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10 Sports Night quizzes and 125 Sports Night trivia questions.
1.
  10 Questions on Sports Night    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Sports Night" was a critically acclaimed series that never quite found an audience.
Average, 10 Qns, deaconblues63, Jul 20 15
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2.
  "The Hungry And The Hunted"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a great episode of a great show. In this episode Jeremy is sent out to film a short segment on hunting, which he is morally opposed to, while the others are preparing for a black-tie party where a romantic interest is kindled.
Average, 10 Qns, geistigermann, Apr 18 05
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geistigermann
439 plays
3.
  'Sports Night'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A (I feel) basic quiz about my favorite show 'Sports Night' (which can now be seen on Comedy Central. Yay!).
Average, 10 Qns, bluegodess83, May 25 03
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bluegodess83
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4.
  "Sports Night" - Season 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my second quiz on the unique TV sitcom, "Sports Night". It focuses on the second season of the show.
Easier, 10 Qns, QueenElessar, Jul 31 07
Easier
QueenElessar
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5.
  "Thespis"    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
"Thespis" is my favorite episode of "Sports Night," which is, in my opinion, the best modern television program. 25 questions may sound like a lot, but this episode deserves no less. I hope you enjoy the quiz. Lots of luck!
Average, 25 Qns, geistigermann, Apr 20 05
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geistigermann
443 plays
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  Recurring Characters    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"Sports Night" was blessed with not only a great cast of main and supporting characters, but it had some great recurring characters as well. Do you know who they are?
Average, 10 Qns, geistigermann, Apr 23 05
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geistigermann
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7.
  "Sports Night"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about "Sports Night" episodes and the actors behind the characters of this critically acclaimed television show.
Average, 10 Qns, LStanton432, Aug 26 09
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LStanton432
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  "The Apology"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is my second quiz, and appropriately it is about the second episode of the show "Sports Night" by Aaron Sorkin. I consider this quiz fairly difficult, even being a self-proclaimed expert on the show. Let's see how well you can do.
Average, 15 Qns, geistigermann, Nov 28 12
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geistigermann
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9.
  "The Pilot"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz tests your knowledge of the pilot episode of the TV show "Sports Night." Let's hope you paid attention, because the little things count. Let's get started!
Average, 10 Qns, geistigermann, Apr 11 05
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geistigermann
465 plays
10.
  Take this Sports Night Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
These are some tough questions about "Sports Night". All but the last question can be answered by just watching the show.
Tough, 15 Qns, njslayer95, Jul 09 04
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trivia question Quick Question
How many share points did Sam Donovan intend to increase the show's ratings by?

From Quiz "Sports Night"





Sports Night Trivia Questions
1. "Sports Night" was a comedy-drama that focused on a fictional sports news show. On what network did the fictional sports news show "Sports Night" air?

From Quiz Sports Night

Answer: Continental Sports Channel

"Sports Night" was a one hour sports news program originating from Rockefeller Center. The show found itself consistently third in the ratings, trailing the sports news offerings of both ESPN and Fox.

2. Teri Polo, well known for her work as Pam Byrnes in both "Meet The Parents" and "Meet The Fockers," played who in a recurring role in "Sports Night?"

From Quiz Recurring Characters

Answer: Rebecca Wells

Ms. Polo also starred in "Beyond Borders," and "The Arrival," along with many other TV and motion picture films. Interesting information from www.imdb.com

3. Elliot: "Anybody know why there's a ____ pound frozen turkey up in the light grid?"

From Quiz "Thespis"

Answer: 20

Elliot (in studio): "Anybody know why there's a 20-pound frozen turkey up in the light grid?" Dan (walking into control room): "Elliot wants to know why there's a 20-pound frozen turkey in the light grid."

4. Who correctly calls the play "Red Rocket Right, Slant-42, Z-Out" at the very beginning of the episode when several of the character are watching a game between Florida State and Purdue and making predictions on what Coach Bowden is going to do?

From Quiz "The Hungry And The Hunted"

Answer: Jeremy

The description of the play that the coach made by Jeremy: "He's gonna split three wide receivers and put a tight end in the back field with the tailback in motion. A play-action fake'll freeze the strong safety and Kittis'll find his primary receiver over the middle. It's a play called Red Rocket Right, Slant-42, Z-Out. He'll get the first down and probably a lot more." Isaac calls him insane, but that's what happens, and it's just as successful as Jeremy thought it would be.

