Can you guess the Friends character?

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Can you guess the Friends character?
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About This Quiz

Think you know more about the characters from the hit sitcom Friends? Then you're in the right place!

Rachel was the spoiled one, Monica was the responsible one, and Phoebe was the ditsy one. Ross was the intelligent one, Chandler was the witty one, and Joey was the macho one. For ten seasons, these characters formed a bond with viewers that has been nearly unparalleled in television history. Watching them interact with each other, live and love, and make us laugh like never before, ensures that this sitcom will remain a Netflix-and-chill binge favorite for years to come.

A whopping 236 episodes also ensured that we have material for quizzes for decades!

Are you the Friends buff(ay) (see what we did there?!) who knows which Friend worked as a butt double, which Friend has a monkey, who dated Janice, and which two Friends got married (wait, there were more than two, right?)? Can you name each characters' last name? How many famous guest stars do you remember? If you can answer each of these questions, and more, this quiz is for you.

Put those almost 5,000 viewing hours (yup, we did the math) to good use with this quiz and see how you stand up to the task.

Who doesn't share food?
Chandler
Joey
When Joey goes on a date with Phoebe's friend Sarah, she happens to eat food -- French fries -- off his plate. And we know, "Joey doesn't share food!" -- the kiss of death for a date.
Monica
Ross
Who has a twin sister named Ursula?
Chandler
Janice
Phoebe
You might recognize Ursula Buffay, Phoebe's identical twin sister, from the TV show "Mad About You." The Ursula character was a waitress at Riff's, but also, we learn when Phoebe is mistaken for her, had a career in porn. According to "Mad About You," Ursula eventually went on to become the governor of New York.
Rachel
What is Ross' monkey's name?
Clyde
King Louie
Marcel
Marcel, Ross's white-headed capuchin monkey from Season 1, liked to bop along with the song, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
Rafiki

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Who books a job as Al Pacino's butt double?
Gunther
Joey
Joey gets some interesting gigs when he begins working with an agent, Estelle. She books him a job as Al Pacino's butt double, in the episode "The One with the Butt."
Mike
Phoebe
Who spends $1,000 on a purebred Sphynx cat?
Chandler
Gunther
Phoebe
Rachel
In Season 5, Rachel buys a hairless cat, the same breed her grandmother had when Rachel was a kid. Rachel and her cat don't end up getting along very well -- ow! And in the end, Gunther buys the cat, and we can assume they live happily ever after.
Who guest stars as Roy, the stripper?
Brad Pitt
Danny DeVito
When Rachel and Monica plan Phoebe's bachelorette party, they don't plan on hiring a stripper. Until they find out that the bride-to-be was counting on "entertainment." Panicked, they hire the first available, Roy. Roy, in character as "Officer Goodbody" and played by Danny DeVito, turns out to be an aging stripper who cries.
Jeff Goldblum
John Stamos

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Who has seven sisters?
Ben Geller-Willick-Bunch
Chandler
Emily
Joey
The Tribbiani's had eight children, seven girls and one boy: Gina, Tina, Dina, Mary-Angela, Mary-Therese, Veronica, Cookie and Joseph Francis "Joey" Tribbiani Jr.
Whose sister, Amy, thinks Phoebe's name is Emma?
Carol
Fun Bobby
Phoebe
Rachel
Christina Applegate guest stars as Amy Green, Rachel's younger (middle) sister. She calls Phoebe, "Emma," and thinks that "Phoebe" is "a funny noise." And the actual Emma? She first thinks Ross and Rachel's daughter is a boy named Emmett.
Who has a Cabbage Patch Kid named Alicia May Emory?
Frank Jr.
Gunther
Joey
Joey loves sandwiches. He loves his stuffed penguin named Huggsy (as does baby Emma), his imaginary friend Maurice (who's a space cowboy) and his Cabbage Patch Kid named Alicia May Emory.
Ugly Naked Guy

