Q 01/05

What do the letters O.C. in the show's title stand for?

A) Orange County

B) Oceanside California

C) Ocean City

D) Old Coast

Answer · why

A) Orange County

Locals complained nobody actually called it that, but creator Josh Schwartz said his USC classmates did.

Q 02/05

Which town does Ryan Atwood come from before the Cohens take him in?

A) Chino

B) Riverside

C) Compton

D) Bakersfield

Answer · why

A) Chino

His mother Dawn throws him out and his public defender Sandy Cohen brings him home to Newport Beach, to Kirsten's initial dismay.

Q 03/05

What is Sandy Cohen's job when he meets Ryan?

A) High school teacher

B) Marine biologist

C) Real-estate developer

D) Public defender

Answer · why

D) Public defender

Peter Gallagher called him a 'leftie Jewish guy from the Bronx'. Schwartz based the Sandy-Seth dynamic on his own relationship with his father.

Q 04/05

Which real-estate company did Kirsten Cohen serve as CFO of, the firm founded by her father?

A) Harbor Development

B) The Newport Group

C) Cohen & Cooper

D) Nichol Holdings

Answer · why

B) The Newport Group

Sandy later takes over Caleb's old job running it, pursuing a low-income housing project that tests his moral compass.

Q 05/05

Which character delivers the pilot's most famous line, 'Welcome to the O.C., bitch'?

A) Zach Stevens

B) Luke Ward

C) Kevin Volchok

D) Trey Atwood

Answer · why

B) Luke Ward

TV Land ranked it 83rd among the 100 greatest TV quotes. Luke starts as the villain and ends season one as the gang's comic punching bag before moving...