5. Which character's brother is the subject of the actual apology that this episode is named after?

From Quiz "The Apology"

Answer: Dan

Dan's brother was killed in a car accident when he was driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. Dan is convinced that it was his fault because he was a drug user when he was young and he believes that his brother was emulating his behavior.

6. The first time we see Casey and Dan they are behind the anchor desk, preparing to go on the air. Dan's first words are a bit of advice to Casey. Dan says to Casey, "When you get right down to it, what I'm saying is this." Finish this quote.

From Quiz "The Pilot"

Answer: Case, I think you should start getting out of your house.

Casey's response: "I am out of my house. I've been out of my house for six months. I don't live in my house."

7. How many share points did Sam Donovan intend to increase the show's ratings by?

From Quiz Sports Night

Answer: 3.5

Sam was hired by Isaac in the 2nd season to raise the show's sharepoints by 3 in order to get the network off his back, however, he believes he can raise them 3.5 points

8. In the pilot episode, which athlete is responsible for renewing Casey's faith in sports?

From Quiz "Sports Night"

Answer: Ntozake Nelson

Ntozake Nelson is an African long distance runner. After having his legs broken, he was told he would never walk again, but at the age of 41 he won a major long-distance race, setting a new world record.

9. What is the name of the ratings expert who is hired in, "When Something Wicked This Way Comes"?

From Quiz "Sports Night" - Season 2

Answer: Sam Donovan

Sam is hired by Issac to try to help the show achieve hiring ratings so that everyone can keep their jobs. William H. Macey, who is famous for movies such as "Pleasantville", "Fargo" and "Magnolia" played the role of Sam.

10. How many main characters (listed in the opening credits) are there on 'Sports Night' (sitcom)?

From Quiz 'Sports Night'

Answer: six

Dana (Felicity Huffman), Casey (Peter Krause), Dan (Josh Charles), Jeremy (Joshua Malina), Natalie (Sabrina Lloyd), and Isaac (Robert Guilame).

11. Who was the creator of "Sports Night"?

From Quiz Sports Night

Answer: Aaron Sorkin

"Sports Night" was the first television series for Aaron Sorkin, who went on to create "The West Wing", "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip", and "The Newsroom." "Sports Night" featured the rapid fire dialogue and characters having conversations while walking from one location to another, stylistic elements that would be familiar to fans of Sorkin's later series.

12. Teri Polo's recurring character was a love interest of which main character?

From Quiz Recurring Characters

Answer: Dan

She and Dan had a rough start. It later became more complicated when Dan found out that she was in fact not divorced from her husband. She left New York to try and work things out with her husband in Los Angeles. In the second season, she returned and tried to work things out with Dan. We don't know how it turned out, because "Sports Night" never had a third season.

13. The turkey wasn't actually the same size as Elliot thought. How large was it actually?

From Quiz "Thespis"

Answer: 24 lbs

Dana: "Twenty-four pound." Dan: "I'll tell him that, but then he'll probably just want to know why there's a 24-pound frozen turkey in the light grid." (Dan walks out of the control room) Elliot (walking into the control room): "Why is there a 24-pound turkey up in the light grid?" Dana: "I'm thawing it out." Elliot: "You're thawing out a turkey on the light grid?" Dana: "Anybody here got a problem with that?"

14. Dan is supposed to quote high-level sources inside the ____ Olympic committee on Helsinki's bid for the 2010 Olympics. Helsinki is in Finland, but it is listed on the teleprompter as being in what country?

From Quiz "The Pilot"

Answer: Switzerland

"Yeah. Finland. The national bird is the whooping swan." - Thanks Elliot!

15. What is the name of the hotel in which Dan slept with Bobbi Bernstein?

From Quiz Sports Night

Answer: Hotel de Espana

Dan believes she is crazy for thinking they slept together until she shows him a picture of the two of them in the hotel.

16. Who owns the Continental Sports Channel?

From Quiz "Sports Night"

Answer: Luther

Luther Sachs owns LutherCorp which owns CSC.

