The Office: Trivia, 8.11

Thursday, January 12th, 2012 | 67 comments

Writer: Steve Hely, Director: B.J. Novak

Summary (NBC): Andy tries to find a way to meet his goal of doubling sales — when Oscar joins a trivia night contest, Andy decides to get the whole office involved. Meanwhile, Dwight visits Sabre headquarters to explore other job opportunities.

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The Office Trivia extras

• Video clips
• Photos
• Did Steve Carell appear in a secret cameo?

Rating

In a poll conducted January 12-16, 2012, Tallyheads rated this episode: 7.28/10

The Office Trivia quotes

Manually transcribed by tanster. :)

Jim’s sheet of paper: “We’re on the longest silent streak in office history! Nobody has said anything in… 14 min!”

Oscar: You really have to say “oh yeah” every time you eat a candy bar?

Andy: There is an infinity of things that you can do with paper!

Andy: Let’s get high on our own supply!

Dwight: Animals, machines, vast virtual armies. All of these things I’ve successfully managed. The only thing I haven’t managed is people.

Dwight: Like a Spanish conquistador, I have come to Florida to claim what is rightfully mine.

Dwight: I’m not here to be given anything. I’m here to take what is mine.

Dwight: Surrounded by shrubbery. Like a squirrel’s office.

Robert: I don’t know what’s worse, the trip or the destination.

Oscar: Tonight is Triviacalypse.

Darryl: You just made a good idea, a great idea.

Gabe: Not just bagels. All unwanted problems.

Gabe: I am the toilet of this office.

Dwight: God bless you. You are an American classic.

Gabe: C.E.O. to C.O.O. What a difference a letter makes.

Gabe: Hallway phone, Gabe Lewis speaking.

Andy: I’m willing to try anything. Not anything.

Andy: We need an A team, a backup team, and a just have fun team.

Creed: Let’s reverse engineer this. You’re a black singer. Where do you go somewhere where you’re a novelty? Alaska?

Erin: Dogs, canes, signs, manholes, stairs. Piano, darkness.

Kevin’s sign: What is SEE-attle

Jim: Shawn Marion.
Darryl: Yes. Shawn Marion.
Ryan: That doesn’t sound right. I want to say Ladamian Washington.
Jim: Wrong. For so many reasons.

Kelly: It’s Lamar Odom.

Dwight: You’re a perfectly fine toilet. I’m just an extraordinary piece of crap.

Trivia contest host: I’m sure you’re just checking your Grindr account.

Ryan: I can’t not touch it. I want to be with my phone.

Trivia team names
Queerenstein Bears
Joey Triviani
Impish Impresarios
Two Broke Dorks
Jason So-Goy-Kiss
Ladies Gaga
Einsteins
Aesop’s Foibles
Lawrence O-Trivier

Erin: I did my part, babe. I’m just the bell girl.

Robert: I could go to the gym three times a week, or I could wrestle Stu once a month.

Robert: Florida is America’s basement.

Trivia contest host: This 2001 masterpiece from Gilles Paquet-Brenner explores the intricate dynamics of a family in disarray.
Oscar (en français): It’s the film Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
Kevin: Les Jolies Choses (Pretty Things). Marion Cotillard exposes herself a number of times in that film.

Dwight: It’s a job interview, not a flea market.

Kevin: A fluke is owned of the most common fish in the sea. So if you go fishing for a fluke, chances are, you might just catch one.

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1. 
   67. Tay  Thu. Jan. 19, 2012 | 7:16pm

   [200-word limit]

2. 
   66. VegasOffice Fan  Wed. Jan. 18, 2012 | 11:29pm

   NBC Confirms that it was not Steve Carell to the Washington Post

   Link

3. 
   65. KathP  Wed. Jan. 18, 2012 | 11:52am

   I think the hairy bear was in fact Steve. Re Steve’s alleged tweet: note that the Twitter account in question (a) doesn’t have a Verified badge and (b) misspells Steve’s last name. Highly unlikely that it’s legit.

4. 
   64. P.Louise  Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 | 7:46pm

   Anyone Notice, I did notice that Gabe had the same medal displayed behind his desk…LOL! Robert must have a whole drawer full of those; obviously his spiel to Dwight is one he has used before to side track an employee. Gabe took the bait, but Dwight saw through it and declined to be influenced by Robert’s diversion. I loved Spader’s expression when Dwight declined the medal…irritated that his ploy failed and the knowledge that Dwight’s goals will not be side tracked by a little bit of verbal voodoo.

5. 
   63. Stapler  Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 | 6:58pm

   Tanster…it would be great if you could settle the ‘was it or was it not’ Steve debate during your set visit. Thanks…and have fun!

   [ from tanster: i'll definitely ask! ]

6. 
   62. Ryan K.  Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 | 1:11pm

   You guys really don’t like giving episodes good ratings anymore, do you?