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Whose drag-queen father has a burlesque show called "Viva Las Gaygas"?
Chandler's dad
Chandler's father Charles Bing is a drag queen played by Kathleen Turner who performs as "Helena Handbasket" in a Vegas show called "Viva Las Gaygas." Chandler and his father reconcile just before Monica and Chandler's wedding, after not speaking for years.
Gunther's dad
Joey's dad
Phoebe's dad
Who marries Mike Hannigan, played Paul Rudd?
Chandler
Janice
Monica
Phoebe
Joey, who has forgotten he's supposed to set Phoebe up on a blind date, chooses a random person named Mike in the coffee shop, instead. But the two hit it off, and, although they're temporarily "on a break" when Mike feels he won't ever remarry, they do end up together -- and married.
Who changes her name to Princess Consuela Bananahammock after getting married?
Julie
Monica
Phoebe
After Phoebe marries Mike Hannigan, she changes her name -- eventually to Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan, but first to "Princess Consuela Bananahammock." Mike, in response, changes his name to "Crap Bag." Ah, love.
Rachel

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Whose biggest pet peeve is animals dressed up as humans?
Joey
Monica
When Chandler and Joey claimed they knew more about Monica and Rachel than Monica and Rachel knew about them, the game was on. Ross created the questions and officiated. When asked what Monica's pet peeve was, Joey answered correctly, "animals dressed as humans."
Phoebe
Ross
Who almost gets married to Dr. Barry Farber?
Monica
Phoebe
Rachel
When we first meet Rachel, she's just left Barry at the altar and still wearing her wedding dress. "And that's when it hit me," she explains, "how much Barry looks like Mr. Potato Head. Ya know, I mean, I always knew he looked familiar, but..."
Ursula
Rachel and Monica frequently steal Joey and Chandler's TV Guide. Who's it addressed to?
Miss Chanandler Bong
During the contest for Monica's apartment, Ross asks, what name appears on the TV Guide address label? Rachel guesses, "Chandler Bing." But the correct answer, says Ross, is "Chanandler Bong." "Actually," Chandler corrects him, "it's MISS Chanandler Bong.
Mr. Chandler Bing
Mr. Joey Bing
Miss Joey Tribianni

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Who is Regina Phalange?
Chandler's alter ego
Gunther's alter ego
Monica's alter ego
Phoebe's alter ego
"Regina Phalange" is Phoebe's alter ego. She used this alias first when calling Ross in England, and then we see Regina become "Dr. Regina Phalange" and the French Régine Phillange.
Who is locked in a wooden box for six hours to earn Joey's forgiveness?
Chandler
After kissing Joey's girlfriend Kathy, Chandler agrees to be locked in a wooden box -- on Thanksgiving -- to prove he's sorry. Six hours later, Joey allows him out.
Janine
Kathy
Phoebe
Who plays Dr. Drake Ramoray, in a fictional version of the soap opera "Days of Our Lives"?
Joey
It's Joey who plays the Dr. Drake Ramoray, a neurosurgeon on the fictional version of the soap opera, "Days of Our Lives."
Joshua
Phoebe
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Who is a surrogate to her brother's children?
Carol
Monica
Phoebe
During the fourth season of the show, Phoebe decides to help her brother Frank Jr. and his wife, Alice, start a family. She agrees to be the surrogate mother to triplets Lesle, Frank Jr. Jr. and little girl Chandler.
Susan
Whose middle name is Muriel?
Chandler
Muriel, we find out, is Chandler's middle name. "Chandler Muriel Bing," says Ross to Chandler." "Boy, your parents never gave you a chance did they?"
Monica
Phoebe
Rachel
Which royal does Joey meet while in London for Ross and Emily's wedding?
Prince Charles
Prince Harry
Queen Elizabeth II
Sarah Ferguson
Joey, while out walking around London, meets Sarah Ferguson. Sarah, after marrying Prince Andrew, was given the title Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York. Don't you wish you'd stayed, Chandler?

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Who's Joey's first roommate after Chandler moves in with Monica?
Eddie
Janine
After Chandler and Monica move in together, Joey places an ad for a new roommate. When Janine LaCroix, an Australian dancer played by Elle Macpherson, answers the ad, he picks her immediately. Eventually, Joey and Janine get together, but it doesn't last when she admits she doesn't like Monica and Chandler -- and she moves out.
Rachel
Stu
Now friends as adults, who mugged Ross when the two were kids?
Mary-Angela
Mary-Therese
Phoebe
Spurred on by a recent mugging, Phoebe confesses and apologizes to Ross that she often mugged people when they were kids -- and that she'd mugged him once when they were teenagers. It turns out she kept his comic, "Science Boy," and the two make up reading it.
Ursula
Which is Janice's signature catchphrase?
"Could I BE more sarcastic?"
"How YOU doin'?!"
"I know!"
"Oh. My. Gawd."
Janice, introduced to the group when she and Chandler begin dating, has a habit of dropping the line, "Oh. My. Gawd" -- in her best nasally voice. "Could you BE more sarcastic?" is Chandler's signature one-liner in the first few seasons, at least.

