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150 free The Office trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
91 free The Office trivia questions with answers. The Office trivia that starts easy and ends hard. The first half covers what every fan knows - Dunder Mifflin, Dwight's beet farm, the Dundies, Jim's stapler in Jell-O, Prison Mike, who becomes regional manager in the finale. The second half is genuinely hard The Office trivia for people who have watched the whole thing five times: what Pam wins at the Dundies, why the George Foreman grill is next to Michael's bed, who wrote 'The Convict', who really sang 'That One Night', how much the plasma TV cost, what set off the sprinklers in 'Garage Sale', and where Jim and Pam actually got married before the church. Play it solo, run the easy half for a party and the hard half for the superfans, or lift the whole set for an Office-themed quiz night. Every answer has been checked against a reference page and carries its source, so the air dates, writers and viewing figures are the real ones.
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Q 01What is the name of the fictional paper company whose Scranton, Pennsylvania branch The Office follows?
Dunder Mifflin
Dunder Mifflin is fictional, but its name was printed on real paper: Staples sold branded Dunder Mifflin copy paper for years.
Q 02In which city is the Dunder Mifflin branch featured in The Office located?
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The show is set at the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of Dunder Mifflin. Scranton is a real city in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Q 03Which Michael Scott catchphrase turns any innocent remark into a double entendre, even in a legal deposition?
That's what she said
That's what she said is Michael's innuendo reflex, deployed in business meetings and, in 'The Deposition', under oath.
Q 04What is Dwight Schrute's job title at Dunder Mifflin?
Assistant to the Regional Manager
Dwight's official title is Assistant to the Regional Manager, though he frequently insists it is Assistant Regional Manager — a running gag throughout the series.
Q 05What type of farm does Dwight Schrute own?
Beet farm
Beet farm, complete with a nine-bedroom, one-bathroom farmhouse Dwight shares with his cousin Mose; NBC once planned a spin-off set there.
Q 06Who does Jim Halpert marry in The Office?
Pam Beesly
Pam Beesly and Jim sneak off and marry privately on the Maid of the Mist before the church ceremony, once their guests threaten to wreck the day.
Q 07What is the name of the HR representative that Michael Scott despises?
Toby Flenderson
Toby Flenderson is played by Paul Lieberstein, who was also a writer and showrunner on the series; Michael's loathing never gets a reason.
Q 08In The Office's famous Casual Friday cold open, what homemade dish does Kevin Malone drop and try to scoop off the floor?
A pot of chili
A pot of chili goes down in front of Erin's desk, and Kevin tells the camera the trick is to undercook the onions so everybody gets to know each other in the pot.
Q 09Besides being senior accountant and safety officer, which group does Angela head at the Scranton branch?
The Party Planning Committee
Angela Martin serves as the head of the Party Planning Committee (PPC), often clashing with other members like Phyllis over party decisions.
Q 10Who is the original regional manager of the Scranton branch before he leaves the show?
Michael Scott
Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is the regional manager for the first seven seasons before leaving to move to Colorado with Holly Flax.
Q 11Which warehouse foreman, played by Craig Robinson, does Sabre boss Jo Bennett move upstairs into the office?
Darryl Philbin
Darryl Philbin later leaves Scranton altogether to join Jim's sports marketing start-up, Athlead, in Philadelphia.
Q 12What is the name of the company that acquires Dunder Mifflin?
Sabre
Sabre, a printer company based in Tallahassee, Florida and run by Jo Bennett, acquires Dunder Mifflin in Season 6.
Q 13After a bat gets loose in the office, what does Jim convince Dwight he is turning into?
A vampire
In 'Business School', Jim and Karen play on Dwight's paranoia after a bat gets into the office, with Jim claiming he was bitten; the episode was directed by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, entirely by coincidence.
Q 21What is the name of the sports marketing company Jim co-founds in the later seasons?
Athlead
Jim co-founds Athlead (later renamed Athleap) with his college friends. His involvement creates tension with Pam as he splits time between Scranton and Philadelphia.
Q 22What is the name of Michael's annual office awards show, held at the local Chili's?
The Dundies
Michael hands out custom trophies with categories nobody wants to win; the Chili's scenes had to be toned down before the restaurant would allow filming.
Q 23In the 'Stress Relief' cold open, how does Dwight test whether his co-workers learned from his safety seminar?
He lights a blaze in a trash can
Q 14Which boom mic operator from the documentary crew befriends Pam in Season 9?
Brian
Brian the boom mic operator breaks the fourth wall in Season 9 by stepping in to comfort Pam, revealing the documentary crew for the first time.
Q 15In Michael Scott's homemade action film, what part does Dwight Schrute play?
The hero's robot butler
Jim plays the archnemesis Goldenface and Darryl plays the President, while Dwight is the robot butler to Michael's secret agent Michael Scarn.
Q 16When the series begins, how long has Pam been engaged to Roy?
Three years
Pam and her high-school sweetheart Roy have been together eight years and engaged for three with no wedding date, a running sore point in the early seasons.
Q 17What sport does Michael Scott run in to raise money for rabies awareness?
A fun run (5K)
In the Season 4 premiere "Fun Run," Michael organizes a 5K fun run for rabies awareness after hitting Meredith with his car in the parking lot.
Q 18What does Stanley Hudson do that becomes a visual running gag whenever he is in meetings?
Crossword puzzles
Stanley is frequently seen doing crossword puzzles during meetings, completely disengaged from whatever Michael or anyone else is saying.
Q 19What is Creed Bratton's job at Dunder Mifflin?
Quality Assurance
Creed works in Quality Assurance, though he rarely seems to do any actual work and often doesn't understand what his job entails.
Q 20The US series is adapted from a BBC show created by which pair?
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
Greg Daniels adapted the Gervais–Merchant original for NBC, and jokes such as the stapler in Jell-O were carried over verbatim from the British pilot.
Dwight seals the exits and cuts the phone lines first, and the ensuing panic gives Stanley a heart attack.
Q 24What is the name of Angela's sick cat that Dwight kills in 'Fun Run'?
Sprinkles
Angela asks Dwight to look after Sprinkles; instead he decides the cat is a waste of resources, and the incident leads to their breakup.
Q 25What is the name of Ryan Howard's failed social media website?
WUPHF.com
Ryan creates WUPHF.com, a service that sends your message to every communication platform simultaneously. Despite investment, it ultimately fails.
Q 26Where do Jim and Pam get married?
Niagara Falls
Jim and Pam get married at Niagara Falls in the Season 6 two-part episode. They secretly exchange vows on the Maid of the Mist boat.
Q 27In 'Scott's Tots', what had Michael promised a class of third graders a decade earlier, a promise he cannot keep?
Pay their college tuition
Michael promised to pay their college tuition; ten years on he offers the graduating class laptop batteries instead, in an episode famous for being hard to watch.
Q 28What character does Ed Helms play on The Office?
Andy Bernard
Ed Helms plays Andy Bernard, a Cornell-obsessed, banjo-playing salesman who transfers from the Stamford branch and later becomes regional manager.
Q 29Which replacement HR rep, who shares Michael's goofy humor, ends up engaged to him and moving to Colorado?
Holly Flax
Holly Flax temporarily replaces Toby as HR representative. She and Michael share the same goofy sense of humor and eventually move to Colorado together.
Q 30In The Office's pilot, Jim opens the prank war by encasing Dwight's stapler in what?
Jell-O
Jell-O, and the gag was lifted word for word from the British original; Jim later does the same to Andy's calculator.