| Where did the Winslows live? | |
|---|---|
| Detroit | Cleveland |
| Baltimore | Chicago |
| During the opening credits, their home in the suburbs could be seen along with the north side Chicago skyline. | |
| What is Steve's full name? | |
|---|---|
| Steven Q Urkel | Steve-O Armstrong |
| Stevie Winslow | Steve H Urkler |
| Steve always introduces himself by saying his full name. | |
| What is Steve Urkel's favorite food? | |
|---|---|
| Pizza | Cheese |
| Spaghetti | Meatloaf |
| Steve talks about cheese very often. He has even gone to a cheese festival! He also likes very unique foods from eels to opossums. | |
| What is the name of the girl that beats up Laura? | |
|---|---|
| Tori | Lateesha |
| Lori | Toni |
| Toni is notorious for frightening everyone at school, even the teachers. | |
| Which of the following music groups never appeared on "Family Matters"? | |
|---|---|
| Shai | Salt 'n' Pepa |
| New Edition | All-4-One |
| Johnny Gill of New Edition actually appeared on the show twice. | |
| The first episode of "Family Matters" had Eddie begging his dad to go to his friends house to watch television. Which movie series did he want to go see? | |
|---|---|
| Die Hard | Rocky |
| Back to the future | Rambo |
| Mother Winslow talked Carl in to letting Eddie go and watch it | |
| When Carl bought a video camera, one he made a very big deal out of, what happened to the camera? | |
|---|---|
| It got ran over | Steve spilled nacho cheese all over it |
| Richie dropped it | Laura smashed it out of anger |
| Some people might wonder why Steve never got his clumsy hands on it. | |
| What musical instrument does Steve Urkel play? | |
|---|---|
| Harmonica | Accordion |
| Piano | Recorder |
| Steve would come over to the Winslows' house and play the accordion which drove them crazy. | |
| "Family Matters" was a spin-off of what other ABC sitcom? | |
|---|---|
| Perfect Strangers | The Cosby Show |
| Night Court | Cheers |
| The character of Harriette Winslow was an elevator operator on "Perfect Strangers." | |
| We all remember the nerdy neighbor, Steve Urkel! When was he introduced into the cast of the show? | |
|---|---|
| The last season | Episode one |
| Season two | Midway through the first season |
| Urkel was not part of the original cast. He was brought in as a one-time guest in the middle of season one, but performed well enough to earn a spot on the show! The rest is history... "Did I do that?" | |
| Which Winslow family member has never been seen setting foot in Steve's transformation chamber? | |
|---|---|
| Harriet | Carl |
| Laura | Eddie |
| Although Estelle never really set foot in the chamber she was seen doing it during a dream sequence. Eddie once changed himself into Eddie Urkel to help him win a gameshow. | |
| What is Steve's middle initial? | |
|---|---|
| P | H |
| Q | C |
| Usually he introduces himself to people as Steven Q. Urkel. | |
| What is stolen from Laura? | |
|---|---|
| Headphones | Camera |
| A purse | Leather jacket |
| She won't give up her leather jacket, so she is beaten up. | |
| Richie's friend Little G once remarked that Carl resembled a character from what show? | |
|---|---|
| Full house | Fresh Prince of Bel-Air |
| Seinfeld | Saved by the bell |
| James Avery, who really did play the father on "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", made a cameo appearance during the closing credits. | |
| There was an episode where the Winslows had to make twelve thousand tarts in a few days. Which machine did they use to help make those? | |
|---|---|
| Bartlett 111 | Bartlett 5000 |
| Bartlett 1000 | Bartlett 911 |
| Steve scared Carl by telling him a mouse fell in there. They never got one complaint. Mouse tarts, anyone? | |
| Did Carl know who broke the camera? If so, how? | |
|---|---|
| No he never found out | Steve finally told the truth |
| Yes, the tape showed the cameraman was only 3 feet tall | Laura how she did it after she felt guilty |
| Yes, the tape showed the cameraman was only 3 feet tall. | |
| What is Steve Urkel's middle name? | |
|---|---|
| Quinton | Quigley |
| Quinlan | Quincy |
| He is usually referred to as "Steven Q. Urkel," but it was revealed that his middle name is Quincy. | |
| What was the name of Steve's alter ego? | |
|---|---|
| Stevie | Stephan |
| Steve-O | Q |
| Stefan was the suave and sophisticated side of Steve. | |
| Carl Winslow, the title character and patriarch of the family, worked in which profession? | |
