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Quiz about The Golden Girls And The Oscars
Quiz about The Golden Girls And The Oscars

"The Golden Girls" And The Oscars Quiz


"The Golden Girls" was classic TV: intelligent, original, daring, always funny and it always knew where its heart was. Being a huge hit, many jumped at the chance to be guests. Some were even before- or later- Oscar nominees. See if these ring any bells.

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Gatsby722
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7 mins
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229,888
Updated
Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. This actor was Oscar-nominated just once and won just that one time, too (in 1985). His film career was long, distinguished and varied - on "The Golden Girls" he only showed up in one episode in 1990. His character there came bearing both a complicated past and a very peculiar surprise. Rose didn't know whether to hug him or kill him after he spilled the beans! In true 'Rose' fashion she didn't quite do either; he was a man of the cloth, after all. Who was the veteran actor that rattled a few nerves on that particular episode? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. After "The Golden Girls" series ended the remaining ladies set off into a new show, taking ownership of a Florida hotel which was called "The Golden Palace". The show, while not awful, didn't last but for one season - with just one of them not in it (Dorothy/Bea Arthur) the chemistry was not familiar anymore or as charming as before. The manager of the hotel, though, was played by a fellow who would go on to an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 2004 (he didn't win). Who was this young thespian on his way to the bright lights of Hollywood? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This Oscar-winning actress appeared on "The Golden Girls" just once - the hope being that the episode would be so popular that she and her TV family would spin off into their own series. That didn't happen. Might it have been that TV brother of hers there with the split personalities? Or maybe that her TV husband was a work-obsessed buffoon? It matters not. She still had her Academy Award that she earned in 1961. Who was she? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) was a complete joyride to see on "The Golden Girls" and, yes, even got to have a love life at the young old age of 80. She married once on the show; her husband was played by an actor who had been Oscar-nominated some years earlier in 1973. Who swept Sophia off her little Italian feet? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In a 1987 story there were some criminals moved in across the street and the police set up surveillance at the "Girls"' house. There was an older cop (who Dorothy developed the hots for in a hurry) and a younger one (who Blanche took a shine to just as fast - but not in the way you might be thinking). The junior law enforcer went on to several Oscar nominations and a popular win. Who played the policeman who got shot in the butt as that episode unfolded? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The mere act of supplying dates for Blanche gave the producers a great deal of opportunity to cast male guest stars (she dated quite often, as was her general weakness but ultimate appeal). She met this fellow Richard on "The Golden Girls" in 1987 and he was a rich chap indeed! 'Loaded' might be a better adjective. The actor who played him had been an Oscar nominee in 1951 for Best Supporting Actor. While he failed to win that award he did get to give Miss Devereaux a ride in his private jet some 35 years later. Who is this actor? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Several guest stars on TV shows play themselves. Bob Hope, Sonny Bono, Julio Iglesias and Lyle Waggoner all did it on "Golden Girls" as did this actor in 1986. He was the only one of them that was eventually Oscar nominated, though. In his episode, his appearance prompted a "date" with Sophia and landed the other three ladies in the slammer. Who is this dashing celebrity? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This veteran actress got to appear on "The Golden Girls" twice AND played a different woman each time! In 1987 she was in the Mother's Day show playing a rather feeble soul on her way to spend the day at her late daughter's gravesite. The next year she appeared as Sophia's pal who was old, tired and thinking of commiting suicide and hoping that Sophia would sit with her as she died. In a stuation comedy these were clearly NOT funny characters, nor was the one this classy actress was nominated for playing in 1939. Who is this actress? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The "Golden Girls" really should have stayed home and left the dating to others (but what fun would THAT be?) since the only romance that ever worked out started out as a joke/prank and ultimately closed the series' run. Dorothy had a Beatles impersonator, Rose a strange fellow actually bearing the name Isaac Newton and Blanche once hooked up with a bisexual sculptor. Well, on that last guy they all had a go at him, as I recall it. Sophia had a fling with Rocco in 1988. He was an endearing fellow despite that he was a crook and a sneak and absolutely up to no good. No stranger to Oscar night over the years, who played frisky Rocco? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One of the more honored episodes of "The Golden Girls" came in 1990 and was titled "Ebbtide's Revenge". The never seen, but often mentioned, son/brother of the Petrillo clan had passed away. Phil was a cross-dressing, happily married father of more than a few and a poker playing oddball - but his family still loved the heck out of him. His wife, Angela, didn't get off so easy. Sophia despised her and had been happily doing that for years. At Phil's funeral we finally meet Angela and she and Sophia have a heartbreakingly fitful face-off. Which one-time Oscar nominee played Angela Petrillo? Hint



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1. This actor was Oscar-nominated just once and won just that one time, too (in 1985). His film career was long, distinguished and varied - on "The Golden Girls" he only showed up in one episode in 1990. His character there came bearing both a complicated past and a very peculiar surprise. Rose didn't know whether to hug him or kill him after he spilled the beans! In true 'Rose' fashion she didn't quite do either; he was a man of the cloth, after all. Who was the veteran actor that rattled a few nerves on that particular episode?

