Golden Girls Trivia: Season 6

Does Rose meet her father? Does Dorothy remarry Stan? Is Sophia a nun? Does Blanche date a man in a wheelchair? Test your Golden Girls knowledge of season six.

In the sixth season of The Golden Girls, the ladies not only walk a fine line between comedy and sincerity, but they do so with grace and ease. Blanche confronts a ghost from her past who held deep significance for her. Dorothy grapples with tough decisions regarding her ex-husband Stan. Sophia faces every parent's nightmare of outliving their children. Rose's childhood dream of meeting a long-lost family member comes true. How well do you recall the details of how The Girls navigated these situations? See how many of these trivia questions you can answer.

TRUE OR FALSE: Sophia and her old Sicilian rival, Sarafina Gambrazi, have played checkers by mail for 10 years.

False. They play chess.
Episode 26 - "Henny Penny - Straight No Chaser"
Dorothy: Mail call. Ah, Ma. Here's a letter for you from Palermo.
Sophia: Oh, it's the latest chess move from my old rival, Sarafina Gambrazi.
Dorothy: Ah, how long has this chess game by mail been going on? What, it must be 10 years now, huh?
Sophia: And it's going to keep on going until I beat Sarafina at something.
Dorothy: What are you talking about?
Sophia: Picture it. Sicily, 1920. Sarafina and I were both crazy about Marco the goat boy. In appearance, an Adonis; in behavior, horny as a toad. Little did I know, he had a thing for hairy, fat girls. If I were fatter and hairier, Dorothy, Marco the goat boy could've been your father.
Dorothy: I think we all grieve. Ma, that was 70 years ago. I was sure you'd forgotten.
Sophia: I forget nothing. So, any mail?

Why did Rose say she never went to the junior prom in high school?

It was only for people named Junior.
Episode 22 - "What a Difference a Date Makes"

Blanche told The Girls she didn't wear underwear on her wedding day. What was the reason?

She felt it was the right thing to do.
Episode 17 - "There Goes the Bride, Part 2"
Blanche: Oh, you just look so beautiful! You know, this reminds me of the day I married George. Oh, it was an exquisite wedding. Five hundred people in that big old church, and I didn't have any underwear on.
Dorothy: Why?
Blanche: I just felt it was the right thing to do.

According to Rose, back in St. Olaf, Lucky Gunther was involved in a thresher accident and his arm was replaced with a forceps. He was in charge of handing out corn at picnics. What else was he in charge of?

Delivering babies
Episode 1 - "Blanche Delivers"
Rose: Why, in St. Olaf, the mother was always with the daughter when she gave birth. And if the mother was out of town, then the mother of the father was there. And if she was out of town, then we'd call Lucky Gunther.
Dorothy: Oh, what the hell? She has a birthday coming up. Why, Rose?
Rose: After the thresher accident, they replaced Lucky's arm with a forceps. Yep. Lucky Gunther. He was in charge of delivering babies and handing out corn at the rotary picnics.
Dorothy: Shut up, Rose.

TRUE OR FALSE: Although Dorothy allows her uncle Angelo to stay in her and Stan's apartment building, she's not invited to his raucous housewarming party, attended by The Girls and Stan.

True
Episode 23 - "Love for Sale"

Rose tells the news director at the TV station that she's interested in the reporter's position. He gives her a real news story to cover as an audition. What is the event?

A dog show
Episode 19 - "Melodrama"
Rose: Girls! Great news! I got my assignment, and it's a biggie. Oh yeah, a biggie. Real big. Big, big, big!
Dorothy: Cat show?
Rose: Dog show! Miami's 13th Annual. Oh, that's right ladies. This afternoon I'm going to get the scoop on man's best friend!

When measles quarantines the first-grade cast of Dorothy's Henny Penny production, she convinces the director to recast with adults, enlisting The Girls to participate. Which Golden Girl played each of the following characters?

Henny Penny
Goosey Lucy
Turkey Lurkey
The Storyteller

Rose is Henny Penny
Blanche is Goosey Lucy
Dorothy is Turkey Lurkey
Sophia is The Storyteller
Episode 26 - "Henny Penny - Straight No Chaser"

What color was Blanche's wedding dress?

Red
Episode 22 - "What a Difference a Date Makes"

Blanche wore red to Dorothy's brother Phil's funeral. She said she doesn't believe in wearing black. (Season 6, Episode 12 - "Ebbtide's Revenge")

Blanche: It fits! My wedding dress fits!
Rose: Congratulations! You weren't married in a white dress?
Blanche: Oh, Rose, come on. I mean, it's one thing to hear snickering when you walk down the aisle, but me in white? Even I couldn't keep a straight face.

Detective Parres from Dade County arrives to question Sophia about the Shady Pines fire, armed with a deathbed confession from Maria Heartgrove, implicating them both in starting the blaze with a hot plate in Sophia's room. What were they cooking?

S'mores
Episode 24 - "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1"

Rose and her cameraman prepare to cover the 13th Annual Miami Pet Dog Expo, both hoping to impress as they audition for new positions at the TV station. Dorothy and Sophia attend for moral support. What major incident happens at the dog show that Rose doesn't even report on?

