📺 TV Catchphrases Trivia Questions & Answers
"D'oh!", "How you doin'?" and the lines that escaped the screen. Below are 30 free tv catchphrases trivia questions with answers — part of TV trivia on BUZZ. Want a real challenge that adapts to what you know? Play the TV quiz — no signup needed to start.
30 TV Catchphrases trivia questions
Q1. Which famous word does Homer Simpson grunt while smacking his forehead when things go wrong?
Answer: D'oh
💡 Voice actor Dan Castellaneta based it on actor James Finlayson's exclamation in old Laurel and Hardy films.
Q2. What two-word verdict did Donald Trump deliver to a losing contestant on The Apprentice?
Answer: You're fired
💡 The line became so associated with Trump that he revived it decades later at political rallies.
Q3. Ed McMahon bellowed 'Heeeere's Johnny' to introduce Carson on which long-running NBC program?
Answer: The Tonight Show
💡 McMahon reckoned he introduced Johnny Carson nearly 5,000 times over the show's 30-year run.
Q4. 'The truth is out there' is the eerie tagline of which 1990s FBI paranormal series?
Answer: The X-Files
💡 The line appears in the opening titles of almost every episode of the show.
Q5. In Game of Thrones, what is the family motto of House Stark?
Answer: Winter is Coming
💡 The Stark words are a warning — unlike other houses, they don't boast but prepare.
Q6. Leather-jacketed Fonzie made 'Aaay' his one-word catchphrase on which 1970s sitcom?
Answer: Happy Days
Q7. 'Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis' is Arnold Jackson's catchphrase on which 1980s sitcom?
Answer: Diff'rent Strokes
Q8. 'Dyn-o-mite!' was the excited catchphrase of J.J. Evans on which 1970s sitcom?
Answer: Good Times
Q9. 'Yada yada yada' became a national catchphrase after a famous 1997 episode of which sitcom?
Answer: Seinfeld
Q10. Which running pickup line does Joey Tribbiani use whenever he meets someone new on Friends?
Answer: How you doin'?
💡 Despite being iconic, Joey actually only said the line about 20 times across the whole series.
Q11. Which goofy exclamation does Sheldon Cooper use to punctuate his jokes on The Big Bang Theory?
Answer: Bazinga
💡 Warner Bros. actually filed a trademark for the word "Bazinga" in 2011.
Q12. Which four-word interjection does Michael Scott use on The Office to turn innocent sentences dirty?
Answer: That's what she said
💡 Characters said the line an estimated 40 times across the show's run.
Q13. Which word does Barney Stinson stretch into three syllables to hype anything awesome?
Answer: Legendary
💡 He famously delivers it as "legen—wait for it—dary."
Q14. Detective Steve McGarrett ended cases with 'Book 'em, Danno' on which cop series?
Answer: Hawaii Five-O
💡 Jack Lord played McGarrett; Danno was his loyal deputy Danny Williams.
Q15. Robin Williams' alien Mork greeted everyone with 'Nanu nanu' on which 1970s sitcom?
Answer: Mork & Mindy
💡 The Orkan greeting came paired with a Vulcan-style split-finger salute.
Q16. Which sitcom's slick bachelor Barney Stinson urges friends to 'Suit up'?
Answer: How I Met Your Mother
💡 Narrator Bob Saget reportedly coined 'suit up' years before the show existed.
Q17. Telling Skyler he's not in danger but IS the danger, Walter White adds which chilling line?
Answer: I am the one who knocks
💡 The full line is "I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger... I am the one who knocks!"
Q18. Which one word did chef Emeril Lagasse shout on Food Network whenever he added a bold ingredient?
Answer: Bam!
💡 He started shouting it just to keep his sleepy, overfed studio crew alert during long shooting days.
Q19. Picard's crisp command 'Make it so' comes from which Star Trek series?
Answer: The Next Generation
💡 Patrick Stewart's Picard said 'Make it so' 77 times across the series.
Q20. Cigar-chomping Hannibal loved it 'when a plan comes together' on which 1980s show?
Answer: The A-Team
💡 George Peppard's Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith first said the line in the 1983 pilot.
Q21. The Robot warned 'Danger, Will Robinson' on which 1960s sci-fi adventure series?
Answer: Lost in Space
💡 Despite its fame, the full line was spoken only once in the original series.
Q22. Wheeler-dealer Del Boy says 'Lovely jubbly' in which classic British sitcom?
Answer: Only Fools and Horses
💡 The phrase was so beloved it entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2003.
Q23. Bank clerk Carol Beer shut people down with 'Computer says no' on which sketch show?
Answer: Little Britain
💡 David Walliams played the obstinate Carol, who typed every request into her PC.
Q24. 'Resistance is futile' announces the arrival of which hive-minded Star Trek foe?
Answer: The Borg
💡 The full hail adds 'You will be assimilated' before the famous threat.
Q25. Which rumpled TV detective disarms suspects with the line 'Just one more thing'?
Answer: Columbo
💡 Writers admitted the false-exit line began because they were too lazy to retype a scene.
Q26. In 2009, the Paley Center ranked 'Yada Yada Yada' where on its list of TV's 50 funniest phrases?
Answer: 1
Q27. Jealous Jan whines 'Marcia, Marcia, Marcia' about her sister on which family sitcom?
Answer: The Brady Bunch
💡 Jan actually says the famous line only once, in a 1971 episode.
Q28. Complete bumbling spy Maxwell Smart's apology on Get Smart: 'Sorry about that, ___.'
Answer: Chief
💡 Don Adams' spoof spy also loved the line 'Missed it by that much.'
Q29. Sassy waitress Flo snapped 'Kiss my grits' at her boss on which CBS diner sitcom?
Answer: Alice
💡 Polly Holliday's Flo was so popular she got her own spin-off simply called 'Flo.'
Q30. Which prim SNL character, played by Dana Carvey, sniffs 'Well, isn't that special'?
Answer: The Church Lady
💡 The Church Lady's real name is Enid Strict; she debuted on the show in 1986.
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