Answer: Don Ameche

Ameche played a hospitalized Monk named Brother Martin with Rose serving as his perky candy striper. Their conversation turned to St. Olav, Minnesota (where Rose was raised) and it was learned that the Monk was Rose's Dad. He'd been in her town decades before and had stayed long enough, at least, to get 'comfortable' with the locals, especially Rose's mother.

She was later adopted and had little information on her blood parents but a Monk, of course, was certainly not what she'd bargained for in the patriarchal department of things. Don Ameche won his Oscar for playing the eager-for-youth break dancer (?) in "Cocoon" and he passed away in 1993 at 85 years old [which, incidentally, meant that he was only 14 years older than Rose/Betty White!].
2. After "The Golden Girls" series ended the remaining ladies set off into a new show, taking ownership of a Florida hotel which was called "The Golden Palace". The show, while not awful, didn't last but for one season - with just one of them not in it (Dorothy/Bea Arthur) the chemistry was not familiar anymore or as charming as before. The manager of the hotel, though, was played by a fellow who would go on to an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 2004 (he didn't win). Who was this young thespian on his way to the bright lights of Hollywood?

Answer: Don Cheadle

Cheadle played young Roland Wilson, flustered and clearly the only one who knew anything much about hotel management. I suppose it is safe to say that "The Golden Palace" (1993) didn't really indicate the dramatic potential this gentleman had in him but, in that one season, his character had a foster son which afforded Cheadle the opportunity to show a side that generally never happened when he was playing straight man to the older women. If you watch him with the young boy a spark of lightning can be noticed, a strong and commanding sensibility. Mr. Cheadle was nominated for "Hotel Rwanda" and was born in 1964.
3. This Oscar-winning actress appeared on "The Golden Girls" just once - the hope being that the episode would be so popular that she and her TV family would spin off into their own series. That didn't happen. Might it have been that TV brother of hers there with the split personalities? Or maybe that her TV husband was a work-obsessed buffoon? It matters not. She still had her Academy Award that she earned in 1961. Who was she?

Answer: Rita Moreno

Moreno's character was Renee Corliss and her failed shot at a hit series came in 1987 but, in truth, the premise of the show would never have been as well-received as "The Golden Girls" was. The Corliss family went a little beyond 'quirky' and fell a little short in the 'pathos' neighborhood, too (but Moreno was likable - just not enough to make up for the rest who weren't).

She won her Oscar playing the delightful Anita in "West Side Story" and was born in 1931.
4. Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) was a complete joyride to see on "The Golden Girls" and, yes, even got to have a love life at the young old age of 80. She married once on the show; her husband was played by an actor who had been Oscar-nominated some years earlier in 1973. Who swept Sophia off her little Italian feet?

Answer: Jack Gilford

Gilford played Max Weinstock for a handful of episodes, the romance based on a historical friendship the Petrillos and Weinstocks had when all spouses were alive. He a widower and Sophia a widow, they tried to bring back the days gone by but their connection wasn't really a romantic one (in fact Sophia had come to hate Max over the years - but that misunderstanding got patched up).

They parted friends, no damage done by tying the knot. Jack Gilford's nomination came for "Save the Tiger" and he died in 1990.
5. In a 1987 story there were some criminals moved in across the street and the police set up surveillance at the "Girls"' house. There was an older cop (who Dorothy developed the hots for in a hurry) and a younger one (who Blanche took a shine to just as fast - but not in the way you might be thinking). The junior law enforcer went on to several Oscar nominations and a popular win. Who played the policeman who got shot in the butt as that episode unfolded?

Answer: George Clooney

This one was a good episode all around, the Clooney charisma already nicely in place. Blanche DID warm to Bobby straightaway but not lustfully, as was Blanche's general signature on men. This time she felt a maternal streak for the young guy and it was refreshing and sweet to see. Clooney, of course, won his Oscar for "Syriana" in 2006 and was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Good Night, and Good Luck" all at the same time.

It was one of those times that if he hadn't won something that night a riot would have likely broken out. George was born in 1961.
6. The mere act of supplying dates for Blanche gave the producers a great deal of opportunity to cast male guest stars (she dated quite often, as was her general weakness but ultimate appeal). She met this fellow Richard on "The Golden Girls" in 1987 and he was a rich chap indeed! 'Loaded' might be a better adjective. The actor who played him had been an Oscar nominee in 1951 for Best Supporting Actor. While he failed to win that award he did get to give Miss Devereaux a ride in his private jet some 35 years later. Who is this actor?

