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Quiz about Northern Exposure ChrisintheMorning

'Northern Exposure' Chris-in-the-Morning Quiz

A quiz on my favourite 'Northern Exposure' character.

A multiple-choice quiz by Elanor. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Elanor

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
62,848

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1852

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 166 (12/15), Tisser (2/15), Guest 174 (10/15).

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1. What is the name of the radio station where Chris does his show?

Answer: (One Word - initials)

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2. Where does Chris come from? Hint

New York City

Grosse Pointe, Michigan

Wheeling, West Virginia

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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3. What was Chris's middle name? Hint

Steven

Danforth

Jack

Bernard

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4. Who was the only woman NOT to be attracted by Chris's pheromones? Hint

Marilyn

Shelly

Irene

Ruth-Anne

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5. Why did Chris steal radios and car stereos one Spring? Hint

He wanted to get revenge on Maurice

He disliked electrical appliances

He wanted to do something bad

He wanted to go back to prison

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6. What game did Maurice try to teach Chris? Hint

golf

croquet

scrabble

pool

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7. Who was Chris's childhood friend? Hint

Dickie Heath

Billy Bodner

Doug Hanson

Joy King George

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8. Which author was Chris reading on air, causing Maurice to sack him from the radio show? Hint

Walt Whitman

T S Eliot

Marcel Proust

Jack London

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9. For which couple does Chris perform the wedding ceremony? Hint

Adam and Eve

Joel and Elaine

Maurice and Barbara

Maggie and Rick

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10. What business did Chris part-own for a while? Hint

The radio station

The pizza place

Ruth-Anne's store

The Brick

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11. Which of these was Chris NOT attracted to? Hint

Lightfeather

Simon

Amy

Irene

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12. Where did Chris perform a divorce ceremony for Shelly and Wayne? Hint

at the Brick

in the forest

out by the lake

on air

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13. Why did Chris want to fling a cow? Hint

He was creating tomorrow's memories

The fleeting nature of the piece was a comment on mortality

His soul was expressing itself

All of these reasons

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14. What was Chris unable to understand? Hint

multiplication

subtraction

fractions

division

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15. What did Marilyn want Chris to teach her to do? Hint

write poetry

hunt

repair an engine

drive

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the radio station where Chris does his show?

Answer: kbhr

Also known as K-Bear, 570 AM.

2. Where does Chris come from?

Answer: Wheeling, West Virginia

Maggie O'Connell came from Grosse Pointe, Shelly was from Saskatoon, and Dr Joel Fleischman came from the Big Apple. John Corbett, who played Chris Stevens, is also from Wheeling, WV.

3. What was Chris's middle name?

Answer: Danforth

Bernard was Chris's half brother. Jack was one of his favourite authors (Jack London).

4. Who was the only woman NOT to be attracted by Chris's pheromones?

Answer: Irene

From the memorable episode where the Stevens pheromones made Chris attractive to every woman who smelt him. Irene was the opthamologist. She had a cold and couldn't smell Chris, so wasn't attracted; a fact which made her irresistible to him.

5. Why did Chris steal radios and car stereos one Spring?

Answer: He wanted to do something bad

He told Ed that he did it because 'Sometimes you have to do something bad - just to know you're alive.'

6. What game did Maurice try to teach Chris?

Answer: croquet

Maurice was trying to see whether Chris would make a good heir to the Minniefield fortune. Chris walked out, because he couldn't get on with Maurice.

7. Who was Chris's childhood friend?

Answer: Dickie Heath

Chris often mentions Dickie Heath (they once stole a car together.) The other three were all friends from his prison days.

8. Which author was Chris reading on air, causing Maurice to sack him from the radio show?

Answer: Walt Whitman

Chris has read from all these authors, but Maurice objected to Walt Whitman because he was homosexual. He does change his mind again later, and reinstate Chris to his post.

9. For which couple does Chris perform the wedding ceremony?

Answer: Adam and Eve

He was ordained after replying to an ad in 'Rolling Stone' magazine. Adam, the chef who lived a hermit's life in the forest, eventually married Eve after an on-off (and on-off-on-off again) romance.

10. What business did Chris part-own for a while?

Answer: The Brick

Holling sold him a part share in the Brick, but bought it back after Chris gave everyone free drinks and pizza, nearly bankrupting them within a week.

11. Which of these was Chris NOT attracted to?

Answer: Lightfeather

Chris dated Amy after he killed her dog. He was worried about being attracted to Brother Simon, until it turned out he was a she. Ed dated Lightfeather after Chris wrote poetry for him to give her, � la Cyrano de Bergerac.

12. Where did Chris perform a divorce ceremony for Shelly and Wayne?

Answer: on air

'Shelly Tambo, do you un-take Wayne Jones as your lawfully wedded husband?'

13. Why did Chris want to fling a cow?

Answer: All of these reasons

He was disappointed to hear that Monty Python had already flung a cow in "The Holy Grail". Of course, in the end he flung Maggie's piano instead.

14. What was Chris unable to understand?

Answer: fractions

He said he struggled with super-string atomic theory because he got lost with fractions.

15. What did Marilyn want Chris to teach her to do?

Answer: drive

She gave up because he kept talking about how the engine worked. 'My student came to me with a desire to know the time. I told her how to make a watch.'

Source: Author Elanor

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