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Quiz about Friday Night Lights A Model Marriage
Quiz about Friday Night Lights A Model Marriage

"Friday Night Lights": A Model Marriage Quiz


"Friday Night Lights" has been said to contain one of the most positive and realistic depictions of marriage on television. This quiz examines the relationship of Coach Eric Taylor and his wife Tami Taylor.

A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
skylarb
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
398,945
Updated
Feb 22 23
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
231
Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (15/15), Guest 104 (14/15), Guest 73 (0/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Eric tells his daughter, "Marriage requires maturity. Marriage requires two people that will listen, really listen to each other. Marriage, most of all, requires ____." What does marriage most require, according to Coach Eric Taylor? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What does Tami tell Eric when she wants to take a job in another state? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Eric was Tami's first boyfriend.


Question 4 of 15
4. In the course of the show, do either Eric or Tami ever cheat on one another?


Question 5 of 15
5. What team does Eric talk Tami into coaching? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What job does Eric quit to be near his family and shore up his marriage? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. When Tami is looking at houses in the newspaper in the first episode of season one, what excites her about a particular house? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. In season 1, episode 5, Tami Taylor gives a speech about her husband that is riddled with compliments. Which of the following is not an adjective she uses to describe Coach Eric Taylor? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. When does Tami tell Eric she's pregnant? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. When Eric is struggling to decide which quarterback to start in an upcoming game, Tami suggests he start Matt Saracen. When he says he can't do that, she suggests he start Voodoo. When he says he can't do that, she teases, "Start me." What does he reply? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Tami and Eric largely have to go it alone, and they don't seem to have much extended family to rely on. But there is one family member who helps them out with their newborn daughter. What's the name of Tami's sister? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. How many children do Eric and Tami have by the end of the series? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Tami demands respect in her marriage, sometimes in small ways. What does she ask Eric to take off at the table? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Eric grows jealous when he finds Tami "yucking it up" with what co-worker? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. When Tami's co-worker kisses her, how does Eric find out? Hint



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Oct 27 2024 : Guest 174: 15/15
Sep 23 2024 : Guest 104: 14/15
Sep 17 2024 : Guest 73: 0/15
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Eric tells his daughter, "Marriage requires maturity. Marriage requires two people that will listen, really listen to each other. Marriage, most of all, requires ____." What does marriage most require, according to Coach Eric Taylor?

Answer: compromise

Eric gives this speech to his daughter after she decides to become engaged to Matt Saracen. The irony of the speech is that Eric is, at the moment, struggling to compromise in his own marriage. Tami wants to take a new job in another state, after years of supporting Eric in his career, but he seems unwilling to move. Eventually, however, he decides to support her in the pursuit of her dream.
2. What does Tami tell Eric when she wants to take a job in another state?

Answer: It's my turn, babe.

Tami is offered a prestigious job as Dean of Admissions at Braemore College. Coach Taylor is initially reluctant to leave his home state of Texas and his new opportunity to be head coach of the newly combined East Dillon High and West Dillon High football team. "It's my turn, babe," Tami tells him. "I have loved you and you have loved me and we have compromised, both of us...for your job. And now it's time to talk about doing that for my job."
3. Eric was Tami's first boyfriend.

Answer: False

Tami had at least one other boyfriend before Eric. Her high school boyfriend, Mo McArnold, makes an appearance in season 2, episode 15, "May the Best Man Win." Mo accuses Eric of having stolen Tami from him, and he and Eric end up getting into a physical fight and toppling over a table before the episode is complete.
4. In the course of the show, do either Eric or Tami ever cheat on one another?

Answer: No

On the "EWG Binge" podcast, Connie Britton (who plays Tami) explained that she and Kyle Chandler (who plays Eric) agreed, "We're never letting the writers have us have an affair. If they try to do it, we're not going to do it. And we told them so."
5. What team does Eric talk Tami into coaching?

Answer: Volleyball

When Eric is given the job of athletic director to help make up for a discrepancy in his coaching salary, he has a run in with the volleyball coach. This results in him needing a new coach. Who does he recruit? His lovely wife Tami, of course. Tami's willingness (however reluctant) to bail out her husband is one of the many examples of the support they lend one another throughout their marriage.
6. What job does Eric quit to be near his family and shore up his marriage?