7. 
   61. Pinky  Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 | 8:11am

   I think the fact that no one’s confirmed or denied it was Steve drives it home that it was, in fact, him. Don’t you think they’d (cast/crew) come right out and say ‘that was just an extra’ if it wasn’t?

   [ from tanster: maybe I can find out when I visit the set this week. :) ]

8. 
   60. Frank  Tue. Jan. 17, 2012 | 7:23am

   I really liked this episode. I thought it was funny, clever, edgy and not too over the top. Cali can be funny and is always insteresting to watch. I think once Pam was featured more it became more of a romantic comedy in a way, just not as funny as from season 4 on. But this was different, and not until l read the comments did I know why, no Pam. Fun, interested Jim. Good episode, reminded me of the earlier years, Dwight included.

9. 
   59. darth scranton  Mon. Jan. 16, 2012 | 9:37am

   @Robert, you make some excellent points, but we don’t KNOW that his phone call wasn’t, “Hey, Swiss Cheese, could your mom come help you with the kids tonight?” The baby is, at this point, two months old, he’s probably spent tons of hours helping, and Pam isn’t the kind of wife to deny him some Jim time every now and then (unless he’s trying to abandon her at a dinner party). And as great a guy as Jim is, he’s also a guy, and not all guys will say, “Let me ask my wife first,” when they’re making plans with two guy friends. Doesn’t mean he’s not going to, he just doesn’t say it out loud to Darryl and Andy.

   Either way, we’re both making a lot of assumptions, and you’re exactly right about different writers showing/telling different things. I think it’s just a good example of how, over the years, they’ve done such a good job creating the characters that we care enough to have a friendly debate like this.

10. 
    58. Anyone notice?  Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 | 6:18am

    Anyone notice that the medal Robert gave to Dwight was also on the back wall of Gabe’s shrubbery office?

11. 
    57. M  Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 | 1:33am

    I loved this!! Laughed out loud several times. Hilarious.

12. 
    56. chris  Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 | 12:48am

    Let’s see- bags under the eyes..check
    Very thick, dark chest hair..check.
    hair..check.

    Good to see you, Steve.

13. 
    55. what's the dealio?  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 8:21pm

    Finally got to watch this and what a wonderful, hilarious episode it was – it had me smiling the whole time! I loved Gabe’s attempt to hold back laughter during Dwight’s pitch; Ryan wanting to be with his phone; Robert California offering drinks while in a pretzel with the wrestler guy; and, the awesome win by team Einstein. Great episode – well written and directed, well acted and just good classic Office.

14. 
    54. remember to call  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 6:26pm

    I’ve reviewed the scene in question multiple times and decided that there is no way I can look into this guy’s eyes and say “He’s not Steve” unless someone from the cast/crew says it isn’t Steve. Also, later on, I swear I heard Steve’s voice.
    And those who claim NBC would “promo the heck outta it”, consider that NBC, well they spoiled the guest stars in Search Committee last year, has a history of keeping surprises quiet. Consider Diane’s first appearance on Frasier, or Andy and April’s wedding in Parks and Rec.

15. 
    53. Nate  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 3:35pm

    It looks like Steve’s nose!

16. 
    52. GKCfan  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 3:01pm

    Whether or not it was really Steve Carell, Wikipedia’s article on Michael Scott mentions that Michael “has mentioned an unseen brother.” Could this unseen brother be gay and living in Philadelphia?

17. 
    51. Robert  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 2:26pm

    @Darth Scranton

    He may have called to TELL her he was going to Philly. He definitely didn’t call to ASK if he could go. As soon as Andy mentioned trivia in Philly he and Darryl said yes they were going. The Jim I know doesn’t ditch his wife and babies without making sure they’re ok. He doesn’t agree to a five hour round trip plus trivia time without a Hall Pass. For further proof of this see the preview for Pool Party. A diffrent writer actually has him mention that he needs to get home soon. Just another horrible example of incontinuity in characters.

18. 
    50. Tim  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 8:47am

    LOOOVED This one!!!!!! sooo good(like all the eps this year!!!), the cold open was the best of the season! it was hilarious, although i didn’t like that nobody was in the office, it was great. I do feel like there should have been a heartfelt moment at the end, with andy and erin, or andy and jim, or something. Maybe they should have shown jim calling to check on pam(although-as much as i love pam-she certainly wasn’t missed in these eps, besides christmas)!!!!

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    49. FlonkertonChamp  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 7:15am

    i don’t think it’s steve. looks a lot like him, but i don’t think it’s him.

    i think he looks like the love child of steve carell and robin williams, if such a thing were possible.

    [ from tanster: lolol ]

20. 
    48. pete  Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 | 5:29am

    Yup, good episode. xxxx

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