The One with The Questions - The Friends Quiz

The One with The Questions
The Friends Quiz
By Qilluminati

Rules for the Event
• Assume you are one of the live audience at the
first episode of Friends. It is 1994 and you do
not have a smartphone. Hence, you cannot
text, receive calls or Google for the rest of the
event.
• Please do not peep in your neighbour’s sheet.
• The Quizmaster’s decision is final and binding.

Rounds of the Day
• The Quiz is divided into six rounds:
– The First Eliminator Written Round of 10 Questions, after
which the Top 14 Teams will go to the next round.
– The Second Eliminator Written Round of 10 Questions,
after which the Top 12 Teams will go to the next round.
– The Dry Round of 12 Questions.
– The Third Eliminator List-It Round, after which the Top 8
Teams will go through the next round.
– The Audio-Visual Round of 8 Questions.
– The Final Topic Selection Round of 16 Questions to
decide the Top 3 Teams.

Welcome Message from Someone Special

Round I : The One Where We Select 14 Teams
• Written Round.
• 10 Questions.
• Top 14 Teams will go through to the next round.
• Starred Questions (1, 4, 7 and 10) are present to
break ties.
• In case there is a tie in starred questions too, the
team with the longer streak of correct answers
will qualify.
• +5 for every correct answer. There are no
negatives.

* Question 1.
Given is a list of TV 20’s top television catchphrases
(as per August 2005):
1. Seinfeld – “Yada, yada, yada.”
2. Honeymooners – “To the moon, Alice!”
3. The Simpsons – “Eat my shorts!”
4. X.
5. Star Trek – “Live long and prosper.”
What is X?

Rachel - 21 times,
Ross - 19 times,
Joey - 13 times,
Phoebe - 10 times,
Chandler - 9 times,
Monica - 7 times,
Ross and Rachel - 4 times,
Joey and Rachel - 3 times,
Monica and Chandler - 2 times,
Ross and Monica - 1 time.
What is this list about?
Question 2.

Joey Tribbiani played Dr. Drake Ramoray in the
daytime soap opera, Days Of Our Lives. What was
Dr. Drake Ramoray’s specialty?
Question 3.

* Question 4.
This video is inspired from a sequence from Friends.
Who was the actor in the Friends sequence?

Name both the sisters of Rachel.
1
Question 5.
2

In what way were the twins Cali Sheldon and Noel
Sheldon (born on June 17, 2002) a part of Friends?
Question 6.

What was the name of
the first restaurant
where Monica worked
as a chef?
It shares its name with
the element shown in
the image.
* Question 7.

Question 8.
If Phoebe sings Smelly Cat, what song did her
father Frank Buffay Sr. sing to her as a lullaby when
she was a kid?

What was the name of Rachel’s cat?
Question 9.

* Question 10.
What else must be added to make it a complete list?

Number of Times Their Names Appear in the Episode Names.

Round II : The One Where We Select 12 Teams
• Written Round.
• 10 Questions.
• Starred Questions (1, 4, 7 and 10) are present to
break ties.
• In case there is a tie in starred questions too, the
team with the longer streak of correct answers
will qualify.
negatives.

This is Yasmine Bleeth, famous for her role in TV
Shows Baywatch and One Life to Live.
Who was named Yasmine after her?
* Question 1.

In Season 5 Episode 5, “The One with The Kips”,
Chandler returns after spending a weekend with
Monica and claims that he fought with his
colleagues. When asked by Joey if his weekend was
a total bust or not, he says that it was not since he
got to see X waiting for an elevator. Which
personality, hugely talked about recently, does
Chandler claim to have seen at the conference?
Question 2.

Initially Chandler’s and
Monica’s apartment
numbers were 4 and 5.
This later got changed to
19 and 20.
What was the reason
behind this, according to
the makers of the show?
Question 3.

* Question 4.
Todd Van Luling published an article in The
Huffington Post in May 2016, where he talked
about his year-long quest to uncover someone’s
identity. The author describes how after a year of
having scoured the earth, he was finally able to
identify Jon Haugen as the man in question.
Why would he be relevant in today’s quiz?

In “The One with the Holiday Armadillo”, what
festival does Ross talk to his son Ben about in his
attempts to make him learn more about their Jewish
faith?
Question 5.

In Season 5 Episode 22, “The One with Joey’s Big
Break”, Joey’s film venture is scrapped in the
desert, and since he is financially strapped, he has
to take up a job as an impersonator of a Roman
soldier.
At which luxury hotel, created by Jay Sarno in
1966, does he take this job?
Question 6.

How many sisters does Joey have?
Who among them hooks up with Chandler?
* Question 7.

Question 8.
While it is widely believed that Friends has
propagated this myth, the first noted instance of
this myth has been found in the 1994 novel, Rosina
Saves the Day.
Which myth that talks about “lifelong
commitment” am I talking about?

