If You Loved Sons Of Anarchy, Get More Than 75% On This Season 1 Quiz!
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In 2008, Kurt Sutter introduced us to the world of Sons of Anarchy. The series follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club in California. Charlie Hunnam landed on everyone's radar as the shows main character, "Jax Teller". Jax is the Vice President of the Sons of Anarchy, and his step-father, "Clay", is it's president. The club was started by Jax's father who passed away long before the series starts. The show is a modern, action-filled take on Hamlet.
The series ran from 2008-2014 and averaged 4.9 million weekly viewers. Audiences were captivated by Jax Teller and were invested in the happenings of his personal life and life with the Sons. In season 1, we see Jax struggle with a multitude of family turmoil and the legacy of his father, the founder of the club. Life for Jax and the members of the Sons of Anarchy is never dull. Soon Jax begins to question the club and himself. Each episode is an in your face harsh look at the lives of club members. The show is just about guns and motorcycles. The story lines have depth and every episode has a parallel plot line that intertwines and overlaps. This continues through the seasons as well.
Put your Sons of Anarchy knowledge to the test. See if you're a Redwood Original, or a Prospect by taking this Season 1 Quiz.
What does the sales clerk slip into Jax's bag in the pilot episode?
In the pilot episode, we first see Jax Teller at a convenience store. Jax is the Vice President of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. He spends a small amount of time in the store looking at a particular item but doesn't add it to his items of purchase. Jax buys a pack of cigarettes and condoms. When he isn't looking the sales clerk slips into his bag the item that he was looking before. He finds the item before being distracted by something outside.
What is the name of the gang that sets the SOA warehouse on fire?
In the pilot episode, members of a rival organization break into a Sons of Anarchy warehouse. They begin stealing hundreds of guns. The leader of the organization then directs one of the members to torch the warehouse, not knowing that there are two women hiding in the building. Jax is in a nearby store and spots the flames. The police investigate the blaze and say that the propane tanks inside the building exploded, but Sheriff Vic Trammel suspects arson.
What did Jax find in storage that his father left for him?
In the pilot episode, Jax goes to storage to get some baby items like a car seat and toys for his son, Abel. While there Jax comes across a box with his fathers' name on it. Curious he opens the box and begins going through its contents. HIs father, John Teller, founded the Sons of Anarchy after returning from Vietnam and had a specific vision for the club. Jax finds old photographs and something that John left for his two sons, Jax and Thomas. Sadly Thomas passed away in 1990.
What is the name of the carnival that SAMCRO visits in episode 3?
In episode 3, the Sons of Anarchy crew visits the local carnival. Jax, Bobby, and Tig take the chance to channel their inner child and ride on one of the roller coasters. While at the carnival, Jax, Clay, and Gemma run into Elliot Oswald, a local businessman, that Gemma grew up with. Jax gives Oswald's 13-year-old daughter some tickets for a ride. Later on, the some of the SAMCRO crew rough up a clown that is sitting on the dunk tank.
What is the name of the club that SAMCRO patches over in episode 4?
In episode 4 SAMCRO is feeling the heat with the ATF in Charming. Their guns are under threat of being found since they have been storing them in the clubhouse since the fire. Jax suggests that they stash the guns with a brother club in Indian Hills, Nevada. Nevada is heavy Mayan territory, and Clay says that they will have no other option except to patch over the Indian Hills club. This will allow SAMCRO to bolster their presence in Nevada.
What does Gemma give Tara in episode 4?
In episode 4, Gemma runs a background check on Tara Knowles, Jax's old girlfriend. Tara returned to California at the beginning of the series and is a doctor at the hospital. Gemma discovers that Tara left Chicago in a hurry and that she had taken a restraining order out on a man. Gemma fears that Tara might be in trouble. She heads over to Tara's house and has a talk with her about Chicago and about Jax. Gemma warns Tara to stay clear of Jax but also left her something for protection.
In episode 6 what does Gemma use to hit Cherry?
In episode 5, Clay gets angry with Juice for bringing Cherry to town. He had slept with her while they were on the road and he doesn't want Cherry near Gemma. After seeing Clay's reaction to Cherry, Gemma realizes that he must have slept with her. Gemma confronts Clay about it saying "what happens on a run stays on a run. It does not show and slap me in the face." Later Gemma see's Cherry and goes into a fit of rage.
