50 Fun Facts About The Office Season 6

In The Office episode Scott's Tots, what does Michael Scott hand the high school seniors he has let down?

Laptop batteries are all he can offer the furious class. On the drive back, Erin points out that the students are on track for a higher-than-average graduation rate.

The Office season six opens with Michael, Dwight and Andy caught up in which internet craze?

Parkour was already years out of fashion, as Jim drily notes, and he adds that it turned up in a chase scene in the Bond film Casino Royale.

Which persona does Michael Scott adopt at the bar in The Office season six episode Happy Hour?

Date Mike was writer B. J. Novak's way of explaining why a charming, reasonably successful man who wants a family remains single past forty.

While Jim and Pam are on parental leave in The Office, Dwight Schrute pushes three desks together to create what?

Megadesk keeps reappearing whenever Jim's back is turned, so Jim answers with Quad-Desk: one desk stacked on two others, with Dwight's computer wedged in the gap.

Which special guest star joined The Office in season six as Jo Bennett, the Southern chief executive of Sabre?

Kathy Bates first appears by video call in the episode Sabre, where Jo bluntly gives Michael until the end of the day to accept her company's new policies.

At Jim and Pam's wedding in The Office, the guests dance down the aisle to which Chris Brown song?

Forever was the soundtrack of a viral video of a real couple's wedding entrance, which the guests copy even though Pam had put the song on a do-not-play list.

In The Office, Oscar's viral video dubs Kevin Malone's voice over footage of which Sesame Street character?

Cookie Monster jokes spread so fast that Gabe bans them, then learns he has no power to suspend anyone. Kevin's revenge video, with Oscar as Count von Count, flops.

After Jim and Pam's wedding in The Office, Michael Scott starts dating which member of Pam's family?

Her mother, Helene, pulls Michael into her hotel room on the wedding night. Pam finds out after the honeymoon and storms out to the parking lot, screaming all the way.

On a sales call with Jim in The Office season six, what does Michael Scott tumble into, leaving him soaked?

A koi pond it was, and security footage later reveals Jim could have caught him but stepped aside, because he had wanted to take the meeting alone.

After a hotel incinerates Kevin Malone's shoes in The Office, what does he wear on his feet to the wedding?

Tissue boxes replace his only pair of shoes, which the hotel destroyed as a health hazard. He ends up soothing his feet in the ice machine.

Jim and Pam pick which destination for their wedding in The Office, hoping their co-workers will be unable to attend?

Niagara Falls on a weekend was meant to keep the guest list short, until Michael closed the office on the Friday and Monday either side so everyone could go.

In The Office, what did Michael Scott promise a class of third graders a decade before the episode Scott's Tots?

College tuition for the whole class was the pledge, made when he expected to be a millionaire by the time they graduated. The promise spurred the class to excel at school.

Where are Jim and Pam honeymooning in The Office when Kevin accidentally gets Jim's credit card canceled?

Puerto Rico charges alarmed the card company, and Kevin, answering Jim's phone, confirmed his details until the card was canceled. Oscar tells him that was identity fraud.

In The Office, Michael Scott becomes convinced that insurance salesman Angelo Grotti belongs to which organization?

The Mafia theory rests on little more than Grotti's surname sounding like John Gotti's. Dwight and Andy fan it, with Jim and Pam away and only Oscar left to argue for reason.

When Pam tears her veil just before the wedding in The Office, what does Jim cut in half to console her?

His tie, snipped in two, came from real life: a friend of Greg Daniels smashed the rest of his wedding china after his sister broke some and could not be consoled.

What first name do Jim and Pam give their daughter, born after 19 hours of labor in The Office season six?

Cecelia, soon shortened to Cece, was named after the newborn niece of the actress who plays Pam, born a week before filming.

In The Office season six finale, Michael Scott asks Jo Bennett to bring which former colleague back to Scranton?

