90s Sitcoms Trivia
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127 free 90s Sitcoms trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
63 free 90s Sitcoms trivia questions with answers. The 1990s were the last decade when a sitcom could pull 50 million viewers on a Thursday night, and this quiz covers the whole lineup. NBC's Must See TV (Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier, Mad About You, 3rd Rock, NewsRadio, Will & Grace), ABC's TGIF (Full House, Family Matters, Boy Meets World, Step by Step, Sabrina), the Fox upstarts (Married... with Children, Martin, Living Single, That '70s Show), and CBS staples like Murphy Brown, The Nanny and Everybody Loves Raymond all get their turn. The questions range from catchphrases and theme songs anyone who grew up with a TV will remember, to production details and cast trivia for people who still argue about the Seinfeld finale. It works as a pub quiz round, a rewatch-party game, or a nostalgic solo run through the decade. Every answer is checked against the show's Wikipedia article and the supporting sentence is shown after each question. Fifty-five questions, free, no signup.
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Q 01Seinfeld's four main characters are Jerry, George, Elaine and which apartment neighbor?
Kramer
Cosmo Kramer, played by Michael Richards, lives across the hall in apartment 5B and is one of the four leads; Newman is only a recurring neighbor.
Q 02Which Seinfeld episode introduced the December 23rd holiday of Festivus?
The Strike
'The Strike' (December 1997) introduced Festivus, a holiday writer Dan O'Keefe's father Daniel had really invented for the O'Keefe family in 1966.
Q 03Which real New York eatery provided the exterior shot for the gang's hangout, Monk's Cafe, on Seinfeld?
Tom's
Tom's Restaurant, at 112th Street and Broadway in Morningside Heights, supplied Monk's exterior and also inspired Suzanne Vega's 1987 song 'Tom's Diner'.
Q 04George Costanza was assistant to the traveling secretary of which team?
New York Yankees
Larry David voiced the owner, George Steinbrenner, who was only ever seen from behind.
Q 05Seinfeld's George Costanza was famously based on which real person?
Larry David
George was modeled on co-creator Larry David, who ran the writers' room for seven seasons, left in 1996 and returned to write the 1998 finale.
Q 06What was the working title of Friends while it was in development in late 1993?
Insomnia Cafe
Crane and Kauffman pitched the show as Insomnia Cafe in late 1993; it was retitled Friends Like Us and then Six of One before NBC settled on Friends.
Q 07Which Friends character appeared in all ten seasons but was only credited as a guest star?
Gunther
Gunther, played by James Michael Tyler, turned up in all ten seasons, roughly 150 episodes, yet was always billed as a guest star while quietly pining for Rachel.
Q 08How much were the six Friends stars each paid per episode in seasons nine and ten?
$1 million
Each of the six earned $1 million per episode in seasons nine and ten, up from $750,000, after negotiating their contracts collectively from season three onward.
Q 09Roughly how many American viewers watched the Friends finale on May 6, 2004?
52.5 million
The Friends finale drew 52.5 million US viewers on May 6, 2004, the largest audience for any scripted episode of the 2000s.
Q 10Joey Tribbiani on Friends became famous playing Dr. Drake Ramoray on which real soap opera?
Days of Our Lives
Days of Our Lives killed Drake off by dropping him down an elevator shaft after Joey bragged that he wrote his own lines.
Q 11The Cheers spin-off Frasier moved Frasier Crane from Boston to which city?
Seattle
Frasier moved to Seattle in 1993 to host a call-in psychiatry show on the fictional radio station KACL 780 AM.
Q 12Frasier won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series how many years in a row?
Five
Frasier took Outstanding Comedy Series five years running, 1994 through 1998, a streak later matched by Modern Family from 2010 to 2014.
Q 13What is the name of Martin Crane's Jack Russell terrier on Frasier?
Eddie
Eddie, Martin's Jack Russell terrier, was played by Moose and later Moose's son Enzo; Moose even 'wrote' a 2000 memoir, My Life as a Dog.