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Which of Phoebe's boyfriends thinks Massapequa "sounds like a magical place"?
David, the scientist
Duncan, the Canadian ice dancer
happy-go-lucky Parker
Happy-go-lucky Parker, played by Alec Baldwin, isn't liked very much by the friends because of his enthusiasm for everything -- everything -- and his overall exuberance for life.
NYPD officer Gary
During his wedding ceremony to Emily, Ross says who's name at the altar?
Carol
Charlie
Julie
Rachel
As he's marrying Emily, Ross, while reciting his marriage vows, says the name Rachel instead of Emily. The marriage is off, but the two do try to remain together -- as long as he cuts Rachel out of his life.
Who does statistical analysis and data reconfiguration as a career?
Chandler
Chandler Bing's career is in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration. He is an IT procurements manager, which has nothing to do with "transponding" or being a "transponster."
Gavin
Pete
Richard

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Who dates Ross, her paleontology professor?
Charlie Wheeler
Elizabeth Stevens
Elizabeth Stevens, a student at New York University, dates Ross, her paleontology professor. To make things more awkward, Rachel begins dating Paul Stevens, Elizabeth's father.
Estelle Leonard
Jill Green
Jessica Rabbit is on who's "freebie" list?
Chandler
"You do realize that she's a cartoon ... and way out of your league?" says Rachel when Chandler reveals that Jessica Rabbit is on his five "freebies" list, which also includes Kim Basinger, Cindy Crawford, Halle Berry and Yasmine Bleeth.
Gunther
Joey
Ross
Who does Mr. Heckles, aka "The Weird Man," leave all his possessions to when he dies?
Central Perk
the "two noisy girls upstairs"
Mr. Heckles lived in the apartment below Monica and Rachel (and, previously, Monica and Phoebe).
the "two noisy boys upstairs"
the paleontologist

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Who makes an English trifle with a layer of "beef sauteed with peas and onions" for Thanksgiving at Monica's?
Jack and Judy Geller
Rachel
Rachel's holiday trifle includes: a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard (which she made from scratch), then raspberries, more ladyfingers, then beef sauteed with peas and onions, then a little more custard, and then bananas, and then some whipped cream on top. Does it really "taste like feet," though?
Richard
Richard's son Dr. Tim Burke
Chandler tries a hypnosis tape to quit smoking, but it has something unexpected in the script. What is it?
"Cigarettes don't control you."
"How long do cats live?"
"You are now completely asleep."
"You are a strong, confident woman."
To help him quit smoking, Rachel gives Chandler a hypnosis tape she got from a woman at work. She used it, and it worked for her. But the tape isn't exactly what either expected, repeating, "You are falling fast asleep. Deeper. Deeper. Deeper. You are now completely asleep. You don’t need to smoke. Cigarettes don’t control you. You are a strong, confident woman, who does not need to smoke. A strong, confident woman."
Mrs. Braverman lives on the first floor of the same building as Chandler, Joey, Monica and Rachel. Who eats her cheesecake?
Phoebe and her boyfriend David
Joey and Phoebe
Chandler and Rachel
At least two cheesecakes ordered from Mama's Little Bakery in Chicago were never eaten by Mrs. Braverman, who actually ordered them. The first was accidentally delivered to the wrong apartment, and Chandler takes the first bite. They accidentally drop the second cheesecake on the floor in the hallway, but it doesn't stop them from eating it.
Chandler and Monica

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Who officiates at both Monica and Chandler's wedding and Phoebe and Mike's wedding?
Gunther
Joey
Joey, in preparation for going to London for Monica and Chandler's wedding, gets ordained over the internet in order to officiate at their ceremony. When the day comes, he's working, and ends up officiating while still in costume from his war movie.
Mr. Heckles
Ross
The series ends with Chandler and Monica adopting twins. What do they name them?
Ben and Emma
Giovanni and Marissa
Hunter and Scarlett
Jack and Erica
Monica and Chandler, after struggles with infertility, decide to adopt. At the end of the final season, they not only purchase a home outside the city, they become parents to Jack, named after Monica's father, and Erica, named for their birth mother.
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