Big Bang Theory Trivia Quiz

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This Big Bang Theory Trivia Quiz has 189 questions: 67 easy, 75 medium and 47 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.

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1. Which character is heard screaming in season after season, yet her face is never shown?

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   Mrs. Wolowitz

   When voice actress Carol Ann Susi died in 2014, the show had the character die off-screen too.

2. Howard and Bernadette name their first baby after a famous comet. What's her name?

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   Halley

   She's born on Amy's birthday, and her cries sound just like her late grandmother's.

3. Who runs the comic book store the guys visit every Wednesday, and is famously gloomy?

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   Stuart

   He's an art-school graduate who becomes a regular, and he later lives with Howard's mother.

4. After years of saying no, Penny is the one who proposes to Leonard. What has he been carrying around for two years?

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   A ring

   He'd kept it since his own proposal; she pops the question near the end of season 7.

5. The creepiest flirt in the group ends up being the first of the four guys to marry. Who?

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   Howard

   Bernadette calms him down, his old pick-up lines stop, and they become the show's steadiest couple.

6. The coldest man on TV melts for his grandmother. What does Sheldon call her?

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   Meemaw

   She sends him money and cookies, and she's tough on Amy when she first visits.

7. The one person who can make Sheldon behave is his devout Texan mother. What's her first name?

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   Mary

   She prays over meals with the gang, ignores Sheldon's science, and he obeys her instantly.

8. Howard boasts he speaks several languages, including which made-up one from Star Trek?

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   Klingon

   He uses it in failed pick-up attempts, and the gang even plays a Boggle version in it in the pilot.

9. In season 5, Howard, who still lives with his mom, leaves Earth. Where does he go?

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   International Space Station

   He launches in a Russian Soyuz from Kazakhstan and comes home annoying everyone with space stories.

10. Howard has a party-trick hobby he uses to impress girls, even performing as 'The Great Howdini'. What is it?

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    Magic

    Sheldon later becomes obsessed with one of Howard's card tricks and never works it out.

11. Interviewing roommates, Sheldon asks: "Kirk or ___?" Leonard passes the test. Fill in the other captain.

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    Picard

    Leonard's answer: "Original Series over Next Generation, but Picard over Kirk."

12. Raj pampers his Yorkshire terrier like a princess, even feeding her from his plate. What's her name?

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    Cinnamon

    She once gets sick from eating chocolate and needs a trip to the vet.

13. At the end of season 7, what happens to Stuart's comic book store?

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    It catches fire

    Stuart moves in with Howard's mother, and the store reopens bigger with fans' help in season 8.

14. Leonard's rebound after Penny is his best friend's sister, a lawyer. What's her name?

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    Priya

    Raj is furious; Priya later uses the Roommate Agreement against Sheldon, then moves back to India.

15. Penny's most famous acting credit is a cheap horror film about a killer gorilla. What's it called?

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    Serial Ape-ist

    She's later cast in the sequel, "Monkey See, Monkey Kill", gets fired, and fans still mob her at signings.

16. Leonard says his parents made him learn which instrument, because naming him Leonard "wasn't getting me beaten up enough"?

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    Cello

    In season 1 he plays duets on it with Leslie Winkle, who treats them as flirting.

17. To keep Leonard away while his surprise party is set up, Howard eats something on purpose and lands in hospital. What is he allergic to?

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    Peanuts

    His face swells up and Leonard rushes him to the hospital, buying the others time to set up.

18. Bernadette's married name is a mouthful: Bernadette ___-Wolowitz. Fill the gap.

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    Rostenkowski

    Her father, Mike Rostenkowski, is a retired cop who doesn't think much of Howard.

19. To stay with Amy on her birthday, Sheldon gives up his ticket to the opening night of which film?

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    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    The guys go to the movie without him, which for Sheldon is the greatest sacrifice imaginable.

20. Sheldon's easygoing twin sister visits, and Leonard, Howard and Raj all compete to date her. What's her name?

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    Missy

    Raj can't speak to her, Howard is too creepy, and she leaves without dating any of them.

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