The Joey Quiz That Even Chandler Would Fail
- by Piyush Jain
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Joey Tribbiani Jr. and Chandler Bing may just be some of the best pals in our beloved comedy show Friends. They live in an apartment together, they love to play foosball, lounge in their Barcaloungers, crack open a cold one, and just chill in front of their huge TV set, ‘cause they’re really just chill, good friends. So, one might expect that Chandler just knows it all about our humorous and flirty Joey, like maybe how he takes his coffee in the morning, or what his favorite food is, or how much it cost him to buy the TV set and Barcaloungers for them. Those things may be some things that you, dear viewer and Friends fan, might know too! But do not be fooled, as this quiz is not for the faint of heart!
Do you really call yourself a Friends fan? Do you swear by the gods old and new that Joey Tribbiani Jr. is just your absolute favorite of the six of them? Do you claim to be so dedicated to him that you know more about him than Chandler Bing might?! Well if you say yes to all three questions – this quiz might just be for you! Any fan of Joey would know which show he appeared in, or how many sisters he has, or which condiment he hates the most. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of Friends and Joey specifically, and see if you can ace a questionnaire not even Chandler Bing himself can pass!
How many sisters does Joey have?
You’d think as Joey’s best friend, Chandler would know a lot about his family, but the episode ‘The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister” proves that Chandler really doesn’t: he can’t remember which of Joey’s sisters he ‘fooled around’ with! At Joey’s birthday party, where all of his sisters are present, Chandler gets drunk on vodka Jell-O shots and flirts with Mary Angela. He ends up kissing Mary-Therese though because he can’t tell them apart! This whole situation ends up with Chandler getting a good ol’ black eye!
What is Joey’s second name?
Joey Tribbiani really is not the only name Joey has; actually, his first name is Joseph, and he also has a second name. He is also a ‘Jr.’, as he takes on the name of his father. He was thought to be born in Queens, and comes from a big family, where he is the only male child. He was somewhat accident prone when he was young. He did not want to take on his father’s job, so he aspired to be an actor.
What was the name of his imaginary friend?
Joey is someone who, while somewhat dim-witted at times, is definitely good-natured and has a wide imagination. For instance, he likes to read books and is a fan of a lot of movies, so we can tell he is a pop culture buff. He also has a stuffed penguin toy, and a Cabbage Patch Kid doll; we suppose this is Joey’s childlike personality showing! He also had an imaginary friend when he was young, which was a space cowboy, a possible reference to the Steve Miller Band song.
What was his ‘catchphrase pickup line?’
Though Joey may be slow in math (he once needed a calculator to add 500 and 500), he is not as slow when it comes to picking up girls, and it is also pretty clear that they are attracted to him pretty quickly. He is described as a ‘ladies’ man’ and has been sexually active as early as seventh grade! So it will come as no surprise that he would perfect his trademark pickup catchphrase to really sweep girls off their feet!
What was the name of his stuffed penguin?
Joey may be flirty or promiscuous, but he’s also got a soft spot. In fact, one of Joey’s best kept secrets is that he owns a fluffy penguin toy! He only revealed this particular secret because he tried to convince everyone in the episode ‘The One Where Everybody Finds Out’ that he’s not hiding any secrets (but later on he denies the penguin’s existence). He fondly calls the toy his bedtime penguin pal. We see the penguin many times: for instance, on a stool in their apartment, or on a chair beneath the dartboard, and then on the sofa.
What is his foot size?
It is actually revealed in the episode ‘The One After I Do,’ what size feet Joey actually has, and it is something he is definitely not proud of! This episode had Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe discussing the issue of Rachel's pregnancy, and on the other hand, had Joey trying to impress a Broadway director (Chandler’s mom’s date) and with Chandler slipping around the dance floor so he asks to borrow Joey’s shoes - to Joey’s embarrassment because he feels he has ‘tiny feet.’
Besides the NY Giants, which other team does he like in football?
We know that Joey loves his sports. Often he and Chandler buy tickets to Jets games, or lounge in their reclining chairs and just watch in front of their huge TV set. He likes the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees in baseball (but he doesn’t like the Mets). He likes the New York Knicks in basketball and the New York Rangers in ice hockey. He is strong on his opinions about sports, shown when he argued with a pregnant woman when she criticized his team!
