100 iCarly Trivia Questions & Answers

Warm up the webcam and count down from five.

This iCarly trivia quiz keeps the original Nickelodeon series at center stage, then saves the Paramount+ revival for its own clearly labeled round.

Meet the Original Web Show Crew

Meet the Original Web Show Crew brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

1. Who creates the iCarly web show with Sam and Freddie?
   Answer: Carly Shay, who becomes the show's friendly on-camera host.
2. Who cohosts iCarly beside Carly?
   Answer: Sam Puckett, Carly's fearless and food-loving best friend.
3. Who serves as iCarly's technical producer?
   Answer: Freddie Benson, who operates cameras and handles web technology.
4. Where does the original series take place?
   Answer: Seattle, Washington, where the friends attend school and webcast.
5. Who is Carly's adult guardian?
   Answer: Her older brother Spencer Shay, an eccentric sculptor.
6. Why do Carly and Spencer live without their father?
   Answer: Colonel Steven Shay is stationed overseas with the Air Force.
7. What building contains Carly and Spencer's apartment?
   Answer: Bushwell Plaza, the Seattle apartment building shared by several characters.
8. Where is the web show usually filmed?
   Answer: In a studio loft above the Shay apartment.
9. What countdown starts many iCarly broadcasts?
   Answer: Freddie calls “in five, four, three, two” and silently signals one.
10. What is the title of the original pilot episode?
    Answer: “iPilot,” in which an online talent video launches the show.

Carly and Spencer Shay

Carly and Spencer Shay brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

Save room for our TV show trivia once this round is finished. Right now, keep your attention on the names, places, and episode turns in front of you.

11. Who plays Carly Shay?
    Answer: Miranda Cosgrove, who leads both the original and revival series.
12. Who plays Spencer Shay?
    Answer: Jerry Trainor, known for Spencer's physical comedy and odd sculptures.
13. How much older is Spencer than Carly?
    Answer: He is her adult older brother, although the show does not stress one fixed age gap.
14. What art form does Spencer pursue?
    Answer: Sculpture, often using unusual materials and dangerous ideas.
15. What recurring accident affects Spencer's creations?
    Answer: Many of them unexpectedly catch fire, even when that seems impossible.
16. What school does Carly attend in the original series?
    Answer: Ridgeway Junior High and later Ridgeway High School.
17. Who is Carly's strict teacher in “iPilot”?
    Answer: Ms. Briggs, whose talent-show auditions the friends parody online.
18. What instrument does Ms. Briggs love to play?
    Answer: Scottish bagpipes, a running source of irritation for students.
19. What is Carly's middle name?
    Answer: Carly has no consistently revealed canonical middle name in the original series.
20. Where does Carly move in the original finale?
    Answer: Italy, to live with her father at his military base.

Sam Puckett

Sam Puckett brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

21. Who plays Sam Puckett?
    Answer: Jennette McCurdy in the original series and the Sam & Cat spin-off.
22. What food is Sam especially famous for loving?
    Answer: Meat, particularly fried chicken, ham, ribs, and bacon.
23. What unusual object does Sam carry for protection?
    Answer: A butter sock, which is literally a sock filled with butter.
24. Who is Sam's mother?
    Answer: Pam Puckett, heard or discussed often before appearing on screen.
25. What is Sam's twin sister called?
    Answer: Melanie Puckett, whose existence Freddie initially refuses to believe.
26. Which friend does Sam date during the original series?
    Answer: Freddie Benson, after their hostile friendship becomes romantic.
27. What competition reveals Sam once entered pageants?
    Answer: A Seattle-area beauty pageant in “iWas a Pageant Girl.”
28. Why is Sam frequently sent to Principal Franklin?
    Answer: Her pranks, fighting, and disregard for school rules cause constant trouble.
29. What spin-off continues Sam's story?
    Answer: Sam & Cat, where she becomes roommates with Cat Valentine.
30. What motorcycle connection appears in Sam's later life?
    Answer: The finale sends her away on a motorcycle Spencer gives her.

