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50 The Middle Trivia Questions, Answers, and Fun Facts

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1 What is the family's last name?
Answer: Heck

They say their last name many times throughout the series. They are also very poor so they usually say it when doing the taxes.
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2 "The Middle" is a fun, family oriented comedy set in the American Midwest. It revolves around the Heck family who, among other things, really enjoy watching their Colts and Pacers play on TV. Where does the show take place?
Answer: Indiana

The Heck family lives in the fictional small town of Orson, Indiana. The Pacers (NBA) and Colts (NFL) both play in Indianapolis, the capital of the state. In some ways the Hecks are a typical family, but in many other ways they are quite dysfunctional. The show premiered in 2009.
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3 The Hecks are made up of five family members. Dad Mike, mum Frankie and their three kids, but what are the names of the Heck siblings?
Answer: Axl, Sue and Brick

Axl is the eldest, the typical teenage lad who thinks he is god's gift to everything, when in fact he really is just a typical girl chasing, chore dodging, half decent sports player. Sue on the other hand is the total opposite: very goofy, very accident prone and has absolutely no sense of direction. Finally, Brick, yes Brick, the baby of the Hecks; although a genius and one of the most incredible readers of books, this young man outsmarts all the others, but fails in social etiquette.
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4 Which member of the Heck family functions as the narrator?
Answer: Frankie

Mrs. Heck, known as Frankie, is played by Patricia Heaton (famous for her role as Debra on "Everybody Loves Raymond). Frankie Heck works at a car dealership and raises her family of three kids with her husband.
    Your options: [ Mike ] [ Frankie ] [ Brick ] [ Sue ]
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5 This show focuses on a family that has three children. Axl is the oldest and Sue is the middle child. What is the youngest child's name?
Answer: Brick

They chose the name Brick in the hopes that giving their son an unusual name would help make the child popular.
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6 What is Sue's middle name?
Answer: Sue

There was a mistake on the birth certificate so her middle name is the same as her first. Frankie was telling Mike that they needed to get it changed, but they never did.
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7 The narrator of the show is Frankie Heck. She is a working mother of three who struggles to keep the family and house together. Which actress, formerly on "Everybody Loves Raymond", plays the lead role?
Answer: Patricia Heaton

Frankie is an emotional mom who quite often switches from fragile and insecure to overbearing and meddlesome within each episode. She constantly pries into other peoples' business and usually gets in trouble as a result. Above all else, she loves her family and wants what is best for them.
    Your options: [ Reese Witherspoon ] [ Sarah Jessica Parker ] [ Andie Macdowell ] [ Patricia Heaton ]
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8 The Hecks reside near one the USA's most central cities. In fact the opening credits to the show tell you all about it. However, on closer inspection the town they live in is a fictional place in Indiana; do you know where?
Answer: Orson

Mike Heck is a massive Indianapolis Colts fan and his life basically revolves around sports on TV, which is good for his relationship with Axl. However, Frankie tends to allow the rigours of the day to influence her mood and it is often seen that she just wants to watch a weepy or sit with her kids and eat potato chips whilst slurping soda.

In the episode 'Super Sunday' (series 2 episode 13), Frankie is given the role of working while the Super bowl comes to Indianapolis. Full of joy she later has her hopes dashed when in fact she is sent to a parking lot in the small suburb of French Lick, which sort of sums up the bad luck the Hecks tend to suffer.
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9 Which member of the Heck family often repeats words or phrases in a whispering voice?
Answer: Brick

Brick is a very intelligent and very quirky kid. He enjoys solitary activities such as reading, and has trouble socializing with other children his age. This whispering got him in trouble at a spelling bee in one episode, in which he accidentally repeated a letter at the end of a word, thus spelling it wrong and becoming disqualified.
    Your options: [ Axl ] [ Brick ] [ Sue ] [ Frankie ]
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10 The show takes place in Indiana, but do you know what city they live in?
Answer: Orson

Both parents in the show were born and raised in this fictitious small town.
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11 What was the name of the guy Sue was going to get married to?
Answer: Darrin

