Why Did They Call It That, Part 6 Quiz

Answer: an author

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian romantic writer who published his works in the 1820s and 30s. His most famous works are "Boris Godunov" and "Eugene Onegin". Rory was probably holding one of these novels in the library when she made this statement to Anna, a girl from Chilton that she was showing around Yale. Anna thought that college boys were cute, but Rory said they were "not as cute as Pushkin".

Answer: Quentin Tarantino

In the episode titled "Pulp Friction" Rory and Logan attend a Quentin Tarantino themed party with separate dates, which really bugs Logan, even though he was the one who wanted to be free to date others, not just Rory. Quentin Tarantino is a film maker known for his controversial movies.

In addition to "Pulp Fiction", he is the director of "Kill Bill", vols I and II, "Jackie Brown" and "Reservoir Dogs", to name a few.

Answer: James Bond

Roger Moore starred in "Live and Let Die". James Bond was a character in a series of movies about a British spy. Other actors that have played the part are Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. He is also known as 007 (double-oh seven).
In the episode to "Live and Let Diorama", Luke volunteers to help put together a history of the town in Mr. Twickum's house while Lorelai gives an interview about the inn laced with jabs at her mother.

Answer: Mrs. Robinson

The music for the movie "The Graduate" was written and performed by Simon and Garfunkel. The soundtrack album rose to the top of the chart in 1968, knocking "The White Album" by the Beatles off the top.

Answer: Three Dog Night

"One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do; Two can be as bad as one, It's the loneliest number since the number one...". In the episode "Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number", the strained relationship between Lorelai and Rory disrupts the plans they had always had for Rory's twenty-first birthday and Rory begins to realize how much she misses her mother.

Answer: a Russian musical instrument

A balalaika is a stringed instrument that seems to have originated in Russian. It has a characteristic triangular body and usually on has three strings, but sometimes has six, in pairs of two. Rory puts together a Russian Tea for the DAR and has balalaika players there to entertain.

Answer: Stefani

Gwen Stefani, lead singer of the group No Doubt, discovered that her husband Gavin Rossdale has a secret love child. That is why Lorelai and Luke are "just like Gwen and Gavin".

Answer: River Deep, Mountain High

In addition to being a famous musician, Paul Anka is also the name of Lorelai's dog. This leads to many jokes confusing the dog and the man. The episode "The Real Paul Anka" has Paul Anka as a guest star in Lorelai's dream, where the dog and the man are interchangeable.

Answer: Frank Sinatra

The episode title is "I Get a Sidekick Out of You". In the episode, Christopher gives Rory a Sidekick (which is a T-Mobile phone with many features, including texting). He then spends a lot of time texting Rory all kinds of useless information. Eventually, he gives his sidekick to Lorelai.

Answer: Jessica Tandy

In the episode "Driving Miss Gilmore", Lorelai has to drive her unreasonable mother around on errands after her Lasik surgery goes bad. In the movie "Driving Miss Daisy", Jessica Tandy plays an old Southern woman who's son hires a black man (played by Morgan Freeman) to drive his stubborn mother around.