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Modern Family Trivia
30 questions and answers: 9 easy, 12 medium, and 9 hard.
Three branches of one loud, loving family share eleven seasons of birthdays, botched surprises, and talking-head confessions in suburban Los Angeles. This quiz runs from the basics every viewer knows to Fizbo, Clive Bixby, and the deep cuts that only a true Modern Family fan will remember.
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Modern Family trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
What does Jay Pritchett's company sell?
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Answer: B. Closets and blinds
Jay built Pritchett's Closets & Blinds from the ground up, and Claire eventually takes over as its CEO.
Character guides: Jay Pritchett, Claire Dunphy
- Question 2Easy
What is Phil Dunphy's job for most of the series?
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Answer: C. Real estate agent
Phil is a proud, pun-loving realtor and an amateur magician, and he later mentors Gloria when she gets into real estate too.
Character guide: Phil Dunphy
- Question 3Easy
From which country do Mitchell and Cam adopt baby Lily?
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Answer: B. Vietnam
When the Pilot begins, the couple has just brought Lily home from Vietnam, and they spend the episode working up the nerve to introduce her to the rest of the family.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot"
Character guides: Mitchell Pritchett, Cameron Tucker
- Question 4Easy
Which country is Gloria originally from?
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Answer: D. Colombia
Gloria is a passionate Colombian immigrant, and the series finale finds Jay secretly learning Spanish so he can join her on a summer trip to Colombia.
Character guides: Gloria Pritchett, Jay Pritchett
- Question 5Easy
How is Modern Family filmed?
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Answer: D. As a mockumentary with confessional interviews
Like The Office and Parks and Recreation, the show uses a documentary style, so the characters regularly talk straight to the camera in sit-down interviews.
- Question 6Easy
What is the name of Cam's clown alter ego?
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Answer: A. Fizbo
Cam shows up as Fizbo at Luke's birthday party in the season 1 episode Fizbo, which is bad news for Phil, who is terrified of clowns.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 9, "Fizbo"
Character guides: Cameron Tucker, Phil Dunphy, Luke Dunphy
- Question 7Easy
What does Mitchell do for a living?
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Answer: B. He is a lawyer
Mitchell works mostly in environmental law before later becoming a prosecutor, while music teaching is one of Cam's jobs.
Character guide: Mitchell Pritchett
- Question 8Easy
How many seasons did Modern Family run on ABC?
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Answer: C. 11
The series premiered in September 2009 and wrapped up its eleventh and final season in April 2020.
- Question 9Easy
Manny Delgado is the son of which character?
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Answer: B. Gloria
Manny is Gloria's son from her first marriage, which makes Jay his stepfather and technically makes Manny the uncle of his classmate Luke.
Character guides: Manny Delgado, Gloria Pritchett
- Question 10Medium
What word does Luke blurt out when repeating Claire's private insult about Gloria?
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Answer: B. Coal digger
Claire had called Gloria a gold digger, and Coal Digger ends with Claire jumping into the pool fully clothed to make peace, with most of the family following her in.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 5, "Coal Digger"
Character guides: Luke Dunphy, Claire Dunphy, Gloria Pritchett
- Question 11Medium
What name does Phil use for his smooth role-play alter ego on Valentine's Day?
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Answer: C. Clive Bixby
Clive debuts in My Funky Valentine when Phil tries to pick up Claire at a hotel bar, and he returns a year later in Bixby's Back.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 15, "My Funky Valentine"
Character guides: Phil Dunphy, Claire Dunphy
- Question 12Medium
What is the name of Jay and Gloria's son, born in season 4?
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Answer: C. Joe
Joe, short for Fulgencio Joseph, is born in Party Crasher while the family is busy planning Manny's 14th birthday surprise.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 12, "Party Crasher"
Character guides: Jay Pritchett, Gloria Pritchett
- Question 13Medium
What is the name of Jay's beloved French bulldog?
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Answer: D. Stella
Stella joins the family in the season 2 episode Good Cop Bad Dog, and Jay dotes on her so openly that Gloria sometimes feels she is competing with the dog.
Character guides: Jay Pritchett, Gloria Pritchett
- Question 14Medium
Which state does Cam come from, and later move back to in the finale?
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Answer: A. Missouri
Cam grew up on a farm in Missouri, and in the Finale his dream coaching job there sends him, Mitchell, Lily, and baby Rexford away from Los Angeles.
Character guides: Cameron Tucker, Mitchell Pritchett
- Question 15Medium
Which college does Alex Dunphy attend?
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Answer: D. Caltech
Alex heads to the California Institute of Technology in The Day Alex Left for College, sooner than her parents had expected.
Episode: Season 7, Episode 2, "The Day Alex Left for College"
Character guide: Alex Dunphy
- Question 16Medium
What are the names of Haley and Dylan's twins?
