In the fourth season of The Golden Girls, the good times and shenanigans are plenty...and so are the romantic escapades! Blanche refuses to be defeated by any woman when it comes to a man, Rose is sincerely pure-hearted and enjoys the simple things in life, Sophia gets more accomplished in one day by herself than all the girls combined, and Dorothy is learning to move on from her ex-husband Stan and try new relationships. How much detail do you know about how the girls handled these topics? See how many of these trivia questions you can answer.
Sophia receives a phone call that her best friend from Brooklyn, NY Esther Weinstock has passed. She wants to attend the funeral, but she despises Esther's husband Max and refuses to ever have any contact with him. Why does Sophia feel this way about him?
Answer
Max and Sophia's husband Salvadore were business partners. Max gambled away the profits, and they lost the business. Sophia never forgave him.
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
As producer of the ladies' auxiliary hospital variety show, Dorothy finally agrees to let Sophia's boyfriend Seymour be an act because everyone else is terrible. While Seymour is performing a disappearing act with Sophia as his assistant, she steps into the magic box. Who appears when the door is opened?
Answer
Bob Hope
Episode 17 - You Gotta Have Hope
When Sophia takes the girls to her hairstylist Eduardo, he tells them, "After Eduardo does a woman's hair, the years melt away. She is transformed into a breathtaking, sensuous, vivacious goddess of beauty." When he's done styling their hair and makes a grand reveal of each girl's new hairstyle, why are they disappointed?
Answer
Their new hairstyles look exactly like Sophia's hairstyle.
Episode 23 - Rites of Spring
Blanche is stood up four times by Tom Gallagher before she meets a charming man at a bar named John Quinn. After great conversation, Blanche gives him her phone number. When John arrives at the house for their date, what does she learn about him that she didn't notice when she met him?
Answer
He's blind.
Episode 12 - The Blind Date
Rose gets approved to run an unauthorized chapter of the Elvis Presley fan club, but Blanche serves as president of the club while Rose is secretary. Why?
Answer
Blanche lied and said she slept with Elvis.
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
Sophia and Dorothy fly to Brooklyn, NY to attend Esther Weinstock's funeral; Esther's husband Max that Sophia despises is there also. Sophia and Max finally have a conversation after 40 years of not speaking to each other. What does Max confess to Sophia?
Answer
He confesses it was actually Salvadore's fault they lost the pizza-knish stand, but he took the blame to save Sophia and Salvadore's marriage.
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
The girls decide to invest $3,000 in a certificate of deposit. Rose is tasked with the job of going to the bank, but she's called in early for work, so she asks Sophia to go in her place. What does Sophia do with their money?
Answer
She makes a deal with a guy she met at a bus stop and "invests" their money in a middleweight prize fighter named Kid Pepe.
Episode 18 - Fiddler On the Ropes
Rose comes home and excitedly announces to the girls that she's picked up their weekly lottery tickets. In order to win, the ticket holder needs three matching symbols. Which Golden Girl's ticket revealed three palm trees for a prize of $10,000?
Answer
Dorothy
Episode 8 - Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
At the close of their first meeting of the Elvis Presley fan club, Rose and Blanche present to the club members a genuine Elvis Presley artifact. What is it?
Answer
A partially eaten pork chop
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
Blanche: Well, that about concludes the first meeting of the Hunk-A Hunk-A Burning Love fan club, but before we adjourn, our secretary has a real special surprise. A genuine Elvis artifact!
Rose: It's a partially eaten pork chop. He had beautiful teeth, didn't he?
Dorothy: This has to be a fake. I mean, Elvis would never have left this much meat on a pork chop.
Dorothy and Rose coach a youth football team, and Rose is adamant the team can't win without their star player Billy Haskell. Unfortunately, Billy is underweight by two pounds and doesn't qualify to play in the big game. What does Rose do in an attempt to make him eligible?
Answer
She puts a heavy book under his jersey, so he can make weight.
Episode 12 - The Blind Date
Sophia and Max Weinstock finally makeup after being at odds for 40 years. Max comes to visit Sophia in Miami, and the girls are shocked to find them in bed together. When Dorothy confronts her mother about the situation, what surprising news does Sophia announce?