Holly Flax is a half-joking request, made after Michael delivers Jo's public apology for her, but Jo sincerely says she will look into it and leaves him lost for words.

Whose turn as Santa Claus in The Office season six leaves Michael Scott so outraged that he dresses as Jesus?

Phyllis Vance gets the job from Jim, which stings because Michael had always played the part himself. He heckles her while she hands out the gifts, then apologizes.

Which dangerous fault in Sabre's printers does Andy Bernard set out to expose in The Office season six?

They catch fire, as a worried client phones to tell Andy. Corporate replies that it has happened to only 12 of 400,000 machines and thanks him with a $5 gift card.

In The Office, what does Michael Scott learn about his girlfriend Donna after Pam finds suspicious photos on Facebook?

She is married, and the man in the photos is her husband, which makes Michael the other man. Pam grew suspicious over jewelry that he had not bought for her.

The murder mystery game Michael Scott makes his staff play in The Office season six is set in which Southern city?

Savannah gives everyone an excuse for a Southern accent, and the distraction proves kind: the company is expected to be insolvent by the end of the year.

To prove his authority as co-manager in The Office, Jim moves Ryan Howard into which new personal workspace?

A closet, small and windowless, is presented to Ryan as an honor in front of everyone, after he emailed the staff about Jim's lack of authority.

In The Office, Andy Bernard's Secret Santa presents end up hurting Erin because he bases them on which carol?

Twelve Days of Christmas means mostly live birds, and Erin publicly begs her Secret Santa to stop. Andy wins her round with twelve drummers in the parking lot.

To welcome Sabre in The Office, Andy and Erin perform a Scranton-themed parody of which Miley Cyrus song?

Party in the U.S.A. gets new Scranton lyrics, but they hinge on the staff's belief that Sabre is said sah-bray, and the welcome dies in awkward silence.

Why does Pam, already having contractions, refuse to leave for the hospital before midnight in The Office?

A longer insured stay is the prize: arriving after midnight earns more time in hospital under the Halperts' health plan. She gives in when contractions are two minutes apart.

After Michael Scott breaks up with Helene at her birthday lunch in The Office, what does Pam demand as payback?

To hit him is her price, in the parking lot with everyone watching. Toby coaches her punch, but in the end she slaps Michael and admits it did not make her feel better.

Sabre, the printer company that buys Dunder Mifflin in The Office season six, is based in which state?

Florida is also Jo Bennett's home state, and Michael tries to win her favor by booking a vacation there, only to be told off for wasting time.

In The Office season six premiere, the summer interns spot which co-worker kissing a woman at a club?

Stanley Hudson was with Cynthia, a nurse he met in rehab. Michael's cover story, a flood of false rumors, ends with him calling Stanley's wife by the wrong name.

Which ousted Dunder Mifflin executive pitches Michael Scott a toy-collecting vacuum called Suck It in The Office?

David Wallace, unshaven and drifting since losing his job, makes the pitch from his hot tub. Michael had come for advice on Sabre and leaves worried about him.

Dwight Schrute's Earth Day superhero, seen harassing receptionists in a cold open of The Office, is called what?

Recyclops appears in a montage of Dwight tormenting past receptionists, scenes newly filmed but made to look like old footage from earlier years.

Among the false rumors Michael Scott spreads in The Office, Oscar Martinez is said to voice which advertising mascot?

The Taco Bell dog rumor is one of many Michael invents to bury a true one. Another, that Pam is pregnant, turns out to be true without his knowing it.

How does Michael Scott sneak into Jim's private meeting with the chief financial officer in The Office season six?

Inside a cheese cart built by Andy, he gets into the room and is spotted anyway. He then talks the finance chief out of promoting Jim, before the pair are made co-managers.

Before the church ceremony in The Office, where do Jim and Pam slip away to exchange vows in secret?

On a tour boat, with the ship's captain officiating. Jim had arranged it in advance after seeing a viral wedding video and guessing the guests would copy it.

