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| 1. | Who is Will McAvoy engaging in conversation at the start of season two? | ||
| Charlie Skinner, everyone's favorite elderly drunk | |||
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His lawyer, new character Rebecca Halliday | ||
| MacKenzie McHale. Duh. | |||
| Sloan Sabbith, just in case things don't work out with MacKenzie | |||
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By way of explanation.....
AWM has to lawyer up for reasons yet to be revealed. |
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| 2. | What was the first domino to fall as punishment for calling the Tea Party the American Taliban? | ||
| Jim headed to New Hampshire | |||
| Maggie went to Africa | |||
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The President of AWM got kicked out of the Capitol Building. | ||
| Tons of advertisers ended their support | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Why do bad things happen to entitled, law breaking douches? |
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| 3. | What's the name of the black op that gets everyone at AWM in trouble? | ||
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Genoa | ||
| Geneva | |||
| Ginger | |||
| Gipper | |||
| 4. | What is Leona Lansing (you know, Jane Fonda) thinking right now? | ||
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Chips are falling! | ||
| Reese only broke the law twice. That's not so bad. | |||
| They need the American Taliban! | |||
| Barbarella has not withstood the test of time. | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Chips Are Falling would have been a good name for Salsaritas. Also, I will fight anyone to the death who argues that Barbarella has not withstood the test of time. |
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| 5. | Reporter Ryan is trying to enjoy dinner with the kids at Benihana. What does one of the employees of AWM ask him to do? | ||
| Avoid the sushi | |||
| Jump out the window into a pool below; he breaks his ankle trying. | |||
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Recite the dialogue from his Strauss-Kahn piece, only with a few key words changed. | ||
| Take down the YouTube clip of Maggie | |||
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By way of explanation.....
They blew the fact check on the Strauss-Kahn piece and had to adjust on the fly while Will McAvoy sang Rebecca Black lyrics, blissfully unaware of the turmoil. |
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| 6. | Intern Jenna Johnson looks familiar. How does Charlie know her? | ||
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She is the sorority girl who asked Will, "Why is America the greatest country in the world?" | ||
| She was Miss Rochester | |||
| They are both in Sloan Sabbith's fantasy football league | |||
| They get drunk at the same bar | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Will makes the interns learn musical theater history. If that is his answer for why America is the greatest country, he is woefully off point. |
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| 7. | Will gets his heart ripped out in this episode. What decision causes his pain? | ||
| MacKenzie has gotten back together with Paul | |||
| MacKenzie is dating a cast member of Saturday Night Live | |||
| Will is being suspended for a month for his American Taliban comments | |||
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Will is taken off the News Night coverage of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Don't worry, Will. Van Morrison will make everything better. |
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| 8. | That happened fast. Which person is now covering the Mitt Romney campaign? | ||
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Jim Harper | ||
| Maggie Jordan | |||
| Neal Sampat | |||
| Tess Westin | |||
| 9. | The new guy who replaces Jim is named Jerry Dantana. Where is he working when Mac calls him to request he join News Night? | ||
| Chicago | |||
| London | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
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Washington, D.C. | ||
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By way of explanation.....
"It's Washington. It doesn't matter." |
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| 10. | Neal has decided to start season 2 by pitching a story that isn't about Bigfoot. What is the pitch for? | ||
| Apple and the Legacy of Steve Jobs on the Day of His Retirement | |||
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Occupy Wall Street | ||
| Rick Perry: Brilliant Debater | |||
| Weaknesses of Tea Party Senatorial Candidates | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The better story would be if Bigfoot joined Occupy Wall Street. |
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| 11. | Pundit Cyrus West is the new guy's choice for News Night's panel discussion on drone strikes. What word does he rudely repeat several times? | ||
| Liberal | |||
| Obama | |||
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Period | ||
| Stupid | |||
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By way of explanation.....
I suspect Cyrus West is going to be trouble. |
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| 12. | What is Don's big move during the season premiere? | ||
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He dumps Maggie | ||
| He quits Elliot Hirsch's show to go back to News Night | |||
| He sleeps with Lisa | |||
| He sleeps with Sloan | |||
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By way of explanation.....
He won't sleep with Sloan until the fifth or sixth episode. |
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| 13. | What did Maggie do that forced Don to dump her? | ||
| Cheated on him with Jim | |||
| Confessed to Lisa that she loved Jim | |||
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Got busted on YouTube professing her feelings about Jim | ||
| Left for Africa without telling him | |||
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By way of explanation.....
When will people face up to the fact that Sex and the City brings humanity nothing but pain? |
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| 14. | What song do Will and MacKenzie debate at the bar? | ||
| Another Brick in the Wall | |||
| Lawyers, Guns and Money | |||
| Someone Like You | |||
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You Better You Bet | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Completely irrelevant to this quiz, You Better You Bet is my wife's favorite song. So she looooooved that scene. |
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| 15. | Who is waiting outside the door while MacKenzie gives her testimony to the AWM team of lawyers? | ||
| Jim | |||
| Maggie | |||
| Will | |||
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Maggie and Will but not Jim | ||
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By way of explanation.....
Jim was following the Romney campaign the whole time so he wasn't involved with the Genoa tip. |
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