In the first season of The Golden Girls, we learn a lot about these four mature women like how they met, what they do for a living, and even meet some of their family members. We get to know their distinct personalities as they tackle daily life issues as senior citizens. We tag along on their dates, and we're tickled pink during their humorously entertaining shenanigans. How much do you know about the infancy of this iconic show? See how many of these trivia questions you can answer.
When asked if she makes noise during sex, which Golden Girl replied with the following?
"No, I guess I always felt it wasn't very ladylike."Dorothy
Episode 15 - In a Bed of Rose's
Which Golden Girl's mom once lived with a drifting ex-con that taught her how to play cards and carve a pistol out of soap?
Answer
Rose
Episode 9 - Blanche and the Younger Man
Which Golden Girl dropped out of school for a month when she was 15 to become a magician's assistant?
Answer
Blanche
Episode 17 - Nice and Easy
When Dorothy confronts her boyfriend Elliott about making a pass at Blanche, he denies it, and Dorothy believes him. Blanche feels hurt and betrayed. How does she respond to Dorothy?
Answer
She tells Dorothy she wants her out of her house.
Episode 5 - The Triangle
The girls are awakened at 2AM; Blanche's grandson is partying with friends and blasting rock music in the living room. When Dorothy puts his friends out and tells him to clean up the mess, his response is disrespectful and aggressive. How does Sophia react to David's behavior?
Answer
She slaps him.
Episode 6 - On Golden Girls
Sophia: Well, you wouldn't let me get the melon baller, so I improvised.
Blanche: Is that all you Italians know how to do, scream and hit?
Sophia: No, we also know how to make love and sing opera.
Rose grows increasingly scared and paranoid after the house is broken into; she sleeps only during the day and stays up all night. What do the girls do as a group to help Rose get over her anxiety?
Answer
They see a psychiatrist.
Episode 8 - The Break-In
When Blanche gets involved with the very wealthy businessman Richard, she meets his family and learns he has two kids ages 7 and 9. When he proposes to her, she initially says yes but later changes her mind. Why?
Answer
Originally, she didn't want to be a mother again to such small kids, but mainly it was because Richard's always busy with his work.
Episode 19 - Second Motherhood
Which Golden Girl worked nights as a fry cook to help put her daughter through college?
Answer
Sophia
Episode 18 - The Operation
Dorothy is about to bowl her last frame in the bowling tournament and overhears Sophia reminiscing with her ex-fiance Augustine Bagatelli about their first kiss. What does Dorothy do next?
Answer
She purposely bowls a gutter ball and loses the bowling tournament. That means Sophia won the side bet and can now go to Sicily with Augustine.
Episode 7 - The Competition
When Blanche's grandson David stays with the girls, he gets slapped by Sophia, is given household chores, and listens to Rose's stories about handicapped animals.
TRUE OR FALSE: He asks the girls if he could live with them full-time.TRUE
Episode 6 - On Golden Girls
When the neighbor Mr. Barton begs Sophia to remove the curse she put on him, he tells her he's been experiencing a series of problems: his golf clubs are missing, his clocks are wrong, he can't eat, he can't sleep, and he can't sit due to a boil on his butt. Who was actually doing these things to him?
Answer
His wife Gladys
Episode 24 - Big Daddy
Gladys Barton: I just wanted to apologize to you ladies. Leonard has been just terrible about this whole situation. That's why I did all those things to him.
Blanche: It was you all along.
Gladys Barton: Except for the boil, that was just luck.
On the day of the bowling tournament, the girls end up sharing the same lane. What do Rose and Sophia do to aggravate Blanche and throw her off her game?
Answer
They both wear Blanche's bowling outfit because they knew she wouldn't like it.
Episode 7 - The Competition
Blanche: Look at that! I don't believe that. Look at what they have on!
Dorothy: Oh, calm down, honey. They're just trying to get to you.
Blanche: Oh! Rose, take that off.
Rose: What?
Blanche: You are wearing my bowling outfit.
Rose: Why, I do believe you're right. Oh, don't worry about it, honey. Nobody'll notice. It looks so different on a woman with a full bosom.
Blanche: Don't you throw your bosom in my face!
When Big Daddy comes to visit and announces he's pursuing a career as a singer, Blanche is concerned about his mental health. She tells him to forget about singing, and go home and rest, but he says he can't do that. What shocking news does he reveal to her?
Answer
Big Daddy sold the family house to fund his new singing career.
Episode 24 - Big Daddy
Dorothy said her ex-husband Stanley bought her Frank Sinatra concert tickets for her birthday one year. Two weeks before the concert, he asked her for a divorce. Who kept the concert tickets?
Answer
Stanley
Episode 20 - Adult Education
Earlier in this season, Dorothy said Stanley walked out on her; she learned her marriage was over via a phone call from Stanley's lawyer. (Episode 2 - Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding)
Which Golden Girl flirts with Dorothy's boyfriend Elliott and tricks him into telling the truth to Dorothy about who he made a pass at?
Answer
Rose
Episode 5 - The Triangle
Stanley takes Dorothy out to lunch after they finalize a sale on property they bought on their honeymoon. When Dorothy mentions Stanley's much younger wife Chrissy, he has an emotional breakdown and confesses what to Dorothy?
Answer
Chrissy left him for a younger man.
Episode 11 - Stan's Return
Stan: She left me. [sobbing]
Dorothy: What?
Stan: Chrissy left me for a younger man. [sobbing]
Dorothy: Younger than Chrissy? Where did she meet him, Camp Snoopy?
Al Beatty told Rose she couldn't spend the night at his home because he lives with his sister. When he's found dead in Rose's bed after spending the night, Rose calls Ms. Beatty to tell her that her brother passed. What does she find out about Ms. Beatty?
Answer
She's not Al's sister, she's his wife.
Episode 15 - In a Bed of Rose's
When Rose's blind sister Lily comes to visit, she has an accident in the kitchen. What happens?
Answer
The frying pan catches fire while she's cooking.
Episode 23 - Blind Ambitions
Rose says she's going to become a nun and calls herself the "Kiss of Death". Why?
Answer
Her husband Charlie and her beau Al Beatty both died after she slept with them.
Episode 15 - In a Bed of Rose's
Rose: I'm going to become a nun. I'm the "Kiss of Death". It's the second time a man has died in my bed.
Blanche: The second time?
Rose: Dorothy knows.
Dorothy: Charlie.
Blanche: No!
Dorothy: Yes.
Blanche: What exactly do you do in bed, Rose?
Rose: Nothing. I do nothing.
Blanche: Well, maybe that's it. They have to do it all.
What is the name of Dorothy's wealthy younger sister who lives in California?
Answer
Gloria
Episode 12 - The Custody Battle
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