Answer: Kevin McCarthy

McCarthy is a rather pedigreed actor (his family is notable; his sister being one-time well known novelist Mary McCarthy). His nominated role came in the classic "Death of a Salesman" in which he played the complicated Biff Loman [Frederic March played his sullen father Willy].

His promising career took a few sputters as time passed, the highs being "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (an actually decent film, despite its laughable title) and the lows coming in like "Fast Food" in 1991. Richard and Blanche never made it on "Girls" since he wanted a mother for his neglected children and Blanche, naturally, had hung up her maternal skills or desires for more some years prior to bumping into him. McCarthy was born in 1914.
7. Several guest stars on TV shows play themselves. Bob Hope, Sonny Bono, Julio Iglesias and Lyle Waggoner all did it on "Golden Girls" as did this actor in 1986. He was the only one of them that was eventually Oscar nominated, though. In his episode, his appearance prompted a "date" with Sophia and landed the other three ladies in the slammer. Who is this dashing celebrity?

Answer: Burt Reynolds

In my opinion this was one of the more memorable episodes with Sophia being left out of a visit to Reynolds' Florida theater. En route Blanche, Rose and Dorothy are busted at their hotel for, of all things, prostitution! This frees up Sophia to snatch their tickets and go meet Burt in person (and leaving the ladies in jail while she did it).

He came to pick up the peahen-like Sophia the next day for lunch. Mr. Reynolds was nominated in 1997 for "Boogie Nights" and was heavily expected to win. He didn't, being bested by Robin Williams. Burt was born in 1936.
8. This veteran actress got to appear on "The Golden Girls" twice AND played a different woman each time! In 1987 she was in the Mother's Day show playing a rather feeble soul on her way to spend the day at her late daughter's gravesite. The next year she appeared as Sophia's pal who was old, tired and thinking of commiting suicide and hoping that Sophia would sit with her as she died. In a stuation comedy these were clearly NOT funny characters, nor was the one this classy actress was nominated for playing in 1939. Who is this actress?

Answer: Geraldine Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald played Anna (the world-weary Mother) and Martha Lamont (the embittered realist ready to give up) in the show but really grabbed the screen in her mid-20s as poor Isabella, the otherwise sweet young girl who foolishly married Heathcliff and suffered miserably for it in the old film "Wuthering Heights".

She was not named the winner but worked steadily until soon before her death in 2005 at 91. A very eclectic career and a life well spent nicely sums up the often overlooked Miss Fitzgerald.
9. The "Golden Girls" really should have stayed home and left the dating to others (but what fun would THAT be?) since the only romance that ever worked out started out as a joke/prank and ultimately closed the series' run. Dorothy had a Beatles impersonator, Rose a strange fellow actually bearing the name Isaac Newton and Blanche once hooked up with a bisexual sculptor. Well, on that last guy they all had a go at him, as I recall it. Sophia had a fling with Rocco in 1988. He was an endearing fellow despite that he was a crook and a sneak and absolutely up to no good. No stranger to Oscar night over the years, who played frisky Rocco?

Answer: Mickey Rooney

In a competitive race Rooney was nominated twice: for "Babes In Arms" (1939) and "The Black Stallion" 40 years later. He won a special Oscar in 1939 for his work as a juvenile star for, specifically, "Boys Town". As a young man he was untouchable at the box office what with his Andy Rooney films and couplings with Judy Garland sure-fire hits but, as happens, his career went dry as he got deeper into adulthood.

The character parts began to flourish in his golden years, though, and he remains a lot of fun to watch. Rooney was born in 1920.
10. One of the more honored episodes of "The Golden Girls" came in 1990 and was titled "Ebbtide's Revenge". The never seen, but often mentioned, son/brother of the Petrillo clan had passed away. Phil was a cross-dressing, happily married father of more than a few and a poker playing oddball - but his family still loved the heck out of him. His wife, Angela, didn't get off so easy. Sophia despised her and had been happily doing that for years. At Phil's funeral we finally meet Angela and she and Sophia have a heartbreakingly fitful face-off. Which one-time Oscar nominee played Angela Petrillo?

Answer: Brenda Vaccaro

Vaccaro was remembered for her semi-nude scene in 1969's "Midnight Cowboy" but was up for an Oscar playing man-chasing Linda Riggs in the otherwise dreadful feature "Once Is Not Enough" (it was MORE than enough, I assure you) in 1976. Until later in life, when her physicality changed, she was usually playing hormonal types on the prowl.

Her turn in "The Golden Girls" was perfectly played. She was a strong, tolerant and fair woman who loved her man for what he was and just accepted all of his (rather large) shortcomings. Brenda was born in 1939.
Source: Author Gatsby722

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