The "Lucille Ball--Desi Arnaz Show" Quiz

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 8/19/05 at 6:29pm

This is a quiz about the thirteen hour-long “Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Shows” that originaly aired between 1957 and 1960 after “I Love Lucy” was canceled.

1. What was unique about the episode “Lucy Takes a Trip to Havana”?

a. It’s original air time was seventy-five minutes
b. William Frawley and Vivian Vance did not appear in it
c. Desi Arnaz did not sing in it
d. There were no guest stars


2. In “The Celebrity Next Door”, Tallulah Bankhead was a last minute replacement for:

a. Jane Wyman
b. Bette Davis
c. Oliva de Havilland
d. Katharine Hepburn


3. “Lucy Hunts Uranium” was the first episode where Lucille Ball:

a. sings on-key
b. noticably “flubs” her lines
c. sports a new, shorter hairdo
d. appears to be pregnant

4.“Lucy Wins a Racehouse” guest-starred _________, whom Desi Arnaz had dated in the late 1930s:

a. Carmen Miranda
b. Alice Faye
c. Ginger Rogers
d. Betty Grable

5. In “Lucy Goes to Sun Valley,” William Frawley sings ______________________, which he had introduced as a vaudevillian in the 1920s:

a. “Melancholoy Baby”
b. “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”
c. “Makin’ Whoopee”
d. “On the Sunny Side of the Street”

6. “Lucy Makes Room for Danny” features several characters from the hit TV Series:

a. “Father Knows Best”
b. “The Danny Thomas Show”
c. “Ozzie and Harriet”
d. “Pleasantville”

7. In “Lucy Wants a Career”, ‘Lucy Ricardo’ is FINALY:

a. convinced she has no talent
b. content being a good Wife and Mother
c. a true success in Show Business
d. granted a divorce from ‘Ricky’

8. The guest stars of ‘Lucy’s Summer Vacation”, Ida Lupino and Howard Duff, just like Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz:

a. Were a bandleader and film star
b. Never appeared on radio
c. Had red hair and an accent
d. Were married in real life and also played a married couple on a situation comedy

9. The guest star of “Lucy Goes To Mexico” was:

a. Maurice Cheavlier
b. Fernando Lamas
c. Andy Griffith
d. Fred MacMurray

10. “Lucy Makes Room for Danny” features ____________, who would later be a regular on “The Lucy Show”;

a. Mary Jane Lewis
b. Gale Gordon
c. Ann Sothern
d. Desi Arnaz, Jr.

11. In “The Ricardos go to Japan”, ‘Lucy’ wants to make a good deal on

a: a Komino
b: Gold Chopsticks
C. A Pearl Necklace
D. Ruby Slippers

Updated On: 8/19/05 at 06:29 PM

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 8/19/05 at 6:29pm

THE ANSWERS:


1—a.
2—b.
3—c.
4—d.
5—a.
6—b.
7—c.
8—d.
9—a.
10—b.
11-c.

Updated On: 8/19/05 at 06:29 PM

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 8/19/05 at 6:30pm

The Results:

8/9/10/11 Correct: WOW!!! You ought to dye your hair red—that is, if it isn’t already!


4/5/6/7 Correct: Uh OH! Better cook up another whacky scheme with Ethel!


0/1/2/3 Correct: “WAAAH!”

Updated On: 8/19/05 at 06:30 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/19/05 at 6:44pm

You have two 5's.

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 8/19/05 at 6:48pm

THANKS, CO...


I think I'll fix that...

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 8/21/05 at 5:12am

A bump for Lucy!