2.3 "The Midterms" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Alex Graves

Graves was credited, per the opening credits, with directing this episode of "The West Wing." He directed a total of thirty four episodes for the series and he also produced some episodes as well. He has also directed episodes for the TV shows, "The Practice", "Gideon's Crossing", and "Ally McBeal."

Answer: Josh Lyman

This episode focused on the twelve weeks before the midterm elections that dealt with members of Congress and there were scenes of campaigning for these elections. We learned that, of all the characters in the west wing of The White House, Josh was the only one who was not there for the entire twelve weeks.

However, Josh was seen often communicating with the Bartlet staff via telephone so he was not out of the loop on what was going on there.

Answer: Sam Seaborn

While the midterm election campaigns were underway, we saw Sam speaking to an old friend of his, from law school, and Sam urged his friend to run for a congressional seat. This seat so happened to be the one in which Sam lived in and he wanted his friend to represent the district since he felt he would do a good job.

However, the friend was accused of racism and he dropped out of running.

Answer: Leo McGarry

There were claims of racism against Sam's friend since it was revealed that his friend had picked all white juries when he prosecuted black suspects while he was District Attorney. Fearing that people would find out Sam encouraged a racist to run for office, Leo stepped in and killed his campaign by cutting off any funding that Sam's friend received. Leo even cancelled a visit President Bartlet planned to make for the friend's behalf.

Answer: Toby Ziegler

Toby started to get an obsession with leaning on terrorist groups so he came up with an idea to have the Ku Klux Klan registering with the FBI. Toby's reasoning was that he was upset that racists had tried to assassinate Charlie. President Bartlet took Toby aside and assured him he understood his anger since the shooting was not just an attempt to kill Charlie but to start a lynch mob.

Answer: False

Toby was not the only one who had an obsession in this episode. President Bartlet started to become distracted when he became obsessed after an old political enemy of his won a seat on a school board in his hometown. President Bartlet wanted to focus more on this guy's win than on the Democrats attempting to win the elections to gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. President Bartlet revealed this enemy was a bigot and, in light of how Charlie was almost killed by racists, this was why he was obsessed with the guy's win.

Answer: Claire Yarlett

Yarlett, born on February 15th, 1965 in England, guest starred as Dr. Jenna Jacobs, a participant in The White House's reception for talk radio hosts. Yarlett guest starred in just this episode of "The West Wing." She has also made guest starring appearances on the TV shows, "ER", "Nash Bridges", and "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."

Answer: Homosexuality

President Bartlet arrived a little late at the reception The White House was holding for talk radio hosts. However, he saw Dr. Jenna Jacobs there and he recognized her from somewhere else and remembered she was homophobic. President Bartlet started to quote Scripture to lambaste Dr. Jacobs on her position on homosexuality and Dr. Jacobs wound up embarrassed at herself.

Answer: False

The episode was winding down and people were anxiously awaiting the results of the midterm elections. Josh was seen at his home, watching the results pour in, and some of the staffers at the west wing of The White House come to his home. They continue to watch and are all disappointed when twelve current U.S. Congressmen, all Democrats, lost their seats and the Democrats did not win enough elections to take back control of Congress.

Answer: Jamie Denton

Denton, born on January 20th, 1963 in Nashville, Tennessee guest starred as Tom Jordan in this episode of the series. Denton appeared in just this episode for the series. However, he has guest starred on the TV shows, "Ally McBeal", "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place", and "JAG." In 2004, he originated the role of Mike Delfino on "Desperate Housewives."