What TV show did he star in?
Joey got his biggest break when he landed a role in a daytime opera as a doctor named Dr. Drake Ramoray, which was initially introduced in ‘The One With Russ.’ He earned a hefty sum from this job, besides the obvious popularity perk, which was proven when he bought a new pair of recliners and a big TV set for his and Chandler’s apartment. Later on, he loses his role when his character falls down an elevator shaft. He was written out because he angered the writers when he said he wrote most of his lines!
What role did he play in Outbreak 2: The Virus Takes Manhattan?
Monica and Jean Claude Van Damme got to meet and flirt in this episode because they were visiting the set of Outbreak 2: The Virus Takes Manhattan; who knew that his actor perks would extend to his friends! Well, okay, they were there for Marcel, Ross’ former pet monkey, but Joey was there too. He initially had the role of a dying man, but this was ultimately changed because he was found to be overacting! What role did he end up acting?
What product was featured in his Japanese commercial?
So far we have seen the numerous jobs Joey entered, such as acting on a daytime soap opera, and acting in a small role in a film, both of which he managed to mess up. But he still makes it to portraying roles in commercials and infomercials, such as when he starred in an infomercial for a device that makes it easier to pour milk out of a carton. He also landed a spot in a Japanese commercial that sells a certain product for men.
What was the title of the play where he gets abducted by aliens?
Joey’s career is really an interesting one. Often, he plays really comical roles, or good roles but ends up botching it because of really hilarious reasons. Besides his TV show and movie spots, like a World War I film, he entered into ‘modelling’ for a poster and starring in commercials. The theatre is also a welcome stage to him, as when he starred in a play opposite Kate Miller as Victor, a seemingly conventional drama but it takes a twist when he gets abducted by aliens.
What was the embarrassing Mario poster for?
Now let us get into the nitty gritty details of his short stint as a model/actor. It seems like outlandish roles for him don’t stop, as in his milk carton infomercial, he plays a man who chokes on a cookie (inadvertently) because he couldn’t open a carton of milk properly without the device. In his later play he was made fun of because of the cookie incident. He was also made fun of for his role as Mario on a particular poster.
What story did he claim would make anyone who hears it have sex with the narrator?
Joey can be somewhat of an ‘idiot savant’ at times, which means he sometimes gets caught up trying to figure out complicated things, as he is characterized as ‘simple minded’ but definitely good natured. He gets flashes of genius though when the situation arises, like when Ross was having trouble finding out who in the class wrote him a love letter and Joey told him to compare it to essays. He also made up an anecdote which he swears will make the hearer of the story want to sleep with the teller!
What was Sarah’s dessert, which Joey ate, when they were on a date?
If there is one other thing to describe Joey besides flirty/promiscuous and good-natured and kind, it is that Joey is a foodie. He just absolutely loves food! He loves sandwiches, can’t help but get his hands on pizza, and does not like it when anyone tries to eat off his plate; he lives strictly by the no sharing of food rule. This is put in jeopardy when his date Sarah tries to eat off his plate and he gets mad, but later on, he can’t help but dig into her dessert when she leaves for a bathroom break.
What is the ‘Joey’s Special’?
Joey loves food so much that he even has a special type of food he likes. His love for sandwiches is not unknown, and there was even a scene where, hilariously, he was just looking out for his sandwich instead of trying to help Ross who appears to have fallen from a gunshot wound. He also has a favorite he calls the ‘Joey’s Special,’ which is a modified type of pizza just for him! So what exactly is it made of?
Which of these is not one of Joey’s sisters’ names?
Ok, so by now we know that Joey has a lot of sisters. So much so in fact that even Chandler himself, Joey’s best friend, did not know just how many they are or sometimes how to tell them apart, which meant trouble for him when he got drunk at Joey’s birthday party! He flirted with one but kissed another, so he found himself with a black eye at the end of the night. The episode also reveals the names of his sisters so at least we, the audience, can tell them apart.
What type of sandwich does he particularly love?
