1.7 "The State Dinner" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Thomas Schlamme

Schlamme, born on May 22nd, 1950 in Houston, Texas was credited for directing this episode of "The West Wing." When the opening credits rolled, you could see his name being credited with directing the episode. Schlamme directed a total of 14 episodes for the series. He has also directed episodes for the TV shows, "Boston Public", "Ally McBeal", and "ER."

Answer: True

This episode was notable since it was the first time that First Lady, Dr. Abbey Bartlet, appeared on "The West Wing." Stockard Channing originated and played the role for the entire series. Channing appeared in 63 episodes of "The West Wing" and was even a regular cast member during one season.

In 2002, Channing won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role of Abby Bartlet in "The West Wing." Other Primetime Emmy nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, that year, were Tyne Daly for "Judging Amy", Lauren Ambrose for "Six Feet Under", Janel Maloney for "The West Wing", and Mary-Louise Parker for "The West Wing."

Answer: Indonesia

The entire episode revolved around the many dilemmas that President Bartlet faced while preparing a state dinner to welcome the President of Indonesia to The White House. He had, on his plate, an issue with a union strike, a hurricane, and a hostage standoff.

Despite all of these problems, President Bartlet managed to make time for the state dinner to meet with the President of Indonesia.

Answer: Toby Ziegler

We learned that Toby had a friend imprisoned in Indonesia and he wanted to get him freed. While President Bartler and the Indonesian President had dinner, Toby worked with Josh to try and persuade an aide to the Indonesian President to get his friend released.

Answer: True

Toby went to go talk to the Indonesian President's aide and the aide did not like him since he perceived Toby's speech as being harshly critical towards Indonesia's government as being non democratic. He told Toby to go to hell and implied that he would not help Toby at all with getting his friend released from the hostage standoff. Toby talked to the aide some more and they started to work together.

Answer: Idaho

Mandy decided that she wanted to help get the hostages freed so she worked to come up with a negotiation where all the hostages would be let go. She appealed, in Idaho, to an agreement for the freedom of the hostages since she felt the FBI entrapped the suspects on gun charges. It turned out that her attempt for a negotiation to free the hostages did not go well.

Answer: Leo McGarry

Leo wanted to help usher in an agreement, for the truckers who went on strike, so he worked with the union to find a compromise that benefited both sides. The ultimate plan proposed would involve withholding pay and benefits from the truck drivers who worked fulltime in contrast to the other part time truck drivers. This plan was rejected so President Bartlet finally intervened.

Answer: Georgia

The one issue President Bartlet had to deal with, a powerful hurricane, touched down on the state of Georgia and it wreaked a lot of havoc there. Josh realized that Charlie's relatives were in the path of the hurricane so he arranged for them to get to safety.

The plan to help Charlie's relatives hit a skid when Navy ships got right into the middle of the storm, threatening the lives of Charlie's relatives.

Answer: True

While we saw new developments on the hurricane, in this episode, it was revealed that the hurricane was a Class-4, one of the most devastating storms. The episode concluded when President Bartlet spoke to a sailor, involved in the hurricane, and he informed him he would send help down there immediately.

The sailor thanked President Bartlet for all he did with regards to helping the victims of the hurricane.

Answer: John Capelos

Kapelos, born on March 8th, 1956 in London, Ontario, Canada portrayed Seymour Little in this episode of "The West Wing." Kapelos guest starred in just this one episode of the series. Kapelos has also had guest starring stints on the TV shows, "Angel", "The X Files", and "The District." He has also starred in the films, "Junkyard Dog", "The Babysitter", and "Shallow Ground."