The George Costanza Quiz You Never Knew You Needed

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The George Costanza Quiz You Never Knew You Needed
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The outbursts. The mustache. The...wallet! Test your knowledge of this "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" and Jerry's best friend, whose best (and worst) qualities were based on Larry David, the co-creator of "Seinfeld."
What are the first names of George’s parents?
Tom and Estelle
Frank and Estelle
Tom and Louise
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Wrong Answer

Frank was played by Ben Stiller’s father, Jerry.

What was the name of George’s fiancée?
Susan Ross
Sylvia Reynolds
Sarah Rice
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Wrong Answer

Susan died licking envelopes.

What holiday did George’s father launch?
Octavus
Festivus
Novartis
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Wrong Answer

The Festivus was “For the Rest of Us.”

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In trying to keep getting unemployment, George says he has interviewed at what company?
Perry Winkle Enterprises
Target
Vandelay Industries
Rory Cosmetics
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Wrong Answer

George gave Jerry’s phone number as Vandelay’s.

George worked as a ______ model.
Leg
Foot
Hand
Butt
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Wrong Answer

Like so many things with George, this job was short-lived.

What actor owned George’s car before he purchased it?
Jon Voight
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
Dustin Hoffman
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Wrong Answer

Voight starred in "Midnight Cowboy", set in NYC

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What does George say he does when asked about his profession?
Accountant
Physician
Architect
Artist
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Wrong Answer

George does a lot of everything else in this series, just not much in the way of architecture.

What character refers to himself in the third person to George and others?
Sam
Jimmy
Jackie
Ralph
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He tells George, for example, “These are Jimmy’s training shoes.”

What was George’s beef with the Soup Nazi?
Soup was too cold.
Soup was too hot.
No bread!
No silverware!
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

The Soup Nazi’s name in the show was Yev Kassem.

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What celebrity winds up in the hospital after playing a baseball game?
Meg Ryan
Sarah Jessica Parker
Bette Midler
Michael Ian Black
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Bette Midler’s favorite shaved ice: pineapple.

How did George meet Susan?
They met during a meeting with NBC.
They met in the laundry room.
They met in during a court case.
They met at a bar.
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In the aftermath of her death, Susan's parents, played by former Twin Peaks cast members Warren Frost and Grace Zabriskie, organized a foundation in her honor and appointed George to be on the board, a position he did not relish.

George secures his job with the Yankees by:
Wearing a Mickey Mantle jersey to the interview.
Giving George Steinbrenner a Yogi Berra baseball card.
Arguing with George Steinbrenner.
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Wrong Answer

Steinbrenner is voiced by co-creator Larry David.

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What is the name of the library detective?
Mr. Boatman
Ms. Merriweather
Charles
Mr Bookman
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Wrong Answer

Larry David loves to play word games.

Which magazine fills George with an uncontrollable need to pleasure himself?
Playboy
Sports Illustrated
Glamour
Newsweek
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Wrong Answer

The pleasuring took place in his parents' living room.

What was George’s ATM code?
Georg
Costa
Bosco
Jerry
Correct Answer
Wrong Answer

Bosco was the bee’s knees in the 50s.

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What name does George want to give his first child?
Numero Uno
Seven
Jim-bo
Thirteen
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He wants to name his firstborn after Mickey Mantle's jersey number.

Who was on the cover of the TV Guide that Elaine took from George’s dad?
Al Roker
Jennifer Garner
Bob Costas
Bill Cosby
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Al Roker was just starting to make a name for himself at the time.

Kramer made a statue of George out of:
Clay.
Bronze.
Potato chips.
Ravioli.
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Kramer always had a flare for the dramatic.

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What is George’s middle name?
Ray
Timone
Louis
Florent
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There was a conscious decision by the writers not to get too cute when it came to the names of the major characters.

What was the nickname of the attorney George dated to get a visa for someone?
Truth
Terminator
Rod
Bastion
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Wrong Answer

The visa was for Babu.

What was the last name of George’s gym teacher who continually mispronounced his name?
Hayman
Layman
Raymond
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The gym teacher called him “Cantastanja.”

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When George and Jerry try to interest the Japanese in their idea for a sitcom, they give them what fruit?
Oranges
Apples
Pears
Grapefruit
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Pitching sitcoms was a common plot-point element in the early episodes of the show.

George says there’s a vegetable that you can eat like an apple. What is it?
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Avocados
Corn on the cob
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He's talking about a particular type of tomatoes, called Hampton tomatoes.

Who does Mr. Morgan look like, according to George?
John Elway
Sugar Ray Leonard
Michael Jordan
Willie Mays
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Wrong Answer

Sugar Ray Leonard was named after another great boxer, Sugar Ray Robinsons.

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George’s character is based on:
Jerry Seinfeld’s real-life best friend.
Jason Alexander’s brother.
No one in particular.
Larry David.
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Larry David’s reaction to Jason Alexander’s calling George a “schmuck” was the basis of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

What is George’s nickname?
Toto
Coco
Bobo
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George's nickname given to him by Kruger, after seeing George wave his hands in the air with a monkey in his hand.

One of George’s girlfriends was incarcerated for committing what crime?
Prostitution
Assault & battery
Embezzlement
Larceny
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Wrong Answer

The prison was minimum security.

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Among the four principals on the show, who initially won the infamous..."contest"? (It's later revealed that he cheated.)
Jerry
George
Elaine
Kramer
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The episode was controversial when broadcast because NBC thought that masturbation was not a topic suitable for prime time television. As a result, the word "masturbation" is never used in the episode.

Which newspaper does George say is his only reason for getting up in the morning?
The New York Times
The Daily News
The Washington Post
The New York Post
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The newspaper really took off during the run of Seinfeld.

For Elaine’s birthday, how much money did George give her?
$19
$100
$91
$57.23
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Jerry gave her double the money that George did: $182.

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What is the name of Frank Costanza’s cousin?
Tony
Benny
Manuel
Carlos
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The cousin was “lost.”

Who was responsible for the phrase “yada yada yada”?
Elaine
Hilda
Marcy
Jerry
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When Julia Louis Dreyfuss hosted Saturday Night Live, she did a sketch based on yada yada yada with Larry David.

What high school did George attend?
Eisenhower High School
Truman High School
Roosevelt High School
JFK High School
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Jerry also attended that high school.

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In "The Movie" episode, over which film do Elaine and George disagree ?
The English Patient
Ponce de León
The Graduate
Cool Hand Luke
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Elaine didn't like it; George did.

George explains the physics of the home run to which two Yankees?
Derek Jeter and Danny Tartabull
Paul O’Neill and Derek Jeter
Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter
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Neither player was much of a home run threat.

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