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Easy The Office Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our the office set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The easy questions cover the setting, the company name and the main cast: Carell, Wilson, Krasinski and Fischer, plus Dwight's beet farm and the office roles everyone remembers. They are answerable by anyone who has seen a handful of episodes from any season.
14 easy the office trivia questions with answers
In the US version of The Office, Michael Scott was played by which actor?
Answer: Steve Carell Carell played the Scranton branch manager from the first season until partway through the seventh.
The US series is set in a paper company branch in which city?
Answer: Scranton, Pennsylvania Slough is the setting of the British original; Stamford is a rival branch that merges with Scranton in season three.
The paper company in the US series is called what?
Answer: Dunder Mifflin Wernham Hogg is the firm in the British version; Vance Refrigeration is the business next door.
Dwight Schrute was played by which actor?
Answer: Rainn Wilson Wilson had originally auditioned for the role of Michael Scott.
Jim Halpert was played by which actor?
Answer: John Krasinski Krasinski also directed several later episodes of the series.
Pam Beesly was played by which actress?
Answer: Jenna Fischer Fischer played Pam from the receptionist's desk in season one through to the finale.
Away from the office, Dwight runs which kind of farm?
Answer: A beet farm Schrute Farms grows beets and doubles as a bed and breakfast in later seasons.
The US version of The Office originally aired on which network?
Answer: NBC It ran on NBC for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013.
The American series is adapted from a British show co-created by Stephen Merchant and which comedian?
Answer: Ricky Gervais Gervais and Merchant made two short series and a Christmas special before the American adaptation began.
At the start of the US series Pam holds which job?
Answer: Receptionist She later moves into sales and then a short-lived office administrator role.
Dwight insists on which job title, which is not an official company rank?
Answer: Assistant to the Regional Manager The running joke is that he drops the words "to the" whenever he can get away with it.
Which Scranton accountant is openly gay?
Answer: Oscar Martinez Oscar was played by Oscar Nunez, who was also a writer's room favourite for deadpan reactions.
Which colleague, the branch's human resources representative, does Michael openly dislike?
Answer: Toby Flenderson Toby was played by Paul Lieberstein, who was also a writer and later showrunner.
Angela is known around the office for keeping large numbers of which animal?
Answer: Cats Her cats, including Sprinkles and Bandit, become a running thread through several seasons.
Answer key
- Steve Carell
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Dunder Mifflin
- Rainn Wilson
- John Krasinski
- Jenna Fischer
- A beet farm
- NBC
- Ricky Gervais
- Receptionist
- Assistant to the Regional Manager
- Oscar Martinez
- Toby Flenderson
- Cats
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
- Hosting a night? The full the office list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
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