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48 free Boy Meets World trivia questions with answers. Boy Meets World followed Cory Matthews from sixth grade to marriage over seven TGIF seasons, with Mr. Feeny living over the back fence the whole way. This Boy Meets World trivia quiz covers all of it: Cory and Topanga, Shawn and the trailer park, Eric's slow slide into lovable idiocy, Minkus, Mr. Turner and his Harley, Jack, Angela, Rachel, the Yale letter, the graduation proposal, Pennbrook and the New York finale. It also digs into the cast: William Daniels's Emmys, KITT and John Adams, Fred Savage's kid brother, Rider Strong's first-in-line audition, Will Friedle's Batman, Danielle Fishel's replacement casting, the two Morgans, the Monkee who played Topanga's dad, and what happened next in Girl Meets World and Pod Meets World. About a third of the questions are for casual TGIF viewers, a third for people who have seen every episode, and the rest for those who remember Griff Hawkins. Every answer is checked against a cited source shown under the question.
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Q 01On which network did Boy Meets World air from 1993 to 2000?
ABC
It anchored the TGIF block for seven seasons and 158 episodes.
Q 02In which city is the show set?
Philadelphia
Cory starts as a witty 11-year-old middle-schooler there; the gang eventually leaves for New York.
Q 03Who plays Cory Matthews?
Ben Savage
He was already under ABC contract at 11, and the project was briefly known as The Ben Savage Project.
Q 04Which actor plays Mr. Feeny?
William Daniels
He initially turned it down, fearing the character would mock teachers, until Jacobs explained Feeny was based on his own mentor.
Q 05Mr. Feeny is Cory's teacher and also his what?
His next-door neighbour
Cory shares a love-hate relationship with his sixth-grade teacher who lives right over the fence.
Q 06Who plays Shawn Hunter?
Rider Strong
He was the very first actor to audition for the role.
Q 07Who plays Topanga Lawrence?
Danielle Fishel
She was not the original actress cast, but took over before the character's first episode.
Q 08What is the name of Cory's older brother?
Eric
Will Friedle plays him; the character got sillier over time to suit Friedle's comic gifts.
Q 09Cory's little sister Morgan was played by two actresses. Who took over from Lily Nicksay in season three?
Lindsay Ridgeway
On her return the recast Morgan quips, 'That was the longest timeout I ever had!'; both actresses appear in the Girl Meets World finale.
Q 10What are the names of Cory's parents?
Alan and Amy
William Russ and Betsy Randle play them; a fourth child, Joshua, arrives late in the series.
Q 11What was Alan Matthews's job at the start of the show?
Supermarket manager
He ran the Market Giant and won a 'Grocie' Award before opening a sporting-goods store with a friend.
Q 12What did Amy Matthews do for a living in the early seasons?
A real-estate agent
She later worked in an art gallery.
Q 13What is the name of the class genius in Cory's sixth-grade class?
Stuart Minkus
Lee Norris returned in Girl Meets World as the wealthy, helicopter-owning father of Farkle.
Q 21Who pops the question to whom at high-school graduation?
Topanga to Cory
An ABC executive had called marrying them irresponsible until an internet poll changed minds.
Q 22What is the name of the college the gang attends?
Pennbrook
Mr. Feeny follows them there as a professor; the high school was John Adams.
Q 23Which character moves in with Eric and Jack and becomes the object of both their affections?
Rachel McGuire
Maitland Ward's Rachel was the last main-cast addition; Jack ends up dating her.
Q 14Who is Jonathan Turner?
A maverick English teacher
Anthony Tyler Quinn's Harley-riding Mr. Turner takes Shawn in as legal guardian and is written out after a motorcycle accident late in season four.
Q 15How does Mr. Turner leave the show?
He is hospitalised after an accident
A season five cameo has Minkus calling out to an unseen Turner, implying he recovered; Girl Meets World reveals he married his nurse.
Q 16Jack Hunter, played by Matthew Lawrence, is Shawn's what?
Half-brother
He shows up in season five as Eric's college roommate; his mother had hidden Shawn's childhood letters.
Q 17What is the name of Shawn's frequently absent father?
Chet
Played by Blake Clark, he dies of a heart attack after finally promising to stay; Shawn later talks to his ghost.
Q 18Where does the Hunter family live?
A trailer park
Virna runs off with the trailer itself, leaving Shawn with the Matthews family.
Q 19Who is Shawn's girlfriend from season five onwards?
Angela Moore
Trina McGee's Angela and Shawn were a rare interracial couple on a youth network show at the time.
Q 20Which prestigious university accepts Topanga before she turns it down to stay near Cory?
Yale
She proposes to Cory at their high-school graduation instead.
Q 24Which future star plays Lauren, the ski-lodge girl who kisses Cory in season five?
Linda Cardellini
Cory and Topanga break up over it before reuniting in 'Starry Night'; Girl Meets World later reveals Lauren has a son.
Q 25Which comedy actor played Griff Hawkins, the smooth-talking replacement for bully Harley Keiner?
Adam Scott
Girl Meets World later hands Maya the 'Griff Hawkins Totally Cool' Award.
Q 26Which My Name Is Earl actor played bully-turned-friend Frankie 'The Enforcer' Stechino?
Ethan Suplee
Frankie's father is the real pro wrestler Vader.
Q 27Joey 'The Rat' Epstein left the show so actor Blake Sennett could focus on which band?
Rilo Kiley
He came back once, for the season five graduation episode.
Q 28Who plays Dean Lila Bolander, whom Feeny marries?
Bonnie Bartlett, Daniels's wife
Feeny had dated a Boston teacher named Elizabeth off-screen for 15 years.
Q 29Which Monkee played one version of Topanga's father, Jedidiah?
Peter Tork
Michael McKean and Mark Harelik also played him; Topanga's mother was played by both Annette O'Toole and Marcia Cross.
Q 30Where do Cory and Topanga consider moving in the series finale?
New York
The hour-long finale aired May 5, 2000; Topanga had landed a law-firm internship there.