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Welcome to Cicely, Alaska. Trivia Quiz

How well do you know the first episode of this great show?

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

Author
Elanor

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
62,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1490

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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1. How many scolarship applications did Joel say he sent off before Alaska offered him funding? Hint

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2. How long will Joel have to work in Alaska to pay off the money they lent him? Hint

3 years

4 and a half years

5 years

4 years

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3. Joel and Elaine checked out Anchorage last summer and decided that... What? Hint

they loved it.

they wanted to move there together.

they hated it.

it was definitely do-able.

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4. Who is the first Cicely resident that Joel meets?

Answer: (One Word - first name only.)

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5. What is the first thing we see Maurice do? Hint

drive through Cicely

turn off the radio

put away a large rifle

abseil from a flagpole

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6. When does Maurice say that Cicely was founded? Hint

98 years ago

99 years ago

92 years ago

97 years ago

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7. What does Maurice NOT say that Joel's new office needs? Hint

an assistant

curtains

a coat of paint

a couple of heads on the wall

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8. What title had Shelly just won when she first came to Cicely? Hint

Miss Saskatoon

Miss Anchorage

Miss North West Passage

Miss Alaska

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9. When Joel is in the bar, he answers a phone call for... Who? Hint

Clem

Clemlock

Clempton

Holling

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10. What item of clothing from Columbia University does Joel wear? Hint

sweatshirt

baseball cap

t-shirt

jacket

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11. How far does Ruth-Anne say it is to town from Joel's house? Hint

5 miles

12 miles

4 miles

7 miles

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12. What item does Joel ask for in the store, that Ruth-Anne has never heard of? Hint

hot dog

beef jerky

bagel and cream cheese

cranberry muffin

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13. Which of these was NOT a patient at the surgery on Joel's first day? Hint

a man who had been achy and hot for 3 years

a beaver with sore teeth

a girl with an aversion to shellfish

a man who had been shot by his wife

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14. Joel tries to appear tough, and tells Maurice that he has... done what at midnight? Hint

walked down 42nd Street

been to Times Square

ridden the subway

hunted on the Lower East Side

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15. What feature does a drunk Joel compliment Maggie on? Hint

her bright eyes

her heart shaped face

her big smile

her red lips

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many scolarship applications did Joel say he sent off before Alaska offered him funding?

Answer: 75

75 applications, only one replied.

2. How long will Joel have to work in Alaska to pay off the money they lent him?

Answer: 4 years

He says he will be an 'indentured slave'.

3. Joel and Elaine checked out Anchorage last summer and decided that... What?

Answer: it was definitely do-able.

Joel decides it can't be that bad, after all, 'Anchorage isn't Cambodia.'

4. Who is the first Cicely resident that Joel meets?

Answer: Ed

Ed appears driving Maurice's truck. He drives Joel a short way, (impressing him with his in-depth knowledge of TV hospital dramas) then jumps out and leaves Joel to go the rest of the way alone.

5. What is the first thing we see Maurice do?

Answer: abseil from a flagpole

Maurice was just putting up a new flag. We see a shot of his rifles shortly after, and then he drives Joel to town.

6. When does Maurice say that Cicely was founded?

Answer: 97 years ago

It was founded by Cicely and Roslyn (who were 'just good friends' according to Maurice.)

7. What does Maurice NOT say that Joel's new office needs?

Answer: an assistant

He has already hired Marilyn as an assistant, but claims the place will be fine once the other things are sorted out. Joel is not convinced.

8. What title had Shelly just won when she first came to Cicely?

Answer: Miss North West Passage

Holling tells Joel that Maurice brought Shelly to Cicely, but that she later came to Holling to say that 'she would be mine if I wanted her.' Because he did want her, Maurice had warned Holling that he would shoot him, if Holling tried to speak to him.

9. When Joel is in the bar, he answers a phone call for... Who?

Answer: Clem

He wondered what Clem was short for. And he told him to be quick, because he was waiting for a call from his attorney.

10. What item of clothing from Columbia University does Joel wear?

Answer: sweatshirt

He mentions being a graduate of Columbia several times too.

11. How far does Ruth-Anne say it is to town from Joel's house?

Answer: 7 miles

He ran all the way, and asked for a bus schedule so that he could leave town right away. Maybe he was frightened away by Ruth-Anne's exciting "Born to Bingo" shirt.

12. What item does Joel ask for in the store, that Ruth-Anne has never heard of?

Answer: bagel and cream cheese

He looks disgusted when Ruth-Anne answers 'What's a bagel?'

13. Which of these was NOT a patient at the surgery on Joel's first day?

Answer: a girl with an aversion to shellfish

An aversion to shellfish was a symptom of glacier dropsy, which Joel suffered from later in the series.

14. Joel tries to appear tough, and tells Maurice that he has... done what at midnight?

Answer: walked down 42nd Street

Maurice doesn't seem very impressed though...

15. What feature does a drunk Joel compliment Maggie on?

Answer: her red lips

He throws up right afterwards. After mistaking her for a hooker at their first meeting, Joel does not get off to a great start with Maggie!

Source: Author Elanor

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