How Well Do You Know Famous Seinfeld Episodes?

By: Isadora Teich
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How Well Do You Know Famous Seinfeld Episodes?
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"Seinfeld" is a groundbreaking '90s sitcom that changed television forever. Test how much you know about the show about nothing with this HowStuffWorks quiz!
George begins a fake __________ in "The Strike."
Acting school
Charity
Restaurant
Religion
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Wrong Answer

In this season 9 episode, George makes up a fake charity to donate to, after being annoyed when someone donates money in his name to charity as a holiday present. The charity is called "The Human Fund."

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Elaine gets stuck on the subway on the way to what kind of wedding in "The Subway"?
Nondenominational
Eastern Orthodox
Shotgun
Lesbian
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Wrong Answer

In this season 3 episode, the friends all have separate adventures while riding the subway. Elaine gets stuck on the subway on her way to a lesbian wedding where she is part of the wedding party.

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Which of the gang is friends with The Soup Nazi?
Kramer
Jerry
Elaine
George
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Wrong Answer

Kramer is friends with a number of odd characters throughout the series, including The Soup Nazi. Unforgiving of everyone else, he has a soft spot for Kramer, to whom he accidentally gifts an armoire full of his secret soup recipes.

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What is Kramer's coffee table book about in "The Opposite?"
Glam rock
Horse racing
Coffee tables
Recycling
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Wrong Answer

In this season 5 episode, Kramer appears on "Regis and Kathy Lee" to promote his coffee table book about coffee tables. He ends up spitting coffee all over Kathy Lee Gifford.

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George spends an entire season 5 episode pretending to be a member of which profession to impress a date?
Doctor
Dancer
Marine biologist
Sports team owner
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Wrong Answer

In "The Marine Biologist," George delivers a lengthy fake monologue about saving a beached whale to a woman he was on a date with, after spending their entire date pretending to be a marine biologist. At the end of their date, they actually encounter a distressed whale on the beach, which puts George in an awkward position.

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In "The Butter Shave," what does George pretend to be at work?
Jewish
A single father
Lithuanian
Disabled
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Wrong Answer

In this season 9 episode, George pretends to be disabled at his new job. This is so he can use a private bathroom and receive other special treatment.

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In "The Yada Yada," who does Jerry become convinced converted to Judaism just for the jokes?
His uncle
His dentist
His ex-girlfriend
His tailor
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Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, Jerry becomes convinced that his dentist Dr. Tim Whatley, played by Bryan Cranston, converted to Judaism just so he can tell jokes. Kramer accuses Jerry of being an anti-dentite.

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What does Jerry do to try and please his girlfriend in "The Muffin Tops"?
Cook her dinner
Shave his chest
Buy her jewelry
Paint her a picture
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Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, Jerry shaves his chest after his current girlfriend expresses enthusiasm for a hairless dog. This ends in a "Wolfman" parody of him howling at the moon.

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In "The Comeback," George becomes obsessed with delivering which insult to an ex-coworker?
A yo' mama joke
"See any good comebacks lately?"
"Where's your father?"
"The Jerk Store called, and they're running out of you!"
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Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, one of George's Yankees co-workers mocks him for eating all of the shrimp at a meeting by saying "Hey George, the ocean called; they're running out of shrimp." George becomes obsessed with delivering his jerk store comeback after his co-worker leaves for a new job.

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Where does Jerry end up wearing the famous puffy shirt on the episode "The Puffy Shirt"?
"The Today Show"
A stand-up gig
Times Square
Cable news
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Thanks to being unable to hear the suggestions of a low-talker, Jerry ends up wearing a terrible puffy shirt on "The Today Show." This was episode 2 of season 5.

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In the famous episode, "The Opera" Crazy Joe Davola is out to _________ Jerry.
Arrest
Meet
Kill
Become
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Wrong Answer

In this episode, Joe Davola wants to get revenge on Jerry for ruining his NBC deal by murdering him. While dating Elaine, he also tries to trap her in his apartment.

