3.12 "100,000 Airplanes" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Howard S. Miller

Miller made a guest starring appearance in this episode as Ken Walker, a doctor. He played the part for just this one episode of "The West Wing". He also guest starred on the TV series' "Desperate Housewives", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch".

Answer: Brian Baker

Baker, born on July 16th, 1967 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania guest starred as John Tany, a U.S. Congressman, in this episode. He played the part for just this episode. He has also guest starred on the TV shows "The Division", "Hidden Hills" and "Miss Match".

Answer: Sam Seaborn

The episode began with Sam and an assistant watching President Bartlet give a speech at a campaign event in regards to his candidacy for U.S. President. The person he spoke with was taking a lot of pictures so Sam asked her if she would go easy on the picture taking. She mentioned to him that C.J. told her there would be no problem with snapping the pictures.

Answer: True

There was a party in this episode which both Josh and Sam attended. Sam was with a friend named Lisa from "Vanity Fair" and they spoke about recent political events. Lisa discussed the recent scandal about President Bartlet concealing his multiple sclerosis diagnosis and Sam mentioned to her that Congress censured him.

Answer: Leo McGarry

There was a scene near the beginning of the episode in which Toby, C.J., Josh and Sam met in Leo's office to hear some news about President Bartlet. Leo arrived and said that it was early in the morning when the President met with Congress to accept a congressional measure censuring him. C.J. asked how President Bartlet was feeling, so Leo said he was fine.

Answer: Curing cancer

Lisa and Sam went out to dinner in one scene and Lisa started to talk about a recent State of the Union Address the President gave. She asked Sam why they cut talk about curing cancer from the speech so Sam mentioned to her how they had to cut a lot from the speech. Lisa asked Sam why he was upset with her, so he replied he was not angry.

Answer: Donna Moss

Josh was in his office in one scene and he mentioned to Donna that he was going to see Amy that evening. Donna asked him if that was going to be their second date, so Josh said it was actually their first date since the previous night was more of a scheme than a date. Donna mentioned that Josh's second dates with women tended to be a bust but this did not deter Josh from meeting with Amy that night.

Answer: Toby Ziegler

Toby and Josh got to talking midway through the episode and Toby asked Josh how his date with Amy went. Josh said it was great, so then Toby asked Josh if he was aware that Amy had a boyfriend. Josh informed him that he knew that about Amy but he also did not know who her boyfriend was.

Answer: Joseph Lieberman

Josh spoke with Amy at a bar about Congressman Tandy, Amy's boyfriend, and how he needed to get women voters in order to win a race. He mentioned to her that the National Organization for Women (NOW) had not endorsed him yet. He then brought up to Amy how Congressman Tandy started going out with Amy a week after U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut made a big announcement. Joe Lieberman made history in the year 2000 by becoming the first Jewish person nominated for U.S. Vice President by a major political party.

Answer: True

There was a scene near the episode's conclusion in which Joey Lucas gave the staff good news about another poll she took in regards to President Bartlet. She said his numbers went up from 48% to 59% on his ability to do his job, from 41% to 60% on trustworthiness, and he had a 69% rating on strong leadership.