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Sam Seaborn Trivia Quiz

How much do you remember about the "West Wing's" Sam Seaborn?

A multiple-choice quiz by arsenal-fairy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
arsenal-fairy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
164,160

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
1963

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Who is Sam played by? Hint

Richard Schiff

Bradley Whitford

Josh Lyman

Rob Lowe

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Question 2 of 15

2. What was Sam's role at the White House? Hint

Deputy Communications Director

Press Secretary

Communications Director

Deputy Chief of Staff

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is Sam's Secret Service codename?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which law firm did Sam work for, before leaving to join Bartlet's campaign?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which character told Sam that he would run for President one day? Hint

Leo

Josh

Jed

Toby

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Question 6 of 15

6. When a campaign staffer called Donna stupid, Sam fired him on the spot.

True

False

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Question 7 of 15

7. What is the name of the woman Sam was supposed to marry? Hint

Lucie Sharp

Laura Shirbern

Lisa Sherborne

Lidia Sherbourne

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Question 8 of 15

8. In the episode "Somebody's Going To Emergency, Somebody's Going To Jail" Sam has discovered that his father has been having an affair for how many years?

Answer: (2 digits)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Whose daughter did Sam date? Hint

Leo

Mrs Landingham

Jed

Toby

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Question 10 of 15

10. Complete the quote "I'm using __________ navigation."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 11 of 15

11. Complete the quote "That's my office over there and the President works in that round room over there and _______."

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Why does Jenny McGarry dislike Sam? Hint

because he was rude to her

for no reason at all

because he tried to hit on her

because he went out with Mallory

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Question 13 of 15

13. Sam can recite the members of Congress in alphabetical order.

True

False

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is Sam's middle name? Hint

he doesn't have one

Nigel

Norman

Nicholas

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Question 15 of 15

15. Sam was recording secretary of the Rogers and Hammerstein Society at Princeton.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is Sam played by?

Answer: Rob Lowe

Richard Schiff plays Toby and Josh Lyman is the name of the character played by Bradley Whitford.

2. What was Sam's role at the White House?

Answer: Deputy Communications Director

Will Bailey was given Sam's job after Sam went to run in California.

3. What is Sam's Secret Service codename?

Answer: Princeton

Sam graduated magna cum laude from Princeton.

4. Which law firm did Sam work for, before leaving to join Bartlet's campaign?

Answer: Gage Whitney Pace

Gage Whitney Pace is the second largest law firm in New York and the one that landed the Shearson deal.

5. Which character told Sam that he would run for President one day?

Answer: Jed

Leo says that Sam has "one of the great minds" of his generation.

6. When a campaign staffer called Donna stupid, Sam fired him on the spot.

Answer: True

Sam considers Donna as one of his best friends.

7. What is the name of the woman Sam was supposed to marry?

Answer: Lisa Sherborne

They broke up not because her name would have been Lisa Sherborne-Seaborn, but because Sam said she didn't like him very much. Lisa however, says they broke up because Sam left to work for Bartlet.

8. In the episode "Somebody's Going To Emergency, Somebody's Going To Jail" Sam has discovered that his father has been having an affair for how many years?

Answer: 28

After a lot of initial bitterness, Sam says that he and his father are getting on better now.

9. Whose daughter did Sam date?

Answer: Leo

Sam dated Leo's daughter, Mallory O'Brien, for a while but their relationship ended when a tabloid took pictures of Sam with his friend Laurie, a call girl.

10. Complete the quote "I'm using __________ navigation."

Answer: celestial

From the episode "Celestial Navigation" where Sam and Toby are lost in Connecticut.

11. Complete the quote "That's my office over there and the President works in that round room over there and _______."

Answer: nobody else really matters

Said while showing people round the White House.

12. Why does Jenny McGarry dislike Sam?

Answer: because he tried to hit on her

Leo wasn't to happy about it either!

13. Sam can recite the members of Congress in alphabetical order.

Answer: True

But he doesn't know anything about the White House or its history.

14. What is Sam's middle name?

Answer: Norman

Though he's thinking of having it legally changed to "on time."

15. Sam was recording secretary of the Rogers and Hammerstein Society at Princeton.

Answer: False

He was recording secretary of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

Source: Author arsenal-fairy

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