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  "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast   great trivia quiz  
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"One Day at a Time" was a TV comedy on CBS from 1975-1984. Come walk down memory lane with the cast from this hit TV show.
Easier, 10 Qns, NiceGuy789, Feb 26 11
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  "One Day At A Time" I    
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I have always been a fan of the sitcom "One Day at a Time". So I thought it would be fun to put all my knowledge, about the show and its stars, to good use and make a game out of it. I hope you have fun with this one.
Tough, 10 Qns, gcooperfan, Jul 31 06
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  One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"    
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This quiz is for fans of "One Day at a Time," which aired on CBS from 1975 to 1984. If you have seen only a handful of episodes, check out a few more before taking the quiz. If you've seen the whole run, this quiz is for you.
Tough, 10 Qns, RivkahChaya, Oct 04 15
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  "One Day At A Time" II    
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Here's another quiz for "One Day At A Time" fans about the show and its stars. I hope you enjoy it.
Difficult, 10 Qns, gcooperfan, Jan 10 04
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trivia question Quick Question
Who played the character who married Ann in the 8th season?

From Quiz ""One Day At A Time" II"





One Day at a Time Trivia Questions

1. Barbara and Julie were the teenaged daughters of divorced mother Ann Romano. Like most mothers, Ann occasionally called them by their full names. What were their first and middle names?

From Quiz
One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: Julie Laura and Barbara Jean

Julie Laura Cooper was played by Mackenzie Phillips, who, in real life is actually Laura Mackenzie Phillips, although she never uses her first name professionally, and has always been billed as "Mackenzie Phillips." Barbara's full name was used twice, in the episode "Barbara's Emergence," in the second season, and several seasons later, in the episode where Julie and her husband move in temporarily with Ann and Barbara. Julie's full name was used in the episode "Where's Mama?", an unusual episode in that Bonnie Franklin appears only briefly at the end. Most of the episode shows interaction between the two sisters alone.

2. Which actress played the divorced mother of two, Ann Romano?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Bonnie Franklin

Bonnie Franklin, born in 1944, played Ann Romano from 1975-1984. Ann and her two teenage daughters move to Indianapolis to start a new life. Ann changes her last name back to her maiden name of Romano. She remarries in the eighth season of the show to Sam Royer. Ms. Franklin was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the Broadway show, "Applause".

3. Which stars of the show (regular or recurring roles) were in the movie "Porkys"?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: Boyd Gaines and Scott Colomby

Boyd Gaines played the assistant gym teacher. Scott Colomby played one of the boys who helped trash "Porkys".

4. What city did "One Day at a Time" take place?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: Indianapolis, Indiana

5. Which talented actress played the part of the lovable, Barbara Cooper?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Bertinelli, born in 1960, started playing the part of Barbara Cooper when she was 15 in 1975. Valerie has starred in numerous TV movies such as "I'll Take Manhattan" (1987) and "Two Mothers for Zachary" (1996). She was married to rock musician Eddie Van Halen from 1981-2007.

6. Which two "Brady Bunch" kids had guest starring roles on different episodes of the show?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: Christopher Knight and Eve Plumb

Eve Plumb played Melissa in "Lovers and Other Parents" that aired Nov. 7, 1982. Christopher Knight played Pete in the episode "Barbara's Emergence" that aired Oct. 26, 1976.

7. Who had a guest starring role on the show as Schneider's nephew, just months before one of the biggest movies ever was released and made him a star?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: Mark Hamill

Mark Hamill played Schneider's nephew in an episode that aired on Nov. 30, 1976, just 6 months before "Star Wars" was released.

8. Put Barbara's loves in the correct order.

From Quiz One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: Hank, Cliff, Doug, Brad, Mark

Hank Basso appeared in one episode, "Barbara's Emergence," where she learned she could go too far in trying to spread her reputation, and he ended up being literally kicked out of the apartment by Ann. Hank was played by Michael Goodrow, who went on to have a regular role on "Eight is Enough." Cliff, played by Scott Columby, appeared in a number of episodes, and the actor did actually date Valerie Bertinelli in real life. Doug was a musician Barbara had a crush on, whose band Julie joined as a singer, and who ended up falling for Julie. This was not the first time we heard Mackenzie Phillips sing, but it is the first time we hear her sing in a style that is similar to The Mamas and the Papas. Brad appeared in one episode, "Pressure," where Barbara, in spite of going so far as obtaining a diaphragm from the free clinic where Julie works, still turned him down, and decided to remain a virgin until she marries, which she did. Mark is the man she married.