Answer
She and Max are getting married.
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
Blanche cancels a date with John Quinn to go out with Tom Gallagher, a man who constantly stands her up. Dorothy and Rose are shocked she'd dismiss a great guy like John. Blanche says it wouldn't work with John because he's blind, but what is the real reason she's hesitant about dating him?
Answer
She's used to attracting men with her looks, and she doesn't know what John likes about her physically because he's blind.
Episode 12 - The Blind Date
The girls agree to be managers for middleweight prize fighter Kid Pepe. The plan is that he stays with them for a week until his next fight, but he runs away unexpectedly. They look through his belongings and find an address to an old office building. What is he doing when they find him?
Answer
Playing the violin. He's practicing with his coach to prepare for his audition for the Juilliard School of Music.
Episode 18 - Fiddler On the Ropes
After the girls learn they're holding a winning lottery ticket, Blanche puts the ticket in the pocket of her new aviator jacket for safekeeping. When they return home after a celebratory dinner, they frantically search for the jacket but to no avail. What happened to the jacket?
Answer
Before they left for dinner, Sophia accidentally gave it to the thrift shop worker who came to pick up items for donations.
Episode 8 - Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
Rose gives Sophia an envelope addressed from her cousin Vito in Sicily. Sophia is nervous and scared when she sees what's inside. What did Vito send in the envelope?
Answer
A black feather
Episode 13 - The Impotence of Being Ernest
Sophia: Oh, from Sicily. A gift from cousin Vito.
Dorothy: A feather. That's a message of some kind, isn't it?
Sophia: What are you babbling about?
Dorothy: Don't play dumb with me, Ma. Everything from Sicily means something. A black rose means a family member is dying. A white carnation means a newborn is on the way. A dead rabbit means, "My husband knows. Get out of town"."
What is the name of Dorothy's high school best friend that she played tennis with, and they constantly played practical jokes on each other?
Answer
Trudy McMann
Episode 19 - Till Death Do We Volley
Prize fighter Kid Pepe wants to attend the Juilliard School of Music to play the violin. He's auditioning after his next fight. The dilemma is if he fights, he could injure his hands and can't audition. If he doesn't fight, the girls lose their investment money. What do they tell him to do?
Answer
They tell Kid Pepe to "take a dive", and protect his hands by not using them during his fight.
Episode 18 - Fiddler On the Ropes
The girls go to the thrift shop to retrieve Blanche's new leather jacket that was accidentally donated by Sophia; their winning lottery ticket is in the pocket. They find the jacket, but to their dismay, they can't get it. Dubbed the "King of Pop", what world-famous singer, songwriter, and dancer got the jacket before they could?
Answer
Michael Jackson
Episode 8 - Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
Which Golden Girl played tennis when she was in high school?
Answer
Dorothy
Episode 19 - Till Death Do We Volley
Rose is dating Ernie Faber, a corporate attorney she met at the counseling center. Blanche is convinced something is wrong with him. After dating Ernie for a month, the girls notice Rose is a little depressed. What does she say is the problem?
Answer
Ernie hasn't once approached her about a sexual relationship.
Episode 13 - The Impotence of Being Ernest
Dorothy: Rose, honey, is something wrong?
Rose: No. I’m just a little depressed.
Dorothy: Oh, come on now, Rose. If there’s something wrong, you can tell us. Is it about Ernie?
Blanche: He’s lousy in bed. I knew it! I knew there was something wrong with him.
Rose: No, he’s not lousy. Well, I don’t think he is.
Blanche: Well, either he is, or he isn’t.
Rose: Well, I’m sure he’s not. Of course, I have no proof that he’s not, but still he’s not. I think.
Blanche: I don’t get it.
Sophia: Neither does Rose.
Blanche: You mean you’ve been seeing him for over a month, and you two haven’t done it?"
Rose: He hasn’t made one move. Of course, there was the time we were out to dinner, and I thought he was coming on a little strong all of a sudden, but it turned out he was looking for his napkin under the table.
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