Who is the leader of the One-Niners?
After the clubs warehouse is burned down Clay meets with the leader of the One-Niners and tells him what happened to the guns and warehouse. SAMCRO supplies the One-Niners with guns, and hearing that they have all been stolen, upsets the leader. He tells Clay that he needed the guns to protect a shipment of drugs. The two argue and end the conversation with SAMCRO getting more time to get additional guns. The One-Niners sometimes referred to as the 9'ers, is a street gang based in Oakland.
What is the name of Tara's ex that she got a restraining order against?
Tara left Chicago to run from her ex-boyfriend that she got a restraining order against. He followed her to charming and is aiding in the investigation of SAMCRO. In episode 7 while Jax is giving Tara a ride home they realize that they are being followed. Tara tells Jax about her ex and that he won't leave her alone. Jax confronts him and stabs the radiator of his car. Jax tells him that next time it will be him getting stabbed.
What does Half-Sack steal in episode 8?
In episode 8 Half-Sack sees an opportunity to pay money he owes to the club. If he is able to pull it off, he hopes that it will also help him earn his patch. He sees something left unattended and steals it. Half-Sack takes it back to the clubhouse and proposes the club sell it. The Son's, however, dismiss the stunt as pointless and an unnecessary risk. Later on that night it proves to come in handy for the club.
What was the name of the event Gemma organized in episode 5?
In episode 5, Gemma hosts an annual town fundraiser. The event is held at the local school and is to raise money for kids and the community. While setting up for the event, Gemma is approached by April Hobart, the ex-wife of a former SAMCRO member, Kyle Hobart. Kyle was excommunicated in 2003 after he left Opie to be caught by police at an arson job. She asks Gemma if Kyle can come back to town to watch his son play with his band at the event.
What does Jax throw into the flames in Kohn's grave?
Episode 9 begins the morning after Tara killed John Khon. Jax drives his body out to the woods, where he digs a grave to put Khon in. At the end the episode during a montage, we see Jax light Khon's body on fire. Watching the blaze, Jax throws something into the flames. Suddenly he changes his mind and grabs it out of the fire. Most of it is burned up. Jax stares at the ruined item, realizing what he just did.
What kind of tattoo does Happy get when he kills someone?
In episode 9, Clay makes a deal with Marcus Alvarez, the President of the Mayans. In the deal, the Sons will begin selling guns to the Mayans and all Mayan-SOA disputes will end in the Sons' favor. Along with this Alvarez must give permission to the Son's to kill his son. Esai Alvarez, as revenge for the, attempted hit on Clay's life. The club elects Happy to carry out the hit on Esai. At the end of the episode, we see Happy getting another tattoo that he gets to show each life he has taken.
What was the name of the ATF agent that is trying to take down SAMCRO?
Making her first appearance in episode 6 of season 1, this ATF agent makes life miserable and difficult for SAMCRO. She is assigned to a case involving interstate arms trafficking and SAMCRO's connection to it. She becomes obsessed with annihilating SAMCRO any way she can. She visits Otto in prison and tries to get him to turn on the club. As a show of defiance to her and solidarity to the club, Otto smashes her face into the table, driving her hatred for SAMCRO even further.
Which member of the club is the first to suggest Opie turned informant?
In episode 11, Opie is absent from a club meeting and Juice is unable to contact him by phone. Jax goes to Opie's neighborhood and asks a neighbor if she has seen Opie. She tells him that Opie and his family were picked up in a sedan during the night. Having left the house without handcuffs and hid debts being paid off, the concern that Opie has turned. One of the members of SAMCRO says that he believes that Opie has turned ATF informant and has ratted them out.
Where was Wendy before she came home in episode 11?
In season 1 we met Wendy, the mother of Jax's son and his wife. Jax left her due to her drug addiction. Unfortunately, Wendy kept using while pregnant and she went into premature labor. Abel had to be delivered via emergency c-section and had to fight to live due to the effects of the drugs she took. In episode 11 she returns home and her locks have been changed on her apartment. She is able to get in through the back door.
