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50 free The Real Housewives of New York City trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Real Housewives of New York City arrived on Bravo in 2008 and quickly became one of the franchise's most quoted series. Its housewives built brands, wrote books, recorded dance singles and fell out spectacularly on holiday, all with the cameras rolling. This quiz covers the whole run: the original housewives and the women who joined later, the cast trips that went wrong, the spin-offs, and the businesses, marriages and earlier careers behind the storylines. The newer cast gets its share of questions too. It is written for RHONY viewers who want to test their memory before a watch party or a trivia night. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so newer fans will pick up the backstory as they play.
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Q 01The Real Housewives of New York City cast pose in the opening credits holding which golden fruit?
Apples
Apples nod to the Big Apple nickname, an idea that began as an allusion to the fruit held in the opening credits of Desperate Housewives.
Q 02Bethenny Frankel sold which cocktail brand to Beam Global in 2011 for a reported $120 million?
Skinnygirl
Skinnygirl began in 2009 as a pre-packaged margarita, and the sale put Frankel on the cover of that year's Forbes Celebrity 100 issue.
Q 03Luann de Lesseps held which courtesy title through her first marriage, to Alexandre de Lesseps?
Countess
Countess was the title she gave up by remarrying in 2016, and she had released her debut single, Money Can't Buy You Class, as Countess Luann.
Q 04Which housewife slammed her prosthetic leg onto a table at Le Cirque in RHONY's season six finale?
Aviva Drescher
Aviva Drescher lost her left leg after a childhood accident, and Andy Cohen later said she had planned the restaurant moment in advance.
Q 05Which housewife threw a wine glass at Kristen Taekman during a lake outing in season six of RHONY?
Ramona Singer
Ramona Singer cut that weekend away short soon afterwards, and she went on to star in all thirteen seasons of the original run.
Q 06What did Bravo do to RHONY before season fourteen, a first for the Housewives franchise?
Replaced the entire cast
Bravo replaced the entire cast after the thirteenth season's negative reception, while planning a separate 'Legacy' show for some original stars.
Q 07Which star of the 2023 RHONY reboot spent years as president and creative director of J.Crew?
Jenna Lyons
Jenna Lyons joined the retailer in 1990 and stayed twenty-seven years, and in 2013 she was dubbed the 'Woman Who Dresses America'.
Q 08Which original RHONY housewife co-wrote Secrets of a Jewish Mother with her mother and sister?
Jill Zarin
Jill Zarin said she agreed to do the series to win exposure for the family business, Zarin Fabric Warehouse.
Q 09Luann de Lesseps was arrested in December 2017 in which Florida resort town?
Palm Beach
Palm Beach brought charges including disorderly intoxication; she later pleaded guilty to misdemeanours and agreed to go a year without alcohol.
Q 10Which RHONY housewife's behaviour on a season three trip led fans to nickname it Scary Island?
Kelly Bensimon
Kelly Bensimon argued repeatedly with Bethenny Frankel on the trip, and she had already left the island before it ended.
Q 11Which RHONY housewife was an Emmy-winning ABC News journalist before joining the cast in season five?
Carole Radziwill
Carole Radziwill is the widow of Prince Anthony Radziwill, and her memoir What Remains spent twelve weeks on the New York Times best-seller list.
Q 12Which RHONY housewife from the first four seasons later became a psychologist in Australia?
Alex McCord
Alex McCord moved to the home country of her husband, Simon van Kempen, and completed a PhD in clinical psychology there in 2026.
Q 13Which socialite left RHONY midway through season twelve to move to Chicago with fiancé Scott Kluth?
Tinsley Mortimer
Q 21Bethenny Frankel was runner-up in 2005 on an Apprentice spin-off fronted by which businesswoman?
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart's edition of the contest showcased BethennyBakes, her business selling egg-free, wheat-free and dairy-free cookies.
Q 22Bethenny Frankel once worked as an assistant to which later Real Housewives of Beverly Hills regular?
Kathy Hilton
Kathy Hilton employed her in 1990s Los Angeles, where the job sometimes meant taking Paris and Nicky out for ice cream.
Q 23Bethenny Ever After followed Bethenny Frankel's engagement and 2010 wedding to which man?
Jason Hoppy
Jason Hoppy and Frankel's spin-off drew 2.1 million viewers to its premiere, at the time the highest-rated series launch Bravo had seen.
Tinsley Mortimer had already fronted her own reality series, High Society, which was cancelled in 2010 after eight episodes.
Q 14Which founder of the streetwear label Married to the Mob joined RHONY for its twelfth season?
Leah McSweeney
Leah McSweeney was referred to the producers by Bethenny Frankel, who had left the series after the previous season.
Q 15Which attorney and broadcaster became RHONY's first Black housewife in season thirteen?
Eboni K. Williams
Eboni K. Williams had worked as a public defender and co-hosted the Fox News show Fox News Specialists before she was cast.
Q 16Which Somali-born model in the rebooted RHONY cast is the founder of her own hot sauce brand?
Ubah Hassan
Ubah Hassan moved to Canada at 15, was spotted by a photographer in a park at 17, and later became the face of a Ralph Lauren campaign.
Q 17Luann de Lesseps married which businessman on New Year's Eve 2016, splitting within a year?
Tom D'Agostino
Tom D'Agostino Jr. was her husband for less than a year, long enough for season nine to bill her as Luann D'Agostino.
Q 18Dorinda Medley's Blue Stone Manor, host of many RHONY weekends, is in which Massachusetts region?
The Berkshires
The Berkshires are home turf for her: she was born in Great Barrington, and the manor staged a 1920s murder mystery dinner in season ten.
Q 19Sonja Morgan worked with Heather Thomson in RHONY season five on packaging for which appliance?
A toaster oven
A toaster oven was her branded product, and she turned up an hour late to the photo shoot that was arranged to promote it.
Q 20Bethenny Frankel's daytime talk show Bethenny, launched in 2013, was co-produced by which comedian?
Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres helped create the show, which was cancelled after a single season even though 170 episodes had been taped.
Q 24Bethenny & Fredrik followed Bethenny Frankel and Fredrik Eklund as partners in which business?
Real estate
Real estate was his field: the Swedish-born broker has closed more than five billion dollars in residential sales.
Q 25Bethenny Frankel was a guest investor in seasons nine and ten of which ABC business series?
Shark Tank
Shark Tank saw her team up with Kevin O'Leary to put $150,000 into the beverage company Snarky Tea.
Q 26Luann de Lesseps began headlining which kind of stage act in 2018 at Feinstein's/54 Below?
A cabaret show
A cabaret show of her own making became her signature act, with guests such as Rachel Dratch, and within months she took it on tour.
Q 27Ferdinand de Lesseps, an ancestor of Luann de Lesseps's first husband, built which waterway?
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal was the French diplomat's great success, and he also started work on the Panama Canal.
Q 28Dorinda Medley was the first player eliminated on season three of which reality competition?
The Traitors
The Traitors invited her back for its fourth season, where she lasted until the ninth episode and finished in tenth place.
Q 29The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, featuring RHONY veterans, launched on which streaming service?
Peacock
Peacock later built a whole season of the spin-off around New York alumni, billed as RHONY Legacy.
Q 30Which island hosted RHONY's season five 'pirate' trip and the later RHONY Legacy cast trip?
St. Barts
St. Barts drew the alumni back to the very same villa, years after Luann de Lesseps's night out with a Johnny Depp look-alike.