Q 21Uncle Jesse's Full House surname was changed after season one at Stamos's request to reflect what?
His Greek heritage
He started out as Jesse Cochran and became Jesse Katsopolis.
Q 22Steve Urkel was introduced on Family Matters as what kind of character?
A one-time guest
Urkel was written as a one-time guest for the 1989 episode 'Laura's First Date', but Jaleel White's nerd proved so popular he took over the show.
Q 23Family Matters was a spin-off of which earlier ABC sitcom?
Perfect Strangers
Harriette Winslow, the Chicago Chronicle elevator operator on Perfect Strangers, was spun off with her family into Family Matters in 1989.
Q 14Frasier's closing-credits theme, sung by Kelsey Grammer, is titled what?
Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs
'Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs', by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnessee, closes every episode; its lyrics are read as a nod to the mixed-up callers on Frasier's show.
Q 15Which Fresh Prince character was recast after season three, with Daphne Maxwell Reid taking over?
Aunt Vivian
Aunt Vivian Banks was played by Janet Hubert for three seasons, then by Daphne Maxwell Reid from 1993, a switch the show mocked in Jazz's line about her looking different.
Q 16Which Fresh Prince character was repeatedly thrown out of the Banks mansion by Uncle Phil?
Jazz
Jazz, played by DJ Jazzy Jeff, was hurled out of the Banks front door by Uncle Phil in a running gag that reused the same stock footage.
Q 17Will's preppy cousin on Fresh Prince was named after which TV writer?
Carlton Cuse
Carlton Banks was named after Carlton Cuse, a Harvard friend of co-creator Andy Borowitz; Cuse later ran Lost as showrunner alongside Damon Lindelof.
Q 18Home Improvement's show-within-a-show, Tool Time, was sponsored by which fictional tool company?
Binford
Binford Tools sponsored Tool Time and stamped its name on every tool; the show-within-a-show was conceived as a parody of PBS's This Old House.
Q 19Which future Baywatch star played the first 'Tool Time girl', Lisa, on Home Improvement?
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson played Lisa in seasons one and two (1991-93) before leaving for Baywatch; Debbe Dunning's Heidi replaced her from season three.
Q 20Under what single combined name were the twins playing Michelle Tanner credited on Full House?
Mary Kate Ashley Olsen
They were billed as 'Mary Kate Ashley Olsen', as if one child, because producers did not want viewers to know twins were sharing the role of Michelle.
Q 24Carl Winslow on Family Matters was played by an actor fresh from which 1988 action movie?
Die Hard
Reginald VelJohnson played a Chicago police officer on the show, and an LAPD sergeant in the film.
Q 25Which teacher and neighbor of Cory Matthews did William Daniels play on Boy Meets World?
Mr. Feeny
George Feeny taught Cory's sixth-grade class, became his high-school principal and then a college professor, all while living next door to the Matthews family.
Q 26The Disney Channel sequel to Cory and Topanga's story, which ran 2014 to 2017, was titled what?
Girl Meets World
Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel returned as married parents.
Q 27Karen Walker, played by Megan Mullally, technically works as what on her NBC sitcom?
Grace's assistant
Karen is nominally Grace's assistant at Grace Adler Designs, a job she keeps for amusement; married to multimillionaire Stan, she never cashes her paychecks.
Q 28Which US vice president said Will & Grace 'probably did more to educate the American public' on LGBT issues?
Joe Biden
Joe Biden, then vice president, made the remark on Meet the Press in May 2012 while voicing his support for same-sex marriage.
Q 29Who eventually played the aliens' unseen boss, the Big Giant Head, on 3rd Rock from the Sun?
William Shatner
Harry receives his transmissions by standing rigid and shouting 'Incoming message from the Big Giant Head!'
Q 30The 3rd Rock aliens' cover was a family led by Dick Solomon, a physics professor at which fictional university?
Pendelton
Dick Solomon taught physics at the fictional Pendelton State University; John Lithgow's real son Ian played Leon, one of his dimmest students.