Darrin and Sue were dating and then he proposed to her in the Valentine's day episode. Sue accidentally said yes and had a hard time trying to tell him no.
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12 What job does Frankie have for the first three seasons of the show?
Answer: Used car saleswoman

Frankie is subjected to a cruel boss and strange coworkers at Ehlert Motors. Unfortunately, selling cars is simply not her strength. After being fired she goes back to school and becomes a dental hygienist.
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13 What does Mike do for a living?
Answer: works in a quarry

During part of the first season, Mike is laid off from his job. This results in the family having to do things to save money, such as doing without television for a while.
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14 The mother of this show, Frankie Heck, works as a salesperson at a car dealership. After this job, she went to school to become what?
Answer: Dental hygienist

She had a bit of a hard time in college, but made it through to become a hygienist.
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15 What state did the show take place?
Answer: Indiana

They say they live in Indiana a lot. I have been to Indiana a bunch of times. They live in a fictional city named Orson.
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16 Frankie's husband Mike is on the other end of the emotional spectrum. He is mostly stoic and tries to avoid deep conversations. Where does he head off to work each day?
Answer: the quarry

Mike is the manager of a local quarry. He usually gets along well with his employees. However, in one episode he and his coworkers discover dinosaur bones on the site. The workers aren't too happy with him when he reports it to the local officials and the quarry is shut down for a few months for further investigation. Mike is played by Neil Flynn, who gained fame as the janitor on "Scrubs".
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17 What does Frankie do for a living?
Answer: works at a car dealership

Frankie Heck works for Ehlert Motors. She is a very unsuccessful salesperson, but keeps her job in order to support her family.
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18 Axl is on what high school sports team?
Answer: Both

Axl is portrayed as your typical teenager. He's a jock who eats anything he can get his hands on.
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19 What was Brick usually doing?
Answer: Reading

Yes, in about every episode Brick has his nose in a book. When the family went on a trip Brick got a book on where they were going and he never stopped reading it.
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20 The oldest son Axl is far from being a scholar. It's somewhat ironic then that he earns a scholarship to East Indiana State University to play which sport?
Answer: football

For the first several seasons, Axl struggles to pass basic high school classes as all of his focus is on friends and sports. Not surprisingly, Axl continues his academic problems at EISU as well.
    Your options: [ wrestling ] [ baseball ] [ basketball ] [ football ]
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21 Who plays the character Frankie Heck?
Answer: Patricia Heaton

Double Emmy Award winning Patricia has been in the TV game for quite a while and is famed for appearing in the CBS sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond'. Her major success in 'The Middle' landed her a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in May of 2012. I do hope to see much more of Mrs. Heaton on 'The Middle' for a long time to come.
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22 In what state does the Heck family live?
Answer: Indiana

The Heck family lives in the fictional city of Orson. Their location contributes to the name of the show, since Indiana is a state in the Midwest.
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23 Which team is Sue part of?
Answer: Cross country

Poor Sue is extremely uncoordinated. However, the cross country team doesn't cut people and Sue is very ecstatic to be part of a team. She later makes the Volleyball team as well, because the floor collapses while she was trying out.
    Your options: [ Swim team ] [ Tennis ] [ Cross country ] [ Football ]
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24 What was the name of Mike's brother?
Answer: Rusty

Rusty got married at the Hecks' house. Then a little bit later he got divorced again. Now he lives with his dad.
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25 The second child is Sue. While in middle school she is cut or misses out on virtually every extracurricular activity until she makes which team?
Answer: cross country

The only reason she makes the team is because it has a "no-cut" policy! During her first meet she takes a wrong turn and gets lost in the woods for several hours. In later episodes, Sue becomes the head cheerleader for the wrestling team, not to be confused with the "real" cheerleaders for the football team.
    Your options: [ basketball ] [ golf ] [ debate ] [ cross country ]
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26 Who plays the character Mike Heck?
Answer: Neil Flynn

Mr Flynn has had a career spanning nearly 25 years. Many of his roles have been minor but he appeared in programs such as 'Scrubs' and 'Clone High USA'.

