Northern Exposure Trivia

This week, we honor the life of Valerie Mahaffey, who died on May 30, 2025 at the age of 71. She played the roll of Eve in what is probably my favorite television show of all time, Northern Exposure. You may recall I wrote about my love of Northern Exposure in my July 24,2024 newsletter Return to Roslyn, Washington.

Eve was one of my favorite characters on Northern Exposure. She played the hypochondriac wife of Adam. Every scene with Adam and Eve was pure gold. Individually, they were both good characters, but the chemistry between them was one of the reasons the show was as great as it was.

Not that Valerie needs any more points with me, but she gets more by playing the roll of Victoria MacElroy on another one of my favorite shows, Young Sheldon. To celebrate her life, this week I present a Northern Exposure trivia challenge. However, first, as usual, is the weekly logic puzzle.

Logic Puzzle

A girl meets a lion and unicorn in the forest. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and the other days, he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the other days of the week, he speaks the truth. "Yesterday, I was lying," the lion told the girl. "So was I," said the unicorn. What day is it?

Questions:

1. Dr. Fleischman had a poster for what on his office door?
2. Which two characters were real life mother and daughter?
3. Where were the outdoor shots of fictional town of Cicely actually filmed?
4. What were the call letters of the radio station? KBHR
5. Which character walked on crutches for some episodes, due to a real life horse riding accident?
6. What were the names of Joel's parents?
7. What kind of animal fell in love with Maggie?
8. What was the name of Adam and Eve's child?
9. What two items did Chris fling from his trebuchet?
10. What was the name of Holing and Shelly's child?
11. What animal did Maggie believe Rick reincarnated into?
12. With what object did Eve strike Joel with to keep him from leaving her home?
13. Where did Joel find Marilyn in Seattle?
14. What did Chris have a collection of, of which he purchased one item from Maggie?
15. Where was Chris from?
16. Who was the only woman not attracted to Chris' pheromones?
17. What game did Maurice try to teach Chris?
18. Who did Ed fall in love with in which he asked Chris to write love letters?
19. What did Chris try to teach Marilyn to do?
20. Where exactly in New York was Joel from?

 

Answers

1. "Clicquot Club" ginger ale
2. Marilyn and her mother.
3. Roslyn, Washington
4. KBHR
5. Maurice
6. Herb and Nadine
7. A bear
8. Aldrich
9. A piano and the dead body of his friend
10. Miranda Bliss
11. A dog
12. A skillet
13. A bench at the zoo
14. Antique mechanical coin banks
15. Wheeling, West Virginia
16. Irene the optometrist
17. Croquet
18. Lightfeather Duncan
19. Drive a car
20. Flushing (a part of Queens)

 

Logic Puzzle Solution

Let’s take this day by day, starting with Monday.

1. • Monday: Both statements are false. The lion lies on Mondays so that is expected, but the unicorn speaks the truth. So, it can’t be Monday.
2. • Tuesday: The lion’s statement is true and the unicorn’s is false. However, the opposite is expected of both animals. So, it definitely isn’t Tuesday.
3. • Wednesday: Same logic as Tuesday.
4. • Thursday: The lion’s statement is true and the unicorn’s is false. That is what is expected of both animals on Thursday. So, it would seem to be Thursday, but let’s look at the other three days to be sure.
5. • Friday: The lion’s statement is false and the unicorn’s is true. However, the opposite is expected of both animals. So, it definitely isn’t Friday.
6. • Saturday: Same logic as Friday.
7. • Sunday: The lion’s statement is false and the unicorn’s is true. However, the lion speaks the truth on Sundays. So it can’t be Sunday

 

The above shows the only possible day it can be is Thursday.