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1. In the episode 'Murtaugh List', what is the last item on the list that Barney tries to complete?


Answer: Beer bong

Interesting Information:
Barney is able to do all of the things in the Murtaugh List... except for beer bong and admits defeat. But Ted realises that it was stupid and went TPing the laser tag place anyway. He realised that Murtaugh's catchphrase 'I'm too old for that stuff...' is stupid and destroys the list. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Challenge Accepted!
 
Some incorrect choices:
TP the laser tag place, Going on a rave, Drinking shots with stranger

2. Barney Stinson became friends with Ted, Marshall and Lily after meeting Ted in 2001 where?


Answer: At a urinal

Interesting Information:
They met in the men's room at MacLaren's Pub. Barney made up a story about a deaf brother, which Ted believed, planning to use it on a girl. 15 minutes later, Barney goes over to Ted and gets him to pretend to be his deaf brother in front of a girl named Audrey. Ted says to Audrey (in sign language) that Barney is lying, and tells her to give him a fake phone number, although Barney did not realise this for several years (as he did not speak sign language). Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother": Barney Stinson
 
Some incorrect choices:
In a zoo, At a strip club, At a paintball tournament

3. Barney had a wide variety of nicknames including "Barn", "Jack Package" and "Swarles Barkley", but what was Barney's full name?


Answer: Barnabus Stinson

Interesting Information:
Barney's father was Jerome Whittaker and his mother was Loretta Stinson. "Barnito Supreme" was also one of his nicknames. Somehow I don't think it was an accident his initials were BS. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Barney... wait for it... Stinson!
 
Some incorrect choices:
Barnaby Stinson, Barnes Stinson, Barnito Supreme

4. Season 2, Episode 18: "Moving Day" How did Robin react in her phone call with "Guns & Ammo" magazine when she was given an offer of "a free hand grenade phone" so as not to let her renounce her subscription to the said magazine?


Answer: "You know what? Let me give you my work address."

Interesting Information:
With the knowledge that Ted would disfavor her inclination to modern weaponry and ammunition upon moving in her apartment, Robin decided to unsubscribe to "Guns & Ammo". But, as the bargain came to her for the special phone, she did a double take.

Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Quotes 2
 
Some incorrect choices:
"You know what? Please have that delivered now.", "You know what? I am not unsubscribing.", "You know what? The heck with my boyfriend..."

5. In the episode 'The Pineapple Incident', who burns Ted's jacket?


Answer: Barney

Interesting Information:
This episode is about Barney trying to keep Ted from over thinking. He forces him to drink five shots that Carl the bartender gives the group for free. Ted ends up dancing on a table and getting a girl home. He is hoping for Robin and gets a girl named Trudy instead. She reappears again in season three, 'The Third Wheel'. It's unsure if he hooks up with her and her friend though. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Seasons 1-8
 
Some incorrect choices:
Marshall, Lily, Robin

6. In 'Mystery vs. History', how many scenes of violence are remembered by the gang?


Answer: 11

Interesting Information:
When Kevin stated that the only unhealthy behaviour he hadn't seen from them was physical violence, the gang remember 11 scenes of them using violence on each other. There were 13 acts of violence, although 3 were in just one scene of Barney slapping Marshall. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: How I Met Your Mother
 
Some incorrect choices:
10, 8, 9

7. During the episode "The Pineapple Incident", Ted gets drunk off of a red mixed shot Carl the bartender whips up himself. What is the name of the shot Carl creates?


Answer: Red Dragon

Interesting Information:
In this episode, Ted gets pretty hammered off of Carl's made up shots called Red Dragons. He ends up forgetting everything he did like calling Robin a bunch of times and acting like a fool, falling off a table he was standing and singing on and spraining his ankle, and sleeping with a chick he brought home named Trudy. Seems like a great night to me! Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: All New "How I Met Your Mother" Quiz
 
Some incorrect choices:
Red Blood, Red Dracula, Red Vampire

8. 'Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit' was a song performed at the end of the episode 'Girls Versus Suits'. Which episode was this song celebrating?


Answer: 100th

Interesting Information:
This song is from season 5, episode 12 and was released as a single by Neil Patrick Harris and the cast. It reached number 50 on the UK singles chart. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: 'How I Met Your Mother', Seasons 1-7
 
Some incorrect choices:
200th, 50th, 150th

9. After Barney watches Lily's play, he decides to create his own. What is it called?


Answer: 'Suck It Lily'

Interesting Information:
During this play he tortures Lily using the word moist over and over, and squirting Lily with a water gun. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: 'How I Met Your Mother'
 
Some incorrect choices:
'Robot Love', 'Barneys Legendary Play', 'Suit Up!'

