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1.	Things have gotten awkward between Ted and Linda since they kissed. They get more awkward when Ted meets Linda's new boyfriend Don:
		In the men's room
		At Linda's cubicle
		At the elevator
		In the Veridian cafeteria
		*By way of explanation.....* "You hold a hell of an elevator door."

2.	Phil asks Lem if he ever gets the feeling that ooplasm regards him as:
		Their much, much taller older brother
		A weatherman
		The president of Veridian Dynamics
		A vengeful god
		*By way of explanation.....* "Cytoplasm cultures sometimes, but never ooplasm."

3.	What is Phil's complaint about his coffee mug?
		His name is misspelled
		Lem washed it out with hydrochloric acid
		The handle is upside down
		Lem has grown bioweapons in it
		*By way of explanation.....* "You know, soap would work, and it wouldn't kill someone if they accidentally drank it."

4.	After Veronica's explanation about the problem with the motion sensors, we see Lem not be able to activate a water fountain, and then....
		Sit in a pitch-black bathroom stall
		Fall down an elevator shaft
		Get trapped in an elevator
		Walk into a sliding glass door
		*By way of explanation.....* "They insist the worst people can call it is 'indifferent'."

5.	Veronica, on whether or not Veridian acknowledges the problem: The company's position is that it's actually the opposite of racist, because it's not targeting black people. It's just.....
		Ignoring them
		Discounting them
		Overlooking them
		Looking right through them
		*By way of explanation.....* "Well, they know it has to be fixed, right? Please at least say they know that."

6.	It turns out that Don is actually a pretty good guy. Ted is impressed with several things about him, including the fact that Don:
		Was taught to make paper airplanes by Chuck Yeager
		Threw a frisbee with Bruce Jenner
		Played miniature golf with Tiger Woods
		Raced go-carts with Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
		*By way of explanation.....* "And for some reason, he could name every freshwater fish in North America."

7.	Veridian's commercial: Diversity: just the thought of it makes these white people....
		Smile
		Dream of a better tomorrow
		Want to hug a minority
		Giggle
		*By way of explanation.....* "Just like we enjoy varieties of foods, we enjoy varieties of people, even though we can't eat them."

8.	Confronted by Lem and the other black employees, Veronica recounts how she was discriminated against as a youth, because she was:
		Too beautiful
		Too athletic
		Too tall
		Too golden-haired
		*By way of explanation.....* "No, how could you? You're still not 5'9"."

9.	Veridian moves to address the problem with the motion sensors by providing the black employees with separate:
		Rest rooms
		Buses
		Drinking fountains
		Elevators
		*By way of explanation.....* "She said they're working 24/7 to make things right."

10.	Having acknowledged she has heard the complaint, Veronica advises Lem to walk away:
		Proudly
		Tall
		Softly
		Politely
		*By way of explanation.....* "Look at you, letting him be heard."

11.	Veridian hires a bunch of minimum-wage white guys to follow around the black employees and activate things for them. Lem's white guy is named:
		Stu
		Doug
		Trevor
		Barkley
		*By way of explanation.....* "He's a huge idiot But he was born with the god-given talent to trigger a light sensor, so here we are."

12.	Stu is trying to identify something he is tasting. What is Stu tasting?
		Water
		Sugar
		Kool Aid
		Salt
		*By way of explanation.....* "You really shouldn't eat things in here."

13.	Ted refers to the whites-following-around-blacks solution as Operation....
		White Wash
		White Shadow
		White Elephant
		White Out
		*By way of explanation.....* "So then we'd have to hire more white people for those black people, which we can't do without hiring more black people."

14.	Veronica bemoans the fact that she has had an awful, awful day. Immediately after saying this,
		She receives a salary increase
		She and Ted kiss
		Lem and Phil storm into her office
		She is notified she will receive a humanitarian award
		*By way of explanation.....* "Listen, you're not you know What, Ted? Embarrassed? Upset? Disappointed? Itchy? Hungry? Earning twice your salary? Don't worry. I'm not any of those things. Maybe a little hungry. Plus, the salary thing."

15.	Veronica cites the Veridian Dynamics company motto....engraved right there on the lobby floor. What is it?
		Money Before People
		Fortune Favors Those with Fortunes
		Supremacy Forever
		Revenue Before Reason
		*By way of explanation.....* "It just looks more heroic in Latin."

16.	Lem and Ted work up a presentation for the Veridian brass, during which they cite that:By Thursday, June 27, 2013, every person on earth will be working for Veridian, and we don't have....
		A big enough HR department
		Enough intramural teams
		ID badges
		The parking
		*By way of explanation.....* "Now let's take a look at how this would affect health care costs."

17.	At the end of the episode, Veronica gives Ted a gift of:
		A water bottle
		Briefs
		Her lingerie
		A bottle of her perfume
		*By way of explanation.....* "Walkin' away tall, Boss."

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