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Quiz about Easy Northern Exposure Questions

Easy "Northern Exposure" Questions Quiz

Some general questions about the lives of the residents of Cicely, Alaska.

A multiple-choice quiz by Roslyn. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Roslyn

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
105,238

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
2114

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 98 (9/10), Guest 86 (4/10).

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
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1. What is Holling's bar called? Hint

Roslyn's Cafe

Holling's Bar

The Brick

Shelly's

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2. Who did Shelly go out with before she started seeing Holling?

Hint

Joel

Chris

Maurice

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3. What is the name of Chris's brother?

Hint

Bruce

Bernard

Brian

Benjamin

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4. Who is Joel's receptionist?

Hint

Shelly

Maggie

Marilyn

Ruth-Anne

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5. Which of the following jobs did Maggie not do?

Hint

Receptionist

Mayor

Pilot

Landlord

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6. What was Maurice's profession?

Hint

Professional Golfer

Astronaut

Lawyer

Politician

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7. What happened to most of Maggie's boyfriends? Hint

They dumped her for a younger girl

They died

They became priests

She dumped them because they could never live up to Joel

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8. Which character was "Born to Bingo"?
Hint

Maggie

Shelly

Ruth-Anne

Marilyn

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9. Which of the main characters tried their hand at filmmaking? Hint

Chris

Ruth-Anne

Joel

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10. What were the names of the founders of the town? Hint

Cicely and Alaska

Cicely and Roslyn

Roslyn and O'Connell

Cicely and Minnifield

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Holling's bar called?

Answer: The Brick

The bar was named after Roslyn who was one of the founders of the town.

2. Who did Shelly go out with before she started seeing Holling?

Answer: Maurice

Maurice brought Shelly to Cicely with the intention of marrying her.

3. What is the name of Chris's brother?

Answer: Bernard

Chris was quite disturbed when Bernard turned up with a new girlfriend who he had previously dated. She found a lot of similarities between them. Chris had a bit of an identity crisis after that.

4. Who is Joel's receptionist?

Answer: Marilyn

One time Joel asked her for a patients chart, and she gave him a map to his house.

5. Which of the following jobs did Maggie not do?

Answer: Receptionist

Maggie piloted her own plane, she was Joel's landlord and in one of the later series she was elected to be Mayor of the town.

6. What was Maurice's profession?

Answer: Astronaut

He once had a waxwork done of him for a display of American Astronauts. However they decided not to put him in the display and gave him the waxwork as a gift. He had to dispose of it though, as his visitors mistook it for him, and he found it creepy.

7. What happened to most of Maggie's boyfriends?

Answer: They died

Harry died after eating potato salad at a picnic. Bruce was a victim of a terrible fishing accident. Glenn took a wrong turn in his Volvo onto a missile test site. Dave fell asleep on a glacier and froze to death. Finally, Rick merged with a satellite.

8. Which character was "Born to Bingo"?

Answer: Ruth-Anne

She often wore a sweatshirt with this phrase or similar ones about bingo on it.

9. Which of the main characters tried their hand at filmmaking?

Answer: Ed

He got writers block in the "Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes" episode. After a heart to heart with Joel, he decided to write what he knew. Joel pointed out that this was what Woody Allen wrote about.

10. What were the names of the founders of the town?

Answer: Cicely and Roslyn

The "Cicely" episode tells the story of how Roslyn and Cicely help to found the town.

Source: Author Roslyn

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