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"West Wing" Misc. Trivia Quiz

Just some random questions I came up with at work.

A multiple-choice quiz by ladymacb29. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
ladymacb29

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
141,898

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3758

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the pilot episode, we see each of the staff members getting a page or message from POTUS. Where was Toby when he got his message? Hint

In his car

In the gym

On a plane

In bed

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the pilot episode, CJ was 'trying' to talk to a man when she got her page from POTUS. Where was she at this time? Hint

A restaurant

In a cab

In the subway

The gym

3. In a "MadTV" parody of the show, the president tells a story about a girl who found a religious image in a tomato and remarks that he thought it was a very remarkable tomato. In "The West Wing," the President also tells the same story - but who is the person he attributes to the 'very remarkable tomato' comment? Hint

His wife

His granddaughter

His daughter

Mrs. Landingham

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which character died as a way to remove them from the show in the first few seasons? Hint

Mandy Hampton

Danny

Vice President Hoynes

Mrs. Landingham

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the pilot episode, who did the President want to fire? Hint

Josh

Toby

Sam

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Question 6 of 10

6. When CJ went back home to deliver a speech at her high school reunion, she hooked up with an old boyfriend of hers. What was his profession? Hint

wrote novels

lawyer

taught English

fixed watches and clocks

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Question 7 of 10

7. Zoey was kidnapped at a club she had gone to with her French boyfriend. What drug did she think that her boyfriend had slipped her that ultimately helped her kidnappers? Hint

Heroin

Marijuana

Ecstasy

Cocaine

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following characters isn't described as being Catholic at some point of the series? Hint

The President

Leo

Josh

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Question 9 of 10

9. What did Mrs. Landingham keep on her desk to give to 'good' people? Hint

brownies

gold stars

mints

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Question 10 of 10

10. One of the most moving scenes of the first season is the Christmas episode "In Excelsis Deo". At the end of this episode, there is a scene where Toby and Mrs. Landingham attend a funeral for a homeless veteran at Arlington while the rest of the staff is in the Rotunda listening to a children's choir. What Christmas song is the choir singing during this last scene? Hint

We Three Kings

Silent Night

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen

Little Drummer Boy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the pilot episode, we see each of the staff members getting a page or message from POTUS. Where was Toby when he got his message?

Answer: On a plane

Toby was on a plane that was about to land. The stewardess asked him to please turn off his computer, but Toby kept typing anyway. Then, another stewardess came up to him and said a message was patched to him through the cockpit from POTUS and Toby whips out his cell phone.

When told that the cell phone could wreak havoc o the plane's navigational systems, Toby replied that "you're telling me I can flummox this thing with something I bought at Radioshack?"

2. In the pilot episode, CJ was 'trying' to talk to a man when she got her page from POTUS. Where was she at this time?

Answer: The gym

They were both running on treadmills and he told her that he thought her pager was going off. When she went to check the page, she stopped running and fell off the treadmill.

Answer: His granddaughter

The President was talking about how his granddaughter had given a little interview for one of those teen magazines and how she had mentioned something about her views on a woman's right to choose (his granddaughter is quite precocious). A Right to Life fringe group then sent his young granddaughter a Raggedy Anne doll with a knife in its throat, which upset the family greatly.

4. Which character died as a way to remove them from the show in the first few seasons?

Answer: Mrs. Landingham

Mandy just didn't reappear for the second season. The Vice President resigned as he had been caught having an extramarital affair. And Danny left for another job, but then reappeared in a Santa suit to surprise CJ.

5. In the pilot episode, who did the President want to fire?

Answer: Josh

Josh had gone on "Capitol Beat" and told a religious advocate that "your God is too busy being indicted for tax fraud." This angered many religious people and many in the White House felt that the best thing the President could do would be to fire Josh and the President even told Leo to fire him. Luckily, Leo was able to talk the President down from that and by the end of the episode (and after the President 'told off' the Christian fundamentalists that had been invited o talk with Josh), the President just told Josh not to do it again.

6. When CJ went back home to deliver a speech at her high school reunion, she hooked up with an old boyfriend of hers. What was his profession?

Answer: fixed watches and clocks

"The Long Goodbye" She met up with him at the airport and helped her deal with her father whose Alzheimer's was getting worse.

7. Zoey was kidnapped at a club she had gone to with her French boyfriend. What drug did she think that her boyfriend had slipped her that ultimately helped her kidnappers?

Answer: Ecstasy

The ecstasy that her boyfriend had given her was actually GHB (switched by those working with the kidnappers) and when Zoey went to the bathroom, she was abducted and one of the Secret Service agents was killed.

8. Which of the following characters isn't described as being Catholic at some point of the series?

Answer: Josh

We know the President is Catholic as he called on the Pope and through other scenes in the show. Leo was described as being a typical Irish-Catholic. In one scene of the show, Josh is listening to Schubert's "Ave Maria" and asks CJ if she knows the piece. CJ replies that she's Catholic. (So it's implied that all Catholics know it!)

9. What did Mrs. Landingham keep on her desk to give to 'good' people?

Answer: cookies

In the second episode, Toby wasn't allowed to have a cookie as he had said something about sarcasm and 'a woman of her age'. (Although he replied to Mrs. Landingham's "and what age would that be?" with "late 20s.")

Answer: Little Drummer Boy

This is my favourite scene of the entire series. The song plays through the scene which cuts between shots of the funeral and shots of the staff in the Rotunda. It's a very powerful scene that I'd recommend anyone watch, whether a fan of the show or not.

Source: Author ladymacb29

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