10. In Season 1, which fruit describes an incident that took place involving Ted and Trudy?


Answer: Pineapple

Interesting Information:
In "The Pineapple Incident", Ted awakes having no recollection of his experiences from the previous night. His only clue is a pineapple on his night stand. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: How I Met Your Mother
 
Some incorrect choices:
Orange, Lemon, Apple

11. How many days did it take Marshall to get over his breakup with Lily?


Answer: 67

Interesting Information:
After his breakup with Lily, Marshall moped around his apartment feeling horribly depressed for 67 days before finally getting up to make a batch of pancakes, which, according to Ted, were disgusting. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother": Second Season
 
Some incorrect choices:
22, 53, 84

12. What actor plays the show's main character, Ted Mosby?


Answer: Josh Radnor

Interesting Information:
Josh Radnor was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio while Ted Mosby hails from Shaker Heights, Ohio. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Characters
 
Some incorrect choices:
Bob Saget, Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris

13. Barney is by far the funniest character on the show. What famous childhood actor plays this character?


Answer: Neil Patrick Harris

Interesting Information:
Neil Patrick Harris's most prominent role was as Doogie Howser in "Doogie Howser: M.D." He played as a 14 year old boy genius who becomes the youngest licensed doctor in America. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: The Legendary Barney Stinson
 
Some incorrect choices:
Macaulay Culkin, Devin Sawa, Jonathan Taylor Thomas

14. Episode 11: 'Little Minnesota' What is the name of Ted's sister?


Answer: Heather

Interesting Information:
Ted was very worried about the arrival of his sister as she was known to be a little irresponsible. He was doing his best to keep Barney away from her because Barney really wanted to sleep with Heather. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: 'How I Met Your Mother' Season 4 - Part 2
 
Some incorrect choices:
Robin, Lily, Susan

15. In episode 1.6 "Slutty Pumpkin", which Halloween costume does Ted attend the party in every year?


Answer: A ballot

Interesting Information:
Ted wears the same costume in the hopes of reuniting with the 'Slutty Pumpkin', whose phone number he got at a Halloween party four years ago then lost. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother"... The Quiz
 
Some incorrect choices:
The Declaration of Independence, The Magna Carta, The Bill of Rights

16. In the first episode of the season, Ted meets Amy (Mandy Moore) and gets a tattoo on his lower back. What was the tattoo?


Answer: a butterfly

Interesting Information:
After finally "getting over" his breakup with Robin, Ted meets Amy at McLaren's Pub. He eventually passes out and can't remember anything from the night before. Ted wakes up the next morning and his friends notice the tattoo, or "tramp stamp", before he does. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Season 3, Part 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
a heart, Amy's name, his name

17. In the episode "Matchmaker," who plays Ellen Pierce, the owner/operator of the Love Solutions matchmaking service?


Answer: Camryn Manheim

Interesting Information:
Ellen tried to give Ted back his money as she had a 100% success rate until he came along. She refused Barney right away because.. well.. he's Barney. Megan Mullally also guest stars later in the series as the voice of Barney's mother. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Guest Stars on "How I Met Your Mother"
 
Some incorrect choices:
Rosie O'donnell, Megan Mullally, Ricki Lake

18. In season one, Ted met a girl named Trudy at the bar and wound up in bed with her and with a questionable fruit on his nightstand. What fruit did Ted find?


Answer: Pineapple

Interesting Information:
In this episode, aptly titled "The Pineapple Incident," Ted (Josh Radnor) drank five shots and then picked up Trudy (Danica McKeller) at the bar. It was never explained where the pineapple came from, but Trudy returned for one episode in season three. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" General Trivia
 
Some incorrect choices:
Mango, Papaya, Guava

19. Which character uses the catchphrases "Suit Up!" and "Legendary" on a regular basis?


Answer: Barney

Interesting Information:
Every time they go out, Barney tells Ted to "Suit Up!". Ted rarely suits up. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: How I Met Your Mother
 
Some incorrect choices:
Ted, Marshall, Lily

20. What happened when Marshall proposed to Lily?


Answer: She got hit in the eye with a cork.

Interesting Information:
This happened in the pilot episode. Marshall was so excited that Lily had said yes that when he tried to open the stubborn cork on the champagne bottle, which he inadvertently had pointed in her direction; the cork finally came out and hit Lily in the eye. At least she'll remember that day for many years to come. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: How I Met Your Mother
 
Some incorrect choices:
She peed herself in excitement., She said no., She hit Marshall over the head with her purse.

