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* YouAreFat: Finch tells a lot of these about David, who acts like they are hilarious.
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* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Finch and David do this after "winning" the quiz:
--> '''Finch:''' Screw Blockbusters, screw Bob Holness and screw your Gold Run. Let that be a lesson to you. Respect your elders and do not fuck with the big boys!
* YouAreFat: Finch tells a lot ofthese fat jokes about David, who acts like they are hilarious.
--> '''Finch:''' Screw Blockbusters, screw Bob Holness and screw your Gold Run. Let that be a lesson to you. Respect your elders and do not fuck with the big boys!
* YouAreFat: Finch tells a lot of
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Tim's team are robbed of their quiz win. To make matters worse, they all gang up on him and take one of his shoes, which Finch then lobs over the roof to claim victory. He ends up walking home alone with one shoe.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Tim's Not only does Tim have to endure Gareth and David on his birthday, but he gets insulted by Finch and his team are robbed of their quiz win. To make matters worse, they all gang up on him and take one of his shoes, which Finch then lobs over the roof to claim victory. He Tim ends up walking home alone with one shoe.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: While already a {{jerkass}}, Finch gets nastier after his team lose the quiz and takes it out on David.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: While already a {{jerkass}}, Finch gets nastier after his team lose the quiz and takes it out on David.David.
* YouAreFat: Finch tells a lot of these about David, who acts like they are hilarious.
* YouAreFat: Finch tells a lot of these about David, who acts like they are hilarious.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In a deleted scene, Gareth claims that he takes quiz security very seriously. Cut to Tim reading out the answers to the next set of questions.
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* FeigningIntelligence: David's conversation with Ricky about Creator/FyodorDostoevsky. Ricky clearly knows more about the subject, but David keeps returning with facts that he has obviously just looked up, only for Ricky to keep trumping him with even more information. David gives up in the end.
--> '''David:''' Were we talking earlier about Dostoevsky's ''House of the Dead''?
--> '''Ricky:''' Yeah I think we mentioned it.
--> '''David:''' Which he wrote in 1862. I was just going to say that it wasn't his first major work.
--> '''Ricky:''' Wasn't it?
--> '''David:''' No. His first major work was ''Notes from the Underground,'' which he wrote in St Petersburg in 1859.
--> '''Ricky:''' Really?
--> '''David:''' Yup. Definitely.
--> '''Ricky:''' Well, of course, my favourite is ''The Raw Youth''. It's basically where Dostoevsky goes on to explain how science can't really find answers for the deeper human need.
--> '''David:''' Yeah... he does. ''[Glances at his watch and leaves]''
--> '''David:''' Were we talking earlier about Dostoevsky's ''House of the Dead''?
--> '''Ricky:''' Yeah I think we mentioned it.
--> '''David:''' Which he wrote in 1862. I was just going to say that it wasn't his first major work.
--> '''Ricky:''' Wasn't it?
--> '''David:''' No. His first major work was ''Notes from the Underground,'' which he wrote in St Petersburg in 1859.
--> '''Ricky:''' Really?
--> '''David:''' Yup. Definitely.
--> '''Ricky:''' Well, of course, my favourite is ''The Raw Youth''. It's basically where Dostoevsky goes on to explain how science can't really find answers for the deeper human need.
--> '''David:''' Yeah... he does. ''[Glances at his watch and leaves]''
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"The Quiz" is the third episode of the first series of ''Series/TheOfficeUK''. Tim's birthday coincides with the office's annual quiz night.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: At the end of the evening they all gang up on Tim and take one of his shoes, so Finchy can throw it over the roof and rob Tim's team of their quiz victory. He ends up walking home alone with one shoe.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: At the end Tim's team are robbed of the evening their quiz win. To make matters worse, they all gang up on Tim him and take one of his shoes, so Finchy can throw it which Finch then lobs over the roof and rob Tim's team of their quiz to claim victory. He ends up walking home alone with one shoe.shoe.
* CheatersNeverProsper: David takes a phone call from someone at his dad's nursing home, but he also gets the answer to a quiz question from them. Initially played straight as David and Finch go on to lose anyway, but then averted as they essentially steal victory by demanding that Finch throwing Tim's shoe over the roof should win them the quiz.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: David and Finch are clearly insecure around university-educated Ricky.