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Answer: A. Poppy and George
Haley gives birth to a girl and a boy in A Year of Birthdays, shortly after she and Dylan marry in a small ceremony.
Episode: Season 10, Episode 22, "A Year of Birthdays"
Character guide: Haley Dunphy
- Question 17Medium
Before Modern Family, Ed O'Neill was best known for playing which sitcom dad?
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Answer: C. Al Bundy
O'Neill became a star in the late 1980s as Al Bundy, the working-class dad of Fox's Married... with Children.
Character guide: Jay Pritchett
- Question 18Medium
Which hobby does Phil take so seriously that he tries to join a secret society for it in Las Vegas?
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Answer: A. Magic
Phil is a devoted amateur magician, and in the season 5 episode Las Vegas he makes his case to a prestigious and very secretive magic society.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 18, "Las Vegas"
Character guide: Phil Dunphy
- Question 19Medium
In the Pilot, what punishment does Claire insist on after Luke shoots Alex with a BB gun?
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Answer: D. Phil has to shoot Luke with it
Claire holds Phil to his word, but his attempt to follow through ends with him accidentally hitting Haley's new boyfriend, Dylan.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot"
Character guides: Phil Dunphy, Luke Dunphy, Claire Dunphy
- Question 20Medium
Why is Haley arrested early in season 4?
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Answer: A. Underage drinking
In Arrested, Phil and Claire rush to sort it out with family lawyer Mitchell in tow, leaving Cam in charge of Alex and Luke.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 7, "Arrested"
Character guides: Haley Dunphy, Mitchell Pritchett
- Question 21Medium
Which song plays as Cam dramatically presents Lily to the family in the Pilot?
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Answer: A. Circle of Life
Cam lifts Lily high like the opening of The Lion King, a grand entrance that helps win the family over to the adoption.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot"
Character guides: Cameron Tucker, Mitchell Pritchett
- Question 22Hard
Who created Modern Family?
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Answer: B. Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan
Lloyd and Levitan got the idea while swapping stories about their own families, and the pair had already co-created the sitcom Back to You before this one.
- Question 23Hard
What is the name of the song Dylan writes and performs for Haley in season 1?
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Answer: D. In the Moonlight
In The Incident, the family is horrified when the lyrics turn out to be far more suggestive than expected, yet the tune gets stuck in everyone's head.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 4, "The Incident"
Character guide: Haley Dunphy
- Question 24Hard
What makes the season 6 episode Connection Lost so unusual?
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Answer: C. It plays out entirely on Claire's laptop screen
Stuck at an airport, Claire tracks down Haley through video calls and messages, and Steven Levitan dreamed up the format while juggling a laptop video chat with his own daughter.
Episode: Season 6, Episode 16, "Connection Lost"
Character guides: Claire Dunphy, Haley Dunphy
- Question 25Hard
Mitchell and Cam name their son Rexford after what?
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Answer: A. The street their new house is on
The baby arrives early in I'm Going to Miss This, and the Finale reveals the name comes from the street of the house they have just moved into.
Episode: Season 11, Episode 17, "Finale"
Character guides: Mitchell Pritchett, Cameron Tucker
- Question 26Hard
Which actor plays Manny's thrill-seeking father, Javier?
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Answer: C. Benjamin Bratt
Bratt pops in across several seasons as Gloria's charming but unreliable ex-husband, and in the Finale Manny heads off to travel the world with him.
Character guides: Manny Delgado, Gloria Pritchett
- Question 27Hard
After a wildfire and a double-booked backup venue, where are Mitchell and Cam finally married?
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Answer: C. Jay's country club
Just as the couple is ready to call the whole thing off, Jay reveals he has booked his country club, and he and Gloria walk Mitchell down the aisle in the second half of The Wedding.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 24, "The Wedding"
Character guides: Mitchell Pritchett, Cameron Tucker, Jay Pritchett
- Question 28Hard
What was Modern Family originally called during development?
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Answer: B. My American Family
The early concept even had the documentary crew led by a fictional Dutch filmmaker who once lived with the Pritchetts, an idea the producers eventually dropped.
- Question 29Hard
In season 3, which office does Claire run for?
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Answer: A. A seat on the city council
An irritating councilman inspires her bid in Hit and Run, and in Election Day, directed by Bryan Cranston, she comes up short after a chaotic day of campaigning.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 19, "Election Day"
Character guide: Claire Dunphy
- Question 30Hard
Which Cheers star plays Jay's ex-wife, DeDe?
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Answer: B. Shelley Long
Long plays DeDe, Claire and Mitchell's free-spirited mother, whose visits reliably set off sparks with Gloria.
Character guides: Jay Pritchett, Claire Dunphy, Mitchell Pritchett
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