21. Where was "How I Met Your Mother" set?


Answer: New York

Interesting Information:
The characters were often seen out and about in NYC. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother": Season One
 
Some incorrect choices:
Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit

22. What does Barney always tell Ted to do before meeting him someplace?


Answer: Suit up!

Interesting Information:
In the first episode, Barney calls Ted and tells him to meet him at the bar and to "Suit up!" and of course Ted didn't. The one time Ted did 'suit up' he was only wearing a blazer. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Season 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
Bring a date!, Get beer!, Comb your hair!

23. In what year does each episode begin?


Answer: 2030

Interesting Information:
Each episode opens in the future with a father explaining to his teenage children how he met their mother. The show then flashes back to the present. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: Introduction To "How I Met Your Mother"
 
Some incorrect choices:
2010, 2005, 1995

24. What is Barney's final challenge?


Answer: do the split mid air

Interesting Information:
Barney's last challenge is to do the split mid air. It is shown in the future. The others are done but not as challenges, they are only admitted by Barney himself. And 'cheer up Robin' is done in the last season when he is going to get married to her. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Challenge Accepted!
 
Some incorrect choices:
complete every challenge given, cheer Robin up, keep telling the best stories

25. Forecast the next immediate lines from the episode (characters not mentioned). "It's you. It's me. I saw you in the street." "Are you Annie?" "Yes."


Answer: "Ted?"

Interesting Information:
Robin caught Ted in his somehow awkward enactment of the last scene of "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993), through which the latter remade it with miniature dolls on the top of his scale model of the Empire State Building. The actual dialogue from the movie proceeds to the line "You're Annie?"

"How long have you been out here?" "Ten seconds." "Yeah, just the last scene..." Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Quotes 4: "Zoo Or False"
 
Some incorrect choices:
"You're Annie?, "It's nice to meet you.", "Robin?"

26. Select the missing word from this famous Barney quote: "When I get sad, I stop being sad and be ______ instead".


Answer: awesome

Interesting Information:
"True story". He said this to Ted and Robin in regards to Marshall being sad. Difficulty: Easy.

From Quiz: Barney... wait for it... Stinson!
 
Some incorrect choices:
happy, legendary, sadder

27. Robin said this in her program at Metro News One. "Coming up at eleven, are there piranhas in the East River? What you don't know could 'eat' you." The last sentence is a paronomasia or "pun" to what known idiom?


Answer: "What you don't know could hurt you."

Interesting Information:
Throughout the series, Robin has found disgust, saying the lines given by the teleprompter, in a certain news program. This was not the case in this episode.

"Mike, you can read, right?" "Yeah, I'm the best at reading." Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Quotes 5: "Atlantic City"
 
Some incorrect choices:
"What you don't know could scare you.", "What you don't know could shock you.", "What you don't know could hit you."

28. Season 5, Episode 3: "Robin 101" Name the Japanese celebrity who guest-starred in this episode, saying the line "They made me wear a wig. It was very demeaning."


Answer: Kazu Nagahama

Interesting Information:
Kazu Nagahama starred as Shin-Ya, who was called by Ted to pose as Robin during the role-playing exercises as part of Barney's learning more about Robin while having a relationship with her. Ted lamented for him having little capacity in speaking English. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Quotes 2
 
Some incorrect choices:
Junichi Ukeda, Yuya Takaki, Hiroki Uchi

29. Season 5, Episode 24: "Doppelgangers" Lily, Robin, and Marshall jokingly compel Ted not to dye his hair blonde. However, Ted insists he do so. How does Marshall ultimately react, still jokingly?


Answer: "That is not the outcome that we're hoping for!"

Interesting Information:
Ted's plan to dye his hair blonde is a reference to Barney's original hair that he has to conceal in his motives to pick up foreign chicks from the United Nations headquarters in a cab he disguises to drive. Knowing that the taxi cab driver is actually Barney and not Barney's doppelganger, Marshall feels disappointed since he has a deal with his wife Lily that they would start a family only at the time that they find that doppelganger. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Quotes 1
 
Some incorrect choices:
"No wonder the sky has gone pregnant!", "God, what is really happening now?!", "Oh, just sell my soul to the devil!"

30. In the episode 'How Lily Stole Christmas', what does future Ted rename the bad word he calls Lily?


Answer: Grinch

Interesting Information:
Lily had left that summer for an art internship in California. This made her boyfriend Marshall upset and her best friend Ted very angry. He calls her a bad word on the phone to get Marshall off the couch.