In The Office, Dwight Schrute hides a recording device in which peace offering to spy on co-manager Jim?

A wooden mallard carries the bug, which Jim finds at once and drowns out with opera. Dwight later reveals it was a decoy: the real device sat in a pen on Jim's desk.

In The Office, which Secret Santa gift arrives in pieces that Dwight Schrute first wrongly assembles into a gun?

A nutcracker is what the parts really make, as Dwight works out after a hint from Michael. The pieces had been delivered to him bit by bit over several weeks.

The Banker, in which an investigator questions Toby about the staff, is the only episode of The Office in which format?

A clip show, it strings together montages of past mayhem as the banker runs through the branch's liabilities, then closes on moments from Jim and Pam's romance.

Which Hollywood actor appears as himself hosting Sabre's corporate welcome video in The Office season six?

Christian Slater fronts the video Gabe plays in the conference room, just before announcing new rules such as fewer vacation weeks and blocked websites.

Sent to fetch Pam's iPod in The Office, what does Dwight Schrute do at the Halperts' house after finding mold?

He rebuilds the kitchen, moving in for several days to replace the cabinets, even though Jim and Pam had asked him not to touch anything.

After the non-sales staff hide Sabre's costly new leads in The Office, where do Michael and Dwight end up searching?

The dump is where the garbage truck took them. Michael and Dwight end up hurling trash at each other, and Andy and Erin later share their first kiss there.

Warehouse worker Hide tells the happy hour crowd in The Office that he held which job back in Japan?

Heart surgeon was his calling until an operation on a Yakuza boss failed and he fled to America. Hide adds that he botched it on purpose.

Whose shipping idea impresses Jo Bennett enough to earn him Jim's old office in The Office season six?

Darryl Philbin, the warehouse foreman, speaks up when Jo asks for suggestions, and his plan to improve shipping for both paper and printers moves him upstairs.

Dunder Mifflin's street address in The Office honors which English town, the setting of the original British series?

Slough gets its nod in the season six finale, when Dwight tells his real estate agent on the phone that the building stands at 1725 Slough Avenue.

Which actor was added to the opening credits of The Office partway through season six, starting with the episode Sabre?

Ed Helms had played Andy Bernard since the start of season three, and the upgrade came months after his film The Hangover became a surprise summer smash.

Heading to the hotel bar before Jim and Pam's wedding in The Office, Dwight Schrute wears which internet-famous T-shirt?

Three Wolf Moon became famous through joke reviews on Amazon, and Dwight puts it on in all seriousness to impress women at the bar.

In The Office season six murder mystery game, which character is Erin playing when Andy Bernard asks her out?

Naughty Nelly is so forward that Andy cannot tell whether Erin said yes or her character did. His clumsy attempt to find out leaves Erin thinking he was only playing.

Which film comedy veteran directed part two of The Delivery for The Office, after Safety Training and Beach Games?

Harold Ramis shot one hospital scene on Groundhog Day itself, and the cast gathered round as he talked about making his film of that name.

Nick the IT guy quits in The Office season six finale to teach computer skills to children in which city?

Detroit is his next stop, but when Dwight and others mock the plan, Nick snaps and reveals what is on their computers, including Andy's letter to a local newspaper.

Which sitcom premiered on NBC straight after the season six opener of The Office, keeping most of its audience?

Community launched that Thursday with 7.68 million viewers, holding on to 93 percent of its lead-in's audience aged 18 to 49.

What disguise does Andy Bernard wear to guard Michael Scott at lunch with insurance salesman Grotti in The Office?

A mechanic, complete with a tire iron for protection. The cover backfires when a woman asks him to fix her car and he only breaks it further.

Which arcade game do Dwight Schrute and Isabel bond over during the happy hour outing in The Office season six?

Whac-A-Mole wins Dwight over so completely that he cancels his parenting contract with Angela, and Isabel later bops Angela on the head to see her off.