9. Which actress played the role of Julie Cooper?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Mackenzie Phillips

Mackenzie Phillips, born in 1959, is best known for playing the role of Julie Cooper, eldest child of Ann Romano. She played the role off and on from 1975-1982 due to her addiction to drugs and alcohol. Mackenzie was featured in the movie "American Graffiti" (1973) at the age of 14 for which she won critical acclaim. She is the daughter of John Phillips of the musical group, The Mamas and the Papas.

10. What did the family, and friends, do every New Year's Eve for a retirement home?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: Put on a variety show

I always enjoyed these shows. They really showed other talents of the stars.

11. Which talented actor played the role of nosy superintendent, Dwayne Schneider?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Pat Harrington, Jr.

Pat Harrington, Jr., born in 1929, played the role of Dwayne Schneider, the superintendent of Ann Romano's apartment building. His character would often walk into Anne's apartment without knocking. Mr. Harrington won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1984.

12. Who did Valerie Bertinelli marry in 1981?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: Eddie Van Halen

Unfortunately, they announced their separation in 2002.

13. Who played Grandma Katherine?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: Nanette Fabray

Whitney Blake played the mom on "Hazel". She is, however, one of the creators for "One Day at a Time". Barbara Billingsley was the mom on "Leave it to Beaver". Jane Wyatt played the mother on "Father Knows Best".

14. Julie got involved in a Christian group in "Julie and JC." What did the group call itself?

From Quiz One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: The LOGs (Lambs Of God)

In this two-part episode, Julie brought home a drunk as her project, and tried to reform him, utterly failing, causing her to become disillusioned with the group. It was topical for the time, as surveys and polls were discovering that the Baby Boom generation, which had turned away from religion in the sixties was seeing its children turn back to religion, and student-led Christian groups on high school campuses were on the rise for the first time. As times changed, later audiences found the premise that a mother would let her teenage daughter bring home a street person unlikely, but in the 1970s, it was plausible, especially since Ann tended to be a parent who let her children make their own mistakes and learn from them.

15. Which actor played the part of Julie's husband, Max Horvath?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Michael Lembeck

Michael Lembeck, born in 1948, played the role of Max from 1979-1984. Michael directed many episodes of the TV show "Friends" (1994-2004) and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series for the episode "The One After The Superbowl" in 1996.

16. Who played the character who married Ann in the 8th season?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman is best known for his role as Johnny Fever in "WKRP in Cincinnati". Ron Rifkin played Nick Handris, a business partner and love interest of Ann's. His character died at the beginning of the 1981 season. Richard Masur played Ann's lawyer and love interest in the first 2 seasons before his character moved to California.

17. How is the person who played Grandma Katherine related to the person who played Francine Webster, in real life?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: She is her aunt

Nanette Fabray changed the spelling of her name early in her career. Shelley Fabares has been married to Mike Farrell of "M.A.S.H." fame, since 1984.

18. Despite the fact that Ann was portrayed as a fairly strict parent, Julie and Barbara, as teenagers in the 1970s, had freedom that seems unusual to people who watch the show in reruns in later decades. What is an example of this?

From Quiz One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: When Ann goes out of town for work, she leaves the girls by themselves overnight

In the 1990s, many jurisdictions in the US passed statutes against leaving children under 18 alone overnight, even in their own homes. A conscientious parent like Ann would doubtfully take these the trips if the show were made just 20 years later. In one episode, where the girls are alone overnight, they learn a lesson about calling home, as they stay up waiting anxiously for Ann to call and let them know she has arrived at her hotel, because she's been delayed in getting to it when she is on a business trip. The girls sneak the beer into a party once after Ann has forbade it. The drinking age was 21 in Indiana in the 70s, but it was 18 in some neighboring states, and many people considered Indiana backward and Puritan. Also, the producers may not have bothered to look up the Hoosier drinking age, and assumed it was 18, or at least 18 for beer, as it was in most places. The changes came in the late 1980s, when the national age of 21 arrived. Also, providing alcohol to underage people in a private home was not a crime; later, it would become one. Ann was is a strict parent, relative to the girls' friends' parents, because she wouldn't allow beer at the party. This episode may shock the senses of later audiences, but it conforms to 1970s norms. Julie doesn't drop out of high school; she simply chooses not to go to college. Later, she goes to clothing design school, and drops out of that. Ann was not happy with either choice, but as Julie was an adult, there was nothing she can do. Barbara went to Chicago without Ann's permission, and got in a lot of trouble for doing so.

