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Quiz about The Desperate Details of Gabrielle Solis
Quiz about The Desperate Details of Gabrielle Solis

The Desperate Details of Gabrielle Solis Quiz


She wants what she wants when she wants it. This phrase perfectly describes the glamorous Gabrielle Solis. She has come a long way, but how well do you remember the details of her journey from seasons 1-5?

A multiple-choice quiz by KatieK54. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
KatieK54
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
323,098
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
1296
Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (15/15), Guest 24 (14/15), Guest 72 (12/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. What is Gabrielle's maiden name? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Gabrielle has said many times that she left home when she was fifteen because her stepfather had sexually assaulted her and she feared for her safety. What was her stepfather's name? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. In the show's first season Gabrielle was forced to find a job after Carlos was restricted to house arrest. Which of the following was NOT one of the many jobs she had? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Carlos eventually found out that Gabby had cheated on him with their gardener, John Rowland, but he had been suspicious for a very long time. Carlos mistakenly beat up two different men whom he suspected of sleeping with his wife, although neither of them had. What did both of his victims have in common? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. When she had to spend the tail-end of her spa weekend alone at a romantic hotel, she ran into John Rowland and they indulged in a romantic tryst that ended in John's fiancee, Tammy, making an early arrival to meet him. John didn't want to ruin things with his fiancee so he told Gabby that she had to hide until it was safe for her to escape. Where did Gabby hide from Tammy? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. While Gabby and Carlos are now the parent/guardian of three children, they faced many disappointments when they originally tried to start their family. Which of the following was NOT one of the problems they encountered? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. While working at Vern's beauty pageant consulting agency, Gabrielle told the girls stories about her former modeling years. In doing so, she foolishly mentioned many dodgy weight loss methods and described her former wild lifestyle through the use of some choice adjectives. Which of the following was NOT one of things she mentioned? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. When Carlos was blind, Gabrielle was forced to take care of him and she quickly became overwhelmed by both his blindness and their growing debt. However, sometimes she used his blindness to get away with things she didn't want him to know about. Which of the following was NOT one of things Gabby did to her blind husband? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Gabby truly met her match when she first encountered Carlos' "spiritual adviser", Sister Mary Bernard. After Sister Mary convinced Carlos to travel with her to Botswana, Gabrielle needed to find a way to stop Sister Mary from stealing her husband away from her. Which of the following did she successfully do in order to keep Carlos from leaving the country? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Gabby's former profession as a high fashion model has caused many women not to entirely trust her around their husbands or sons. At one of Bree's dinner parties, all of neighbors were discussing their memories from high school and one of the guests shared that he was a major nerd in high school and that girls like Gabby would never even give him a second look. Which guest did Gabby kiss as a joking apology for his tortured high school nerd years? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. After her divorce from Carlos was finalized in the third season, Gabby started receiving expensive gifts from a secret admirer that ended up being Zach Young. Which of the following was NOT one of the items Zach paid his staff to deliver to Gabrielle's home? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. When Carlos worked as a masseur at the local country club he met a very wealthy older woman named Mrs. Virginia Hildebrand. She took a very active interest in the Solis family, as she was estranged from her own, and she eventually began to overstep the boundaries and creep them out. Which of the following was not one of the strange things Virginia did? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Once Victor found out about Gabby's affair with Carlos, he decided he wanted to take her to an isolated location and confront her. Gabby mistook this situation as Victor's desire to murder her and dump her body at sea. On two separate occasions Gabby knocked Victor overboard; with what object did she strike him with both times? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. After Carlos regained his sight he started to work for a former business acquaintance, Bradley Scott. Bradley and his wife, Maria, became friends with Gabby and Carlos, but that relationship was tested when Gabby discovered that Bradley was having an affair with a hairstylist from the mall hair salon. Gabby tried to confront her to get her to end the affair, but she became very angry and threatened to completely cut off a huge front piece of Gabby's hair if she didn't leave immediately. What was the name of this hairstylist home-wrecker? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Even though Gabrielle swore that she would never have children, by the beginning of the show's sixth season she was the biological mother of two daughters and the guardian of Carlos' niece. What are the names of these three girls? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is Gabrielle's maiden name?

