Boston Public Trivia

1. What was Tim McMahon complaining about right before he died?

From Quiz "Boston Public" - Season 1 Episode 6

Answer: Math textbooks

Tim, a math teacher, was complaining to Steven that test scores were down. Tim believed that his scores would rise if he was given the new textbooks he'd asked for. Steven said the textbooks would be ordered, but Tim replied that he'd been told that three years ago.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 4

Answer: Students engaged in oral sex

Lauren saw two of the three candidates for student body president engaged in oral sex. At first, she only told Mr. Lick, the school's guidance counselor. But after she figured out there was a conspiracy for Peter to drop out of the race so Susan Potter could win, she told Steven.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 3

Answer: Harry

Harry decided he'd had enough of Dana blackmailing him, so he told Steven and Scott that he'd kissed Dana. It had only happened once and Dana had instigated it, but he knew it was wrong. Dana was shocked when Scott told her that Harry told what happened.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 2

Answer: It was patriotic

Harvey noticed none of the girls in his class were wearing bras. Scott told Harvey to inspire the kids, so Harvey launched into a speech about how girls wear bras so boys wouldn't keep thinking about sex and women could then be treated as equals.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 1

Answer: Lauren and Harry

Lauren failed Jason in History while Harry failed Jason in Geography. On his History test, Jason answered that Lincoln invented logs, Washington was a Redskin and Hamilton was a blender. Lauren believed Jason was daring her to fail him.

From Quiz "Boston Public" - Season 1 Chapter 5

Answer: Lauren

When Lauren invited Scott, he asked if she meant he should go as her date. She said the position wasn't open, but he could come as her friend. Scott replied that he actually did have plans for Thanksgiving. (He later admitted he only planned on going to his brother's house.)

From Quiz 'Boston Public' - Seasons 1 & 2

Answer: Lauren Davis

This is revealed in the very first episode, and Lauren was also asked out on a date with Scott Guber, the vice principal.

From Quiz "Boston" Bonanza 2

Answer: Sheryl Holt

Sheryl Holt ran this website, and was suspended multiple times. She caught Ms. Davis and Mr. Senate kissing on film, and put this on the website.

From Quiz Boston Bonanza

Answer: Lisa Grier

Lisa Greer graduated a semester early, and then taught Shakespeare for a semester at Winslow High.

From Quiz 'Boston Public'

Answer: Winslow

Their mascot is the Wildcats.

From Quiz 'Boston Public'

Answer: Brooke

Brooke Harper is Steven Harper's daughter. She dated 'Hook-Lady's' son, Jeremy.

From Quiz Another 'Boston Public' Quizzy

Answer: Christine

Christine Banks - formerly known as 'The Blob.'

From Quiz 'Boston Public' - The Standardized Test

Answer: Big Boy

From Quiz 'Boston Public'

Answer: Jeremy

Erik Kaj-Erikson plays the role of Jeremy Peters.

From Quiz "Boston Public" - Season 1 Episode 6

Answer: spit on her

Lauren saw that Webster was continually not doing his work. When she confronted him during class, he called her a name. Lauren then made Webster stand in the corner, which he later said was embarrassing. When Steven told Webster and Lauren to talk about it between themselves, Webster spit on Lauren.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 4

Answer: If I Were a Rich Man

Fyvush Finkel, the actor who plays Harvey, actually became famous for his portrayal of Tevye, the main character in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof", the musical from which the song comes.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 3

Answer: Andrew

Andrew had been bullied and the final straw for Steven was Scott finding Andrew hanging outside a classroom window. When Andrew refused to divulge the identity of the people who had bullied him, Steven suspended Andrew.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 2

Answer: She thought it was disrespectful

Lauren ultimately told Steven that she thought it was disrespectful that only teachers were being fingerprinted. Steven had explained that it was because they work with children, but Lauren countered with the fact that children are around a lot of other people in addition to teachers, so why not fingerprint them? She also told Steven that her college classmates only cared about money, no matter if that caused them to break laws, so why single out the teachers?

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 1

Answer: Lauren

Scott asked Lauren to go to the symphony with him. He called the philharmonic the most disciplined orchestra. Lauren didn't really want to go, but claimed she was cornered and couldn't say no.

From Quiz "Boston Public" - Season 1 Chapter 5

Answer: Steven

After Scott declined Lauren's invitation, Steven found out and invited Scott to his home for Thanksgiving. (Steven's daughter planned on going to New York City with her mother for Thanksgiving.) Harvey spent Thanksgiving alone in the darkened school. Marla spent Thanksgiving with the other staff members at Lauren's.

From Quiz 'Boston Public' - Seasons 1 & 2

Answer: Marsha

Marsha Shinn was her name in the first season, and she liked to breathe down Steven's back.

From Quiz 'Boston Public' Pop Quiz

Answer: Dana Poole & Dana Pool

Dana also has gotten into trouble for kissing Harry Senate and for smoking marijuana.

From Quiz "Boston" Bonanza 2

Answer: Aisha

Tamyra was in the final ten of the very first season of "American Idol." She played Aisha, who became the star of the school play.

From Quiz Boston Bonanza

Answer: A shoe

When anything bad happens at the school this woman runs to Harper to tell him to "smell that shoe".

From Quiz 'Boston Public'

Answer: One of the candidates was a guy.

The guy was a cross-dresser... And he won.

From Quiz 'Boston Public'

Answer: anorexia nervosa

Lauren experienced anorexia, so she tried to help a student with the battle. She also found out that many other girls were anorexic, and that they had a website.

From Quiz 'Boston Public' - The Standardized Test

Answer: Marilyn Sudor

She's the choir director, and they were leaving a choir rehearsal.

From Quiz 'Boston Public'

Answer: Scott Guber

Played by Anthony Heald.

From Quiz "Boston Public" - Season 1 Episode 6

Answer: Hitting them

Marlene was hitting her students with paddles. Scott told Marlene that she was not allowed to inflict corporal punishment. Marlene countered with she had been teaching for 53 years.

From Quiz "Boston Public" Season 1 Chapter 4

Answer: Beatle

Lauren and Marilyn found out that the kids were only screaming for him as a way of mocking Harvey. Harvey tried to get Marilyn to put him in the second, instead of the first, act, but Marilyn refused. Harvey claimed that he always received the most applause, so he should be in the second act. Lauren tried to tell Harvey that the students were mocking him, but he didn't believe her.

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