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Kramer and Newman want to bring this to Michigan for money in "The Bottle Deposit."
Bottles and cans
Rare dolls
Old books
Vintage stamps
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Wrong Answer

In one of their most famous money-making schemes, Kramer and Newman decide to haul a truck of bottles and cans to Michigan to get the 10 cent refund. This season 7 episode is a two-parter.

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Which of the gang purposefully antagonizes "The Soup Nazi" in this famous episode?
Jerry
George
Elaine
Kramer
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Wrong Answer

Despite knowing how temperamental The Soup Nazi is, Elaine bangs on his counter and is rude to him. Because of this, he bans her from his store for one year.

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Which character adopts a stretch of highway in "The Pothole"?
Kramer
George
Frank Costanza
Newman
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Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, Kramer adopts a stretch of highway. He decides to upkeep it himself, rather than paying for maintenance workers, which ends in disaster.

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What did Jerry and his girlfriend in "The Hamptons" get caught doing during "Schindler's List" in a theater?
Sleeping
Eating fried chicken
Making out
Drinking beer
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Wrong Answer

Jerry has many girlfriends throughout the show, some who only appear in one episode. Rachel, who he got caught canoodling with in a theater during "Schindler's List," appears in "The Hamptons" and a few other episodes.

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What show does Kramer turn his apartment into the set of in one season 9 episode?
"The Andy Griffith Show"
"The Dick Cavett Show"
"The Merv Griffin Show"
"The Today Show"
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Wrong Answer

In the episode "The Merv Griffin Show," Kramer turns his apartment into the set of the show after finding a bunch of its furniture in a dumpster. He then assumes the role of Merv Griffin, bringing confused guests onto his camera-less set.

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George works as what kind of model in "The Puffy Shirt?"
Role model
Foot model
Hand model
Hat model
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Wrong Answer

In this season 5 episode, George is down on his luck and living with his parents, until he meets a woman who hires him as a hand model. Unfortunately, this career is short-lived.

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Elaine makes a new group of friends in which episode?
"The Soup Nazi"
"The Bizarro Jerry"
"The Pez Dispenser"
"The Bubble Boy"
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, Elaine meets a new group of friends who appear to be the polar opposites of George, Jerry and Kramer. For example, while the new George resembles George, he generously always picks up the check in restaurants.

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In "The Chicken Roaster," Jerry moves into _______'s apartment.
Kramer
Elaine
Uncle Leo
Peterman
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Wrong Answer

Jerry ends up moving into Kramer's apartment after the neon sign of a Kenny Rogers Roasters chicken restaurant makes it a terrible color inside his place. He starts acting a lot like Kramer.

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What problem plagues Elaine in her and Mr. Lippman's muffin top business?
Competition
A rogue health inspector
Extra muffin bottoms
Low carb diet fads
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Wrong Answer

In the season 8 episode "The Muffin Tops," Elaine and her old boss Mr. Lippman decide that muffin tops are the best part of the muffin and all they want to sell. Unfortunately, this leaves them with countless extra muffin stumps that they can't get rid of.

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In the famous episode "The Bubble Boy," it turns out that the Bubble Boy is actually:
A dog
A mean man
A trap set by Newman
A dream
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Wrong Answer

This classic 4 episode puts a twist on the idea of the "Bubble Boy," when the gang finds out he is actually an adult man with a horrible personality. Susan pops his bubble.

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What country to Jerry, George and Elaine travel to for a wedding in "The Betrayal"?
Mexico
China
India
Egypt
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Wrong Answer

This season 9 episode is also known as "The Backwards Episode," because its scenes are arranged backward. In it, the trio travel to India for the wedding of Sue Ellen Mischke, the braless O'Henry candy-bar fortune heiress.

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In "The Opposite," how does George become successful?
Cheating
Ignoring his instincts
Lying
Getting a life coach
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Wrong Answer

In this season 5 episode, Jerry convinces George to do the opposite of whatever his initial instincts are because he always gets in his own way when it comes to success. By doing this, George lands a girlfriend and a job with the New York Yankees.

