4.16 "Linchpin" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Josh Stamberg

Stamberg, born on January 4th, 1970 in Washington, D.C. landed the guest starring part of Martin Danberg for this "Castle" episode. Stamberg held down the stint for a total of two episodes for the series. He has also guest starred on the TV series', "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", "Monk" and "Six Feet Under".

Answer: David Lim

Lim, a native of Oakland, California played Agent Trahn, an agent with the CIA, in this "Castle" episode. Lim was credited with portraying the character of Agent Trahn for just this episode of the series. He has also guest starred on the TV shows, "Hollywood Heights", "The Young and the Restless" and "90210".

Answer: Kate Beckett

The episode picked up where the previous one ended (however, both episodes were shown on alternate weeks) with Richard and Kate in a car that went into the water. A driver from behind them bumped them into the water so they struggled to get out. Kate mentioned to Richard that she was having difficulty unbuckling her seat belt.

Answer: True

Richard managed to free Kate from her seat belt but the two still had difficulty getting out of the car since everything was jammed. The only thing they could figure out on getting free was to use the gun to shoot open windows and climb out. This is what they did and they climbed to safety where they were greeted by the other members of the team.

Answer: True

Richard and Kate upset Sophia Turner so much that she removed them from duty from the CIA case. The two were still intent on resolving the murder so both of them stated that looking into Nelson Blakely would help. However, Lanie informed them both that someone intercepted Nelson's body via a court order so he never made it to the morgue.

Answer: Kevin Ryan

The team discussed in one scene how unusual it was that nobody seemed to know Nelson Blakely. Richard did make a point about how Nelson did enjoy playing chess so that meant someone had to know him. Javier and Kevin decided to canvass the parks in New York City, as that's where many people enjoyed playing chess, to see if they could find anyone who knew Nelson Blakely.

Answer: Jani

Javier and Kevin encountered someone at a park who was playing chess so they asked him if he knew Nelson Blakely. He did however claim that someone named Jani had played chess with Nelson quite a bit recently. The team located Jani and brought him in for questioning, which was where Jani mentioned that Nelson gave him a different name when they played.

Answer: Thomas Gage

Richard and Kate were seen talking about the investigation when Thomas Gage approached them. He told them to run so he shot off something that caused the room to fog up into smoke so they could dodge shooters. Richard commented on how he thought that Thomas was the bad guy but Thomas stated that, if he was, he and Kate would have died by now. Thomas revealed that someone else was the result of the killings but this someone was pinning it on him.

Answer: Berlin

Sophia caught up with Richard, Kate and Thomas so Thomas was placed in a detention area. Sophia stated to Richard and Kate how she did not trust Thomas and felt he still was behind the killings. She had a private conversation with Thomas where she revealed that she recalled him from a CIA job in Berlin.

Answer: China

Sophia shared some personal information about the operation known as Pandora and said it could negatively effect the United States. She claimed that someone was attempting to rebuke China's ability at providing funds to the United States government and thus that rebuke would cause austerity, including limiting defense abilities. Richard feared that this would lead to the government shutting down.