Answer: TMU QB Coach

Tami insists Eric shouldn't give up his dreams even though she doesn't want to leave Dillon. Consequently, Coach Taylor moves to Austin by himself to work as TMU's QB Coach. But after their baby Gracie is born, the distance puts a strain on their family and marriage, and Eric eventually quits to be near them. Through some machinations of Buddy Garritty, he is able to regain his old job as the coach of the Panthers.
7. When Tami is looking at houses in the newspaper in the first episode of season one, what excites her about a particular house?

Answer: It has his and hers closets

"His and hers closets, baby!" Tami exclaims in the pilot episode. She cuts out the advertisement for the house, and Eric jokingly tells her to "relent."

Homebuying is later a source of tension for the couple when Tami wants a house Eric doesn't feel they can afford. He fears their ability to make the payments if one of them were to lose a job. He honestly confesses that, as much as he would "love to give" her the house, he wouldn't be able to sleep at night if they bought it. She tells him she doesn't need the house; she just wanted them to discuss it and make the decision together.
8. In season 1, episode 5, Tami Taylor gives a speech about her husband that is riddled with compliments. Which of the following is not an adjective she uses to describe Coach Eric Taylor?

Answer: Calm

"But seriously y'all. Eric Taylor is a kind and decent man," Tami says. "And he's strong, he has vision, and he's passionate. And he's real good at imparting that passion into the hearts of the people around him."
9. When does Tami tell Eric she's pregnant?

Answer: After the state championship game

Tami learns she's pregnant before the big 2006 Texas High School State Championship game, but she waits until after the game to tell Eric. They had already agreed he was going to accept the job at TMU, and he offers to quit when she tells him he's pregnant, saying, "Football is not the most important thing in the world." Tami, however, insists he follow his dreams and take the job while she stays behind in Dillon with Julie and the baby.
10. When Eric is struggling to decide which quarterback to start in an upcoming game, Tami suggests he start Matt Saracen. When he says he can't do that, she suggests he start Voodoo. When he says he can't do that, she teases, "Start me." What does he reply?

Answer: I would love to start you.

Tami enjoys playfully teasing her husband. Another example is when he's sketching play diagrams on napkins, and she picks them up and shoves them down her shirt to get his attention. When he looks bewildered, she tells him, "You can go foraging later."
11. Tami and Eric largely have to go it alone, and they don't seem to have much extended family to rely on. But there is one family member who helps them out with their newborn daughter. What's the name of Tami's sister?

Answer: Shelly

Shelley Hayes helps Tami by babysitting Gracie in Season 2, but she also frequently teases Coach Taylor, saying that she makes more as a preschool teacher than he does coaching.
12. How many children do Eric and Tami have by the end of the series?

Answer: two

Eric and Tami's daughter is a freshman in high school when the show begins, but they soon have a second child, Gracie Belle.
13. Tami demands respect in her marriage, sometimes in small ways. What does she ask Eric to take off at the table?

Answer: His hat

When Eric sits down with her in a booth at a restaurant, she asks, "Sweetheart, would you take your hat off at the table, please?" Like the southern gentleman he is, he dutifully complies with her request.
14. Eric grows jealous when he finds Tami "yucking it up" with what co-worker?

Answer: Glenn Reed

Glenn is a teacher at Dillon High who forms a friendship with Tami and helps her out while Eric is away at TMU. Tami and Eric end up having to have a heart to heart about what is really bothering Eric, which is that he feels they have drifted apart. "I'm the one you're supposed to be yucking it up with," he tells her.
15. When Tami's co-worker kisses her, how does Eric find out?

Answer: The co-worker tells him

Coach Taylor was right to be wary of Tami's co-worker Glenn. While Tami's intentions were harmless, his were not. Glenn misreads their friendship and in a drunken moment after happy hour, he plants an unsuspecting kiss on her. Tami roundly rebuffs him, but she doesn't tell Eric what happened. Glenn, assuming she has told him, apologizes to him for the kiss.

Because Eric is secure in his relationship with his wife, he handles the apology with forced calm, and he isn't angry with Tami for not telling him. In fact, Glenn becomes a running joke in their household. Once, when Eric has to cancel a date with Tami, she teases that she'll ask Glenn to take his place. He simply responds, "Make sure he doesn't drink all my scotch."
Source: Author skylarb

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