Joey’s love of food knows no bounds. He loves food so much, it’s up there with how much he also loves sex; in fact when he was asked to choose between the two he has trouble deciding and says that he ‘wants girls on bread.’ He loves pizza and sandwiches especially, and this was highlighted with his orders of Joey’s Specials or when he picks his sandwich over Ross’ safety. He doesn’t also like sharing his food, because clearly #foodislyf. There is one type of sandwich that he prefers over the rest.
What Al Pacino film hung on his bedroom wall?
Joey is described as a bit dim-witted but definitely promiscuous, and while he may not be as ‘smart’ as the other friends, he doesn’t fall behind when it comes to pop culture. His and Chandler’s apartment is filled with vintage posters, and so is his room. For example, he has a poster of Alfred Hitchcock and a poster of “Huracan.” There is also one other poster of an Al Pacino movie, the biggest one among the three, which is hung on his bedroom wall.
What book did Rachel make him read to see if it was better than The Shining?
Have we already told you of Joey’s love for anything pop culture? Well, his love for movies and books is especially highlighted by his obsession with Stephen King’s The Shining, which he claims to have read numerous times. He also loves the film adaptation of King’s novel Cujo, which shows the extent of his dedication to the works. He also learned to love a certain classic novel after Rachel made him read it to see if it was better than The Shining.
What were the name of his and Chandler’s chick and duck?
Isn’t it nice seeing Chandler and Joey hanging out? They have so much fun together watching basketball games, eating take out while they station themselves on their reclining chairs, play foosball, and just generally do their best friend stuff. It is also equally adorable therefore when the two adopted a chick and a duck. They sometimes bicker like a couple over the chick and the duck. They even ended up breaking the foosball table because the little ones got stuck in it!
What fraction of being Portuguese did he claim he was?
One of the more adorable relationships we have on the show is the friendship between Phoebe and Joey. They are the male and female best friends to each other, and have no problem discussing different things, like sexuality and that time Phoebe talked about her ex who got her to beg to sleep with him. They arrange dinners for each other, and he supported her when she was pregnant. When she said she never met a Portuguese person, he claimed he was part Portuguese!
Where did Joey move to after the final season of Friends?
In the final season of Friends, which was full of laughter, tears, joy, and nostalgia, we see the general direction the characters’ lives are going to take. Chandler and Monica move to a house with their adopted twins, while Rachel decides to stay with Ross despite the job offer in Paris her old colleague gave her. Phoebe married Mike, and Joey decided to move to a different place to improve his acting skills and find new horizons. Where did he move to?
Who did he fall in love with in Joey?
Joey made it clear in Friends that he is a ladies’ man and is not one to settle down and get married. Though of course, we see him develop feelings for Rachel at some point, and that he is generally good-natured and protective of his female best friends. In Joey, however, we see him slowly realize his feelings for a next door neighbor, who was also his landlady and then friend. She is described as educated but somewhat ditzy, and she is amazed by Joey’s sister’s being street-wise.
What was the name of his nephew in Joey?
The Friends spinoff Joey lasted a couple of seasons, and featured not only Joey but Joey’s older sister as well, who was a ‘temperamental and promiscuous,’ but street-wise and tough woman. She had a son, who was far from Joey’s own personality as he was shy, nervous, and a bit sheltered. It was later revealed he has Asperger’s syndrome. He idolizes his uncle’s ability to get girls and date many women. Just like his uncle though, he is into geeky pop culture things; it is revealed he loves Star Trek and Star Wars.
What was the name of his agent?
One of the central characters in the spin off series Joey is his hilarious, brash, forward, and ‘oversexed’ agent played by the amazing Jennifer Coolidge. Incidentally, Jennifer also played a different and unrelated character in Friends as one of Monica’s old roommates who moved to London then went back for a quick visit. In Joey, she is his agent who is allegedly the ‘12th most powerful woman in Hollywood.’ She also has a huge crush on Joey’s nephew. Her entertainment includes making her assistant do funny tricks.
What was he called when he worked with Chandler?
One of the funniest storylines in season 2 is when he and Chandler worked together in his office, with Joey being an entry level data processor. He treats the job not as Joey, but as an acting role for him, so he creates a whole different background and persona for himself. The backstory was complex and intricate, and to their surprise, and especially to Chandler’s chagrin, their colleagues start to like him to the point that they like him over Chandler! Chandler pretends to sleep with ‘Joey’s wife’ so Joey leaves.
