In the sixth season of The Golden Girls, not only do the girls walk a fine line between comedy and sincerity, but they do it with grace and ease. Blanche deals with a ghost from the past that meant a great deal to her, Dorothy is making tough decisions about her ex-husband Stan, Sophia's dealing with every parent's nightmare of out living their children, and Rose's childhood dream comes true about meeting a family member that she always imagined. How much detail do you know about how the girls handled these topics? See how many of these trivia questions you can answer.
TRUE OR FALSE: Sophia and an old Sicilian rival play checkers by mail, and it's been going on for ten years.
Why did Rose say she never went to the junior prom in high school?
TRUE OR FALSE: When Dorothy allows her uncle Angelo to stay in the apartment building left to her and Stan by Stan's uncle, Angelo throws a housewarming party that Sophia, Blanche, Rose, and Stan attend, but Dorothy was not invited.
Why did Rose say she never went to the junior prom in high school?
TRUE OR FALSE: When Dorothy allows her uncle Angelo to stay in the apartment building left to her and Stan by Stan's uncle, Angelo throws a house warming party that Blanche, Rose, and Stan attend, but Dorothy was not invited.
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?
One of the first graders in Dorothy's production of Henny Penny gets the measles, so the entire cast has been quarantined. Instead of cancelling the production, Dorothy suggests to the director to recast the players as adults, and all the girls agree to participate. Which Golden Girl played each of the following characters?
Henny Penny
Goosey Lucy
Turkey Lurkey
The Storyteller
What color was Blanche's wedding dress?
Detective Parres from Dade County P.D. comes to the house to question Sophia about September 4, 1985, the night the Shady Pines retirement home burned down. He has a death bed confession from the late Maria Heartgrove stating she and Sophia started the fire cooking with a hot plate in Sophia's room. What were they making?
Rose and her cameraman are setting up to cover Miami's 13th annul dog show; they're both auditioning 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?
The girls agree to be in Dorothy's school production of Henny Penny. They've been rehearsing for three days, but when Rose learns how the story ends, she's appalled. She dislikes the idea of children being exposed to a horror story. Why doesn't she like the ending?
TRUE OR FALSE: Sophia was charged with negligent arson and arrested for the fire that burned down Shady Pines.
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 is her daughter?
Blanche's vindictive ex-boyfriend Chugger Deitz runs an obituary in the newspaper stating she's passed just because she dumped him. Which one of her other 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?
When Detective Parres questions Sophia about the night of the Shady Pines fire, she can't remember the details to prove that she didn't start the fire. What does she decide to do because she's afraid to go to prison?
Sophia decides to jump bail and fly back to Sicily to avoid prison time for the Shady Pines fire. She's apprehended at the airport trying to buy a ticket with Dorothy's credit card. How does she get caught?
Rose goes to talk to the fire inspector who inspected Shady Pines to ensure there was nothing wrong with the building. She learns that the inspector quit three days after the fire; he mysteriously came into money and moved to Palm Beach. What does this mean?
Sophia remembers she and Maria Heartgrove were singing One for My Baby and drinking Nyquil shooters the night of the Shady Pines fire. She heard the smoke alarm and saw flames coming out of the heater. She grabbed the hot plate, and she and Maria ran. Where is Sophia's hot plate that presumably caused the Shady Pines fire?