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"Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica." Welcome to the world of Dunder Mifflin, where life is stationary!
In 2005, NBC introduced you to the world of Dunder Mifflin, but what you may not know is that the history of this paper company didn't begin in Scranton, Pennsylvania.ÂÂ
It began in at the Wernham Hogg paper company in Slough, England! Originally written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, they adapted their UK sitcom for a United States audience. They traded in David Brent for Michael Scott, Tim Canterbury for Jim Halpert, Gareth Keenan for Dwight Schrute, and Dawn Tinsley for Pam Beesley.ÂÂ
With nine seasons and over 200 episodes, "The Office" gave you an endless supply of jokes, laughs, and memories, but how well do you remember the happenings of Michael Scott and his employees? How long was Pam engaged to Roy? What was the name of Michael's superhero film? Who reveals Angela's affair to the rest of the office?
After eight years of laughs, "The Office" closed its doors to the public, but were you paying attention to this mockumentary? Would your score promote you to assistant regional manager or leave you stuck at assistant to the regional manager? Wayne Gretzky and Michael Scott are telling you to take this shot! Are you ready?
What is the name of the company that acquires Dunder Mifflin?
Sabre
When the first Sabre employee visits the Scranton office, everyone watches a promotional video about the company that features Christian Slater.
Provean
Decovo
Zonos
What color shirt does Dwight typically wear to work?
Mustard yellow
Dwight almost always wears a mustard-colored short-sleeved dress shirt (he buys them in crates from his shirt guy) with a dark tie, often with a brown suit jacket.
Ketchup red
Rust brown
United Nations blue
What is Meredith's last name?
Scott
Vance
Kapoor
Palmer
Poor Meredith. She has an unfortunate habit of suffering various misadventures, from contracting rabies to having her hair set on fire. Meredith is an alcoholic, even to the point of ingesting hand sanitizer. We discover in the finale that Meredith spent the first 7 years of the show getting a PhD in child psychology, so her title is technically Dr. Meredith Elizabeth Palmer, PhD.
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Where do The Dundies take place in the first episode of the second season?
A tavern called "Oz"
A park down the street from the office
The Scranton Convention Center
The local Chili's restaurant
"The Dundies" are Michael's annual embarrassing awards show for the Dunder-Mifflin Scranton employees. He thinks they love the awards and his comedy act, but in fact, they're dreaded. Oscar sums up the Dundies "as like a kid's birthday party, where there's nothing for you to do, but the kid is having a good time."
Why was Ryan fired from his job at Corporate?
He went "Office Space" on the Corporate printer, destroying company property.
He was caught doing drugs in the Corporate bathroom.
He committed fraud to plump up the appearance of Dunder Mifflin online paper sales.
After Ryan is arrested and promptly fired, Michael brings him back to Scranton and gives him back his old job as a temp. Ryan pledges to climb back up the ladder and attempts to make amends with the co-workers he alienated when he was at Corporate.
He took too much vacation time to go on a trip with Kelly.
Who does Michael accidentally hit with a car, causing him to put on a 5k fun run out of guilt?
Phyllis Vance
Oscar Martinez
Angela Martin
Meredith Palmer
The Office staff is mostly unsuccessful in getting donations, and nearly all of the $700 raised was donated by Jan (who is actually just donating Michael's money since she is now unemployed). Michael decides to spend $200 of that money on an oversized check, which he wants to present to a "rabies doctor."
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Who complains to Toby about having to look at Oscar's toes when he wears sandals on Casual Friday?
Meredith
Angela
Casual Friday is a bit of a disaster at Dunber Mifflin Scranton. In addition to Angela complaining about Oscar's toes, Meredith disgusts everyone by wearing a very short dress without any panties or a bra, thus exposing herself to the rest of the office as she tries to adjust it. Toby calls a meeting with everyone to discuss expectations, but when Dwight tries to take charge of the meeting, Toby ends up cancelling Casual Friday, much to everyone's disappointment.
Dwight
Andy
What had Michael promised to a group of underprivileged children nine years ago ("Scott's Tots") in exchange for them graduating from high school?
Payment of their college tuition
"Scott's Tots" marked B.J. Novak's, who plays Ryan Howard, first time directing an episode of The Office. The song that was made by the "Scott's Tots" class was, "Hey, Mr. Scott, what chu gonna do, what chu gonna do? Make our dreams come true."
New cars
Laptop computers
A trip to New York city
Who is Todd Packer?
