Know Your Bates!


Okay - Just thought I'd help liven up this board while we patiently wait the fifth and final season. This is just a bit of trivia to see if you really know your favorite show and characters. Below are a list of questions, and if you get all of them right, consider yourself an honorary Bates family member.

Q1. We know that Norma's middle name is "Louise." But what is Norman's middle name? Hint: It's not Sam.

Q2. What is the name of the store that Emma's Dad owns?

Q3. What was Romero's relationship to Keith Summers (only one is correct)?

A. Romero had once arrested Keith for trafficking teen prostitutes
B. They were childhood pals
C. Distant cousins
D. No relationship whatsoever
E. Keith was Romero's former Deputy Sheriff (before Deputy Shelby)

Q4. What name did the Bates fandom affectionately give to the guy who briefly dated Emma in Season 2?

Q5. After Dylan and Norman got into a fight (S1x02), Emma wanted to know what happened to Norman's face. What excuse did Norman give her?

Q6. What psychiatric disorder did Caleb tell Dylan that his (and Norma's) mother suffered from?

Q7. The child actress playing the little girl in the apple-loving family that checked into the motel in S4-Ep 2 shares part of her ancestry from the same country as which other actor/actress on Bates Motel?

Q8 True or False: Norman bore a hole in the Motel office wall in order to spy on female motel guests who were showering.

Q9. What was Nick Ford's relationship to Ms. Watson?

Q10. What did Dr. Edwards think Norman might be suffering from?

A. Asperger's Disorder
B. Narcissistic Personality disorder
C. Serial Killer Disorder
D. Disociative Identity Disorder
E. Antisocial Personality Disorder


If you get:
0-3 correct: okay (You get to help Norma clean the motel)
4-6 correct: good (You get to spend a weekend at the motel)
7-10 correct: Excellent (You're an honorary Bates member).


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Wow! What a great idea, thank you Springfest71! I considered myself quite knowledgeable in the Bates universe, but found out, to my surprise that, well, not so much ( loved the "you can help Norma clean the motel" hee her... I did reach the intermediate level, though).

Here's another question:
Q11: when is the first time we see Mother Norma?

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Q1. We know that Norma's middle name is "Louise." But what is Norman's middle name? Hint: It's not Sam. Louise as well. Norman Louise Bates

Q2. What is the name of the store that Emma's Dad owns?
An Apple store franchise. Why he needed surgery money from Dylan, we'll never know

Q3. What was Romero's relationship to Keith Summers (only one is correct)?

A. Romero had once arrested Keith for trafficking teen prostitutes
B. They were childhood pals
C. Distant cousins
D. No relationship whatsoever
E. Keith was Romero's former Deputy Sheriff (before Deputy Shelby)
F. None of the above. They were in love. The real reason Alex married Norma was to get close to her and then avenge his real soulmate's death. In an odd way, his plan worked.

Q4. What name did the Bates fandom affectionately give to the guy who briefly dated Emma in Season 2?
Dylan

Q5. After Dylan and Norman got into a fight (S1x02), Emma wanted to know what happened to Norman's face. What excuse did Norman give her?
He punched himself in the face while he and mother were fooling around and things got rough

Q6. What psychiatric disorder did Caleb tell Dylan that his (and Norma's) mother suffered from?
She felt she was a man trapped in a woman's body

Q7. The child actress playing the little girl in the apple-loving family that checked into the motel in S4-Ep 2 shares part of her ancestry from the same region as which other actor/actress on Bates Motel?
Rihanna

Q8 True or False: Norman bore a hole in the Motel office wall in order to spy on female motel guests who were showering.
Seems like something he'd do.

Q9. What was Nick Ford's relationship to Ms. Watson?
He was her student

Q10. What did Dr. Edwards think Norman might be suffering from?

A. Asperger's Disorder
B. Narcissistic Personality disorder
C. Serial Killer Disorder
D. Disociative Identity Disorder
E. Antisocial Personality Disorder

E. Which was why he needed to be rushed to Pineview so quickly

Merry Christmas, Springfest :)

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Q12. The actor that drove up to the girls and Norman in the very beginning of the very first episode, and asked "want a ride", was a child star on what sci-fi TV series (hint: it lasted four seasons)?

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Hmm...I have no clue on that one! LOL

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Q1. We know that Norma's middle name is "Louise." But what is Norman's middle name? Hint: It's not Sam. Francis.

Q2. What is the name of the store that Emma's Dad owns? Artful Artifacts.

Q3. What was Romero's relationship to Keith Summers (only one is correct)? B. Childhood pals.

A. Romero had once arrested Keith for trafficking teen prostitutes
B. They were childhood pals
C. Distant cousins
D. No relationship whatsoever
E. Keith was Romero's former Deputy Sheriff (before Deputy Shelby)

Q4. What name did the Bates fandom affectionately give to the guy who briefly dated Emma in Season 2? Cupcake Guy

Q5. After Dylan and Norman got into a fight (S1x02), Emma wanted to know what happened to Norman's face. What excuse did Norman give her? Norman told Emma he fell down the steps in front of the house.

Q6. What psychiatric disorder did Caleb tell Dylan that his (and Norma's) mother suffered from? Depression or "bipolar something."

Q7. The child actress playing the little girl in the apple-loving family that checked into the motel in S4-Ep 2 shares part of her ancestry from the same country as which other actor/actress on Bates Motel? The child actress, Sasha Rojen, has a Ukrainian father. Vera Farmiga's parents were born in the Ukraine.

Q8 True or False: Norman bore a hole in the Motel office wall in order to spy on female motel guests who were showering. False. Norman carved the hole in the wall to spy on Romero and his mother while they were having sex. Creepy!

Q9. What was Nick Ford's relationship to Ms. Watson? Nick Ford was Blaire Watson's father.

Q10. What did Dr. Edwards think Norman might be suffering from? D. Dissociative Indentity Disorder.

A. Asperger's Disorder
B. Narcissistic Personality disorder
C. Serial Killer Disorder
D. Disociative Identity Disorder
E. Antisocial Personality Disorder

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WOW...you got 9/10 correct!!! You are an honorary Bates family member!! :)

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