David, the Scientist Guy,
was a long-standing love
interest of Phoebe. In
which city did he move to
for research leaving
Phoebe heartbroken?
Question 9.

* Question 10.
The definition of a term, according to Urban
Dictionary:
“An office job where one’s role/responsibility is not
clearly defined, but is a combination of data entry
and analysis. This sort of role is difficult for the
employee to describe to friends or family, often
sounding boring or confusing or both to those
outside the office environment.”
Which term?

To Show that Their Apartment was at a Higher Floor.

“Lobsters Mate for Life” is a Lie. 

Round III : The One With The Dry Questions
• Direct Questions Round.
• 12 Questions.
• Every team gets one question. The question
passes if the team cannot answer it correctly.
• +10 for every correct answer on both direct
questions and passed questions. There are no
negatives.

Pornographic Films Starring Ursula Buffay.

Question 1.
There was a department store in Paris that was
known as Aux Buttes Chaumont. It started
operation in around 1878 and continued till 1891.
What connection does this toy store have with
the TV show?

The Poster over Monica’s TV Set.

Question 2.
If the first one was guessed incorrectly, and the second was
guessed correctly, what is the second one?

The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Explain with reference to Friends.
Question 3.

These are lines from Phoebe’s song ‘In the Shower’:
“I’m in the shower and I'm writing a song.
Stop me if you've heard it.
My skin is soapy, and my hair is wet,
and Tegrin spelled backward is Nirget.
____ ____ ____,
and ____ ____ ____,
and ____ ____ ____.”
Fill in the repeating blanks.
Question 4.

In Season 9 Episode 18, “The One with the Lottery“,
while wondering about what they would do if they
won the lottery, Joey says that they should pool in
their money and buy X, an institution started in
1946 and one of the two of its kind based in
New York, the other one being in Brooklyn, and
then Chandler calls him out on how he thinks that
is not the way to go.
What is X?
Question 5.

“Her name was Katie, and she was notorious for
doing everything perfectly in rehearsal and when it
would come time to shoot in front of an audience,
she would not do things perfectly.”
Which cast member is James Michael Tyler talking
about here?
Question 6.

June Gable appeared as a nurse on “The One with
the Birth” (Season 1 Episode 23) as Ben was born to
Ross and Carol. She made her first appearance in
the role for which she is primarily known to us in
Season 2 Episode 10, “The One with Russ” playing
X. X’s last appearance was in the same episode
featuring the last appearances of Jack and Judy
Geller.
Identify X.
Question 7.

In the show’s pilot, Monica and Chandler introduce
Joey as someone whom they had seen in a play
version of a 1883 novel, and then Chandler makes
fun of how and what Joey had to do in the
production. This iconic children’s novel was
written by an author from the country from which
the Tribbianis immigrated to the USA, and it has
sold millions of copies since it was first released
and remains popular to this day.
What is the novel in question?
Question 8.

In 2016, Matt LeBlanc was added as a host on Top
Gear. A common joke started trending on social
networking sites after BBC announced this news
that said “He's not always _____ __ ______ ____!”.
BBC themselves acknowledged the humour of
the joke and posted a picture of LeBlanc on
Facebook with the same words written on it.
Fill in the blanks.
Question 10.

The last ever appearance of this actress on the
show (not in person) is credited as “Special Guest
Caller” in an episode of Season 5.
Which actress?
Or, which character did she play more
prominently in the show?
Question 11.

In “The One with Princess Consuela” (Season 10
Episode 14), when Phoebe announces her new
name to Monica and Chandler and they tell her how
they do not like it, she tells them that she is going
to have her friends call her X. X is the real life
middle name of Lisa Kudrow and the name of the
character she plays on the show The Comeback.
What is X?
Question 12.

In Season 8 Episode 2, “The One With The Red
Sweater”, the eponymous object mentioned in the
episode’s title is shown holding a clue as to who the
father of Rachel’s child is, who is discovered to be
Ross at the end of the episode.
However, previously, owing to his owning of the
exact same sweater, who was considered as the
father by Phoebe?
Audience Question.

Round IV : The One Where We Select 8 Teams
• Written Round.
• In case of a tie, the team with a higher score in
the Dry Round will go through.
negatives.

The Question.
For all of the six main Friends characters, write their
middle names.

Chandler ______ Bing.
Question 1.

Chandler Muriel Bing.
Question 1.

Joey _______ Tribbiani Jr.
Question 2.

Joey Francis Tribbiani Jr.
Question 2.

Ross _______ Geller.
Question 3.

Ross Eustace Geller.
Question 3.

Rachel _____ Green.
Question 4.

Rachel Karen Green.
Question 4.

Monica _ Geller.
Details about Monica’s middle name are not known
apart from the starting alphabet. Which alphabet
does her middle name start with?
Question 5.

Phoebe Buffay.
Details about Phoebe’s middle name are not known
at all. Why?
Question 6.

Ursula had sold Phoebe’s Birth Certificate to a
Swedish Runaway.
Question 6.