Who found Wendy unconscious on the floor in episode 1?
In the pilot episode, the very pregnant Wendy is found unconscious and bleeding on the floor of her apartment. She is taken to the hospital where doctors have to perform an emergency c-section to deliver the baby. Tara tells Jax that they found track marks on Wendy's hands and feet, which led to the baby being born 10 weeks early. The baby also has a heart condition and a tear in his abdomen, leaving him with a 20% chance of survival.
What does Jax use to beat up Wendy's dealer?
In episode 1, Tara tells Jax about Wendy's drug use and his newborn son's chances of survival. After hearing this, Jax leaves the hospital in a hurry instead of visiting Abel. Chibs and Bobby go with Jax to a sleazy bar called the "Hairy Dog". He knows that he will find Wendy's dealer there. Jax is filled with rage and looking to take it out on the man that gave a pregnant woman drugs. Jax beats Wendy's dealer repeatedly using his resources in the bar.
Who pulls the trigger that kills Opie's wife?
In the heart-wrenching episode 11 of the first season, Opie's wife is gunned down. After thinking that Opie turned ATF informant, Clay orders a bug to be put in Opie's truck. He then says that they need to stage a drive-by shooting that night and blame it on the One-Niners. Everyone is at Jax's house for Abel's welcome home party. When leaving Donna and Opie switch vehicles at the last minute, causing Donna to be the one that gets shot instead of Opie.
When SAMCRO is getting revenge for the warehouse, who do they find is working together?
In response to the clubs warehouse being burned down and their guns stolen, Clay, Jax, Tig and Chibs head to San Leandro. There they break into a warehouse that the Mayan's use to stash their guns and heroin. Before they can set it on fire a couple guards show up wearing Mayans vests. Jax hesitates to kill one of the guards and is shot by another one from behind. Jax turns and shoots him and Clay shoots the other one. They recognize one of the dead guards as a member of another group and realize that the Mayans aren't working alone.
After Abel is born, how does Gemma deliver a syringe of drugs to Wendy?
In the pilot episode Gemma goes to visit Wendy in the hospital after Abel is born. Gemma lets Wendy know that the District Attorney is dropping charges against her. Wendy tells Gemma that she will get clean now that she has her baby. Gemma threatens Wendy, telling her that if she tries to get custody of Abel, she will kill her. Gemma then gives something. When Gemma leaves, Wendy discovers a needle hidden inside. A gift Gemma hopes she'll use.
How does SAMCRO punish Kyle for leaving Opie during the arson job?
In episode 5, Gemma tells Clay that Kyle Hobart, an ex-member of the club wants permission to come back to Charming to hear his sons band perform. It is put to a club vote and Kyle is able to attend the event, though not everyone is happy with it. While at the fundraiser, Opie follows Kyle into the school gym so they can sort out their differences. This wasn't the only thing that happened to Kyle because of his cowardice in leaving Opie to be arrested for arson.
What does it mean when SAMCRO goes to church?
Throughout the series, the club is often heard saying they need to go to church or that they are going to the chapel. Usually, it is Clay, the President of the Sons of Anarchy that tells everyone when it's time for church. No one outside of the club is allowed to go to "church", and often times not even the prospects. A members absence from church is a serious thing. What does it mean when the SAMCRO members go to "church"?
In the pilot episode what is the population of Charming on the town sign?
In the pilot episode, we see the Sons of Anarchy MC driving past a road sign that says, "Welcome to Charming". Charming is a small town in Northern California that the club calls home. The town is watched over and kept protected by the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original Charter, that was founded by the main characters father after he returned from Vietnam. The population of the town is painted on the bottom of the sign and is visible as the camera pans to it.
What is the name of the auto shop that is owned and operated by SAMCRO?
The Sons of Anarchy can't make their living off gun running alone. They need a base of operations, a legitimate business that can bring in money as well as offer a service to the citizens of Charming. It has regular employees and offers an auto shop and towing services. Jax's father, John, started the Sons of Anarchy at 1968 Fairfield Rd in Charming and took over the automotive repair business there with Clay. After John died in 13, his half of the shop went to Gemma for Jax.
What is the title of John Teller's manuscript?