Atticus Shaffer plays the youngest child Brick, Charlie McDermott plays Axl and Chris Kattan plays Bob, Frankie's work buddy.
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27 In the episode "The Jeans", Frankie buys Sue a $112 pair of jeans. To be fair to Axl, what does Mike buy for him?
Answer: car

Axl gets a $110 car, which turns out to be junk. Unfortunately, the jeans are ruined by the end of the episode as well.
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28 What team was Axl on in high school?
Answer: Football

Yes, he is always talking to Mike about football. Sue was on the cross country team. Brick was on no team and sometimes makes friends with people who are very old. Brick did a spelling bee once.
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29 Frankie has a very unforgiving boss who puts her down, makes her do menial tasks and forever knocks her for failing to sell a thing, but deep down he likes her. What is his name?
Answer: Don Ehlert

Mr Ehlert is pretty much a male chauvinist, who looks at Frankie as a bit of a fly in the ointment. His character is a no nonsense kind of guy who runs his business to make as much money as possible even if really he makes seemingly very little.

Brian Doyle Murray plays the part very well and is the brother of comedian Bill Murray who appeared in numerous films like 'Groundhog Day', 'Ghostbusters II' and 'Caddy shack'.
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30 In the season one Christmas special, what restores Brick's faith in Christmas?
Answer: Pez dispenser

Brick finds a previously lost Pez dispenser in the car from the previous year. This brings the joy of Christmas back to Brick.
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31 According to Frankie the oven is for what?
Answer: Bulky storage

When Brick was left home alone for the first time he attempted to use the oven and almost burned down the house because he got distracted in his book. When Frankie got homes she said that she keeps quilts in the oven.
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32 Who is Axl's best friend that just happens to have a crush on his sister Sue during the first few seasons of the show?
Answer: Darrin

Axl is consistently annoyed by Darrin because of his zeal for Sue. Darrin, like Axl, has already graduated from high school and is in training to be an air conditioning mechanic.
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33 What sport does the Heck family play together on their street for a while when Frankie decides it's time the family spent more quality time together?
Answer: football

The children are reluctant to join in at first. However, soon enough the kids are loving every minute of it, as the adults get more and more tired. By the end of the episode, both Frankie and Mike give up on the idea because it takes too much energy for them.
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34 Frankie's aunts Edie and Ginny own a dog; what is her name?
Answer: Doris

Doris is a very sick old dog who rides around in a wagon and wears a diaper.
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35 Who is Sue's best friend? He is rather flamboyant, but always there for her.
Answer: Brad

Brad and Sue are more brother and sister than Axl and Sue! They briefly date, but it ends when Sue finds out that Brad smoked cigarettes.
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36 In the season one finale, who plays the librarian at Brick's school?
Answer: Betty White

Betty White informs Brick that, unless he returns all overdue books, he would not be promoted to the next grade. Brick's deadline was Walt Whitman's birthday.
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37 Mike dislikes one of Frankie's co-workers; what is his name?
Answer: Bob

It is never really explained why Mike dislikes him so much, but he just seems rather annoyed by his mannerisms and perhaps because he doesn't act the way Mike thinks a man should.
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38 What was the name of the guy who ran the teen group that Sue went to?
Answer: Reverend Tim Tom

Sue sort of had a crush on Reverend Tim Tom. He played a guitar and has been a on a lot of episodes.
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39 To where does the Heck family travel at the end of the 5th season?
Answer: Disney World

After winning tickets in a contest, the family drives from Indiana to Florida only to find that the tickets were for Disneyland and not Disney World! They still manage to get into the park and, in true Heck fashion, irritate each other immensely.
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40 'The Middle' has been critically acclaimed and has been nominated for many television awards, winning a fair few along the way. The Gracie Award was the show's first success in 2011, but what is the Gracie Award awarded for?
Answer: To celebrate and honour programming created for women, by women, and about women

The Gracie Award is awarded to women in the television industry, or more concisely the Electronic Media.

'The Middle' was awarded the Gracie due to the brilliance of the creators Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline. It also was awarded for the excellence portrayed by both Patricia Heaton and Eden Sher (Sue Heck) within the show.
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