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Curb Your Enthusiasm Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Larry David spent twelve seasons breaking every unwritten rule of polite society, and this quiz is your chance to prove you were paying attention. Expect questions about Jeff and Susie, Leon, Cheryl, a cursed frozen yogurt run, a doomed coffee shop, and the backstage chaos of the Seinfeld reunion. Some of these are pretty, pretty, pretty hard.
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 Curb Your Enthusiasm character guides.
Curb Your Enthusiasm trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
Which network aired Curb Your Enthusiasm?
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Answer: B. HBO
Curb ran on HBO from 2000 to 2024, growing out of a one-hour HBO special that was meant to be a one-time project.
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 2Easy
Like the real Larry David, the Larry on Curb is famous for co-creating which sitcom?
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Answer: A. Seinfeld
Larry plays a fictional, semi-retired version of himself, living comfortably off his success as the co-creator of Seinfeld.
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 3Easy
Besides being Larry's best friend, what is Jeff Greene's job?
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Answer: C. His manager
Jeff is Larry's manager and closest confidant, which mostly means getting dragged into Larry's schemes and covering for his own.
Character guides: Jeff Greene, Larry David
- Question 4Easy
Which actress plays Larry's patient wife, Cheryl?
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Answer: D. Cheryl Hines
Cheryl Hines plays Cheryl David, and she even stepped behind the camera to direct the season ten episode "Artificial Fruit."
Character guide: Cheryl David
- Question 5Easy
Complete Larry's signature verdict when things go his way: "Pretty, pretty, pretty..."?
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Answer: A. good
"Pretty, pretty, pretty good" is so tied to Larry that Josh Levine used it as the title of his book about the making of Seinfeld and Curb.
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 6Easy
Which actor plays Leon Black, Larry's houseguest turned roommate?
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Answer: B. J. B. Smoove
J. B. Smoove joined in season six as Leon and quickly became a fan favorite, moving up to the main cast in season nine.
Character guide: Leon Black
- Question 7Medium
In season four, which role does Mel Brooks give Larry in The Producers?
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Answer: C. Max Bialystock
In "Mel's Offer," Mel Brooks casts Larry as Max Bialystock opposite Ben Stiller's Leo Bloom, despite warnings that Larry is a terrible fit.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 1, "Mel's Offer"
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 8Medium
In "The TiVo Guy," what finally makes Cheryl leave Larry?
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Answer: D. He asks her to call back during a scary flight
Cheryl calls from a storm-tossed plane to share her last wishes, and Larry, busy with the TiVo repairman, asks her to call him back. Most of their friends side with her.
Episode: Season 6, Episode 7, "The TiVo Guy"
Character guides: Cheryl David, Larry David
- Question 9Medium
Larry agrees to a Seinfeld reunion so he can cast Cheryl as whose ex-wife?
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Answer: A. George Costanza's
In "The Reunion," Larry finally says yes to the special, secretly hoping that working together will win Cheryl back.
Episode: Season 7, Episode 3, "The Reunion"
Character guides: Larry David, Cheryl David
- Question 10Medium
In season five, which of Larry's friends needs a kidney transplant?
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Answer: B. Richard Lewis
Larry and Jeff both test as compatible donors for Richard Lewis in "Lewis Needs a Kidney," but Susie forbids Jeff to donate, which leaves the job to Larry.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 5, "Lewis Needs a Kidney"
Character guides: Larry David, Jeff Greene, Susie Greene
- Question 11Medium
What does Larry call the spite store coffee shop he opens next to Mocha Joe's?
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Answer: C. Latte Larry's
Latte Larry's becomes such a hit in season ten that it inspires a whole spite store trend, at least until "The Spite Store" ends in flames.
Episode: Season 10, Episode 10, "The Spite Store"
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 12Medium
What is the title of the Salman Rushdie musical Larry writes in season nine?
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Answer: D. Fatwa!
In "Foisted!" Larry promotes Fatwa! on late-night TV, does an impression of the Ayatollah, and wakes up with a real fatwa on his head.
Episode: Season 9, Episode 1, "Foisted!"
Character guides: Larry David, Jeff Greene
- Question 13Medium
In "The Doll," what does Larry do to a TV executive's daughter's doll that starts all the trouble?
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Answer: A. Cuts its hair
The girl asks for the haircut, then is crushed to learn the hair will not grow back. Larry and Jeff try to fix it by swiping a doll's head from Sammi's collection, and Susie catches them.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 7, "The Doll"
Character guides: Larry David, Jeff Greene, Susie Greene
- Question 14Medium
How is most of the dialogue on Curb Your Enthusiasm created?
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Answer: B. The actors improvise from Larry's story outline
Larry writes an outline of each episode's plot and subplots, and the cast improvises the dialogue scene by scene.
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 15Hard
After Larry annoys Ben Stiller into quitting The Producers, who replaces him as Leo Bloom?
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Answer: C. David Schwimmer
Ben quits after Larry insists on riding in the back seat of his car in "The Blind Date," and David Schwimmer steps in.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 3, "The Blind Date"
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 16Hard
In "Vow of Silence," what do Larry and Jeff eat that was meant for the Greenes' dying dog, Oscar?
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Answer: D. Frozen yogurt
Susie sends them for Oscar's last meal of frozen yogurt, and they eat it on the drive back. A friend who has taken a vow of silence saw everything.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 5, "Vow of Silence"
Character guides: Larry David, Jeff Greene, Susie Greene
- Question 17Hard
Why is Larry arrested in Atlanta at the start of the final season?
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Answer: A. He gave water to Leon's aunt in a voting line
In "Atlanta," Larry hands Leon's aunt a bottle of water while she waits to vote, which gets him arrested and sets up the trial that ends the series.
Episode: Season 12, Episode 1, "Atlanta"
Character guides: Larry David, Leon Black
- Question 18Hard
Which fictional hurricane destroyed Loretta Black's New Orleans home, bringing the Blacks, and Leon, to Larry's house?
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Answer: B. Hurricane Edna
Larry and Cheryl give Loretta's family a place to stay after Hurricane Edna. Her brother Leon has no storm story at all, since he was already living in LA, but he moves in anyway.
Character guides: Leon Black, Cheryl David
- Question 19Hard
What is the name of Curb's bouncy theme song by Italian composer Luciano Michelini?
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Answer: C. Frolic
Larry heard "Frolic" in a bank commercial years before the show and loved its lighthearted feel.
Character guide: Larry David
- Question 20Hard
Which comedian plays Marty Funkhouser, one of Larry's longtime friends?
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Answer: D. Bob Einstein
Bob Einstein plays the gruff Funkhouser. Richard Kind plays Larry's cousin Andy, and Shelley Berman plays his father, Nat.
Character guide: Larry David
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