John Teller died on November 11, 1993. He was hit by a semi-truck while riding his motorcycle. He was dragged 178 yards and lived for two days before dying from his injuries. John was a deep thinking veteran that started the club in hopes that it would bring back a feeling of brotherhood. Following the death of his son Thomas, he starting writing a manuscript. In it he detailed what he saw as the clubs downfall and documents his attempts to get the club away from illegal operations.
Why is Gemma worried that Clay won't be able to ride anymore?
Clay Morrow is the President of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Originals. As President, he must always be able to ride with his club. If he were ever unable to ride, he would have to step down as president and Jax would take over that role. In the pilot episode, Gemma expresses concern to Clay that in light of an issue with his body, that he will no longer be able to ride. She is also worried that Jax is not ready to become president of the club.
What does Bobby do as a side gig for more money?
In the pilot episode, while the club is executing their revenge on the Mayans, Bobby heads to Tahoe along with Half-Sack. They are going there for a side job that Bobby has in order to make extra money. Bobby's son needs medication on a regular basis that is expensive. When they arrive and speak to the owner of the club, he tells them that the job has already been taken. Half-Sack sees to it that the job becomes open once again for Bobby.
Which "Prospect" of the club was injured in Iraq?
This prospect was always tasked with doing all of the menial jobs that no one else wanted to do, like dig up a corpse. He's not very bright and annoys the club when a deer's head is found under the pool table of the clubhouse. He was storing it there until he could put it on the wall. Jax informs him that it has to be stuffed first and he is confused. The club gave him a nickname thanks to an injury he sustained while serving in Iraq.
What excuse does Jax give the club for Opie's absence on a run?
Early on in the season, Opie is in his garage getting his bag ready to go on a raid with the club. His wife Donna walks in and asks Opie what he's doing. Opie tells her that he is going on a run, which makes her ask him what he has in his bag. They argue back and forth and play tug of war with the bag. Donna is angry and screaming because Opie is working with the club again. Jax walks up and tells Opie to stay with his family and makes up an excuse.
What is the name of the hospital where Tara works?
This location has a recurring role in the Sons of Anarchy series. First seen in the pilot episode when Jax's son Abel is born. Tara Knowles is a doctor at this hospital. Ex-club member Kyle Hobart is dropped off at the front door of this hospital after having his tattoo burned off at the club. A large amount of the scenes in season 1 take place at the hospital since Jax's son Abel was born 10 weeks premature due to Wendy's drug use.
Why does Piney where a denim vest instead of a leather one?
Piermont "Piney" Winston is Opie's father and a member of the club. In 1967 he returned from Vietnam to Charming and co-founded the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club with John Teller. They both felt ostracized by the society in which they fought to protect. Piney was John Teller's Vice President until was diagnosed with emphysema in 1991 and had to carry an oxygen tank with him at all times. Piney wears a denim vest with patches, unlike the other SAMCRO members on the show.
What color is John Teller's motorcycle?
John Tellers motorcycle is a 1946 Harley-Davidson Knucklehead. He owned it when he formed SAMCRO in Charming, California. John was riding this bike when he was struck by a semi-truck. The bike was restored and displayed in the SAMCRO clubhouse. Jax often touches the bike when he walks past it in the show. The first time we see Johns bike is in the pilot episode. It sits nestled in the wall of the clubhouse like it is on display in a huge shadow box.
What character does show creator Kurt Sutter play?
Show creator Kurt Sutter made his debut appearance on Sons of Anarchy in episode 5 titled "Giving Back". In addition to creating the show, he also was a writer, director and executive producer os SOA. He plays a member of the club that was sent to prison in the mid 90s for second-degree murder and vehicle theft. He is the clubs man on the inside and committed numerous crimes for the club inside which lengthened his sentence, eventually putting him on death row in later seasons.
Whose grave was Jax standing in front of when Piney walked up to him?
In the season 1 finale, the club attends Donna's funeral. Jax places a rose on her casket and walks away. All of the members of SAMCRO are watching him as he leaves. After the funeral, Piney finds Jax sitting on someone's grave. Piney hands Jax a copy of John's manuscript that he had given to Piney before he died. He tells Jax that it is time for a change then leaves. Jax then walks to another grave as Clay and Gemma watch.