As someone who is never the first to learn about new, cool, hip things, I was a good five seasons behind in getting hooked on Mr. Jack Bauer. I missed his wife, I missed his daughter, I missed the evil former presidents. Hell, I missed five whole days. I just started watching this season, which hasn't really been as great as the other five (apparently). Yet, I still love it, and I'm trying to catch up, watching DVDs of the first few seasons. Because if this is the crappy season, then I am in for some good stuff on the first five days! Today's quiz is a compilation of facts about 24. The crew, the cast, the show. And please, Mr. Bauer, take a nap sometime soon.
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1. All of the cast members are required to do this every five days.
a. Wash their clothing, since they have to wear it for the whole season...
b. Read the newspaper so they're aware of current world events
c. Attend a live taping of a Fox News TV show
d. Have their hair trimmed
d. They must get their hair trimmed every five days so it doesn't look like any time has passed.
2. Which character purportedly received a law degree from the University of Maryland?
a. Kim Bauer
b. Michelle Dessler
c. President Palmer
d. Chloe O'Brian
c. President Palmer is supposed to have a Bachelor's Degree in Political Economy from Georgetown and a J.D. from UMD's Law School.
3. True or false: The actors don't know if their character will be killed or kidnapped or otherwise get cut off the show and only know what will happen in the episode in which they are currently working.
True! Characters don't know if they'll be written off the show.
4. Which Supreme Court Justice is a fan of 24?
a. Samuel Alito
b. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
c. Clarence Thomas
d. John Paul Stevens
c. Clarence Thomas. The cast and crew learned of this when they were on a tour of Washington. Apparently the entire Bush administration sweats 24. But have you noticed that the white Republican presidents are always assholes and the Black Democratic presidents are awesome? Suck on that George Bush.
5. True or false: Jack Bauer's calender goes from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Jack Bauer.
Trueeee
6. Kiefer Sutherland was engaged to which famous actress before she ran off with one of his friends?
a. Nina Myers
b. Jodie Foster
c. Pamela Anderson
d. Julia Roberts
d. Julia Roberts and Kiefer were engaged, but she ran off with one of his friends (Jason Patric) to Ireland, and they never got married. Awesome way to choose your friends, Kief.
7. Sarah Clarke was cast as Nina Myers the same day they started to film the pilot, so she had to...
a. Call her husband and tell him she wouldn't be able to talk to him for 24 hours
b. Wear her own clothing for the entire season
c. Quit her job at Krispy Kreme
d. Learn her lines right before filming each hour
b. The costume department didn't have time to fit her, so she had to wear her own clothing for all of season one!
8. When Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran initially came up with the idea of a show that was in real time for an entire day, they were planning a show about...
a. The 24 hours leading up to a couple's wedding
b. The 24 hours leading up to a baby's birth
c. The 24 hours leading up to a Bar Mitzvah
d. The 24 hours leading up to a college graduation
a. They initially were planning a show that covered the 24 hours leading up to a wedding, but then decided that there wouldn't really be any good reason for a couple to be awake for 24 hours and would give the couple really big circles under their eyes at the ceremony. (Yeah, I added that)
9. True or false: On Jack Bauer's tax return he has to claim the entire world as his dependents.
True. Obviously.
- Also, I noticed this, but have no idea if I'm actually accurate. All the "good guys" watch Fox News, but the "bad guys" and terrorists watch something that closely resembles CNN!
- Upon hearing that he was played by Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer killed Sutherland. Jack Bauer gets played by no man.
- Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves.
- More Jack Bauer "facts."
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This show always seems to me like it would be exhausting to watch
Posted by: Lauren | May 18, 2007 at 10:55 AM
before i read the caption on the julia-kiefer baby photo, i thought it was just a really terrible picture of julia roberts and i momentarily felt bad for her, but then it passed.
Posted by: | May 18, 2007 at 12:19 PM
um what happened to Bill Buchanan? i used to watch the show but gave up on it this season because it lost my interest/scared me. but i love bill. he's the tim gunn of 24.
Posted by: Caitlar | May 18, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Buchanan just got pushed out because of politics, he'll probably be back at some point with some white knight role.
Also, all the other seasons are better than this one, I think one and four are probably the best.
Posted by: Phylan | May 18, 2007 at 12:50 PM