Seinfeld – answers and explanations
Here are the answers to all 25 questions in the Seinfeld quiz, each with a short explanation. Haven't played yet? Take the quiz first and compare your score.
Play the quiz · 25 questions1. In "The Secret Code," George's ATM PIN is the name of which chocolate drink?
Answer: Bosco
George Costanza's fiercely guarded ATM code is "Bosco," the chocolate syrup brand he loves; he confesses it to J. Peterman's dying mother in the season 7 episode that aired November 16, 1995, and she dies shouting it.
2. In the reverse-told "The Betrayal," which country do Jerry, Elaine and George visit?
Answer: India
In the backwards-told season 9 episode (aired November 20, 1997), Elaine drags Jerry and George to India out of spite for the wedding of her rival Sue Ellen Mischke to Pinter Ranawat.
3. George's singing answering machine message parodies which 1980s TV theme?
Answer: The Greatest American Hero
George's sung answering machine greeting, "Believe it or not, George isn't at home," parodies "Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)," Joey Scarbury's 1981 hit written by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer; it appears in "The Susie."
4. In "The Junior Mint," what is the real name of the girlfriend Jerry can't remember?
Answer: Dolores
The woman whose name Jerry forgets in the 1993 episode turns out to be Dolores, which rhymes with a part of the female anatomy; "Mulva" and "Gipple" were just Jerry and George's wild guesses, and the name Dolores came from a studio audience member.
5. Kramer's mistaken ASSMAN plates were meant for a doctor in which field?
Answer: Proctology
In "The Fusilli Jerry" (April 27, 1995), the DMV mixes up Kramer's plates with vanity plates reading ASSMAN that belonged to proctologist Dr. Cooperman, revealed when Kramer spots the doctor's boat photo named ASSMAN.
6. In "The Pez Dispenser," whose Pez dispenser does Jerry put on Elaine's leg?
Answer: Tweety Bird
At the piano recital in the season 3 episode (first aired January 15, 1992), Jerry stands a Tweety Bird Pez dispenser, given to him by Kramer, on Elaine's lap, making her laugh so hard that George's girlfriend Noel is humiliated and dumps him.
7. Which actor played Jerry's eccentric neighbour Cosmo Kramer?
Answer: Michael Richards
Michael Richards played Cosmo Kramer in all nine seasons of Seinfeld (1989-1998) and won three Emmy Awards for the role.
8. Which Seinfeld wardrobe item was donated to the Smithsonian?
Answer: Jerry's puffy shirt
Jerry Seinfeld donated the ruffled "puffy shirt" from the 1993 episode of the same name, along with the Larry David script, to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on November 18, 2004, where it joined props like the ruby slippers.
9. In "The Chicken Roaster," the neon sign by Kramer's window belongs to which chain?
Answer: Kenny Rogers Roasters
A Kenny Rogers Roasters opens across the street in the season 8 episode (aired November 14, 1996), and its giant red neon chicken sign floods Kramer's apartment, prompting him to swap apartments with Jerry while secretly becoming addicted to the chicken.
10. Which New York City mayor made a cameo in 1993's "The Non-Fat Yogurt"?
Answer: Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani filmed a cameo the morning after winning the November 2, 1993 New York mayoral election, and it was edited in before the episode aired on November 4; an alternate version had been prepared in case David Dinkins won.
11. Which actor played Jerry's neurotic best friend George Costanza?
Answer: Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander played George Costanza through all nine seasons of Seinfeld, from 1989 to 1998.
12. George's fake company, Vandelay Industries, supposedly manufactures what product?
Answer: Latex products
Vandelay Industries, George's fake employer invented to keep his unemployment benefits in the Season 3 episode "The Boyfriend," was supposedly a latex manufacturer, prompting Jerry's ad-libbed line about being his latex salesman.
13. Who provided the unseen voice of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld?
Answer: Larry David
Series co-creator Larry David supplied the voice of the blustering, never-fully-seen George Steinbrenner from "The Opposite" onward, while actor Lee Bear provided the back of the character's head on camera.
14. At the J. Peterman catalog, Elaine green-lights a disastrous cover item called what?
Answer: The Urban Sombrero
Left in charge of the catalog after Peterman flees to Burma in the Season 8 premiere "The Foundation" (September 19, 1996), Elaine puts her Mexico-inspired Urban Sombrero on the cover, prompting Peterman's horrified reaction.
15. In "The Bubble Boy," which misprinted Trivial Pursuit answer sparks the fight?
Answer: Moops
In "The Bubble Boy," Donald correctly answers "the Moors" to who invaded Spain in the 8th century, but George denies him the win because the card is misprinted as "Moops" - a gag inspired by a real misprint a writer found in a home Jeopardy! game.
16. What was George Costanza's official job title with the New York Yankees?
Answer: Assistant to the Traveling Secretary
George Costanza worked for the New York Yankees as Assistant to the Traveling Secretary, a job he landed by insulting owner George Steinbrenner in the season five finale "The Opposite" (aired May 19, 1994), reporting to traveling secretary Mr. Wilhelm.
17. Which actress played Elaine Benes on Seinfeld?
Answer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus played Elaine Benes on Seinfeld and later starred as Selina Meyer in the HBO comedy Veep.
18. What is Newman's job on Seinfeld?
Answer: Mail carrier
Newman, played by Wayne Knight, is a US Postal Service mail carrier and Jerry's sworn enemy, greeted with a cold 'Hello, Newman.'
19. In "The Bris," Kramer is convinced the hospital is secretly hiding what creature?
Answer: A pig man
In "The Bris" (aired October 14, 1993), Kramer wanders into the wrong hospital room and becomes convinced he saw a government-engineered pig man; the patient turns out to be an ordinary mental patient.
20. What does the Soup Nazi shout at customers who break his ordering rules?
Answer: No soup for you!
In the 1995 episode 'The Soup Nazi', the strict soup vendor punishes anyone who breaks his rules by barking 'No soup for you!'
21. Kramer's fast-talking lawyer Jackie Chiles was a parody of which real-life attorney?
Answer: Johnnie Cochran
Jackie Chiles, played by Phil Morris from 1995's "The Maestro" through the finale, was modelled on attorney Johnnie Cochran: both bespectacled, mustachioed lawyers with the same initials and a taste for grand vocabulary.
22. In "The Van Buren Boys," how many fingers does the gang's secret hand signal show?
Answer: Eight, for the 8th president
The street gang in the season 8 episode that aired February 6, 1997 idolised Martin Van Buren, the eighth US president, so their secret sign was eight raised fingers, which Kramer flashed by accident while holding a garlic shaker.
23. Which holiday did Frank Costanza invent 'for the rest of us'?
Answer: Festivus
Festivus appears in the 1997 episode 'The Strike' and features a bare aluminium pole, the Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength.
24. In which city is Seinfeld set?
Answer: New York City
Seinfeld is set on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City, where Jerry has his apartment and the friends meet at Monk's Café.
25. Seinfeld is famously described as a show about what?
Answer: Nothing
The phrase 'a show about nothing' comes from the episode 'The Pitch', in which Jerry and George pitch NBC a sitcom about nothing, mirroring the real show.