Why Did They Call It That? Part 2 Quiz

Answer: a dress

Vera Wang is a famous Chinese American clothes designer based in New York. She is most famous for her wedding gowns C.J. tries on a black Vera Wang dress at the mall. Her stalker, who has sent her death threats, sees her and comments on it in an email.

Answer: a law

"The Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 prohibits the military from civilian law enforcement." In this episode, it means they cannot assassinate Shareef on American soil without a trial. But instead they redirect him to Bermuda, a non-American island, and kill him there.

Answer: day before the Supreme Court opens each year

"The Supreme Court convenes on the first Monday in October. On the Sunday before the first Monday there's a mass held for the members of the Court that's attended by the cabinet, Congress and the President."
In this episode, the Red Mass is held at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at 10:00.

Answer: Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's is a disease that effects the elderly. It starts out as memory loss, which gets worse as time passes. There is a deterioration of intelligence as well. There is no known cure or really an effective treatment. It is usually very hard on the family members as their loved one slowly forgets who they are, their life, and eventually, how to take care of themselves.
C.J.'s father, Tal, has Alzheimer's Disease.

Answer: Air Force One

Any U.S. Air Force craft that carries the president is called Air Force One by air traffic controllers. In the episode "Angel Maintenance", 'Angel' is the code name for the craft, but I could find no indication that this is a real-life code name. In this episode, a light is broken, so the plane crew can't be certain if the landing gear is down, so the plane has to circle for hours.

Answer: the 25th amendment

Section III of Amendment XXV: "Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President."
In this episode, the Vice President had resigned, so power was given to the Speaker of the House.

Answer: FBI file name for Zoe's kidnapping

7A is the FBI code for kidnapping, WF identifies the office, in this case the Washington Field office which covers Northern Virginia and parts of Maryland as well as D.C. 83429 is the specific case number for Zoe's kidnapping.

Answer: father of daughters

"You know, 15 years ago, we took a trip to Egypt, all five of us, saw the pyramids and Luxor, then headed up into the Sinai. We had a guide, a Bedouin man, who called me 'Abu el Banat'. Whenever we'd meet another Bedouin, he'd introduce me as 'Abu el Banat'.

The Bedouin would laugh and laugh and then offer me a cup of tea. And I'd go and pay them for the tea, and they wouldn't let me. 'Abu el Banat' means 'father of daughters'. They thought the tea was the least they could do."

Answer: Camp David

The Naval Support Facility Thurmont is the retreat of the President. It is a rustic land located in the Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland. The place was named Camp Hi-Catoctin in 1942, when it first became the Presidential retreat, but F.D. Roosevelt renamed it Shangri-La. In 1953, Eisenhower changed the name to Camp David.

Answer: number of votes needed to win Democratic nomination

2162 is the minimum number of votes needed by a candidate to win the Democratic party nomination. In the episode, the three main candidates come in with no clear front runner, based on the primaries. Then a fourth candidate tries to steal votes from the delegates. Candidates and their staffs will do anything to try and sway a delegate to vote for them.

In the end, Congressman Matt Santos (played by Jimmy Smits) wins the necessary votes, beating Vice President Bob Russell, Former Vice President John Hoynes and Governor Eric Baker.