Trivia quiz
30 Rock Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Take a trip up to the sixth floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where Liz Lemon tries to keep TGS on the air while Jack, Tracy, Jenna, and Kenneth do their best to stop her. This quiz covers catchphrases, running gags, Jenna's film career, Jack's corporate battles, and a few behind-the-scenes facts. Blerg, some of these are tough.
Tap a choice to lock in your answer and see the explanation, or open any answer below to check it. Questions run from easy to hard, and every answer links to the 30 Rock character guides.
30 Rock trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
What was the name of Liz's sketch show before Tracy Jordan joined the cast?
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Answer: A. The Girlie Show
Liz and Jenna's show starts out as The Girlie Show. Jack forces Liz to hire Tracy in the "Pilot," and by the next episode the show has become TGS with Tracy Jordan.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot"
Character guides: Liz Lemon, Jenna Maroney
- Question 2Easy
Tina Fey based 30 Rock on her years as head writer of which real show?
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Answer: B. Saturday Night Live
Fey was SNL's head writer when she developed 30 Rock, and the fictional TGS is loosely modeled on it.
Character guide: Liz Lemon
- Question 3Easy
What is Kenneth Parcell's job when the series begins?
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Answer: C. NBC page
Kenneth is a perpetually cheerful NBC page who loves television more than almost anyone in the building.
Character guide: Kenneth Parcell
- Question 4Easy
What does the title 30 Rock refer to?
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Answer: D. NBC's building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza
The name comes from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, home of NBC Studios and the real Saturday Night Live.
Character guide: Liz Lemon
- Question 5Easy
Which made-up word does Liz Lemon use in place of a curse word?
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Answer: A. Blerg
"Blerg!" is Liz's go-to frustration word, alongside gems like "what the what?" and "nerds."
Character guide: Liz Lemon
- Question 6Easy
What does writer Frank Rossitano wear with a different jokey phrase in nearly every episode?
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Answer: B. A trucker hat
The slogan on Frank's trucker hat changes from episode to episode, and Judah Friedlander sports the same look in real life.
Character guide: Frank Rossitano
- Question 7Medium
Jack Donaghy arrives at NBC as GE's Vice President of East Coast Television and what?
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Answer: C. Microwave Oven Programming
Jack's gloriously specific title, East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming, is a jab at NBC's ownership by GE at the time.
Character guide: Jack Donaghy
- Question 8Medium
Tracy chases an EGOT, which means winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and what?
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Answer: D. A Tony
Tracy sets his sights on an EGOT in season four, after spotting a diamond EGOT necklace while Christmas shopping, and the quest is about as chaotic as you would expect.
Character guide: Tracy Jordan
- Question 9Medium
What is the title of Jenna's legal thriller, written by John Grisham's brother Kevin?
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Answer: A. The Rural Juror
Liz finally watches the film in "The Rural Juror" and struggles to say anything nice. Almost nobody can pronounce the title.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 10, "The Rural Juror"
Character guides: Jenna Maroney, Liz Lemon
- Question 10Medium
Which spooky novelty song did Tracy Jordan once record?
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Answer: B. Werewolf Bar Mitzvah
Tracy's "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah" became a fan-favorite bit, all about boys becoming men and men becoming wolves.
Character guide: Tracy Jordan
- Question 11Medium
Liz's on-and-off ex Dennis Duffy proudly calls himself what?
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Answer: C. The Beeper King
Dean Winters plays Dennis, the last beeper salesman in New York City and the center of Liz's first big romantic arc.
Character guide: Liz Lemon
- Question 12Medium
Which hometown did Kenneth leave behind to come work at NBC?
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Answer: D. Stone Mountain, Georgia
Kenneth hails from Stone Mountain, Georgia, a nod to the hometown of 30 Rock writer Donald Glover.
Character guide: Kenneth Parcell
- Question 13Medium
Which fictional Philadelphia cable company takes over NBC?
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Answer: A. Kabletown
Kabletown is the show's spoof of Comcast's real purchase of NBC Universal, and its all-American CEO, Hank Hooper, becomes Jack's new boss.
Character guide: Jack Donaghy
- Question 14Medium
Jack and Avery's daughter, Elizabeth "Liddy" Donaghy, is named Elizabeth after whom?
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Answer: B. Liz Lemon
The baby is named for Liz, a sign of how close Jack and his protegee have become. Avery, the TV reporter Jack marries during her pregnancy, is Liddy's mother.
Character guides: Jack Donaghy, Liz Lemon
- Question 15Hard
Which actor plays Milton Greene, the biological father Jack tracks down in season three?
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Answer: C. Alan Alda
Alan Alda plays Milton, who turns out to need a kidney. Jack responds with an all-star charity song in "Kidney Now!"
Episode: Season 3, Episode 22, "Kidney Now!"
Character guide: Jack Donaghy
- Question 16Hard
Which Broadway legend won an Emmy for playing Jack's formidable mother, Colleen?
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Answer: D. Elaine Stritch
Elaine Stritch won the guest actress Emmy for the season one finale, "Hiatus," when Colleen comes to town ahead of Jack's wedding.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 21, "Hiatus"
Character guide: Jack Donaghy
- Question 17Hard
Whom does Liz marry in the final season?
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Answer: A. Criss
Liz and Criss, played by James Marsden, decide to get married in "Mazel Tov, Dummies!" to speed up their adoption.
Episode: Season 7, Episode 7, "Mazel Tov, Dummies!"
Character guide: Liz Lemon
- Question 18Hard
Jenna's pop single "Muffin Top" reached number one in which country?
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Answer: B. Israel
"Muffin Top" topped the charts in Israel and reached number four in Belgium, making Jenna a modest overseas pop star.
Character guide: Jenna Maroney
- Question 19Hard
In "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World," whom does Jack appoint to replace him as president of NBC?
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Answer: C. Kenneth Parcell
Jack hands the network to Kenneth, fulfilling Jack's prediction from season one that they would all end up working for Kenneth someday.
Episode: Season 7, Episode 11, "A Goon's Deed in a Weary World"
Character guides: Kenneth Parcell, Jack Donaghy
- Question 20Hard
Which university did Jack attend as an undergraduate on a "handsomeness scholarship"?
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Answer: D. Princeton
Jack went to Princeton on his looks, then paid for Harvard Business School by working as a Swan Boat operator in Boston.
Character guide: Jack Donaghy
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