out, it was the character who has always had an on and off relationship with her and ended up with at the end. Who is the father of Rachel's daughter Emma?
What does Ross do when he's teaching?
Much like his counterpart Ted Mosby would do in a very similar show called How I Met Your Mother a few years later, Ross Geller once took on a job as a lecturer in a college. One time, while he was wrapping up one of his classes, Rachel and Phoebe came in to see him and realized that he does something quite different with his students while teaching. They, of course, make fun of him for it, but those with public speaking issues can probably understand.
What is Phoebe's twin sister's name?
Given the fact that Lisa Kudrow, the actress who plays the role of Phoebe on Friends, was playing a different role on a different TV show that was also airing on NBC, it was decided by the producers of both TV shows that those two characters are actually twin sisters and it created a sort of cross over where the two shows are set in the same fictional universe as one another. What is Phoebe's twin sister's name in Friends?
Which character got their own short lived spin-off series?
When a TV show is successful and gets a lot of fans, the producers will generally want to keep the party going after the original show ends and so they will make a whole new TV show about just one of the characters. After Cheers ended, they made a show about the Frasier Crane character. After Breaking Bad ended, they made a show about the Saul Goodman / Jimmy McGill character. Which character got their own short lived spin off series from Friends?
Who did Rachel leave at the altar?
It's crazy to think of a time when Rachel Green was not a part of the group of friends at the heart of this show, but at the beginning of the pilot episode, they are just a group of five friends. She shows up at the coffee shop after running away from her wedding and leaving the groom at the altar. While she never got back together with this guy, he would return sporadically throughout the series. Who did Rachel leave at the altar in the pilot episode?
Who tells Rachel that Ross is in love with her?
At the beginning of Friends' first season, we find out that Ross is in love with Rachel and has been for a long time. Throughout the season, she is kept in the dark about it, but right at the end of the season, one of the other friends accidentally reveals to her that Ross is in love with her. It turns out to be a good thing, as she realizes she loves him back. Who tells Rachel that Ross is in love with her?
What Hanukkah character does Ross create?
Because he and his son are Jewish, Ross decides one year to introduce his kid to Hanukkah. Since there is no character like Santa Claus (or even, at one point, Superman, who shows up played by Joey) to celebrate Hanukkah, Ross decides to create his own in order to tell his son all about his heritage and the culture and traditions and history of his people. It's now an iconic part of the show. What Hanukkah character does Ross create?
Which TV police procedural paired up Joey with a robot?
Joey starred in a lot of fictional TV shows within a TV show or movies within a TV show on Friends. He starred in that WWI movie with Gary Oldman and he also appeared alongside Charlton Heston in one project. The one with the most ridiculous premise might be this cable TV show that he starred in, in which he plays a cop who is partnered up with a robot. Which TV police procedural paired up Joey with a robot?
Where was Rachel planning to move at the end of the series?
At the end of Friends' final season, Rachel receives an offer to go and do her dream job, but the catch is that it is overseas in a different country, and so she has to say goodbye to all of her closest friends who she will no longer get to see every day and spend all her time with after a decade of doing so. It's real emotional. Where was Rachel planning to move at the end of the series?
Who runs the coffee shop?
This character was never really made into a character until later on in the series. He was always pottering around in the background of the coffee shop scenes, and then in one episode, he was given a weird line of dialogue that he nailed, and so from then on, he became the guy who says weird things and it made him an iconic character. For a while, he was Rachel's boss, and then he was Joey's boss. Who runs the coffee shop?
How many babies do Monica and Chandler have by the end of the series?
Monica and Chandler were always destined to have kids, because Monica always wanted to be a mother and Chandler was her soulmate. They ended up getting a surrogate named Erica who was played by Mom star Anna Faris who carried their babies to term and then delivered them right at the end of the show's run, leaving Monica and Chandler's story on a very happy note. How many babies do Monica and Chandler have by the end of the series?
Where did Ross and Rachel elope?
One of the biggest cliff hanger endings at the end of a season of Friends was when Monica and Chandler are about the elope and then they go down to the wedding chapel and see a newly married Ross and Rachel coming out of there and decide against it. It was pretty wild that they got married on a whim like that. It was the second marriage for Ross and the first for Rachel. Where did Ross and Rachel elope?
How many babies did Phoebe carry for her half brother Frank?
Phoebe had a pregnancy storyline, but she wasn't carrying her own kids. The writers of Friends made a lot of jokes about how uncomfortable people get when they hear that Phoebe is pregnant with her half brother's children. It's not what it sounds like. Really, what's going on is that Phoebe offered to carry the babies for her half brother and his wife, because his wife is not able to. How many babies did Phoebe carry for her half brother Frank?
