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Everybody Loves Raymond Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
The Barones live across the street, never knock, and always have an opinion about dinner. This 20-question Everybody Loves Raymond quiz covers Ray's job, Robert's quirks, Marie's kitchen, Frank's outbursts, and the episodes that made the show a classic. Pull up a chair at the kitchen table and see how you do.
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Everybody Loves Raymond trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
What is Ray Barone's job?
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Answer: B. Sportswriter
Ray covers sports for Newsday, the Long Island paper, which gives him plenty of excuses to be out of the house.
Character guide: Ray Barone
- Question 2Easy
What does Ray's brother, Robert, do for a living?
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Answer: D. He is a New York City police officer
Robert spends his whole career with the NYPD and works his way up to lieutenant by the end of the series.
Character guide: Robert Barone
- Question 3Easy
Where do Frank and Marie live in relation to Ray and Debra?
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Answer: A. Directly across the street
Living across the street means Marie can drop in whenever she likes, which is exactly what drives Debra up the wall.
Character guides: Frank Barone, Marie Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 4Easy
What is Frank Barone's go-to catchphrase when something shocks or annoys him?
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Answer: C. "Holy crap!"
Peter Boyle's Frank shouts it all through the series, usually right after hearing some piece of family news.
Character guide: Frank Barone
- Question 5Easy
What is the name of Ray and Debra's daughter?
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Answer: C. Ally
Ally, short for Alexandra, is the Barones' only daughter, and she shares the house with her twin little brothers.
Character guides: Ray Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 6Easy
Which comedian stars as Ray Barone in a role loosely based on his own life?
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Answer: A. Ray Romano
Like Ray Barone, Romano has a daughter and twin sons, and the writers borrowed freely from his real family, though TV Ray covers sports for a newspaper instead of doing stand-up.
Character guide: Ray Barone
- Question 7Medium
In which Long Island town do the Barones live?
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Answer: D. Lynbrook
Ray, Debra, and the kids live in Lynbrook, with Frank, Marie, and for years Robert right across the street.
Character guides: Ray Barone, Marie Barone
- Question 8Medium
What odd habit does Robert have when he eats?
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Answer: B. He touches food to his chin
Robert's chin habit gets its own episode in season eight, where the family trades memories of when it began and Debra pieces together what caused it.
Episode: Season 8, Episode 18, "Crazy Chin"
Character guide: Robert Barone
- Question 9Medium
According to the flashback in "How They Met," what job brings Ray to Debra's apartment?
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Answer: A. Delivering a futon
Ray is so mortified after accidentally seeing Debra undressed that he cancels their date, so she phones in a phony complaint to get him back and feeds him dinner.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 26, "How They Met"
Character guides: Ray Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 10Medium
Before marrying Ray, Debra worked in public relations for which sports team?
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Answer: B. New York Rangers
The hockey job belongs to Debra's life before the Barones, a stretch when she also dated a few famous athletes.
Character guide: Debra Barone
- Question 11Medium
Who does Robert finally marry in the season seven finale?
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Answer: D. Amy
In "Robert's Wedding," the family drives to Pennsylvania, and Marie stuns everyone by objecting right before the vows.
Character guides: Robert Barone, Marie Barone
- Question 12Medium
In "Marie's Meatballs," what does Marie secretly do when she teaches Debra her recipe?
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Answer: C. Sabotages the ingredients
When Ray calls her on it, Marie admits she wanted things in the family to stay just as they were, then apologizes and hands over the genuine recipes.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 15, "Marie's Meatballs"
Character guides: Marie Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 13Medium
In "Baggage," what do Ray and Debra stubbornly refuse to move off the stairs for weeks?
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Answer: D. A suitcase
Neither will give in, and Ray escalates by hiding smelly cheese inside the bag to force Debra's hand.
Episode: Season 7, Episode 22, "Baggage"
Character guides: Ray Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 14Medium
Who does Robert fall for at first sight during the family trip to Italy?
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Answer: C. Stefania
Frank calls it "the thunderbolt," and Robert courts Stefania all trip long despite her father's disapproval.
Character guides: Robert Barone, Frank Barone
- Question 15Hard
What are the names of Ray and Debra's twin sons?
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Answer: B. Michael and Geoffrey
Real-life twins Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten played the boys, though in the pilot the twins briefly went by Gregory and Matthew.
Character guides: Ray Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 16Hard
Ray Romano has a brother named Robert, but TV Robert was based on a different Romano brother. What is his name?
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Answer: A. Richard
Richard Romano was the model for Robert, and he even supplied the show's title with a sarcastic remark after Ray won a stand-up comedy award.
Character guide: Robert Barone
- Question 17Hard
In "Marie's Sculpture," who finally makes Marie realize what her abstract sculpture looks like?
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Answer: B. The nuns picking it up for a church auction
Everyone else pretends to love the piece, so it takes the nuns' reaction to open Marie's eyes. TV Guide later ranked it among the greatest TV episodes.
Episode: Season 6, Episode 5, "Marie's Sculpture"
Character guide: Marie Barone
- Question 18Hard
In "The Ball," Ray learns Frank faked the signature on his treasured baseball. Whose autograph was it supposed to be?
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Answer: D. Mickey Mantle
Frank signed the ball himself, and the confession sends Ray into a crisis about whether to tell Ally the truth about Santa.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 12, "The Ball"
Character guides: Frank Barone, Ray Barone
- Question 19Hard
In the series finale, what does Ray have surgically removed?
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Answer: A. His adenoids
The doctors briefly have trouble waking him up, giving the family a scare before everyone gathers for one last breakfast.
Episode: Season 9, Episode 16, "The Finale"
Character guides: Ray Barone, Debra Barone
- Question 20Hard
In "The Dog," what does Robert name the stray bulldog Ray hands over to him?
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Answer: C. Shamsky II
Robert had to give up his childhood bulldog, Shamsky, because of Ray's allergies, so the new dog gets the name too.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 19, "The Dog"
Character guides: Robert Barone, Ray Barone
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