Freddie and Mrs. Benson

Freddie and Mrs. Benson brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

31. Who plays Freddie Benson?
    Answer: Nathan Kress in both the original and Paramount+ revival.
32. What does Freddie say about Carly early in the series?
    Answer: He openly has a major crush on her.
33. Who is Freddie's intensely protective mother?
    Answer: Marissa Benson, usually called Mrs. Benson.
34. What does Mrs. Benson worry about constantly?
    Answer: Freddie's health, safety, hygiene, and possible dangers.
35. What apartment do Freddie and his mother occupy?
    Answer: An apartment across the hall from Carly and Spencer in Bushwell Plaza.
36. What technical equipment does Freddie manage?
    Answer: Cameras, computers, sound, lighting, and the iCarly website.
37. Who shares locker 239 with Freddie?
    Answer: Sam, after both win access to the unusually luxurious school locker.
38. What happens after Freddie saves Carly from a taco truck?
    Answer: Carly dates him briefly, raising questions about hero worship.
39. What language skill does Freddie occasionally reveal?
    Answer: He speaks Spanish, sometimes in unusually formal or unexplained phrases.
40. Who is Freddie's adopted stepdaughter in the revival?
    Answer: Millicent Mitchell, a sharp and social-media-savvy child.

Gibby, T-Bo, and Familiar Faces

Gibby, T-Bo, and Familiar Faces brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

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41. Who is Gibby Gibson?
    Answer: A classmate who grows from recurring comic character to close friend.
42. Who plays Gibby?
    Answer: Noah Munck, whose younger brother Ethan also appears as Guppy.
43. What is Gibby's younger brother called?
    Answer: Guppy Gibson, known for copying Gibby's energetic behavior.
44. What does Gibby often remove in early episodes?
    Answer: His shirt, usually while shouting his own name.
45. Who owns the Groovy Smoothie?
    Answer: T-Bo, who also sells foods displayed on sticks.
46. What unusual sales method does T-Bo favor?
    Answer: He puts large foods, including tacos and bagels, on sticks.
47. Who is the doorman at Bushwell Plaza?
    Answer: Lewbert Sline, a grumpy man targeted by iCarly pranks.
48. What stands out on Lewbert's face?
    Answer: A large wart that the web show turns into a recurring segment.
49. Who is Chuck Chambers?
    Answer: A child who becomes Spencer's clever and persistent nemesis.
50. Who is Principal Franklin?
    Answer: Ridgeway's supportive principal and an enthusiastic iCarly fan.

Nevel and Other Rivals

Nevel and Other Rivals brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

51. Who is iCarly's best-known young internet rival?
    Answer: Nevel Papperman, the manipulative owner of Nevelocity.com.
52. What phrase does Nevel often threaten Carly with?
    Answer: “You'll rue this day,” delivered with theatrical certainty.
53. Why does Nevel first target Carly?
    Answer: She rejects his unwanted romantic advance during an interview.
54. Who kidnaps the iCarly group in “iPsycho”?
    Answer: Nora Dershlit, an obsessive fan holding a birthday party.
55. What weapon does Nora use to keep the group trapped?
    Answer: She and her family rely on intimidation, confinement, and later a chicken.
56. Who defeats Nora during the first escape?
    Answer: Gibby arrives and fights her after Carly sends a hidden distress message.
57. What company copies iCarly material in “iTake on Dingo”?
    Answer: Dingo Channel, a parody television network producing Totally Teri.
58. Who is Chuck's younger brother and Spencer's later foe?
    Answer: Chip Chambers, who continues the family's antagonism.
59. Which fighter challenges Carly after an on-air joke?
    Answer: Shelby Marx, a champion played by Victoria Justice.
60. Why does the Shelby Marx match turn serious?
    Answer: Nevel edits footage to make Carly appear insulting and malicious.

Memorable Original Episodes

Memorable Original Episodes brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

61. Which band gets trapped in Carly's apartment in “iGo One Direction”?
    Answer: One Direction, after Harry Styles becomes ill there.
62. What television host invites the crew to New York?
    Answer: Jimmy Fallon in “iShock America.”
63. Why is the show fined after its Fallon appearance?
    Answer: Gibby's dropped pants create an accidental broadcast violation.
64. What vehicle is accidentally promised in “iGive Away a Car”?
    Answer: A new car that the dealer never actually authorized.
65. Who wins that unauthorized car contest?
    Answer: Nevel, forcing the group to solve the sponsorship problem.
66. What kind of broadcast does an eccentric billionaire propose?
    Answer: The first live web show from outer space.
67. What do the friends build awards for in “iCarly Awards”?
    Answer: Viewer-created videos honored during a live awards broadcast.
68. What happens to Freddie's 3D webcast technology?
    Answer: It temporarily damages viewers' vision rather than working safely.
69. Which first lady guest-stars in “iMeet the First Lady”?
    Answer: Michelle Obama, appearing after the group contacts Carly's father.
70. What holiday frames the alternate-reality episode “iChristmas”?
    Answer: Christmas, when Carly wishes Spencer had been born normal.