17. Dana devises a strange dating plan for her and Casey, what does it involve?

From Quiz "Sports Night" - Season 2

Answer: Casey has to date other women for six months, before he can date her

In episode, "When Something Wicked This Way Comes", Dana decides that Casey needs more experience with women. She figures he needs to get dating other people out of his system, so that the two of them can have a real shot at staying together.

18. Tough one - what is Natalie's last name?

From Quiz 'Sports Night'

Answer: Hurley

I think it's mentioned only once in a voice-over by Jeremy while he's writing a letter to his deaf sister Louise. Rydell is Dan's last name, Jaffe is Isaac's last name, and McCall is Casey's last name.

19. Who were the sports anchors on "Sports Night"?

From Quiz Sports Night

Answer: Casey McCall and Dan Rydell

Although said to be inspired by the the ESPN SportsCenter team of Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, "Sports Night" was anchored by Casey McCall and Dan Rydell. Casey McCall is played by Peter Krause and Dan Rydell is portrayed by Josh Charles.

20. Darren Foreman played the bartender at Anthony's where the crew often went after work. What's his recurring character's name?

From Quiz Recurring Characters

Answer: Jack

At seven appearances, Jack ties for third most regularly recurring guest star with the character Sally Sasser. Rebecca Wells is the most often used recurring character with nine appearances, and Gordon is number two, with eight appearances.

21. What is Isaac's pregnant daughter's name?

From Quiz "Thespis"

Answer: Kathy

She lives in San Francisco and is due to go into labor in ten days.

22. What day of the week was the black-tie event that takes place half way through the episode?

From Quiz "The Hungry And The Hunted"

Answer: Thursday

Casey: (reading his invatation to the party out loud) "'October the Eighth, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight, A.D.' A.D. They're worried I might accidentally show up two thousand years before the birth of Christ." Natalie: "Half-hour. You have a drink, you have a thing, they take your picture, you're outta there." Casey: "This Thursday." Natalie: "Yes."

23. Who is cutting his first highlight package in this episode?

From Quiz "The Apology"

Answer: Jeremy

The highlight tape from the Cubs/Marlins game is later referred to as "an epic miniseries" by Casey.

24. Who is the famous runner who ends up winning the World Pacific Games and what country are they from?

From Quiz "The Pilot"

Answer: Ntozake Nelson, South Africa

Natalie: "Ntozake Nelson's a South African distance runner, 15,000 meters. As a school teacher in Jamestown, he led protests against the white majority. He was beaten up and thrown in jail. His legs were broken and the doctors said he'd never walk without a cane..." "He's forty-one years old, and guess what he's doing tonight?" ... Dana: "He's running in the World Pacific Games, an event this network is carrying live tonight at nine."

25. What sport does Dan hate more than any other?

From Quiz "Sports Night"

Answer: Soccer

Dan hates soccer, but because CSC has signed a deal with the soccer league, he still has to report it. He is constantly making jokes about making the nets bigger and the low scores.

26. Which character end up in therapy during the course of the season?

From Quiz "Sports Night" - Season 2

Answer: Dan

Dan meets a woman in a bar who gives him her card. It turns out that she's a therapist and he's not sure whether she wanted to date him or book a session. He goes to her office and he ends up realizing that he really does need therapy sessions.

27. What is Casey's son's name?

From Quiz 'Sports Night'

Answer: Charlie

Matthew is Isaac's grandson, Gordon was Dana's one-time boyfriend and fiance, Jayson is Jayson Grissom, a football player mentioned in the first episode. Casey and Charlie's mom Lisa are divorced.

28. Which actress, who later went on to star in "Desperate Housewives", portrayed "Sports Night" executive producer Dana Whitaker?

From Quiz Sports Night

Answer: Felicity Huffman

Felicity Huffman was terrific in her portrayal of Dana Whitaker. The consummate professional at work, Whitaker found every other aspect of her life in disarray.

29. Dana's rival throughout the run of the show is the producer of "West Coast Update," another show on the CSC network. What is this character's name?

From Quiz Recurring Characters

Answer: Sally Sasser

Sally Sasser is played by Brenda Strong. Rebecca Wells was Dan's love interest. Sam Donovan is a consultant brought in by Isaac in the second season who later becomes a love interest for Dana. Christian Patrick is the football player who sexually assults Natalie in the very beginning of the series.

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