* CheatersNeverProsper: David takes a phone call from someone at his dad's nursing home, but he also gets the answer to a quiz question from them. Initially played straight as David and Finch go on to lose anyway, but then averted as they essentially steal victory by demanding that Finch throwing Tim's shoe over the roof should win them the quiz.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: David and Finch are clearly insecure around university-educated Ricky.
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* NoodleIncident: They mention a past quiz in which David went home to get a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' book to prove that Mr. Spock is in fact ''half human, half vulcan'' (and not merely vulcan as everyone else thought).
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* NoodleIncident: They NeverMyFault: Finch blames David for them losing the quiz, even though he blew the tiebreaker question.
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**They mention a past quiz in which David went home to get a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' book to prove that Mr. Spock is in fact ''half human, half vulcan'' (and not merely vulcan as everyone elsethought).thought).
** Finch once had an argument with a pub landlord, which he settled by throwing a copper kettle over the roof.
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**They mention a past quiz in which David went home to get a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' book to prove that Mr. Spock is in fact ''half human, half vulcan'' (and not merely vulcan as everyone else
** Finch once had an argument with a pub landlord, which he settled by throwing a copper kettle over the roof.
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* SoreLoser: Finchy doesn't take defeat in the quiz well, resulting in VillainousBreakdown.
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* SoreLoser: Finchy doesn't take defeat in the quiz well, resulting in VillainousBreakdown. He is equally obnoxious in victory.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: At the end of the evening they all gang up on Tim and take one of his shoes, so Finchy can throw it over the roof and rob Tim's team of their quiz victory.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: At the end of the evening they all gang up on Tim and take one of his shoes, so Finchy can throw it over the roof and rob Tim's team of their quiz victory. He ends up walking home alone with one shoe.
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--> Thay beat me? I could list 50 things I could beat them at!
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--> Thay They beat me? I could list 50 things I could beat them at!
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Tim's birthday coincides with the office's annual quiz night.
!!Tropes
* ABirthdayNotABreak: At the end of the evening they all gang up on Tim and take one of his shoes, so Finchy can throw it over the roof and rob Tim's team of their quiz victory.
* KickTheDog: Finch's reaction to losing the quiz is to insult and humiliate Brent.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Tim's birthday presents are a novelty hat and a giant inflatable penis.
* NoodleIncident: They mention a past quiz in which David went home to get a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' book to prove that Mr. Spock is in fact ''half human, half vulcan'' (and not merely vulcan as everyone else thought).
* ShoutOut: Brent and Finch's quiz team are called the [[Creator/MontyPython Dead Parrots]].
* TheSmartGuy: Ricky appeared on ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'' and his team wins the quiz.
* SoreLoser: Finchy doesn't take defeat in the quiz well, resulting in VillainousBreakdown.
--> Thay beat me? I could list 50 things I could beat them at!
* TookALevelInJerkass: While already a {{jerkass}}, Finch gets nastier after his team lose the quiz and takes it out on David.
!!Tropes
* ABirthdayNotABreak: At the end of the evening they all gang up on Tim and take one of his shoes, so Finchy can throw it over the roof and rob Tim's team of their quiz victory.
* KickTheDog: Finch's reaction to losing the quiz is to insult and humiliate Brent.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Tim's birthday presents are a novelty hat and a giant inflatable penis.
* NoodleIncident: They mention a past quiz in which David went home to get a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' book to prove that Mr. Spock is in fact ''half human, half vulcan'' (and not merely vulcan as everyone else thought).
* ShoutOut: Brent and Finch's quiz team are called the [[Creator/MontyPython Dead Parrots]].
* TheSmartGuy: Ricky appeared on ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'' and his team wins the quiz.
* SoreLoser: Finchy doesn't take defeat in the quiz well, resulting in VillainousBreakdown.
--> Thay beat me? I could list 50 things I could beat them at!
* TookALevelInJerkass: While already a {{jerkass}}, Finch gets nastier after his team lose the quiz and takes it out on David.