Romance and Friendships

Romance and Friendships brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

Save room for our Full House trivia once this round is finished. Right now, keep your attention on the names, places, and episode turns in front of you.

71. What couple nickname is used for Sam and Freddie?
    Answer: Seddie, combining their first names.
72. What couple nickname is used for Carly and Freddie?
    Answer: Creddie, which becomes central in the revival.
73. Where do Sam and Freddie share an early secret kiss?
    Answer: On the fire escape, after agreeing they are each other's first kiss.
74. Why does Carly mediate Sam and Freddie's relationship?
    Answer: Their constant arguments make them depend on her to resolve everything.
75. Who is Carly's close friend from childhood who returns in “iReunite with Missy”?
    Answer: Missy Robinson, whose behavior makes Sam fear replacement.
76. What does Sam discover Missy has been doing?
    Answer: Sabotaging Sam so she can reclaim Carly as her best friend.
77. Who does Spencer repeatedly struggle to date successfully?
    Answer: Numerous women, with his strange behavior and bad luck ending relationships.
78. Which artist does Spencer date before learning she is Gibby's mother?
    Answer: Charlotte Gibson, whose connection to Gibby makes him uncomfortable.
79. What closes Carly and Freddie's goodbye in the original finale?
    Answer: Carly kisses Freddie before leaving for Italy.
80. What remains important despite the show's romantic pairings?
    Answer: The core friendship that keeps Carly, Sam, and Freddie working together.

The Paramount+ Revival

The Paramount+ Revival brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

81. In what year did the iCarly revival premiere?
    Answer: 2021, nearly a decade after the original finale.
82. Which original core character does not return as a regular?
    Answer: Sam Puckett, who is said to be traveling with a biker gang.
83. Who is Carly's roommate and new best friend?
    Answer: Harper Bettencourt, a stylist with a bold creative streak.
84. Who plays Harper?
    Answer: Laci Mosley, joining Miranda Cosgrove, Jerry Trainor, and Nathan Kress.
85. What is Millicent's relationship to Freddie?
    Answer: She is his adopted stepdaughter from a former marriage.
86. What does Carly restart in “iStart Over”?
    Answer: Her iCarly web show, now aimed at an adult online audience.
87. What career does Spencer's success support?
    Answer: He is now a wealthy, established artist rather than a struggling sculptor.
88. Who is Freddie's mother still in the revival?
    Answer: Marissa Benson, still protective even though Freddie is an adult.
89. How many seasons did the revival run?
    Answer: Three seasons on Paramount+, from 2021 through 2023.
90. What relationship becomes official in the third season?
    Answer: Carly and Freddie finally become a committed romantic couple.

Cast, Crossovers, and Final Details

Cast, Crossovers, and Final Details brings ten focused clues to the spotlight. Start with the big moments, then see whether the smaller character details still ring a bell.

91. What network premiered the original iCarly?
    Answer: Nickelodeon, beginning in September 2007.
92. When did the original series finale air?
    Answer: November 2012, with the hour-long story “iGoodbye.”
93. What crossover links iCarly with Victorious?
    Answer: “iParty with Victorious,” where the casts meet at a Los Angeles party.
94. Who is revealed to be dating both Carly and Tori in that crossover?
    Answer: Steven Carson, prompting both groups to expose him.
95. What mash-up song closes the crossover?
    Answer: “Leave It All to Shine,” combining both shows' theme songs.
96. What fictional electronics brand appears throughout the series?
    Answer: Pear, whose phones and computers have a pear-shaped design.
97. What is the original theme song called?
    Answer: “Leave It All to Me,” performed by Miranda Cosgrove with Drake Bell.
98. Who created the original series?
    Answer: Dan Schneider, with Nickelodeon producing the program.
99. What rating does the original generally carry on Paramount+?
    Answer: TV-G in its family-comedy presentation.
100. What idea connects the original and revival formats?
     Answer: Carly and her friends turn personal chaos into entertainment for an online audience.

Sources and Further Reading

• Paramount+: iCarly original series
• Paramount+: iCarly binge-watch guide
• Paramount+: iCarly revival
• Paramount+: revival announcement