The title of the episode is also very clever. The Grinch is played by Jim Carrey in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". It's a great Christmas movie. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Seasons 1-8
 
Some incorrect choices:
Scrooge, Grumpy, Frosty

31. What is revealed as Robin's full legal name in 'Happily Ever After'?


Answer: Robin Charles Scherbatsky

Interesting Information:
Robin's father wanted a son and intended to raise Robin as a boy. Therefore, as part of his plan to raise her as his son, he gave her the middle name Charles. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: How I Met Your Mother
 
Some incorrect choices:
Robin Joel Scherbatsky, Robin Andrew Scherbatsky, Robin Sparkles Scherbatsky

32. During the episode "The Limo", Ted rents a limo on New Year's Eve for the gang to drive around New York City and hop from party to party. At one point, Barney brings back a girl to the limo to party with the rest of the night. What is her name?


Answer: Natalya

Interesting Information:
The gang travels around the city on New Year's Eve in a limo that Ted has rented for them. Ted brings along Marybeth, a girl from work he believes is into him because she's always finding ways to give him a hug. Barney also finds a date for the night at one of the parties they go to. Her name is Natalya. She has a Russian-like accent and seems like she loves to party. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: All New "How I Met Your Mother" Quiz
 
Some incorrect choices:
Veronica, Lisa, Marybeth

33. What is Barney always desperate for Ted to do?


Answer: Suit up

Interesting Information:
Barney is always asking Ted to suit up, but he rarely does. A funeral is the only place that Barney does not wear a suit, as suits are full of joy. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: 'How I Met Your Mother', Seasons 1-7
 
Some incorrect choices:
Cut his hair, Get a spray tan, Get a shave

34. When Marshall and Lily go to elope at Atlantic City, Lily realizes she needs a veil to get married. Who finds a veil in the casino?


Answer: Barney

Interesting Information:
When the gang enters the casino, they say that they only have twenty minutes left of being unmarried. When Robin is getting a different outfit and Lily is getting the bouquet, the other three guys are about to go to get a veil, but Ted suggests that they gamble and just say they couldn't find one, and Marshall agrees. However, Barney decides to look for a veil, and gets it from a girl who wasn't ready to be married yet in less than two minutes, leaving the three eighteen minutes left to spend in Atlantic City having fun. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: Casino Royale
 
Some incorrect choices:
Ted, Robin, Marshall

35. When Ted is talking to his kids, what year is it?


Answer: 2030

Interesting Information:
Most episodes start with Ted talking to his kids, and it says 2030 at the bottom of the screen. Difficulty: Average.

From Quiz: 'How I Met Your Mother'
 
Some incorrect choices:
2035, 2040, 2033

36. In Season 1, who accidentally alerts Victoria to Ted's real name?


Answer: Barney

Interesting Information:
When Victoria and Ted try using fake names with each other to hide their identities, an excited Barney comes over and spouts Ted's name numerous times. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: How I Met Your Mother
 
Some incorrect choices:
Marshall, Lily, Robin

37. In "Swarley", Robin subscribes Barney to the Spanish version of a magazine, using the name "Swarlos". Which magazine is it?


Answer: People

Interesting Information:
Throughout the entire episode, the gang calls Barney by the name "Swarley" because Chloe, the girl from the coffee house whom Marshall dates, mistakenly wrote "Swarley" instead of "Barney" on his cup of coffee. Chloe also called Robin "Roland", but Barney didn't succeed in making this name catch on. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother": Second Season
 
Some incorrect choices:
Time, US Weekly, Esquire

38. Charlene Amoia is the actress who plays which character?


Answer: Wendy the Waitress

Interesting Information:
Wendy the waitress has been a regular character on the show since season 1. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: "How I Met Your Mother" Characters
 
Some incorrect choices:
Stella Zinman, Robin Scherbatsky, Lily Aldrin

39. In the very first episode, "Pilot", the gang are talking about how Ted should have kissed Robin. Suddenly Barney gets up and kisses someone. Who does end up kissing?


Answer: Marshall

Interesting Information:
After Barney kisses Marshall he says, "Did Marshall give me the signal?" Marshall freaks out and swears to Lily that he did not give Barney the signal. Difficulty: Hard.

From Quiz: The Legendary Barney Stinson
 
Some incorrect choices:
Ted, Lily, Ranjit

40. Episode 12: 'Benefits' What did Ted and Robin do stop fighting with each other?


Answer: Start having sex

Interesting Information:
Robin and Ted, who had just recently started living together as roommates, found life very difficult as they fought over the smallest things like taking the trash out. They kept arguing and realized that when they have sex, they don't fight. Difficulty: Very Easy.

From Quiz: 'How I Met Your Mother' Season 4 - Part 2
 
Some incorrect choices:
Talk it out, Divide chores, Join therapy classes
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