The Cleveland Show Trivia
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49 free The Cleveland Show trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
This Cleveland Show trivia quiz covers the Family Guy spin-off from its 2007 conception to its 2013 cancellation and Cleveland's return to Quahog. It asks about the creators, the new Brown-Tubbs family — Donna, Roberta, Rallo and the redesigned Cleveland Jr. — and the voice cast behind them, from Mike Henry's prank-call voice for Rallo to the two different actors who played Tim the Bear and the three who voiced Dr. Fist. There are rounds on the show's development at Fox, its Sunday-night slot, the early renewals, syndication on TBS, Adult Swim and Comedy Central, the critics who loved and hated it, and the crossovers with Family Guy and American Dad!. Early rounds suit casual fans; later ones reward those who know which episode Jason Sudeikis became a regular. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing.
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Q 01Before his spin-off, Cleveland Brown was a neighbor and drinking buddy of which animated dad?
Peter Griffin
Peter Griffin is also why he leaves: in the pilot Peter wrecks Cleveland's house one time too many, the last straw that sends Cleveland and his son off on the road.
Q 02Whose affair with Cleveland's first wife, Loretta, ended the marriage back on Family Guy?
Glenn Quagmire
Glenn Quagmire slept with Loretta; Cleveland chased him with a bat but could not bring himself to swing, and the divorce that followed is what set up the spin-off.
Q 03On The Cleveland Show, what is the name of Cleveland's new wife?
Donna Tubbs-Brown
Donna Tubbs-Brown was his best friend and unrequited crush in high school; years later he stops in his hometown, finds her working at their old school and stays.
Q 04How was Cleveland Jr. redesigned for The Cleveland Show?
As an obese, soft-spoken teen
As an obese, soft-spoken teen, Cleveland Jr. is the reverse of the small, hyperactive boy he had been on Family Guy; the pilot says only that he is now 14 and has put on weight.
Q 05What happened to The Cleveland Show's pilot about three months before Fox broadcast it?
It leaked online
It leaked online in June 2009; the show had been ready for a spring start, but Fox chose to hold it until the fall.
Q 06In The Cleveland Show's pilot, Cleveland and his son are driving to which state when they stop in Virginia?
California
California was the dream: Cleveland meant to become a minor league baseball scout there, but a two-day stop in his old hometown turned into a new marriage instead.
Q 07Which Family Guy episode brought Cleveland and his family back after The Cleveland Show ended?
He's Bla-ack!
He's Bla-ack! opens with his old drinking buddies ribbing him about The Cleveland Show's failings, then a feud between the two wives keeps him and his best friend apart.
Q 08The Cleveland Show is set in which fictional Virginia town, Cleveland's old hometown?
Stoolbend
Stoolbend is where Cleveland was a high school baseball star; back in town as an adult, he ends up as head coach of the team at his old school.
Q 09The end of which Fox series freed up airtime for The Cleveland Show?
King of the Hill
King of the Hill was dropped after 13 years as Fox lined up new cartoons for Sunday nights, yet it outlasted its replacement in the end, returning with new episodes in 2025.
Q 10Which pop duo appear as the angel and devil on Cleveland's shoulders in The Cleveland Show?
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates voice themselves, Daryl Hall as the angel and John Oates as the devil, and in their first appearance the pair break into their own hit 'Maneater'.
Q 11Who voiced both Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs on The Cleveland Show?
Mike Henry
Mike Henry, who is white, voiced Cleveland for two decades before announcing in 2020 that he would step down, saying that 'persons of color should play characters of color'.
Q 12Cleveland's ex-wife Loretta is killed by his own Family Guy running gag: sliding out of a wrecked house in what?
A bathtub
A bathtub: Cleveland slid out of the house in his tub again and again without a scratch, but when a dinosaur skeleton hits the same house in 'Gone with the Wind', the fall kills Loretta.
Q 13Which actress voices Cleveland's wife on The Cleveland Show?
Sanaa Lathan
Q 21What kind of business did Cleveland own on Family Guy before leaving for The Cleveland Show?
A deli
A deli: Cleveland ran Cleveland's Deli until he left for his own show, and when he came back to Family Guy he traded the counter for a job with the post office.