Where did David move?
A little bit like how fans of the Twilight series are either on Team Jacob or Team Edward, fans of Friends are either on Team Mike or Team David. They were the two most serious relationships that Phoebe has ever been in and the only reason why she didn't stay with David in the first place was because he moved away to another country. And then both he and Mike proposed to her on the same night and she chose Mike. Where did David move?
What is Phoebe's job?
It became a running joke throughout Friends that no one really knows what Chandler's job is, but there is no question about everyone else's job. Obviously, Joey is an actor and Ross is a scientist who loves dinosaurs and Monica is a chef and Rachel is a waitress turned fashion exec. They are all pretty well established and there are storylines revolving around their jobs. The same goes for Phoebe's job, which she is passionate about. What is Phoebe's job?
What is the name of the Ross lookalike that Rachel dates?
In one unusual early episode of Friends, Rachel begins dating a guy who looks exactly like Ross and can't seem to see that this is the case. Both of the characters were played by David Schwimmer, although the lookalike is credited at the end of the episode as "Snaro," which is a pseudonym used by Schwimmer that is sort of an inside joke with one of his friends. What is the name of the Ross lookalike that Rachel goes out with?
What does WENUS stand for?
A lot of jokes were wrought out of Chandler's WENUS reports at work. For example, he would say something like, "I'm looking at the WENUS and I'm not happy!" And of course, the WENUS reports did not help Chandler's friends to better understand exactly what it was that he did for a living. They had no idea until he left that job and went into advertising. WENUS is a funny acronym for a business term. What does WENUS stand for?
Did Rachel get off the plane?
The series finale episode of Friends is one of the highest rated of all time, with a total viewership of over 50 million people. At the end of the episode, Ross receives a message on his answering machine from Rachel as she is trying to leave a plane to come and see him and a flight attendant is telling her to take her seat, so maybe she didn't get off the plane, and he's left wondering until he gets an answer. Did Rachel get off the plane?
What department store gave Rachel a job as an assistant buyer?
Fashion has always been a big passion of Rachel's and she has always wanted to work in the fashion industry. She eventually got her dream job as a buyer at Ralph Lauren in the middle of the series' run, but early on in the run, in about season 3, she was hired in her first official role in the fashion business as an assistant buyer for a well known department store. What department store gave Rachel a job as an assistant buyer?
Which character from science fiction did Ross have a fantasy about?
One of the most iconic moments from Friends is the season 3 episode where Ross reveals that he has a fantasy about a character from science fiction and then, at the end of the episode, Rachel actually puts on the costume and surprises him with it when they go to bed. But then, thanks to what Chandler and Joey have been going through, he can't stop thinking about his mom. Which character from science fiction did Ross have a fantasy about?
Which character's hairstyle became iconic during the show's run?
Sometimes a fictional character's look will become so iconic that it becomes a fashion phenomenon, like a hairstyle in one of the Friends characters or a type of shirt worn by Ray Barone in the show Everybody Loves Raymond. The fashion of Diane Keaton's title character in the movie Annie Hall inspired a cultural shift in the late 1970s. Only one Friends character was lucky enough to have a hairstyle named after them. Which character's hairstyle became iconic during the show's run?
What is the theme song called?
Not every TV show has a theme song. Sometimes there will be an existing song that was written and performed years before the show premiered that they will use as the theme song, or there will just be a couple of tones over a title card like Breaking Bad. There could be a theme tune, but no lyrics, like the opening theme music for Mad Men. But Friends has a genuine song with lyrics as its theme music. What is the theme song of the show called?
At which college is Ross a tenured professor?
It's pretty cool that Ross has tenure in his job as a professor. They don't just give tenure to anybody. That is reserved for the best and brightest professors in any given educational institution. Ross worked as a paleontologist at the Museum of Natural History in the years before he was a professor at a college, but once he was teaching, he never looked back. He enjoyed teaching and enlightening young people. At which college is Ross a tenured professor?
Who played Ross Geller?
The actor who starred as Ross Geller in the show Friends played the role of Robert Kardashian a couple of years ago in the highly acclaimed true life miniseries The People vs OJ Simpson. He has also appeared as Melman the giraffe in the Madagascar series of animated kids' movie and he directed the movie Run Fatboy Run starring Simon Pegg. He played himself in Larry David's show Curb Your Enthusiasm. Who played Ross Geller in the TV series Friends?
Who played Rachel Green?
The actress who played Rachel Green in the TV series Friends is arguably the one of the six main cast members from the show who has gone on to become the biggest star after the show has ended. She has starred in a ton of successful movies, from Rumor Has It to Bruce Almighty to Office Space and its 2014 sequel to Just Go with It in which she starred alongside Adam Sandler. Who played the role of Rachel Green in Friends?
