3.13 "The Two Bartlets" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sam Lloyd

Lloyd, born on November 12th, 1963 in Weston, Vermont made a guest starring appearance as Bob Engler, a member of U.S. Space Command. He portrayed the character for two episodes. He has also guest starred on the TV series', "Spin City", "Philly" and "3rd Rock from the Sun."

Answer: Mary-Louise Parker

Parker, born on August 2nd, 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina guest starred as Amy Gardner in this episode. She played the part for a total of twenty three episodes. She starred in the films, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", "Red Dragon" and "Fried Green Tomatoes."

Answer: Josh Lyman

The episode began with Josh sleeping at his home and he woke up to get some breakfast and he turned on the television to watch some political news. He went to go get some coffee to start up his coffee pot. There was a knock at the door so he went to go answer it and Amy was there.

Answer: Iowa

When Josh watched the television set at his home in the opening scene, there was a news report about an upcoming contest in Iowa for the primary season for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President. Leo called up Josh and told him to come into the office since they were having problems with the Iowa Caucus.

There was another news report which indicated that a candidate named Governor Ritchie was the frontrunner for the Republicans.

Answer: Affirmative action

One of the big issues in this episode was how to respond to one of the Republican contenders for the nomination for U.S. President attacking affirmative action. The decision was to either criticize the candidate's attack or let it go and move on to another issue.

The Bartlet Administration decided they would offer a rebuttal towards the candidate's critical remarks on affirmative action but it would not be a strong one.

Answer: C.J. Cregg

C.J. and Toby got into a discussion about affirmative action and mentioned how their parents benefited from it due to getting into college largely on affirmative action. However, C.J. snapped at Toby about why she did not believe in affirmative action and this shocked Toby. C.J. then mentioned she was not in the best of moods due to how her father was in poor health due to memory loss.

Answer: Josh Lyman

When Josh went to work in this episode, Leo informed him about a conflict which was taking place down in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Josh decided he would go down there to try and resolve it and, in doing so, he had to reschedule a vacation to Tahiti he had planned with Amy. Before Josh went down to Puerto Rico, he spoke to a friend of his down there who was involved in the conflict.

Answer: Kevin Falls

During the opening credits, it stated that the episode was written by both Aaron Sorkin and Kevin Falls. Falls wrote a total of eight episodes for the series' seven season run. He has also penned episodes for the TV shows, "North Shore", "Shark" and "Sports Night."

Answer: Alex Graves

Alex Graves' name was seen as the opening credits rolled as having received credit for directing this episode for the show. Graves directed a total of 34 episodes for "The West Wing." He has directed episodes for the TV series', "The Practice", "Gideon's Crossing" and "Ally McBeal."

Answer: Toby Ziegler

There was one scene in the episode where Toby confronted President Bartlet about his mediocre response to the Republican's attack on affirmative action and how it did not make him look good to the electorate. He brought up how there were two different Bartlets in the President, the first being a realist and the second an idealist. Toby then irked President Bartlet once he brought up President Bartlet's father.