19. Who played Mark Royer, the husband of Barbara Cooper?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Boyd Gaines

Boyd Gaines, born in 1953, played Barbara's dentist husband from 1981-1984. Boyd is also an accomplished Broadway actor winning numerous Tony Awards. He was also featured in the movies "Porky's" (1982) and "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986).

20. How was Ann's husband, Sam, related to Barbara's husband, Mark, on the show?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: He was his father.

They met when Sam came into town after the wedding and they all went to dinner. Apparently, they hit it off very well. Barbara walked in on them the next morning.

21. What star, that had a recurring guest role on the show, played a villain on one of prime time's highest rated dramas during 2002-03 season?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: Ron Rifkin

Ron Rifkin played the bad guy on "Alias." Mr. Rifkin has been in a lot of T.V. and movies since his time on the show. Most notably, he played the D.A. in "L.A. Confidential."

22. Bonnie Franklin was a child performer, and excelled at a skill that was commonly taught to child performers in the 1950s. She demonstrated it in the first of several episodes where the gang put on a show at an old folks home. What is this skill?

From Quiz One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: Tap-dancing

Bonnie Franklin was truly an accomplished tapper. She even had a video called "I Hate to Exercise; I Love to Tap," where she promoted tap as a form of aerobic exercise. She also had a number of impressive credits as a child actor. Among them, she had a small role in the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Wrong Man" when she was 12.

23. Which beautiful actress played the part of Francine Webster?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares, born in 1944, played Francine Webster from 1978-1984. Francine was Ann Romano's one time nemesis, later becoming her business partner. Shelley is best known for her roles in "The Donna Reed Show" (1958-1966) and "Coach" (1989-1997). Ms. Fabares had a number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 called "Johnny Angel".

24. What "Eight is Enough" star had a recurring role as one of Mark's housemates?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: Susan Richardson

Susan's character walked around in a towel and played the piano in the nude, until Barbara put a stop to it.

25. What late night T.V. show host had a guest role on the show, before he was well known?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: Jay Leno

Jay Leno guest starred as a patient at a free clinic who Julie helps. David Letterman was on an episode of "Mork and Mindy".

26. Which "WKRP in Cincinnati" actor played the part of Sam Royer?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman, born in 1940, played Sam Royer, father-in-law of Barbara who later marries Ann Romano. Howard is best remembered as radio disc jockey Johnny Fever in the TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978-1982) and teacher Charlie Moore in "Head of the Class" (1986-1991).

27. What happened in the last episode Bonnie Franklin was in?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" II

Answer: She took a job in London.

She was offered a great job in London and Sam went with her.

28. How did Julie and Max meet?

From Quiz "One Day At A Time" I

Answer: They met on a ski trip.

29. What unconventional birthing method did Julie want to try when she delivered Ann's first grandchild?

From Quiz One Quiz at a Time: "One Day at a Time"

Answer: A water birth

Julie wanted to have a water birth, and intended to travel to California to have it, in a special facility that does these kinds of births. When she went into early labor, she got the idea of having the baby in Ann's bathtub, but even previously supportive Max is against this. She finally had the baby in the hospital, with Max and the rest of the family in the room, something that in the early 1980s, was a very new in hospitals. She delivered in a "birthing room," where labor and delivery are in one room, also a new development in the 1980s. These things had become standard practice in hospitals by the 1990s.

30. Which "Magnum, P.I." actor played the part of Mr. Connors, Ann Romano's employer?

From Quiz "One Day at a Time": The Talented Cast

Answer: John Hillerman

John Hillerman, born in 1932, played the recurring role of Mr. Connors, Ann Romano's boss, from 1976-1980. Mr. Hillerman is best known for his role as Jonathan Higgins in the TV show "Magnum, P.I." (1980-1988).

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