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Try Nailing This Simple 'How I Met Your Mother' Quiz

Priya Johnson
Challenge yourself to this simple quiz and find out how much you actually know about this iconic TV show.
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The characters of Lily, Marshal, and Ted are actually based on the show's creators, Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Rebecca (Thomas' college sweetheart and wife).
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Since their apartment was above the bar, they spent most of their time there. Interestingly, the pub was named after the production assistant, Carl MacLaren.
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Ted meets Marshall and Lily during their freshman year at Wesleyan University. The University dorm room is actually shown in a number of flashback episodes.
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Barney is known by a number of nicknames throughout the series. 'Swarley' was one of them that popularly stuck, along with 'The Barnacle'.
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In the finale episode, when Ted unveils the identity of their mother, the children realize that Ted is actually still in love with Robin and they give their approval.
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Ted and their mother (Tracy) get married after a long engagement, but Tracy dies after battling an illness.
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Barney goes to find Lily in San Francisco and tries to persuade her to come back. Later on in the series, Lily and Marshall get married and have three children, Marvin, Daisy, and the third child's name isn't revealed.
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Marshall was given this nickname because he ended up gobbling up 8 pounds of fudge in just 12 minutes when he gets accepted into Columbia University.
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Even though Robin and Barney get married, they get divorced because Barney felt Robin was traveling too much for work. Later, in the season finale, Ted and Robin reunite. Full circle romance plot!
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The episodes involving the children were all filmed right in the beginning itself because they didn't want the children appearing older in the future seasons.
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HIMYM dropped the curtains after 9 seasons and 208 episodes under its belt. In the final episode, Ted finally reveals the identity of the mother of his children, Tracy McConnell.
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In the episode 'The Goat', Barney introduces his legendary 'Bro Code Book', after he sleeps with Robin. The code had all kinds of intriguing rules including the platinum rule, wherein you must avoid dating anyone you meet regularly.
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