Who played Mike Hannigan?
The role of Mike Hannigan, the man who would eventually marry Phoebe, was played by an actor who is now one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. He has starred in such movies as Role Models and This is 40 and I Love You, Man and This is the End. Since 2015, he has also been one of the stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the superhero role of Scott Lang / Ant Man. Who played Mike Hannigan?
Who played Joey Tribbiani?
The actor who starred in the role of struggling actor Joey Tribbiani in the TV series Friends has since gone on to star in his own TV show called Episodes in which he plays a version of himself who is starring in the US remake of a UK TV show. He uses the show to poke fun at himself. He was also one of the hosts of Top Gear at one point. Who played Joey Tribbiani in the TV show Friends?
Who played Richard Burke?
The actor who played the role of Monica's older boyfriend Richard, the one who she came so close to marrying but then didn't in the end, is best known for his tough guy roles in TV shows like Magnum PI and Blue Bloods. He also starred in the movie Three Men and a Baby, the comedy that was directed by Spock actor Leonard Nimoy about three guys trying to raise a baby together. Who played the role of Richard in Friends?
Who played Chandler Bing?
Chandler Bing is arguably the funniest character on Friends, because he is the one who overtly tells jokes rather than just getting himself into comical situations and misadventures. The actor who played the role of Chandler Bing in Friends has since gone on to star in a TV remake of the Neil Simon play The Odd Couple. He was in the movie The Whole Nine Yards with Amanda Peet and his Friends co star Bruce Willis. Who played Chandler Bing on Friends?
Who played Monica Geller?
The actress who played the role of the chef Monica Geller on the TV sitcom Friends has gone on to star in another TV show called Cougar Town. She has also appeared in movies like Ace Ventura: Pet Detective alongside Jim Carrey and The Longest Yard alongside Adam Sandler. She also guest starred in the Seinfeld episode "The Wife" as a woman who pretends to be Jerry's wife to get a dry cleaning discount. Who played Monica Geller on Friends?
Who played Phoebe Buffay?
The actress who played the role of Phoebe Buffay in Friends has had a lot of film roles in the years since Friends premiered. The most popular of them might be Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, a hit comedy movie that was released in the late '90s and has gone on to become a cult success. It was directed by David Mirkin, who has done a lot of work on The Simpsons, and starred the actress who played Phoebe alongside other screen legends like Mira Sorvino and Janeane Garofalo. Who played Phoebe Buffay?
Who played Parker?
Parker, the boyfriend of Phoebe's who was always really excited about everything and was obsessed with taking "a mental picture" whenever a moment or an event or a meeting made him happy, which was a lot of the time. The actor who guest starred in this role recently started his own talk show. He often appears in Saturday Night Live and starred alongside Tina Fey in the sitcom 30 Rock. Who played the role of Parker in an episode of Friends?
Who played Jack Geller?
The role of Jack Geller, the father of both Ross and Monica Geller, is a comedy legend. He was Oscar nominated for his performance in the movie. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. He appeared in all three of the Ocean's Eleven movies alongside heavyweight A list stars like George Clooney and Brad Pitt and Matt Damon and he was in the original Robert Altman comedy movie that inspired the TV sitcom M*A*S*H in 1970. Who played Jack Geller?
How many seasons of Friends were there?
Friends managed to outdo its closest rival Seinfeld by one season. The highest ratings for the season actually were not in the final season. The highest ratings actually came two years before the final season, but the final season still had very high ratings and the series finale episode was viewed by over 50 million people, so the show wasn't doing bad for itself at the end. How many seasons of Friends were there during its initial TV broadcast run?
What year did Friends premiere?
The year that Friends first premiered on NBC was not only a great year for television, but it was also a great year for movies. Quentin Tarantino burst onto the indie film scene with Pulp Fiction, Disney had a huge animated hit on their hands with The Lion King, and while it wasn't appreciated in its day, the movie The Shawshank Redemption is still ranked by IMDb as the greatest movie ever made. What year did Friends premiere on NBC?
What year did the final season of Friends air?
The final season of Friends was not its highest rated one. That honor actually goes to season 8, which came a couple of years before the final season. Still, the final season was seen as a return to form by a lot of critics who had noticed a decline in quality and it was well received by audiences as well. The ratings were still some of the highest of the time. What year did the final season of Friends air?
Who created Friends?
The writing duo that created Friends must be pretty loaded at this point. They are responsible for creating six of the most memorable and beloved and iconic characters on television, and put them into one of the most successful and popular and timeless sitcoms in the history of TV. The show that they created has inspired dozens of shows that have followed. We have them to thank for How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory. Who created Friends?