In the fifth season of The Golden Girls, the ladies don't let up on the hilarity, but they also rise to the occasion and grapple with very serious issues. Rose hangs in the balance as she waits for possibly devasting news from her doctor, Sophia is challenged with growing older while remembering the good times of her youth, Dorothy faces the temptations of a past addiction, and Blanche grieves the lose of a close family member that's very near and dear to her heart. How much detail do you know about how the girls handled these topics? See how many of these trivia questions you can answer.
Rose is testing weight loss products for work, but she ends up gaining 4 pounds. To lose those pounds, she's going on a diet that guarantees results: the St. Olaf I-can't-believe-this-is-cheese diet. How does this diet work?
Sophia and Dorothy visit their old apartment in Brooklyn, NY to stir up Sophia's memories. Sophia wants to prove to Dorothy that she remembers her husband Salvadore carving a giant heart on the back of the pantry door, but to her dismay, it isn't there. Where does Sophia find the heart carving?
Blanche once told the girls she turned down thousands of offers from men, including a man famous for his work on 60 Minutes. Who was it?
Which Golden Girl has a sister who's a published author? (Hint: The title of her sister's novel is Vixen: Story of a Woman.)
Rose told the girls the story about Little Yiminy back in St. Olaf, the boy who was raised by a wild moose. What else did the moose do for Little Yiminy?
When Blanche decides to be celibate, she takes up an arts and crafts hobby. She makes a purse for Dorothy, a potpourri box for Sophia, and a pair of earrings for Rose. What are these items made with?
Dorothy is thrilled when she receives a phone call from Glen O'Brien, the married man she was involved with four years ago. She agrees to meet with him after he says he has something important to talk to her about. What does he tell her?
Dorothy and Sophia enter the Shady Pines Mother/Daughter Beauty Pageant, and one of their acts is a musical performance. What American pop and entertainment duo do they dress as while singing their Billboard Hot 100 song, I Got You Babe?
Stan's cousin Magda comes to Miami from Czechoslovakia, and she stays with the girls during her visit. After hanging out with Magda for several days, the girls are frustrated with her views on communism. What does Magda constantly complain about?
Dorothy doesn't have a date for her goddaughter Jenny's wedding. Blanche suggests Dorothy borrow one of her extra men. When Dorothy chooses Doug the judge, Blanche shoots the notion down because he's on her A-list. What does Dorothy tell Blanche?
Blanche once told Dorothy and Rose it's not a good experience dating a horse jockey. The sex is over too fast, and they only have one nice thing to say afterwards. What is it?
Which two Golden Girls were victims of a confidence game called "The Pigeon Drop" where they were scammed out of $2,000 by a strange man and a nun while they were out shopping?
Back in St. Olaf in the sixties, Rose says there was a controversial issue that nearly tore the town apart. What was it?
Blanche's sister Charmaine comes to Miami to promote her recently published novel. After Charmaine gives Blanche an autographed copy, Blanche reads it and sees a lot of similarities between herself and the heroine Vixen St. James. Why is Blanche upset about the book?
Sophia tells the girls how she was once in an arranged marriage in Sicily to a neighbor's son, but he left her at the altar and went to America. She put a curse on him saying:
"From this day forward, may you and all your future generations never know true love. May you be sterile, and may all your offspring be sterile. May your hair never lie flat, and may your socks always slip down inside your shoes."
What was her fiance's name?
Which Golden Girl had a gambling addiction just like her father?
What was Rose and Charlie's pet name for sex? (Hint: Rose once said she was so mad, she refused to make it for a year.)
TRUE OR FALSE: Sophia and Dorothy entered the Shady Pines Mother/Daughter Beauty Pageant and won first place.
Dorothy painfully tells the girls how her sister Gloria broke her favorite doll when they were little girls. Gloria singed the doll's hair, and made it so her eyes wouldn't close; Dorothy didn't talk to Gloria for months. What was her doll's name?
Dorothy mentioned Mrs. Doolittle earlier in Season 2, Episode 17 - Bedtime Story, but she said she was a ragdoll.
Dorothy brings her beau Glen O'Brien home to meet the girls. Right before they walk into the house, Glen asks Dorothy something very important. What does he ask her?