Trivia quiz
Cheers Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Pull up a stool at the Boston bar where everybody knows your name. This quiz pours out questions on Sam and Diane, Norm's grand entrances, Cliff's questionable facts, and the regulars who kept Cheers full for eleven seasons.
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 Cheers character guides.
Cheers trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
In which city is the bar Cheers located?
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Answer: C. Boston
The bar sits in Boston, and its exterior was modeled on a real Beacon Hill pub.
Character guide: Sam Malone
- Question 2Easy
What does the whole bar shout every time Norm walks in?
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Answer: A. Norm!
The greeting is so automatic that Norm even gets it in other bars, from a bowling alley to a rival tavern.
Character guide: Norm Peterson
- Question 3Easy
What is Cliff Clavin's job?
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Answer: D. Mail carrier
Cliff delivers mail for the U.S. Postal Service and spends his off hours at the bar sharing dubious facts.
Character guide: Cliff Clavin
- Question 4Easy
Before he owned the bar, what did Sam Malone do for a living?
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Answer: B. He pitched for the Boston Red Sox
Sam was a relief pitcher for the Red Sox, and his brief baseball fame still helps him with the ladies.
Character guide: Sam Malone
- Question 5Easy
What is the title of the Cheers theme song?
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Answer: B. Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Gary Portnoy wrote the song with Judy Hart-Angelo and sang it himself over the opening credits.
- Question 6Easy
Which Cheers regular went on to star in a hit spin-off set in Seattle?
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Answer: D. Frasier Crane
Frasier started as a recurring character in season 3, quickly joined the main cast, and later carried his own show, Frasier, for eleven seasons.
- Question 7Medium
What is the name of Norm's never-fully-seen wife?
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Answer: A. Vera
Vera is the subject of countless Norm jokes, and the one time she appears on screen, in "Thanksgiving Orphans," her face is hidden by a pie.
Character guide: Norm Peterson
- Question 8Medium
What was Norm's profession at the start of the series?
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Answer: C. Accountant
Norm was an accountant who rarely had work, and later he found steadier gigs as a painter and decorator.
Character guide: Norm Peterson
- Question 9Medium
Which state does Woody Boyd come from?
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Answer: D. Indiana
Woody hails from Hanover, Indiana, where by his own account he was voted the smartest kid in school.
Character guide: Woody Boyd
- Question 10Medium
Why does Woody first come to Cheers in "Birth, Death, Love and Rice"?
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Answer: B. To visit his pen pal Coach
Woody arrives only to learn that his pen pal Coach has died, and Sam offers him a job behind the bar.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 1, "Birth, Death, Love and Rice"
Character guides: Woody Boyd, Sam Malone
- Question 11Medium
On which game show does Cliff lose all his winnings with a bizarre final answer?
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Answer: C. Jeopardy!
In "What Is... Cliff Clavin?" he builds up $22,000 in the first two rounds, then bets it all on Final Jeopardy and loses with an answer about people who have never been in his kitchen.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 14, "What Is... Cliff Clavin?"
Character guide: Cliff Clavin
- Question 12Medium
Why is Sam and Diane's wedding called off in "I Do, Adieu"?
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Answer: A. So Diane can finish writing a novel
A publisher wants her manuscript finished, so Sam persuades Diane to go, and she promises to return in six months.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 26, "I Do, Adieu"
Character guides: Sam Malone, Diane Chambers
- Question 13Medium
Where does Lilith give birth to her son Frederick?
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Answer: A. In a taxicab
In "The Stork Brings a Crane," Sam drives the Cranes to the hospital for a false alarm, and the real birth happens later in a cab.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 6, "The Stork Brings a Crane"
Character guide: Lilith Sternin
- Question 14Medium
How does Rebecca accidentally set the bar on fire in "The Little Match Girl"?
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Answer: C. She tosses her last cigarette in a trash can
Rebecca decides to quit smoking and throws away her final cigarette, which sets the office trash, and then the bar, ablaze.
Episode: Season 11, Episode 1, "The Little Match Girl"
Character guide: Rebecca Howe
- Question 15Hard
Which professor abandons Diane, his fiancee, at Cheers in the pilot episode?
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Answer: B. Sumner Sloane
Sumner leaves Diane waiting at the bar in "Give Me a Ring Sometime," and Sam hires her as a waitress on the spot.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Give Me a Ring Sometime"
Character guides: Diane Chambers, Sam Malone
- Question 16Hard
Which millionaire romances Rebecca while secretly scheming to use her computer for a takeover?
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Answer: D. Robin Colcord
Sam uncovers Robin's plan in season 8, and the fallout leads to Sam getting his bar back.
Character guides: Rebecca Howe, Sam Malone
- Question 17Hard
What shocking discovery does Carla make at Eddie LeBec's funeral?
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Answer: C. He had secretly married another woman
In "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice," two women stand up when the widow is called, and Carla learns Eddie had a second wife named Gloria.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 7, "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice"
Character guide: Carla Tortelli
- Question 18Hard
What does Don Santry, the man Rebecca marries in the series finale, do for a living?
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Answer: A. He is a plumber
After years of chasing rich men, Rebecca falls for the handsome plumber fixing the bar's pipes in "The Guy Can't Help It."
Episode: Season 11, Episode 25, "The Guy Can't Help It"
Character guide: Rebecca Howe
- Question 19Hard
Which real Boston pub served as the model for the Cheers bar?
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Answer: D. The Bull & Finch Pub
The producers picked the Bull & Finch out of a phone book, and its owner charged just one dollar to let them photograph the place.
- Question 20Hard
How does Woody end up on the Boston City Council?
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Answer: B. Frasier puts him on the ballot as a psychology experiment
In "Woody Gets an Election," Frasier wants to test voter psychology, and he is stunned when Woody actually wins.
Episode: Season 11, Episode 21, "Woody Gets an Election"
Character guide: Woody Boyd
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