Person of Interest Trivia

1. In what episode does Root first appear?

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Root Cause

While "Firewall" is the first episode with Amy Acker, Root's actress, "Root Cause" is the first episode to include Root. "Bad Code" is the episode where we get to know some things about Root's past, and "Relevance" is the introduction episode for Sameen Shaw.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: Joss Carter was investigating an incident on a train and John Reese was the victim.

John Reese was on a late night train and a group of youths came into his carriage. They tried to steal his alcohol and attacked him when he tried to stop them. When Joss Carter reviewed the CCTV footage, she saw that he fought back and subdued the youths. Carter asked Reese what his name was and he responded that it was funny the only time people wanted to know his name was if he was in trouble. Carter asked him where he served in the military.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: Jonathan Nolan

Jonathan Nolan is the brother of renowned director Christopher Nolan. Both Jonathan and Christopher have worked on many screenplays together like on that of 'The Prestige', 'The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight Rises'. He also worked with his brother in writing the 2014 movie 'Interstellar'. J.J. Abrams served as an executive producer on this show.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Amy Acker

Amy Acker, known for her role as Fred on Angel, plays Root. Sarah Shahi plays Sameen Shaw, Taraji P. Henson plays Joss Carter and Paige Turco plays Zoe Morgan.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: To help prevent violent crimes before they happen.

Harold Finch is a reclusive millionaire who has developed a computer which detects some crimes before they happen. He needs a helper - John Reese - to protect innocent people and stop others committing violent crimes. Reese is a former CIA Agent who is presumed dead. Reese initially declined Finch's job offer. Finch said to Reese that he seemed to be drinking himself to death or looking for a more efficient way to die and suggested if Reese had a purpose he might find a reason to live.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel, an American actor, plays John Reese. He is known for movies such as 'The Count of Monte Cristo', 'Frequency' and 'The Thin Red Line'. He is probably most well known for portraying Jesus in the movie 'The Passion of the Christ'. He had a really small role in the movie 'My Own Private Idaho'. John Reese, in the show, is presumed dead by the authorities and was deeply affected by the loss of his lover. He is well trained and has immaculate skills in the field of combat and weaponry which he then uses to save people's lives in the show.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Harold Finch

Root wanted to find The Machine, and to do that she needed the help of Harold Finch. Season one ends with Root kidnapping Harold after luring him out into the open.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: An abandoned library.

Finch had many old books in his library and is horrified when Bear the dog eats them. The subway station was used later when the library was compromised. The secret floor was a CIA stronghold and the antique shop is from a different show entirely - 'Forever'.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: Nathan Ingram

Nathan Ingram is portrayed by Brett Cullen in the show and Michael Emerson plays Harold Finch. Harold Finch is an elusive billionaire who is also presumed dead. He is the creator of the Machine. The Machine sees acts of violence that are about to happen and indicates the Social Security number to Finch and his associates who then make sure the person is safe. The Machine was actually meant to pick out terrorists. Nathan Ingram helped Finch in creating the Machine. He was the liaison of their company to the U.S. government and he handled all the business between them. He dies later on in the show.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Zero Day

In "Zero Day", Root convinces Harold Finch to work with her, by threatening Grace Hendricks, to find The Machine to stop a virus. "God Mode" is the episode after "Zero Day" where Root is talking to The Machine, but still hasn't found The Machine. "Firewall" is the episode Root kidnaps Harold. "The Contingency" is the episode after "Firewall", in which John Reese tries to get The Machine to help him track down Harold.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: Finch's Machine generated the social security number for their 'Person of Interest'.

Finch's Machine contacts Finch via public phone and tells him specific words, which actually relate to the books in Finch's library. Finch uses the books to find out the Person of Interest's Social Security number. Reese and Finch then must look at their Person of Interest and work out if they are a perpetrator or victim. (The code words actually relate to the book's Dewey Decimal System number which when combined generate the Social Security number).

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Sameen Shaw

Ever since their first meeting in "Relevance", Root has been flirting with Shaw. Over time, Shaw starts responding to Root's flirtatious behavior, and in the episode "If-Then-Else", before sacrificing herself to save the team, Shaw pulls her in for a kiss.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: HR

Detective Fusco is Carter's partner in the show. He is actually a corrupt cop who turns a new leaf once John Reese and Finch take him under their wing as their eyes on the inside. He helps them by giving them information and adding to their manpower. He also has a son in the show. He is portrayed by actor Kevin Chapman.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: bad code

Ever since she was little, Root has always liked computers. She wants to find The Machine, an AI, because she believes The Machine is perfect, and her analogy is that humanity, who she believes to be flawed, is "bad code".

