"Friends" Common Names Trivia Quiz

Answer: Paul

In the pilot episode Monica dates Paul the wine guy. Rachel dates Paul Stevens, who is the father of a student Ross is dating. Ross catches him singing the song "Love Machine". Paul Stevens is played by Bruce Willis.

Answer: Leslie

One of the girl triplets is named Leslie. Phoebe had a singing partner named Leslie. She runs into Leslie, who apologizes for betraying Phoebe. They became friends again for a short period of time. Then Leslie takes Phoebe's song "Smelly Cat" and uses it in a commercial.

Answer: Elizabeth

Ross dates Elizabeth Hornswoggle as part of his New Year's resolution. His resolution is to do something new each day. His date with her does not turn out very well. He gets hot in his new leather pants and pulls them down to cool off. However, he cannot get the pants back on.

He also dates Elizabeth, a student from one of his classes. She is much younger than him and the other friends give him a hard time about it.

Answer: Jill

Rachel's sister, played by Reese Witherspoon, is named Jill. Chandler is stuck in an atm vestibule with Jill Goodacre during a black out. Jill Goodacre plays herself; she is sometimes credited as Jill Connick. Harry Connick Jr. is her husband.

Answer: Michael

On Rachel's date with Michael she calls Ross and says she is over him. She knows Ross and his girlfriend Julie are going to be getting a cat. She suggests they name the cat Michael. George Clooney plays a doctor named Michael. He and Noah Wyle both guest star as doctors that date Monica and Rachel. Both also played doctors on "ER".

Answer: Carl

On Rachel's date with Carl she keeps imagining Ross. She realizes that she would rather be on a date with Ross than Carl. Joey hires a man named Carl to play his identical twin. He does this because there is an identical twin study that pays two thousand dollars.

Answer: Julie

Julie is the girl that Ross dates while Rachel wants to date him. He ends up choosing Rachel over Julie. Chandler's camp girlfriend was also named Julie. He broke up with her because she got fat. Monica runs into Julie. When Julie hears that Monica is marrying Chandler she wishes her good luck, but not in a nice way.

Answer: Stephanie

Phoebe is upset that Stephanie is getting paid to play at Central Perk. She sings angry songs outside of Central Perk. The other Stephanie only had a small part in an episode. Ross is telling Phoebe that he cannot divorce Rachel, because nobody will date him if he has been divorced three times. Phoebe finds three women in Central Perk and asks them if they would date Ross. Stephanie is one of these women.

Answer: Katie

Joey's girlfriend Katie is very tiny and playfully hits Joey. He ends up breaking up with her because he finds her punches to be painful. In another episode Ross and Rachel go to a store to buy baby stuff. Katie works there and she flirts with Ross. Rachel is very upset by this.

Answer: Jessica

Jessica Lockhart is played by Susan Sarandon. She plays an actress on "Days of Our Lives". She gets killed off and Joey gets her brain. The other Jessica is Jessica Ashley. She is played by actual "Days of Our Lives" actress Alison Sweeney. She wins a Soapy, which Joey accepts for her.

Answer: Tim

Dr. Tim Burke is Richard Burke's son and is also an eye doctor. He dates Monica. Their relationship does not last very long though, because it is too weird for Monica to date her ex-boyfriend's son. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams guest star in the beginning of an episode. Billy Crystal is Tim, who is sleeping with Robin Williams' character's wife.

Answer: Dina

Joey's sister Dina comes to visit Rachel, because she knows Rachel is also pregnant. The other Dina is in the episode when Joey gets a new brain. She is played by Eva Amurri, who is Susan Sarandon's daughter. She guest stars in the same episode as her mother.

Answer: Erica

Brooke Shields plays Erika who thinks that Joey is actually Dr. Drake Ramoray. Anna Faris plays Erica, who gives birth to Chandler and Monica's twins. Chandler and Monica decide to name the girl twin Erica, after her birth mother.

Answer: Kathy

Joey dates Kathy and Chandler starts to fall for her. He ends up kissing her and Joey becomes very angry with him. Chandler and Joey finally make up when Chandler stays in a box to prove how sorry he is to Joey. Rachel's co-worker is also named Kathy. She thinks that Rachel's new assistant Tag is cute. Rachel tells her Tag is gay, because Rachel likes Tag herself.

Answer: Gary

Phoebe dates Gary and moves in with him. They soon break up though, because Gary shoots a bird. The other Gary really likes the candy that Monica makes and he comes to her apartment to ask for some.

Answer: Bob

Joey wants to date Angela, who has a boyfriend named Bob. Joey tells Angela that Monica is his girlfriend and they go on a double date. Joey tells Monica that she is really going with Bob, who is Angela's brother. Monica soon realizes that Bob and Angela cannot be brother and sister, based on how they interact. Bob is also the name of one of Chandler's co-workers, played by Chris Parnell.

He thinks Chandler's name is Tobey and Chandler is afraid to correct him.

Answer: Erin

Rachel does not end up breaking up with Erin for Joey. She really ends up liking Erin and convinces Joey to give her another shot. Joey ends up really liking Erin, but she ends up dumping him. In another episode Joey auditions for a game show, "Bamboozled". A woman named Erin pretends to be a contestant on the game show for his audition.

Answer: Sandy

Joey meets a single mother named Sandy and invites her to their New Year's Eve party. She ends up bringing her children to the party, which surprises Joey. Freddie Prinze Jr. plays Sandy, a male nanny for Emma.

Answer: Jack

Ross and Monica's father, Jack Geller, appears in many episodes. In "The One That Could Have Been" Phoebe is a stock broker. She loses a lot of money for her clients and has a heart attack. She is also fired from her job, by her boss, Jack.

Answer: Amanda

Rachel is told to find Chandler's father. Rachel knows that Chandler's father is a woman, but does not know what he looks like. She finds a woman named Amanda and thinks it must be Chandler's father, A-man-da. It is not actually Chandler's father though. Ross thinks he is dating a woman named Amanda, but she is just having him baby sit her child, while she goes out on a date. Jennifer Coolidge plays Amanda, who is Phoebe and Monica's old friend. Phoebe and Monica do not like her very much.