Round V : The One With The Videos
• 8 Questions.
• A scene will be shown, you have to tell what
happens next and what are the next lines of
dialogue.
• Every team gets one question. The question
passes if the team cannot answer it correctly.
negatives.

[All video questions. Hence, skipping the round on Slideshare.]
Scores?

Round VI : The One Where Teams Select Their Questions
• 16 Questions.
• Every team gets to select two questions. The
question passes if the team cannot answer it
correctly.
negatives.

GUEST
APPEARANCES
TITLE AND
EPISODE NAMES
CATCHPHRASES REFERENCES
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She acted in the movie
Blue Lagoon at the age
of 14. Her other famous
appearances include
Pretty Baby, Hannah
Montana among others.
Which role did she play
in Friends?
Question 1.

Erika / Joey’s Stalker.
(Brooke Shields.)

Famous for his roles in
the TV shows like
House, Blackadder,
Jeeves and Wooster,
which role did he play
in Friends?
Question 2.

The stranger who sat next to Rachel on her flight to
England and mocked her plan to break up Ross' wedding.

Famous as a talk show
host, we see him interview
a certain character in his
talk show in Friends.
Which character?
Question 3.

Chandler’s Mom / Nora Tyler Bing.
(Jay Leno.)

Famous for his roles in
movies like Dead Man
Walking, I Am Sam, Mystic
River, 21 Grams, Milk,
among other, which role
did he play in Friends?
Question 4.

Ursula Buffay’s Ex-Fiancée Eric.
(Sean Penn.)

List all the friends characters in the order of their
appearances in the opening credits.
Question 5.

The pilot episode, apart from being called “The
Pilot” and “The First One”, has two official alternate
titles.
Give me either one of them.
Question 6.

The One Where It All Began.
The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate.

There are only two instances when the title of the
episodes did not follow “The One
where/after/with/in” nomenclature:
The series finale and Season 5 Episode 3.
What were they called?
Question 7.

The Last One,
The One Hundredth.

When the opening credits rolled for Season 6
Episode 1, “The One after Vegas”, in order to reflect
a happy occurrence in the personal life of
somebody, what was added to the names of all the
members of the main cast?
Question 8.

Arquette.
(In commemoration of Courteney Cox having married David Arquette.)

The catchphrase X, which essentially comes from a
Japanese fighting style, also shares its name with this
dish. What is X?
Question 9.

Although this
catchphrase was
coined by one of the
main cast members,
the punk girl in the
picture was partly
responsible for it.
Which catchphrase
from the show?
Question 10.

The term X, essentially means the central point, pin,
or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.
In data processing, a X Table is a data summarization
tool found in data visualization programs such as
spreadsheets or business intelligence software.
What is X?
Question 11.

Connect:
“A Latino expression used when something awesome happens or
when you're feeling good.” - Urban Dictionary.
and
Question 12.

Given is a picture of a home furnishing store chain
mentioned in Season 6 Episode 11. This is considered
to be one of the best examples of product placement
on TV. According to the store management, “phones
light up with catalog requests every time it airs.“
Name this store.
Bigger picture
in next slide.
Question 13.

In Season 2 Episode 5, ”The One With Five Steaks And
An Eggplant“, Chandler had planned to get a gift, a
cake and tickets for the concert of this band for Ross’
birthday. Eventually only Ross, Monica and
Chandler had attended the concert.
Which band was this?
Question 14.

Identify the person in the video and tell what
implications does he have on a certain character
from the TV show.
Question 15.

In “The One in Barbados”
(Season 9 Episode 23 and
24), Monica tells Chandler
how they are the only ones
leaving the island with the
one who they came.
Chandler, however, true to
his self, says how that is
not true since he arrived
with Monica and he is
leaving with X.
Who was he referring to?
Question 16.

Round VI : The One Where Teams Are Tied
• Lightning Round.
• 5 Questions for each team.
• In case there is a tie in this round too, the team
with the higher prelims score will win.
negatives.

Question 1.
In order to have to stop dumping Janice, what
country does Chandler say he is moving to?

Question 2.
In the context of the show, what would you call a
Joey Special?

Question 3.
Which character has the last words on the
show?

Question 4.
What does he/she say?

Question 5.
The name of what, used by Ross in a certain
episode, translates to “above white” in English?

Question 1.
What iconic element of the show was discovered
in the basement of the Warner Brothers Studio?

Question 2.
After Joey’s musical Freud! bombs, which role does
Estelle get him to audition for?

Question 3.
When Monica goes to Tulsa to surprise Chandler, he
was watching porn in his hotel room.
What programme did Chandler quickly change the
channel to?

Question 4.
Two names were suggested by Ross for his and
Rachel’s baby girl, both of which were rejected by
Rachel.
Give me either one of the two names.

Question 5.
Which TV show started on September 9, 2004, on
NBC, in the former time slot of Friends?

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