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All About Root Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about the character Root from "Person of Interest". The questions are mostly from season 1 and 2, though there is a major spoiler from season 4.

A multiple-choice quiz by WardenRoot. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
WardenRoot

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
381,677

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
163

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (7/10), Guest 31 (8/10), Guest 73 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what episode does Root first appear? Hint

Firewall

Relevance

Bad Code

Root Cause

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the actress who plays Root? Hint

Sarah Shahi

Amy Acker

Taraji P. Henson

Paige Turco

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Question 3 of 10

3. Root started out as an antagonist, kidnapping which member of the regular team? Hint

Harold Finch

Lionel Fusco

John Reese

Genrika Zhirova

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Question 4 of 10

4. After kidnapping them at the end of season one, and her quest to find The Machine fails, Root this time persuades the character to work with her in which episode? Hint

Firewall

The Contigency

God Mode

Zero Day

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which character is Root's love interest on the show? Hint

Harold Finch

Sameen Shaw

Hanna Frey

Zoe Morgan

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Question 6 of 10

6. Finish this quote said by Root: "We're just an accident, Harold. We're just ____." Hint

malware

lazy

bad code

flawed

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of Root's childhood friend who was murdered? Hint

Samantha Groves

Sameen Shaw

Hanna Frey

Barbara Russel

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following is not an alias that Root has used? Hint

Caroline Turing

Ms. May

Veronica Sinclair

Samantha Groves

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Question 9 of 10

9. At the end of season two, Root's search for The Machine once more leads to nothing. However, The Machine contacts her when she's in a psychiatric facility and gives her the role of what? Hint

Reprogrammer

Analog Interface

Hitwoman

Trick question, The Machine never contacts Root

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which pronoun does Root use for The Machine? Hint

they/them/theirs

it/its

he/him/his

she/her/hers

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Today : Guest 98: 7/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what episode does Root first appear?

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.

2. What is the name of the actress who plays 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.

3. Root started out as an antagonist, kidnapping which member of the regular team?

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.

4. After kidnapping them at the end of season one, and her quest to find The Machine fails, Root this time persuades the character to work with her in which episode?

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.

5. Which character is Root's love interest on the show?

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.

6. Finish this quote said by Root: "We're just an accident, Harold. We're just ____."

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".

7. What is the name of Root's childhood friend who was murdered?

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".

8. Which of the following is not an alias that Root has used?

Answer: Samantha Groves

Samantha Groves is the name Root had before choosing the name "Root", and is therefore not an alias.
Caroline Turing is the alias she used in "Firewall" to put a hit on herself. Veronica Sinclair is the one she used when she first met Sameen Shaw, and Ms. May is an alias she used when she pretended to work for the government to gather information on The Machine.

9. At the end of season two, Root's search for The Machine once more leads to nothing. However, The Machine contacts her when she's in a psychiatric facility and gives her the role of what?

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.

10. Which pronoun does Root use for The Machine?

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.

Source: Author WardenRoot

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