|---|---|
| Limo Driver | Elevator Operator |
| Private Security | Police Officer |
| "Family Matters" was a spin-off of "Perfect Strangers," where Jo Marie Payton (Harriette Winslow on "Family Matters") played the role of the quick witted elevator operator. Carl, of course, was a member of Chicago's finest. | |
| How many times has Carl been in Steve's transformation chamber? | |
|---|---|
| 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 |
| He went in to become Bruce Lee Winslow, another time to become Carl Urkel, and a final time to become Carl Winslow again. | |
| How many times does Steve propose to Laura? | |
|---|---|
| 20 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 |
| Steve proposes to Laura on the same night that his better looking clone Stephan proposes to her. She accepts Steve's proposal though. When they were younger though he gave her a diamond ring, but not as a proposal. | |
| How many episodes featured an appearance from Steve's robot, Urkelbot? | |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
| Michael "Shrimp" Chambers, who played Urkelbot, actually appeared in a total of four episodes of "Family Matters". | |
| Which pretty girl did Steve help tutor so Eddie could score? | |
|---|---|
| Vonda | Lisa |
| Oneisha | Heather |
| She was trying to be grateful to Steve. Steve would have no part in that so he talked her out of being easy. Obviously that was very bad news for Eddie. | |
| Steve was in the hospital for appendicitis, Carl was his roommate, what happened to Carl? | |
|---|---|
| Stabbed in the back | Diarrhea |
| Shot in the butt | Hit by a car |
| What is Laura Winslow's middle name? | |
|---|---|
| Katherine | |
| Lee | Kay |
| Steve calls her Laura Lee sometimes. | |
| What activity were Laura and Maxine involved in at school? | |
|---|---|
| Speech | Cheerleading |
| Volleyball | Chess club |
| In one episode the captain of the cheerleading squad told Laura that she should drop a few pounds. She begins taking diet pills and Steve took them accidentally. | |
| Steve Urkel drove a very unique three-wheeled car and took several road trips in it. What was the make of this vehicle? | |
|---|---|
| Custom Volvo | Harley trike |
| Pinto | BMW |
| It was also used by circuses as the automobile of choice for clowns. Only 1000 or so of these cars exist in America these days. | |
| What number was on a cardboard basketball player in Eddie and Waldo's apartment? | |
|---|---|
| 12 | 23 |
| 45 | 32 |
| It was right next to their door. | |
| When Steve wrote a short story about someone murdering Rachel, Harriet's siser, who murdered her? | |
|---|---|
| Laura | Steve |
| Harriet | Carl |
| They acted out the story that Steve wrote, and Steve was the detective trying to figure out who killed Rachel. When he was accusing people, the lights would go off and you would hear a gunshot. Then when the lights went back on that person would be dead, until it was just Steve and Laura were left. | |
| How does Laura prepare to protect herself? | |
|---|---|
| Pepperspray | Joins a dojo to learn judo |
| Boxing lessons | She tries to buy a gun |
| She considers buying a gun, even though Urkel strongly advises her not to. | |
| How did Carl get shot? | |
|---|---|
| Friendly fire | Steve is playing with a loaded gun |
| Harriet got mad and shot him | Shot himself on accident |
| Surprisingly, he was already in once before for sitting on his gun. | |
| What was the title of the theme song for "Family Matters"? | |
|---|---|
| Whoomp there it is | Everywhere you go |
| Another sunny day | As days go by |
| The original theme song was "It's A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong, but it was only used for the first four episodes of season one. It was replaced with "As Days Go By". | |
| How many children did Carl and Harriet have when the original pilot aired? | |
|---|---|
| 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 |
| Judi Winslow was the youngest, played by Jaimiee Foxworth (though another actress held that role for the pilot episode only). By the fourth season, the writers/producers wrote her character out of the show, moving forward as if Carl and Harriette only had two children to begin with. It was speculated that her mother/agent was not happy with the amount of lines she was receiving per show, which caused a tiff with the show's brass; thus, no more Judi after season four! | |