Q 22Why does Cleveland Jr. run off and marry Cecilia on The Cleveland Show?
To stop her deportation
To stop her deportation: once the neighbor Lester reports Cecilia to immigration, Junior marries her to keep her in the country, over his father's protests.
Q 23Which Breaking Bad star took over as the voice of Dr. Fist late in The Cleveland Show's run?
Bryan Cranston
Sanaa Lathan, the star of Love & Basketball, did not let go of the part when the show was cancelled: she carried on voicing the character on Family Guy.
Q 14Which pop star voiced Paul, the boyfriend Terry Kimple marries on The Cleveland Show?
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake voiced Paul; the wedding comes about because Cleveland learns his own marriage was never legal, so both couples head to Vermont for a double ceremony.
Q 15Who voiced Roberta Tubbs early in the first season of The Cleveland Show before being replaced?
Nia Long
Nia Long says she was let go because the producers decided they wanted a less mature voice for the 15-year-old; Reagan Gomez-Preston took over the part.
Q 16In a Christmas episode of The Cleveland Show, Cleveland retells which action film with himself as the hero?
Die Hard
Die Hard becomes 'Die Semi-Hard': Cleveland tells his own version of the story to pass the time while the family poses in a live nativity scene.
Q 17Which actor voices both Cleveland Jr. and neighbor Lester Krinklesac?
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson also filled the gap Cleveland left on Family Guy: he voiced Jerome, the new friend the guys recruit in 'Jerome Is the New Black'.
Q 18Which middle name does Cleveland Brown share with the given first name of O. J. Simpson?
Orenthal
Orenthal is the O in O. J. Simpson, and the football joke may not stop there: the writers are thought to have named Cleveland Brown after the Cleveland Browns.
Q 19Which SNL alum voices Holt Richter and Terry Kimple?
Jason Sudeikis
Jason Sudeikis began as a recurring guest while still on SNL, and the producers made him a full cast member from the second season's opening episode.
Q 20On The Cleveland Show, where do Cleveland and Terry Kimple work together?
Waterman Cable
Waterman Cable first hires Cleveland to sell by phone; there he runs into Terry, a high school friend who once took the blame for him, and soon joins him as an installer.
Bryan Cranston inherited the doctor from Seth MacFarlane, and the part soon took a shady turn of its own: Cleveland befriends Dr. Fist, then learns he is mixed up with the mob.
Q 24Which media mogul voiced Tim the Bear's wife on The Cleveland Show?
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, voiced a bear who shares her first name; in the final season the bear insults Cleveland's wife, and he defends her honor by egging the bear's house.
Q 25On The Cleveland Show, what alias does Roberta's boyfriend Gabriel Friedman go by?
Federline Jones
Federline Jones borrows the name of the rapper Kevin Federline for a suburban teenager who fancies himself a hip-hop star; Jamie Kennedy voices him.
Q 26Which comedian voices Principal Wally on The Cleveland Show?
Will Forte
Will Forte voices a principal with a grudge: Wally went to school with Cleveland, who picked on him back then, and he scrapped the baseball team out of spite.
Q 27Which film director voices Gus the bartender on The Cleveland Show?
David Lynch
David Lynch owes the part to a fan: the show's co-creator quit a job in advertising after seeing Wild at Heart, and years later talked the director into playing his bartender.
Q 28On The Cleveland Show, what is the nickname of Cleveland's father, LeVar Brown?
Freight Train
Freight Train, voiced by Craig Robinson, belittles his son at every turn, and the show traces the grudge to a family game show that young Cleveland lost for the Browns.
Q 29On The Cleveland Show, how is five-year-old Rallo related to Cleveland?
His stepson
His stepson: Rallo is the younger child of Cleveland's new wife, and at first he fights the newcomer so hard that he breaks his own leg in a scheme to split the couple up.
Q 30In The Cleveland Show's second episode, what does Cleveland accidentally run over on his way to buy a cake?
The family dog
The family dog, Meadowlark Lemon, named for the Harlem Globetrotter, is the victim, and Cleveland's attempt to cover it up nearly wrecks his fresh start with his stepchildren.