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1. Which funny lady from the 1930s and 1940s became well known for risque double entendres such as "When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better" and "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before"?
2. One of the first women of color to reach stardom on the stand-up circuit, this comedienne took on the stage persona of a brash, toothless old bag lady in a floppy hat. Although she headlined at the Apollo Theater and Carnegie Hall she didn't hit it big with white audiences until near the end of her life with appearances on shows such as "The Smothers Brothers" and "The Tonight Show." Can you name her?
3. Which Lily Tomlin character from the television show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In" made us laugh with these lines: "That's one ringy dingy" and "We don't care, we don't have to...we're the phone company."?
4. One of the few women to win a Best Actress Oscar for a comedic role, Diane Keaton uttered the memorable phrase "la-di-dah" in which 1977 film?
5. Though not known for her comedic chops, Estelle Reiner, mother of director Rob Reiner, had one of the most memorable lines in film history. What did she say after witnessing Meg Ryan fake an orgasm while eating a sandwich in 1989s "When Harry Met Sally"?
6. Which stand-up comedienne started her act by proclaiming "I am a domestic goddess" then went on to star in a landmark sitcom based on that character?
7. Which actress warbled her way to an Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy singing the song "Smelly Cat" at Central Perk?
8. In her 1990 Academy Award winning role for the movie "Ghost", Whoopi Goldberg made us laugh with lines like "I know you don't think I'm giving this money to a bunch of nuns" and "Why don't you haunt a house or rattle some chains or something?" Can you spot her character's name?
9. Famous for her deadpan observations and whimsical musings, Ellen Degeneres was the first female comedian asked by Johnny Carson to sit on the couch after her stand-up routine on the Tonight Show in 1986.
10. According to Forbes magazine, this funny lady clocked in as the fourth highest paid comedian of 2012 with earnings of $19 million. The title of her first book "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, ______ " (her name) is based on one of her stand-up riffs. Who is she?
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