A robbery. A man holds the attendees hostage at gunpoint and robs them.
Episode 19 - "Melodrama"
Blanche: You didn't cover the robbery at all?
Rose: Was I wrong again? I mean, I could've covered the holdup, but it would've seemed like I was giving in to sensationalism. I'm a reporter, damn it. They sent me to cover a story, and that's what I did.
Sophia: I don't believe this. Rose! This was the opportunity of a lifetime. A one-in-a-million shot. How could—
Dorothy: How could...how could they not have given you the job, Rose? Oh, maybe the issue here is one of...oh God, what can we call it? Eh, editorial judgment.
Rose: Really? You think so?
Dorothy: Oh yes, Rose. Yes, I do. I guess it just isn't the story they wanted.
Blanche: Damn, you're good.
Rose: Thank you, Dorothy. That makes me feel so much better. And to tell you the truth, I'm still not ashamed of what I did today. I mean, if Deborah Norville stopped for every serious news story that happened around her, she wouldn't be where she is today!

Despite days of rehearsal for Dorothy's school production of Henny Penny, Rose is appalled upon learning the ending, objecting to its exposure of children to a horror story. Why doesn't she like the ending?

Henny Penny, Goosey Lucy, and Turkey Lurkey are all eaten by Foxy Loxy.
Episode 26 - "Henny Penny - Straight No Chaser"
Dorothy: Rose, come on! Now, you haven't said a word since we left rehearsal.
Rose: Nobody told me Henny Penny ended that way. Nobody told me it was a tragedy.
Blanche: Rose, you've been rehearsing for 3 days. Why are you making a scene now?
Rose: Well, that was the first time we rehearsed the ending. I didn't know that Turkey and Henny and Goosey were all eaten by Foxy Loxy. Oh, the humanity!
Dorothy: Rose, you mean you didn't even look at the end of the play until today?
Rose: If there's one thing I remember about my wedding night, it's Charlie telling me it's impolite to peek.
Dorothy: Rose, the play isn't real. It's a fairy tale. Not all stories end happily, and children have to learn that.
Rose: You call yourself a teacher? It's people like you who are responsible for all the evil on this planet.
Dorothy: I guess I had that coming.

TRUE OR FALSE: Sophia was charged with negligent arson and arrested for the fire that burned down Shady Pines.

True
Episode 24 - "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1"

Blanche says there are lots of ways to trick a man into thinking you're younger than you are. What does she do while dating Jason Stillman, the man who believes her granddaughter, Aurora, is her daughter?

She wears sunglasses with pink lenses and gives Jason a pair to wear too.
Episode 20 - "Even Grandmas Get the Blues"
Blanche: There are lots of ways you can trick a man into thinking you're younger than you really are. You wear sunglasses. Put on a little extra makeup. Go to dimly lit restaurants.
Rose: We've all done that.
Blanche: Fly to Nevada to get a fake birth certificate. Have a phony high school yearbook printed up. Change the dates on your parents' graves.
Dorothy: We've all done that.

Blanche's vengeful ex-boyfriend, Chugger Deitz, falsely publishes her obituary. Which of her boyfriends sends her a condolence card and flowers saying he's back with his ex-wife because Blanche's passing made him appreciate the people in his life?

Mel Bushman
Episode 26 - "Henny Penny - Straight No Chaser"

Out on bail, Sophia struggles to remember the details of the Shady Pines fire to prove she didn't start it. She's not confident about the upcoming trial, so what does she plan to do to avoid going to prison?

Jump bail and move back to Sicily
Episode 24 - "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 1"

Charged with arson and facing jail time for the Shady Pines fire, Sophia attempts to flee to Sicily using Dorothy's credit card but is apprehended at the airport. How does she get caught?

Her chef knife shows up on the scanner
Episode 25 - "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2"

Rose's inquiry into the Shady Pines fire inspector reveals that he resigned shortly after the incident, having acquired sudden wealth and relocated to Palm Beach. What does this mean?

The inspector took a bribe to hide the truth about the fire.
Episode 25 - "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2"

Sophia recalls singing One for My Baby and drinking Nyquil with Maria the night of the Shady Pines fire when the smoke alarm blared, and flames erupted from the heater. Grabbing the hot plate, they fled. Where is the hot plate that presumably caused the Shady Pines fire?

In Sophia's bedroom
Episode 25 - "Never Yell Fire in a Crowded Retirement Home, Part 2"
Herb: Well, if you think of anything else, please give me a call. I have to be at the courthouse at a quarter to 3:00.
Sophia: 🎵 There's no one in place, except you and me 🎵 That's what we were singing that night. We were having a couple of Nyquil shooters and singing "One For My Baby". I remember.
Dorothy: Ma, you do?
Sophia: Yeah. I heard a smoke alarm, looked up, and saw flames coming out of the heater. Maria was confused. I grabbed her and the hot plate and ran out. It was the heater.
Herb: Are you sure?
Sophia: Sure, I 'm sure. It was the heater!
Herb: You dig up that hot plate, Sophia, we'll go to the D.A. I think we've got enough evidence to get these charges dropped.
Dorothy: Oh, Ma, I am so proud of you! Now honey, if you could just remember where you left the hot plate.
Sophia: I used it recently. Think, Sophia, think.
Rose: What's that smell?
Blanche: My God, that's the smoke alarm in Sophia's room!
Rose: Oh, no!
Sophia: Oh, yeah. Anyone for s'mores?

Dorothy reluctantly confesses she keeps a sock drawer in her bedroom that's out of Sophia's reach. She says when her mother makes her crazy, she goes to her room and has "pretend time." What's inside the drawer?

Retirement home brochures
Episode 19 - "Melodrama"

What is the name of the local bar that Blanche frequents often?

The Rusty Anchor
Episode 26 - "Henny Penny - Straight No Chaser"

This bar is referenced again in Season 7, Episode 7 - "Dateline Miami" and Season 7, Episode 19 - "Journey to the Center of Attention".

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