A friend of Michael's and a former Dunder Mifflian Scranton salesman
Todd Packer brings even more inappropriate office humor with him when he visits. In season two we find out that Packer's license plate is "WLHUNG," a play on the phrase "Well Hung," but it's often mistaken as a reference to William Hung. Packer doesn't know who this is and wonders why people always ask him if he's a William Hung fun.
Pam's ex-fiance
An employee in the warehouse that always causes problems
Toby Flenderson's brother-in-law
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What is Pam's maiden name?
Lader
Beesly
When Pam and Jim are still dating secretly at the beginning of the fourth season, Kevin insists they are dating and comes up with a nickname for them: "PB&J," which stands for "Pam Beesly and Jim."
Schaffer
Youngs
What department does Creed Bratton work in?
Sales
Accounting
Quality Assurance
His negligence leads to paper being sent out with an obscene watermark. Every week he is supposed to do a four-hour quality spot check at the paper mill, and he is indignant that the watermark problem happened during the one year that he skipped out on those duties.
Customer Service
When did Jim buy the engagement ring for Pam?
While she was still engaged to Roy.
Right after the end of the Casino Night.
A week after they started dating.
Although Jim suggests to Pam that they live together in the episode "Chair Model," he assures her that a proposal is imminent. In fact, that is when he reveals to the camera crew that he is planning to propose and shows off a diamond ring, saying he "got it the week after [they] started dating".
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When Pam is promoted to the sales department, who replaces her long-term at the reception desk?
Kelly Kapoor
Kelly Erin Hannon
Kelly Erin Hannon, better known simply as Erin, is very naive and easily impressed. For example, she looks to Kelly for advice on everything because Kelly "gets all her clothes at the mall."
Andy Bernard
Creed Bratton
What type of produce does Schrute Farms grow?
Cabbage
Beets
Schrute Farms is the residence of Dwight and Mose Schrute, where they grow beets and hemp. According to Dwight, it is also "an agrotourism attraction" since he runs a bed and breakfast out of his home.
Broccoli
Green beans
What is the name of the action movie Michael Scott writes featuring Detective Michael Scarn?
Michael Scarn and the Case of the Stolen Jewels
Oceans Seventeen
Threat Level Midnight
Pam finds a screenplay written by Michael, and Jim leads the office staff in a table read of the script. A typo in the script reveals that Michael based the incompetent sidekick on Dwight.
Somehow I Manage
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Who thinks he's writing a blog but in fact is just typing into a Microsoft Word doc?
Ryan Howard
Creed Bratton
Creed believes its URL is www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts, but his "blog" is actually a Microsoft Word document set up by Ryan Howard, wanting to "protect the world from being exposed to Creed's brain". Describing the content of the blog, Ryan says, "Even for the Internet, it's...pretty shocking."
Kevin Malone
Jim Halpert
What is Holly's job at the office when she and Michael Scott first meet?
Salesperson
Temporary receptionist
HR representative
Michael and Holly connected over bad imitations of Yoda and the Master Thespian character. Dwight hazes Holly by convincing her that Kevin is "mentally slow"; Kevin's naturally slow and childlike nature does nothing to dispel the misconception.
New addition to Accounting
When Michael was asked if he'd rather be feared or loved, what was his reply?
Feared
Loved
Both
In true Michael Scott fashion, his answers is ever-so-slightly confusing. After answering that he wants to be both feared and loved, he explains, "I want people to be afraid of how much they love me."
Neither
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Who does Michael recruit for his "Dream Team" at the Michael Scott Paper Company?
Pam, Ryan, and Vikram
The Michael Scott Paper Company tries to get the members of a local investment club (one of which is Michael's grandmother) to invest, to which they soon decline, saying the company will never get ahead with the state of the economy.
Stanley, Jim, and Darryl
Andy and Toby
Dwight and Phyllis
Where is Cafe Disco, a public dance club, located?
In downtown Scranton
In Manhattan
In the former office of the Michael Scott Paper Company
Michael opens a café-disco in the downstairs office to release stress. While initially resistant, all the staff (even Angela!) join in, Kelly and Andy have a dance-off, and Creed donates a mini disco ball he'd been using as a rear-view mirror.
What is the name of the TV show that Michael Scott starred in as a young boy?