In which year was Joey born?
Though we do not really know their exact ages, we can tell that the friends in the show are somewhere in their late 20s to early 30s during the show’s run. However, little hints about exactly how old they are gets dropped here and there, like when Joey claimed that he was 13-years old in 1981 in the episode ‘The One with Joey’s Fridge.’ It will also be helpful looking at character profiles released by the tv show network, for example.
What was his nickname when working for Monica?
Joey switched up a lot of jobs in his career, though his passion lies mostly in acting, which is apparent when he really goes around acting in movies, TV shows, and commercials. He expands his work by going into modelling and theatre work, where he plays unusual dudes in strange/sad predicaments, such as getting venereal disease or abducted by aliens. He also worked for Monica once when she was head chef, and got himself fired so she can show their colleagues that she isn’t a pushover. Such a nice guy Joey!
What Christmas items did he sell?
Besides the men’s luxury item he advertised in his Japanese commercial, or the milk carton device he advertised in his infomercial, Joey got around to doing other odd jobs such as being a museum tour guide at the Museum of Natural History, being a Christmas elf, and dressing up as Santa Claus himself! Kids must have loved good-natured and kind Joey, though he didn’t just end with being Christmas figures, he sold Christmas items too! What type of item did he sell during Christmas season?
How much was he paid for donating sperm?
Oh, man, we just can’t stop listing all the ways Joey tried to make money! If being a man with venereal disease for an ad wasn’t weird enough, or a tour guide or waiter isn’t either, then surely this one is weirdest of all of them! He partook in a medical experiment as a sperm donor, for which he would receive a hefty amount of money at the end of two weeks. Disappointingly for Joey, he finds out that his sperm is not all that popular.
What was the name of the soldier he played in Over There?
Joey gets his big movie break when he stars in a leading role in a World War I film entitled Over There in the episode ‘The One With Monica and Chandler’s Wedding.’ He starts working with the lead actor Richard Crosby, hilariously depicted by veteran actor Gary Oldman, but starts to get uncomfortable when Richard spits on him while reading lines. Upon confronting him, Richard tells Joey that good actors do that while saying their lines. The next day, they spit on each other when speaking their lines!
What did he name his Cabbage Patch Kid?
Besides his fluffy stuffed penguin toy, Joey reveals he has a Cabbage Patch Kid from Toys R Us too. Though we never actually see the doll, it is mentioned in the episode ‘The One With the Late Thanksgiving.’ It features the friends wanting Emma Geller-Green to enter a baby beauty contest, and Chandler and Monica wanting to go and adopt a kid. He then gets a bad case of nostalgia and compares their situation of waiting for a baby with him getting his doll!
Which of his sisters was a regular character in the spinoff Joey?
Joey Tribbiani wouldn’t have a topsy turvy and hilarious sitcom if it wasn’t also filled with characters from other parts of his life, like his attractive older sister! In the spinoff, his sister is there with her son, and she is portrayed as street-smart, brash, promiscuous, and attractive. She is not particularly bright, but her wisdom makes up for that. She claims that her genius son is the ‘one thing that she has done well.’ Initially employed as a hairdresser, she becomes Joey’s agent’s secretary after the latter was impressed by her ‘brash manner.’
What was his father’s occupation?
Joey has had a lot of jobs during the course of his career: he was an actor in movies, in a TV show (which was his biggest break), he became a model, then an entry-level data processor, then a Santa Claus, even a Christmas elf, a museum guide, and a waiter. He gets around, but he does not want to follow in his father’s footsteps when it comes to a career. We find out about this in ‘The One With the Boobies’ where his father comes to visit the town on business.
Who was Joey originally supposed to end up with?
Friends really is an interesting show. Besides circling around the friendship and the ups and downs in the life of the six best friends, it also is not afraid to explore the romantic or potentially romantic/sexual relationships among them. In the show we have the two relationships grounding the series: Chandler and Monica and Rachel and Ross. But did you know, Joey was also originally supposed to end up with someone in the show too? Just imagine our flirty playboy Joey settling down!