One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: Julie Laura and Barbara Jean

Julie Laura Cooper was played by Mackenzie Phillips, who, in real life is actually Laura Mackenzie Phillips, although she never uses her first name professionally, and has always been billed as "Mackenzie Phillips."

Barbara's full name was used twice, in the episode "Barbara's Emergence," in the second season, and several seasons later, in the episode where Julie and her husband move in temporarily with Ann and Barbara.

Julie's full name was used in the episode "Where's Mama?", an unusual episode in that Bonnie Franklin appears only briefly at the end. Most of the episode shows interaction between the two sisters alone.

Answer: Chicago, IL

Julie apparently received no consequences for her attempt to leave the family permanently; Barbara, however, was grounded for a month for what she stated was attention-seeking behavior. Ann told her she will receive undivided attention for an entire month-- because that's how long she's grounded.

The boy she ran away with, Bob Morton, was played by John Putch, who had a recurring role. He is the son of Jean Stapleton of "All in the Family."

This episode contains a reference to the classic screwball comedy "It Happened One Night" (1934). Just like Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, Barbara and Bob hung a sheet between them when they shared a bed in a motel.

Answer: Hank, Cliff, Doug, Brad, Mark

Hank Basso appeared in one episode, "Barbara's Emergence," where she learned she could go too far in trying to spread her reputation, and he ended up being literally kicked out of the apartment by Ann. Hank was played by Michael Goodrow, who went on to have a regular role on "Eight is Enough."

Cliff, played by Scott Columby, appeared in a number of episodes, and the actor did actually date Valerie Bertinelli in real life.

Doug was a musician Barbara had a crush on, whose band Julie joined as a singer, and who ended up falling for Julie. This was not the first time we heard Mackenzie Phillips sing, but it is the first time we hear her sing in a style that is similar to The Mamas and the Papas.

Brad appeared in one episode, "Pressure," where Barbara, in spite of going so far as obtaining a diaphragm from the free clinic where Julie works, still turned him down, and decided to remain a virgin until she marries, which she did. Mark is the man she married.

Answer: "The Fascist in Pantyhose"

While the counselor was concerned, Ann was actually amused by the title, and can't repeat it without laughing a little.

The counselor in this episode was played by the famous character actress Alice Ghostley.

Answer: The LOGs (Lambs Of God)

In this two-part episode, Julie brought home a drunk as her project, and tried to reform him, utterly failing, causing her to become disillusioned with the group.

It was topical for the time, as surveys and polls were discovering that the Baby Boom generation, which had turned away from religion in the sixties was seeing its children turn back to religion, and student-led Christian groups on high school campuses were on the rise for the first time.

As times changed, later audiences found the premise that a mother would let her teenage daughter bring home a street person unlikely, but in the 1970s, it was plausible, especially since Ann tended to be a parent who let her children make their own mistakes and learn from them.

Answer: When Ann goes out of town for work, she leaves the girls by themselves overnight

In the 1990s, many jurisdictions in the US passed statutes against leaving children under 18 alone overnight, even in their own homes. A conscientious parent like Ann would doubtfully take these the trips if the show were made just 20 years later.

In one episode, where the girls are alone overnight, they learn a lesson about calling home, as they stay up waiting anxiously for Ann to call and let them know she has arrived at her hotel, because she's been delayed in getting to it when she is on a business trip.

The girls sneak the beer into a party once after Ann has forbade it. The drinking age was 21 in Indiana in the 70s, but it was 18 in some neighboring states, and many people considered Indiana backward and Puritan. Also, the producers may not have bothered to look up the Hoosier drinking age, and assumed it was 18, or at least 18 for beer, as it was in most places. The changes came in the late 1980s, when the national age of 21 arrived. Also, providing alcohol to underage people in a private home was not a crime; later, it would become one. Ann was is a strict parent, relative to the girls' friends' parents, because she wouldn't allow beer at the party. This episode may shock the senses of later audiences, but it conforms to 1970s norms.

Julie doesn't drop out of high school; she simply chooses not to go to college. Later, she goes to clothing design school, and drops out of that. Ann was not happy with either choice, but as Julie was an adult, there was nothing she can do.

Barbara went to Chicago without Ann's permission, and got in a lot of trouble for doing so.

Answer: Tap-dancing

Bonnie Franklin was truly an accomplished tapper. She even had a video called "I Hate to Exercise; I Love to Tap," where she promoted tap as a form of aerobic exercise.

She also had a number of impressive credits as a child actor. Among them, she had a small role in the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Wrong Man" when she was 12.

Answer: Baxter

Darrell Larson, the actor who played Ronnie Baxter, Schneider's son, went on to have a very long list of roles on TV shows and movies, and is one of those familiar faces few people can put a name to. He has appeared on shows as diverse as "Law & Order" and "Designing Women." His acting debut was as a young patient with an STD on the TV drama "Marcus Welby, M.D."

Answer: A water birth

Julie wanted to have a water birth, and intended to travel to California to have it, in a special facility that does these kinds of births. When she went into early labor, she got the idea of having the baby in Ann's bathtub, but even previously supportive Max is against this.

She finally had the baby in the hospital, with Max and the rest of the family in the room, something that in the early 1980s, was a very new in hospitals. She delivered in a "birthing room," where labor and delivery are in one room, also a new development in the 1980s. These things had become standard practice in hospitals by the 1990s.

Answer: Schneider decided to move to Florida to take care of his niece and nephew

The very last episode was a backdoor pilot for a new show where Schneider is in Florida caring for his orphaned niece and nephew. The show was never picked up, and the pilot is all that is left of the idea.

Schneider's nephew is played by a very young Corey Feldman.

The second-to-last episode was the one where Ann went to London, and was Bonnie Franklin's last episode. She had been married to Sam for a while at this point, and he went with her, happily. They were still married when the show ended.

Schneider never married again in the context of the show.