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: Bear

Bear is a Belgian Malinois played by Graubaer's Boker. He is a dog that has had military training on the show and is rescued by Finch and associates from Aryan Nationalists. All the characters in the show become attached to him over time and Bear was also actively involved in the show's proceedings. He responds only to commands in the Dutch language.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Hanna Frey

In the episode "Bad Code", we learn that when Root was little she had a friend who was kidnapped and killed. She saw her friend, Hanna Frey, get in a car with Trent Russel, but when she tells the librarian, Barbara Russel, she doesn't believe Root. Sameen Shaw is introduced to the series later, and Samantha Groves is the name Root had before choosing the name "Root".

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: Both Daniel and Sabrina had hired hit men to kill each other.

John Reese ended up kidnapping the couple so that they could engage in a counselling session with each other. They agreed they did love each other but were stressed as they had lost their baby due to a miscarriage and stopped talking with each other.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: $1.00

The government asked for the Machine to be developed to detect acts of terror. The Machine was programmed to only reveal the Social Security Number of the threat, not the name. The government were not happy with this and said they would need to review their contract price for The Machine. Harold Finch and Nathan Ingram responded by saying they had developed the Machine as a public service and only charged $1. Nathan Ingram became concerned about the 'irrelevant numbers' that the Machine was generating and built in a back door so that he could monitor these. He realised that the irrelevant numbers were still violent crimes by not necessarily mass terrorist events. Ingram told Finch he had prevented 5 of the 12 people he'd been sent. Finch wasn't happy and reprogrammed the Machine to remove Ingram as administrator.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: Root

Samantha Groves is a hacker who has a unique obsession with the Machine and believes that it has a bigger plan and wants her to be its vessel. She believes it speaks to her. She holds the Machine in very high regard and often addresses it by using the pronoun 'her'. In the first few seasons, she is shown as a negative character but then towards the later seasons, she is shown to be a more sympathetic character who helps Finch and associates in their missions while carrying forward special missions given to her by the Machine.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: Analog Interface

The Machine gives Root the role of her Analog Interface. This means that Root always has The Machine in her ear, doing whatever The Machine tells her to. She is in a psychiatric facility because that's where the team put her after she failed to find The Machine, and she stays there because The Machine thinks she can use the therapy.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: Nathan Ingram

Nathan Ingram was killed before John Reese and Harold Finch joined up. He died as a result of a car bomb that killed many passengers on a ferry. Before his death, Ingram had started looking into the numbers that The Machine had determined were irrelevant. Finch was not happy and tried to stop him. Ingram was killed and Finch was presumed dead after the bomb. Finch went back to the Machine and asked why the Machine hadn't warned them, only to see that Ingram's number was an 'irrelevant number' supplied by the Machine. Leon Tao was a person frequently helped by Reese and Finch. Weeks was a government official and Quinn was the mayor's Chief of Staff and head of HR, a corrupt group of police officers.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: New York

This show takes place in the beautiful city of New York. Carter and Fusco are part of the New York Police Department. Also forming major plot lines in the show are the rivalries between gangs and crime organisations. Most prominently featured are the Russians, Human Resources (a bunch of corrupt cops - HR) and the Mafia led by Elias. HR's head is shown to be Alonzo Quinn.

From Quiz All About Root

Answer: she/her/hers

While the rest of the team refers to The Machine as an "it", Root refers to The Machine with female pronouns.

From Quiz You Give Me A Reason To Live

Answer: John Reese

John Reese said this to Joss Carter when he was hallucinating after he was shot and dying. He meant that Finch had given Reese a reason to live. Following his discovery of Jessica's death, Reese turned to alcohol and was suicidal on the night he was attacked on the train (which lead to him meeting Joss Carter and Harold Finch). Once Reese had a purpose again-helping prevent crimes and rescuing people-he found a reason to live again.

From Quiz Person of Interest

Answer: Zoe Morgan

Zoe Morgan is a socialite and is described as a fixer in the show. She is portrayed by actress Paige Turco. The machine first gives her number to Finch and then they save her from a huge pharmaceutical company who attempt to kill her after she has helped them successfully cover up an issue. She and Reese have a fling in the show and are seen often flirting with each other.

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