How Well Do You Know Seinfeld?
Think you know Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer? Test your Seinfeld memory with 15 questions covering the show’s most iconic characters, moments and running jokes.
For nine seasons, Seinfeld turned soup lines, parking garages, marble rye and tiny social rules into comedy history. But how much do you really remember about Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer? Take this 15-question quiz and find out.
15 questions · Medium difficulty · About 4 minutes
Seinfeld Knowledge Challenge
Choose one answer for each question. Your score appears after question 15.
1. What was the original title of the show’s pilot episode?
Correct: The pilot aired in 1989 as The Seinfeld Chronicles.
2. What is Jerry’s apartment number?
Correct: Jerry lives in apartment 5A, the unofficial headquarters for the group’s misadventures.
3. What is Kramer’s first name?
Correct: Kramer’s long-mysterious first name is revealed to be Cosmo.
4. Which name does George repeatedly use as a fictional alias?
Correct: George frequently becomes Art Vandelay, usually an architect—or whatever profession the lie requires.
5. Who becomes Elaine’s eccentric employer later in the series?
Correct: Elaine works for catalog magnate J. Peterman, whose dramatic stories rarely resemble reality.
6. What does Newman do for a living?
Correct: Newman is a United States Postal Service mail carrier—when the mail is not becoming “too much.”
7. What is George’s secret ATM code?
Correct: George’s code is Bosco, named for the chocolate syrup.
8. What does George pull from the blowhole of a stranded whale?
Correct: George removes one of Kramer’s golf balls and briefly becomes the marine biologist he pretended to be.
9. Who created the holiday Festivus?
Correct: Frank Costanza invented Festivus as an alternative to the pressures of the holiday season.
10. Which Festivus tradition lets everyone describe how others disappointed them?
Correct: The Airing of Grievances precedes the Feats of Strength at Frank’s Festivus celebration.
11. What warning ends a failed order at the famous soup stand?
Correct: “No soup for you!” became one of the series’ most recognizable lines.
12. Which superhero is Jerry’s favorite?
Correct: Jerry is an enthusiastic Superman fan, and references to the Man of Steel recur throughout the series.
13. How are Elaine’s famously awkward dance moves described by George?
Correct: Elaine’s dance features thumbs, jerky movements and unforgettable “little kicks.”
14. Who asks Jerry to wear the infamous puffy shirt?
Correct: Jerry unknowingly agrees to wear a pirate-style shirt after failing to hear Kramer’s low-talking girlfriend.
15. How many seasons of Seinfeld were produced?
Correct: Seinfeld ran for nine seasons, from 1989 to 1998.
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