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In "The Bizarro Jerry," what does Jerry's polar opposite like to do in his spare time?
Volunteering
Baking for his wife
Yoga
Dancing
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Wrong Answer

Bizarro Jerry is a very wholesome guy. He enjoys volunteering and reading at the library in his spare time.

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What doesn't Jerry like about his date in the "Bizarro Jerry"?
Her hands
Her voice
Her hair
Her job
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Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, Jerry is disturbed by how masculine his date's hands are. This episode is also known as the "man hands" episode.

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In "The Comeback," Elaine discovers that her mysterious video rental store crush is actually a:
Serial killer
Old woman
Teen boy
Male model
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Wrong Answer

In "The Comeback," Elaine falls for video rental store employee Vincent based on his artistic staff picks. She later discovers that he is actually a 15-year-old boy.

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Why does Elaine test positive for opium in "The Showerhead"?
She has a drug problem.
She ate a poppyseed bagel.
A lab mix-up
No one knows
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Wrong Answer

In this season 7 episode, Elaine is barred from a work trip to Africa when she tests positive for opium in a drug test. It turns out that this occurred because she ate a poppyseed bagel before the test.

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Kramer accidentally __________ himself in "The Butter Shave."
exfoliates
cooks
clones
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

In the season 9 episode "The Butter Shave," Kramer replaces a lot of his personal hygiene products with butter and accidentally cooks himself after falling asleep while sunbathing on the roof. Newman tries to eat him.

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Kramer pitches a _________-scented cologne to Calvin Klein in "The Pez Dispenser."
Mustard
Beach
Man
Trash
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Wrong Answer

In this season 3 episode, Kramer's goal is to create a cologne which captures the "essence" of the smell when you first come home from the beach. His idea is stolen by Calvin Klein after he pitches it.

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Why do George, Jerry, Elaine and Kramer go to The Hamptons in the episode "The Hamptons"?
Vacation
To meet Mick Jagger
To see the baby
Jerry has a gig
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Wrong Answer

At their friend Carol's insistence that, "You have to see the bayyyybeeee," the friends head to visit her, her husband and their new baby in The Hamptons. Unfortunately, they find the baby horribly ugly.

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What holiday does George's father celebrate in "The Strike"?
Ramadan
Tomb Sweeping Day
Festivus
Christmas
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Wrong Answer

Frank Costanza invented a holiday called Festivus in response to the sentimentality, commercialism and religious nature of Christmas. It involves the "airing of grievances" and "feats of strength," and an aluminum pole instead of a Christmas tree.

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In "The Alternate Side" Kramer gets a job as an extra in which famous director's film?
Quentin Tarantino
Martin Scorsese
Ingmar Bergman
Woody Allen
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Wrong Answer

In this season 3 episode, Kramer gets a gig as an extra on the set of a Woody Allen movie. His famous line is "These pretzels are making me thirsty."

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In which of these episodes does Kramer not appear?
"The Alternate Side"
"The Hamptons"
"The Chinese Restaurant"
"The Soup Nazi"
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Wrong Answer

This famous episode aired on May 23, 1991. In it, Jerry, George and Elaine spend the entire episode waiting for a table at a Chinese restaurant.

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In "The Yada Yada," whose girlfriend turns out to be a criminal?
Kramer's
George's
Jerry's
Uncle Leo's
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

In this season 8 episode, George is initially delighted to date a woman who "yada yada's" over all of the boring details of her stories. By the end of the episode, it turns out that what she is actually glossing over is the crimes she has committed.

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In "The Chinese Restaurant," do the friends ever get seated at a table?
Yes
No
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Wrong Answer

In this rare real-time "Seinfeld" episode, George, Elaine and Jerry wait for a table at a Chinese restaurant. In this classic season 2 episode, the trio never get seated.

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