Hello Scranton
Alvin and the McDoodles
Fundle Bundle
The TV show "Fundle Bundle" is mentioned in episode 18 of season two, "Take Your Daughter to Work Day". It seems that as a child, both Michael Scott and Chet Montgomery were on the show, which was hosted by a Ms. Trudy. The clips the office gets to see are of a puppet cat interviewing children about their hopes and future dreams.
Me and the Boys
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How many seasons of The Office (US) are there?
9
A typical episode of The Office was 20-and-a-half minutes and ran in a half-hour time slot. The first season consisted of just six episodes. The final season ran for a full 25 episodes.
4
12
16
Where did Jim and Pam get married?
Niagara Falls
Pam and Jim decide to get married in Niagara Falls in order to save money but their plan backfires when Michael decides to give everyone two days off if they go to the wedding.
Hawaii
Scranton
New York
During the dinner party Jan and Michael host, how does Michael describe the red wine they drink?
"Full-bodied"
"Oaky afterbirth"
Michael pretends that Corporate has ordered the staff to work late on a Friday night, then pretends to call Corporate to reverse their decision. Their Friday evening now free, Jim and Pam have no excuse for declining Michael's latest invitation to socialize - in this case, a dinner party at his condo. Although Dwight wants to attend, Michael explains that the party is only for couples, that he also invited Andy and Angela, and that he only has six wine glasses.
"Subtle notes of toasty spice"
"Aromas of lush black cherry, cassis and a hint of tobacco"
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What nickname does Andy bestow on Jim?
Jimbo
Big Tuna
On Jim's first day at Dunder Mifflin Scranton, Jim eats a tuna sandwich for lunch and ever since then Andy calls him Tuna or Big Tuna.
Jimmy Crack Corn
Slim Jim
What is the phrase Stanley says to Michael during a meeting in which Michael tries to persuade him to stop working on his crossword puzzle and participate ?
"Back off, man."
"Did I stutter?"
After Stanley says this, Michael leaves the conference room in shock and embarrassment. Toby tries to convince Michael to have a talk with Stanley about being insubordinate, but Michael claims that he and Stanley were just joking.
"Leave me alone!"
"Sorry, just let me finish this real quickly."
How do Phyllis and Michael know each other?
They were hired at the same time at Dunder Mifflin.
They attended the same high school.
Phyllis attended the same high school as Michael and she and her friends often wondered if Michael was gay due to how he dressed. According to Michael her nickname was "easy rider".
The met through an online dating tool.
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Which now-famous actress played Katy, a hand-bag salesperson who Jim dates and then dumps on board the Dunder Mifflin Booze Cruise?
Mila Kunis
Sandra Oh
Eva Longoria
Amy Adams
Adams's role in the low-budget independent film Junebug (2005) was her real career breakthrough and earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
After Karen leaves the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, what job does she end up in?
Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Utica
In the episode "Branch Wars" Karen attempts to woo Stanley to her branch, but in the end it's revealed that it was really just a plot by Stanley to get a raise.
Home health aide
Personal financial advisor
Software developer
Which of the following is a game played during the "Office Olympics" put on by Pam and Jim while Michael is out of the office signing papers for his new condo?
Racing with full coffee mugs around the office
Betting who will arrive next on the elevator
Flonkerton, a race with boxes full of paper strapped to the feet
All of the above
They compete for medals made of gold, silver and bronze yogurt lids made by Pam.
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What does Stanley usually do during meetings at Dunder Mifflin?
Checks email on his laptop
Sleeps
Works on crossword puzzles
Stanley has worked at Dunder Mifflin for 22 years. His favorite day of the year is "Pretzel Day," which is when employees are given complementary baked pretzels.
All of the above
What is the name of the actor who plays Kevin Malone?
Leslie David Baker
B.J. Novak
Brian Baumgartner
Brian Baumgartner is also known for his work in License to Wed (2007) and Four Christmases (2008).
Steve Carell
Which of the following is NOT a business located in the Scranton Business Park alongside Dunder Mifflin?
Vance Refrigeration
Disaster Kits Limited
W.B. Jones Heating & Air
Startada.com
The Scranton Business Park's address in the show is 1725 Slough Avenue in Scranton, PA, which does not actually exist but serves as an homage to The Office UK which is set in Slough, England.
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What is the name of The Office's production company?
Deedle-Dee Productions
The Deedle-Dee Productions logo is a blue screen with the company name written in fluorescent-colored letters. It was drawn by producer Greg Daniels' son.
Reveille Productions
Bad Robot
Buttoned Up Productions
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