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.
Which Golden Girl has a mysterious, sordid past in Chattanooga?
Answer
Blanche
Episode 2 - The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo
Dorothy: Blanche, let me ask you a question. Are you allowed to go back to Chattanooga?
Blanche: Are you kidding? The sheriff stills writes.
What is the address of the house the girls live in?
Answer
5161 Richmond Street
Episode 7 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 2
In this episode, Blanche says the address is "5161 Richmond Street". In Season 3, Episode 3 - Bringing up Baby, Sophia says the address is "6151 Richmond Street", but Blanche should know her own address. The house is hers, and she's lived there for years. Also, Sophia's memory is not the greatest.
Rose believes she spotted a UFO flying over their house while she and Dorothy were playing cards on the lanai, but Dorothy is skeptical. Sophia reads the newspaper one night and lands on an article by the military. According to the article, what was the UFO Rose thought she saw?
Answer
A secret bomber jet that flew off course.
Episode 3 - The One That Got Away
Back in St. Olaf, Gretchen Lilyhammer won St. Olaf Woman of the Year because she ran into a burning library and saved all the books. How did she do this?
Answer
"She took two books in one hand and one in the other and ran like the dickens." - Rose
Episode 4 - Yokel Hero
Dorothy: Your library only has three books? What happens when a person's read them all?
Rose: I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Blanche thinks she and Rose should generate interest for their next meeting of the Elvis Presley fan club because membership has been on the decline. What does she suggest to increase member enrollment?
Answer
An Elvis impersonator
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
Which Golden Girl said her husband proposed to her ten minutes after they met?
Answer
Rose. She was 7 years old.
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
Which Golden Girl once said her dream was to work in a laboratory as a great scientist and find a cure for the common cold?
Answer
Blanche
Episode 7 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 2
TRUE OR FALSE: Rose was nominated for St. Olaf Woman of the Year, and she won.
Answer
TRUE
Episode 4 - Yokel Hero
TRUE OR FALSE: When the girls spend the night at a local homeless shelter in search of their winning lottery ticket, Blanche meets a young man in graduate school who was working undercover at the shelter to achieve his doctorate in sociology.
Answer
FALSE. He was a homeless alcoholic; he already had his doctorate.
Episode 8 - Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
TRUE OR FALSE: Back in St. Olaf, Rose ran for president of the Bull Castration Club and won.
Answer
FALSE. She lost by a hair.
Episode 19 - Till Death Do We Volley
TRUE OR FALSE: Dorothy says she used to borrow her brother Phil's clothes because they both wore girls clothes.
Answer
TRUE
Episode 9 - Scared Straight
Dorothy: Oh, I always wished that I could've been closer to my brother Phil. You know, go places together, share experiences. Although, I did love borrowing his clothes.
Rose: Did you like wearing boys' clothes growing up?
Dorothy: No, but fortunately, neither did my brother Phil.
After a late night at the counseling center, Rose runs into Blanche's brother Clayton in the park. Blanche sent him on a blind date with a woman from the museum, but Clayton says Blanche doesn't know his type. What does Clayton confess to Rose?
Answer
He's gay.
Episode 9 - Scared Straight
TRUE OR FALSE: Dorothy's favorite cuisine is Italian.
Answer
FALSE. It's Chinese.
Episode 10 - Stan Takes a Wife
TRUE OR FALSE: After high school, Rose went to St. Gustaf University to study Latin; she was first in her class.
Answer
TRUE. She studied Pig Latin.
Episode 6 - Sophia's Wedding, Part 1
Rose: I wanted to see the world. That's why after high school, I went to St. Gustaf University to study Latin.
Dorothy: I didn't know you studied Latin.
Rose: First in my class, Orothy-day.
Rose and Blanche's brother Clayton return home together after crossing paths in the park. Blanche asks Clayton about the blind date she sent him on, and he says they weren't suited. When he tries to tell Blanche he's gay, he clams up. What does he tell her instead?
Answer
He says he and Rose slept together.
Episode 9 - Scared Straight
When Rose and Dorothy both come down with the flu, they can't coach their youth football team on the day of the big game. Rose is greatly disappointed because that means they'll have to forfeit. Which Golden Girl steps in to coach even though she doesn't know much about football?
Answer
Sophia
Episode 12 - The Blind Date
Which Golden Girl said she never learned how to ride a bicycle?
Answer
Rose
Episode 13 - The Impotence of Being Ernest
Which Golden Girl said she's never been with a man who couldn't perform sexually?
Answer
Blanche
Episode 13 - The Impotence of Being Ernest
Which Golden Girl once went out to dinner with a man and during the date, he begged his ex-wife to come back to him?
Answer
Dorothy
Episode 14 - Love Me Tender
Dorothy: Eddie took me to the restaurant where he had met his ex-wife Roberta.
Rose: Well, I would think going to that restaurant would just remind him of her.
Dorothy: It did, especially since she owns it, runs it, and calls the place “Roberta’s”. As she was seating us, he begged her to come back to him. And after he had wept over his crab cakes, I begged her to come back to him.
TRUE OR FALSE: When the girls spend the night at a local homeless shelter in search of their winning lottery ticket, Sophia sees a woman she knows from Shady Pines. She's there at the shelter because she can no longer afford to stay at the home.
Answer
TRUE. Her name was Ida Perkins.
Episode 8 - Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket?
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