Answer: 12 years
Michael Scott was played by Steve Carell. During the opening few minutes of the pilot Michael walks the documentary crew (who remain unseen) through the offices while he introduces himself and several of the key staff members of the Dunder Mifflin paper company.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Pam
Michael calls in Ryan (the 'temp'), who watches on in horror while Michael plays the prank that leaves Pam in tears. He suggests she has been stealing post-it notes and asks her to clear out her desk, before she realises it is a prank and responds by calling him a jerk and storming out.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: 12
He says that he's been at Dunder Mifflin for 12 years and has been regional manager for the last four.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: Michael Scott
Michael Scott is the rude boss that has a crush on Jan, his boss. Dwight is Assistant (to the) Regional Manager. B.J. Novak is a writer of the show and plays Ryan. Steve Carell is the actor that plays Michael Scott.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Moe
Michael also impersonates Hitler during the scene.
The temp's last name is Howard, which causes Michael to mention the Stooges and break out into his impersonation.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Diversity day
A trainer is brought in to deal with an incident involving Michael, where he does a comedy routine about black people. He tries to take over the session from the facilitator, and also finds it amusing that the man, who is African-American, is named Mr Brown.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: He bought it for himself at Spencer Gifts.
At the end of the episode, Jim pranks Michael by putting the mug in Jell-O.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: Beesly
Pam Beesly is the receptionist at Dunder Mifflin.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Diversity Training
The entire episode centered around a scheduled 1-hour diversity in the workplace training session.
The training was brought about because Michael had mimicked a Chris Rock routine in the office and several employees complained to corporate about it.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: "The Little Drummer Boy"
Dwight sang "What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor" while on the booze cruise in Season 2, Episode 11. Dwight sang "We Didn't Start the Fire" with modified lyrics in season 2, episode 4. Dwight and Michael sang "American Pie" in a graveyard in season 4, episode 10.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: March 24th
This show started as a "filler" show, but was liked so much came back for a second season.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Dwight
The plan cut almost all of the health care offered. It had no dental, no vision and a $1,200 deductible.
While Dwight was upsetting the staff with the healthcare choices Michael was working hard to avoid the rest of the staff.
In the end the Dwight's initial plan was scrapped, and the employees ended up with a reduced, but acceptable healthcare plan.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Convinces Dwight to do it
Dwight chooses a terrible plan and everyone complains. So he decides that the best way to proceed is to ask people to write down all the conditions they want covered; naturally Jim and Pam make the most of this and make up some very amusing conditions.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: Mr. Brown
Michael thought it was a play on words when Mr. Brown introduced himself to the office workers.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Nothing
In a very awkward scene, Michael can't come up with a surprise and just waits until everyone leaves the office.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: Angela's cat party
He responds, "Stop. That is ridiculous." I have no idea what a "cat party" is.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: Michael
Michael was put in charge by Jan, but then couldn't take the pressure of making the decision, so let Dwight be in charge. Dwight then went power crazy and got his own "work space" and tried to fire Jim.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Meredith
The downsizing bug once again spread through the office as the staff worried if each of them would be on the chopping block in the fourth episode of the season.
Michael thought the party would raise moral while employee's worried about the pending layoffs.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Jim and Dwight
Dwight decides that the best way to deal with the rumours about downsizing is to form this alliance with his nemesis. Jim immediately accepts his offer, seeing it as an opportunity to pull some more pranks on his office mate.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: Supplier Relations
Before the surprise birthday party the office workers and Michael were planning for her, they all signed a card with a bird on the front saying "Happy Bird-day." Inside, Jim wrote a crack about fudging the numbers because she was an accountant. Michael read this and responded with the fact that he didn't like "condoning corporate fraud".
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Survivor
While alliances are also a big part of "Big Brother", Jim specifically mentions it's like "Survivor" when joking to Pam about how Dwight asked him to form an alliance.
Jim only played along with the alliance in order to make fun of Dwight.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Meredith
It emerges that it is actually Ryan's birthday that day, but he doesn't want Michael to know. Meredith receives a card, and an ice cream cake, which she can't eat because she's lactose intolerant!
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: Mixed berry
Pam seems quite flattered that Jim knew this factoid.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: Dwight
Jim convinced Dwight that it is socially acceptable for a man to carry a purse. Then, Jim mocked Dwight, behind his back, with Pam.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Basketball
Michael saw courts down at the local park and decided that it would be "fun" to put together an office team.
The office staff played against the warehouse staff in a game.
Jim, Ryan, Dwight, Stan and Michael were the starting five for the office team.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Basketball
Michael picks his team, consisting of himself, Jim, Ryan, Dwight and Stanley. He also lets Phyllis play as an alternate.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: Post-it Notes
Michael falsely accuses Pam of stealing in an attempt prank her into thinking she is being fired. Michael also pretends to fire Pam in season 5.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: Kevin and Jim
Kevin, although he was not allowed to play in the game, was shown sinking 4 or 5 shots in a row. Jim scored many points in the game.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: Mr. Rogers
Darrell (played by Craig Robinson) works in the warehouse during the first season.
Michael came up with the nickname by taking Philbin, relating it to Regis Philbin, and then mispronouncing Regis as Roge, and eventually landing on Mr. Rogers.
Darrell is annoyed by the nickname.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: No one
Michael makes a bet on the basketball match that the losing team works Saturday. However, after finishing the match early and claiming his staff have won, he goes back on the deal and no one has to come in.
From Quiz: Dunder Mifflin Antics: Season 1
Answer: 3 years
Pam says that they had planned to get married in September, but now she thinks they'll wait until spring.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: six
This was, as I said above, it was originally a "filler" show, so it wasn't run for the whole year.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
Answer: No one
Michael was given the duty of picking both the winner and the prize. Corporate have him a $1,000 limit on the prize selection.
Instead of picking a winner for the sales competition, Michael spent the money on an espresso machine to try to impress Katy, a traveling purse saleswoman.
With no prize to give away, no winner of the contest was ever declared.
From Quiz: Who's in "The Office"? Season 1
Answer: Stapler
This is the first of many, many pranks that Jim will pull on Dwight over the next nine seasons.
From Quiz: "The Office" 1.1 "Pilot"
Answer: 25%
Every year he gets this call, but in the first season, Dwight took the call for him. Jim also missed the call because Michael demanded he come to the Diversity Day meeting.
From Quiz: The Office - Season One
