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HIMYM Trivia Quiz
Wait For It How I Met Your Mother: the gang, MacLaren's and the yellow umbrella. Ted took nine seasons. You get seconds.
146 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This HIMYM Trivia Quiz has 146 questions: 52 easy, 58 medium and 36 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.
Sample questions
20 of the 146 How I Met Your Mother questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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What is the Mother's first name, finally said aloud in the finale?
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Tracy
Her full name, Tracy McConnell, is only announced in the series finale.
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Barney's job is a secret for years. What one-word answer does he give whenever he's asked?
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Please
In season 9 we learn the job literally is P.L.E.A.S.E.: Provide Legal Exculpation And Sign Everything.
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When someone says something can't be done, Barney always answers with which two words?
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Challenge accepted
He'll spend a whole year proving a point, even when nobody asked him to.
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Ted's son Luke is named after which movie hero?
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Luke Skywalker
Star Wars is huge for Ted and Marshall, who rewatch the trilogy together every three years.
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Barney's two-word battle cry before any big night out?
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Suit up
He wears a suit almost everywhere; he even owns suit pajamas.
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What does Ted steal from a restaurant wall for Robin on their first date?
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Blue French horn
In the finale, 25 years later, he stands under her window holding it again.
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Barney writes down all his schemes to pick up women in one book. What's it called?
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The Playbook
It's packed with elaborate cons, and like the Bro Code it became a real book.
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Which rulebook for how men should treat each other does Barney often quote?
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The Bro Code
It became a real book too, credited to Barney Stinson himself.
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When Future Ted says the gang was 'eating a sandwich' in college, what were they really doing?
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Smoking pot
Future Ted bends the truth all show long to keep the story kid-friendly; the sandwich is the famous one.
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Which arena game does Barney take so seriously he's been banned from places for it?
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Laser tag
He's so aggressive he once pinned a kid to the floor to shoot him.
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Which instrument does the Mother play in the band at Barney and Robin's wedding?
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Bass
The gang hires her band, so she's at the wedding where she and Ted finally meet.
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Where do Ted and the Mother finally meet, the morning after Barney and Robin's wedding?
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Farhampton train station
It's raining, she has the yellow umbrella, and Ted walks over to talk to her.
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On Ted's first day as a professor, he accidentally teaches the wrong class. What subject is it?
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Economics
The Mother is sitting in that class, studying for her degree, so they're in the same room.
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Ted's first real girlfriend in season 1 is a baker he meets at a wedding. What's her name?
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Victoria
She makes cakes, and their story starts at Stuart and Claudia's wedding.
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Marshall and Lily move out of the city into a house Lily's grandparents gave them. Where?
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Long Island
Marshall loved the idea of a yard for the kids; city-lover Lily had to be talked into it.
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How does Future Ted reveal at the end of the pilot that Robin is NOT the mother?
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Aunt Robin
The kids' groan is one of TV's great twists; she becomes their aunt, not their mom... for now.
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Ted takes the yellow umbrella home from a club after which holiday's party?
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St. Patrick's Day
The Mother was at the same party, but they didn't meet; she later gets the umbrella back.
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Ted finally becomes a professor of architecture at which New York university?
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Columbia
It's a real Ivy League school in Manhattan, and Ted first turned the job down.
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Lily leaves Marshall before their first wedding date to chase an art dream in which city?
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San Francisco
It doesn't work out, and she comes back humbled; they reunite and marry in season 2.
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When Marshall and Lily try to buy an apartment, what secret of Lily's ruins their mortgage plans?
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Credit card debt
She hid the bills in a 'box of shame' and shops whenever she's stressed.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the HIMYM Trivia Quiz?
146. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the HIMYM Trivia Quiz with friends online?
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Do I have to spell the answers exactly?
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