# 🐱 Trivia: Smelly Cat  
**🗓️ Used:** 2025-06-13

## 🧠 Regular Questions

### 1. What character on *Friends* famously performed “Smelly Cat”?  
**Answer:** Phoebe Buffay  
- “Songbird of her generation—if that generation had no pitch.”  
- “You try playing guitar with that much chaos in your soul.”  
- “Phoebe: making music out of mayhem.”  
- “Smelly Cat’s one true prophet.”  
- “Half musician, half fever dream.”

### 2. What coffee shop does Phoebe often perform *Smelly Cat* in?  
**Answer:** Central Perk  
- “Where the drinks are overpriced and the acoustics are… present.”  
- “Smelly music meets smelly coffee.”  
- “Free shows, awkward vibes.”  
- “Where Friends go to sip and suffer.”  
- “Stage time sponsored by caffeine and confusion.”

### 3. What was blamed for Smelly Cat’s smell?  
**Answer:** The food it ate  
- “It’s not its fault—blame the diet.”  
- “Somebody get that feline a cleanse.”  
- “Even its tuna has trauma.”  
- “Not a medical issue, just a culinary crime.”  
- “Gourmet kibble? Try again.”

### 4. Which famous singer briefly records a commercial version of *Smelly Cat* with Phoebe?  
**Answer:** Chrissie Hynde  
- “From The Pretenders to The Perfumers.”  
- “When real rock meets cat funk.”  
- “A duet we didn’t deserve—but got anyway.”  
- “Chrissie, meet catastrophe.”  
- “She added harmony. Phoebe added... Phoebe.”

### 5. What kind of animal is “Smelly Cat,” as obvious as it may be?  
**Answer:** Cat  
- “Spoiler alert: it’s not an aardvark.”  
- “The clues were in the stench.”  
- “No, it’s not a metaphor. It’s just gross.”  
- “C-A-T. It’s right there in the title.”  
- “Feline funk, fur and all.”

## ✍️ Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

### 1. “Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, what are they ______ you?”  
**Answer:** Feeding  
- “Probably roadkill and regret.”  
- “Five-star disaster on a plate.”  
- “It’s the kibble of sorrow.”  
- “This lyric smells like tuna tears.”  
- “Gourmet garbage deluxe.”

### 2. Phoebe once said Smelly Cat was misunderstood and it wasn’t its ______.  
**Answer:** Fault  
- “Justice for the stink machine.”  
- “It’s society that smells, not the cat.”  
- “Blame the system, not the sniffer.”  
- “Fault-free and fragrance-full.”  
- “Responsibility: 0. Odor: 100.”

### 3. In a commercial version of *Smelly Cat*, Phoebe’s vocals were ______.  
**Answer:** Dubbed  
- “Because corporate America can’t handle real talent.”  
- “She was auto-tuned out of existence.”  
- “Phoebe got Milli Vanilli’d.”  
- “The voice was fake, the funk was real.”  
- “A betrayal wrapped in marketing.”

### 4. Joey once suggested the cat might just need a ______.  
**Answer:** Bath  
- “Or an exorcism.”  
- “Scrub-a-dub-don’t.”  
- “Joey, fixer of feline funk.”  
- “That’s a whole other episode of trauma.”  
- “Soap can’t fix emotional stink.”

### 5. The song *Smelly Cat* was featured in how many seasons of *Friends*?  
**Answer:** At least 4  
- “A recurring nightmare with a melody.”  
- “This song’s got better contract terms than Ross’s marriages.”  
- “It wouldn’t die. Much like the smell.”  
- “That cat outlived plotlines.”  
- “Coming back like a whiff of regret.”

## ❓ Multiple Choice Questions

### 1. [Difficulty: 1]  
What genre best describes *Smelly Cat*?  
- A. Pop  
- B. Jazz  
- C. Folk  
- D. Rock  
**Answer:** C. Folk  
- “If folk music had a fungal infection.”  
- “Bob Dylan but emotionally unstable.”  
- “Just a girl and her guitar and her nasal trauma.”  
- “The folk of funky felines.”  
- “Folk, because therapy was too expensive.”

### 2. [Difficulty: 2]  
Which network aired *Friends* and made *Smelly Cat* a cultural icon?  
- A. ABC  
- B. FOX  
- C. NBC  
- D. CBS  
**Answer:** C. NBC  
- “Must-see TV... and must-hear funk.”  
- “NBC: Now Broadcasting Cats.”  
- “The Peacock gave us this gem.”  
- “Your ears can thank NBC. Or sue them.”  
- “They greenlit *Smelly Cat*. They knew.”

### 3. [Difficulty: 3]  
What season does Phoebe record a music video for *Smelly Cat*?  
- A. Season 2  
- B. Season 3  
- C. Season 4  
- D. Season 5  
**Answer:** B. Season 2  
- “Hollywood ruined it. Obviously.”  
- “Phoebe meets post-production betrayal.”  
- “Her voice? Replaced. Her rage? Real.”  
- “The cat sold out faster than a Friends reunion.”  
- “Season 2: Lights, camera, scent.”

### 4. [Difficulty: 3]  
What’s Phoebe’s reaction when she finds out her vocals were replaced in the commercial?  
- A. Laughs  
- B. Quits  
- C. Storms out  
- D. Cries  
**Answer:** C. Storms out  
- “She went full diva—deservedly.”  
- “Phoebe rage is majestic.”  
- “She took her cat and went home.”  
- “Walked out with dignity and patchouli.”  
- “You don’t dub the Buffay.”

### 5. [Difficulty: 4]  
What type of store was originally planned to use *Smelly Cat* for its commercial?  
- A. Pet store  
- B. Cat food company  
- C. Perfume brand  
- D. Deodorant brand  
**Answer:** B. Cat food company  
- “Because irony is delicious.”  
- “Selling stink with a side of lies.”  
- “Gourmet garbage, now in jingle form.”  
- “Your cat can’t sing, but it can chew.”  
- “Marketing meets melody of misery.”

