Everybody Loves Ray Romano Trivia Quiz

Answer: December 21, 1957

Ray Romano was born on December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York.

Answer: False

Ray's parents, Albert and Lucie Romano, had three children together. Richard Romano, Ray's oldest brother, is a policeman (not Robert). Ray was born next, followed by Robert Romano, a publicist.

Answer: Alexandra, Matthew, Gregory, Joseph

Ray and his wife, Anna, have four children. Their daughter, Alexandra, was born in 1990. A few years later, in 1993, twins, Matthew and Gregory were born and in 1998, Joseph, was born.

Answer: 1991

Ray's dream of doing a stand-up act for Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show" happened on November 15, 1991. After receiving national exposure, David Letterman invited him on his show & soon began the work for Ray's own show. David Letterman is one the executive producers of "Everybody Loves Raymond".

Answer: Kite

In October 1999, Ray's first book, "Everything and a Kite", was published by Bantam Books and released in the United States. Ray also released an audio CD titled, "Ray Romano: Live at Carnegie Hall", (Sony, 2001). All the proceeds from the sale of this CD were donated to the September 11th Fund.

Answer: 1998

Ray received Emmy nominations for his role as Ray Romano in "Everybody Loves Raymond", in 1999, 2000 and 2001 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He won the Emmy in 2002. Ray also received nominations for a Golden Globe in 2001 and 2002 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series.

In 2002 and 2003, Ray won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male TV Performer and earned two SAG Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.

Answer: 1999

Ray recorded his June 1999 performance at Carnegie Hall and named it simply, "Live at Carnegie Hall". It was released in the U.S. on October 2, 2001 on the Sony record label. This album was also nominated for a Grammy at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards in 2002 for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

The skits on the CD include, "Carnegie Hall", "Italian & Jewish", "Bachelor Party", "Potato Chips", "Juice", "Stupid Joke", "Politically Incorrect Joke", "Forty", "The Shower", "The Bed", "The Duties", "The Shopper", "Adult Movie", "The Baby", "Diapers", "2 year-olds", "Twins", "They Say Funny Things", "The Tub" and "Sex".

Answer: 2

Ray appeared on the cover of "TV Guide" twice in 1999. Once on the February 20, 1999 issue and again on the September 4, 1999 issue.

Answer: #20

The list went as follows, (from #25 to #1), Martin Short, Eugene Levy, John Leguizamo, Bernie Mac, Lisa Kudrow, Ray Romano, Jack Black, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes (tied for #18), Jon Stewart, Chris Tucker, Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon (tied for #15), Steve Martin, Ellen Degeneres, Conan O'Brien, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Robin Williams, David Letterman, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Bill Murray, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler and Mike Myers.

Answer: 1999

Ray first hosted "Saturday Night Live" on March 13, 1999, with musical guest, The Corrs. Ray hosted a second time on April 12, 2003 with musical guest, Zwan.