Answer: Marquez

Gabrielle's maiden name was mentioned several times throughout the shows first three seasons. She returned to this name after her divorce and was referred to as Gabrielle Marquez when she worked for Vern's beauty pageant consulting firm, as well as when she married her second husband, Victor Lang.
2. Gabrielle has said many times that she left home when she was fifteen because her stepfather had sexually assaulted her and she feared for her safety. What was her stepfather's name?

Answer: Alejandro

Gabrielle's mother visited in the show's second season and her relationship with Gabrielle was clearly contentious and unrewarding. Gabby sought to get her out of the house while Carlos sought to mend the rift that stemmed from Alejandro's assault. When Carlos spoke to her mother, he discovered that she blamed Gabrielle and denied any unsolicited act had occurred; she even went so far as to say that she 'forgave' Gabrielle for her jealousy and betrayal. Carlos finally saw what Gabrielle saw in her mother and he realized that "blood isn't everything" when it came to a family.
3. In the show's first season Gabrielle was forced to find a job after Carlos was restricted to house arrest. Which of the following was NOT one of the many jobs she had?

Answer: water skier boat show model

Gabrielle's attitude didn't do her any favors when it came to her return to the local modeling world. When Lynette and Tom spotted her marketing the Buick LaCrosse in the mall she attempted to make it look like she had been shopping, even though she was wearing an evening dress that was stuck in the rotating platform.

She eventually ended up as a makeup saleswoman, but not until she worked as a 'sexy living advertisement' on a mattress showroom.
4. Carlos eventually found out that Gabby had cheated on him with their gardener, John Rowland, but he had been suspicious for a very long time. Carlos mistakenly beat up two different men whom he suspected of sleeping with his wife, although neither of them had. What did both of his victims have in common?

Answer: they were both gay

Their gay cable guy slipped and fell on some bathwater and when Carlos found him injured in their bathroom, he assumed that Gabby was sleeping with him. After Carlos and Gabby's altercation over his demand that she sign a post-nuptial agreement, she fled the house and went to find John. Since John was not home, she spoke with his roommate, Justin, who had also worked gardener as their gardener. Carlos discovered each of them was gay after he had already beaten them up, and at the end of the first season he was also charged with hate crimes.

However, as Gabrielle said, "Carlos is an angry, jealous neanderthal...but he is not a gay basher."
5. When she had to spend the tail-end of her spa weekend alone at a romantic hotel, she ran into John Rowland and they indulged in a romantic tryst that ended in John's fiancee, Tammy, making an early arrival to meet him. John didn't want to ruin things with his fiancee so he told Gabby that she had to hide until it was safe for her to escape. Where did Gabby hide from Tammy?

Answer: in her suitcase

Gabby was upset about her pending divorce and John wanted to temporarily rekindle the flame before he got married, but it was only after his fiancee called to announce her arrival that Gabby even knew he was engaged. He left her in the elevator and she climbed/pried her way out of the bag as two hotel guests watched, to which she said, "Don't laugh. I saved a bundle on air fare."
6. While Gabby and Carlos are now the parent/guardian of three children, they faced many disappointments when they originally tried to start their family. Which of the following was NOT one of the problems they encountered?

Answer: they failed their parenting class and foster family certification review

Gabrielle became pregnant in the first season after Carlos tampered with her birth control, but it wasn't until she miscarried the baby in the show's second season that she realized she might want to be a mother after all. After their disappointments with adoption, surrogacy, and the 'purchase' of Libby's daughter, they pretty much gave up on the idea for awhile.

It wasn't until the show flashed forward five years that we found out that they had, in fact, conceived two daughters biologically.
7. While working at Vern's beauty pageant consulting agency, Gabrielle told the girls stories about her former modeling years. In doing so, she foolishly mentioned many dodgy weight loss methods and described her former wild lifestyle through the use of some choice adjectives. Which of the following was NOT one of things she mentioned?

Answer: dating all the members of the same band

Gabrielle seemed to have been making great strides as a person when she began to really get into the beauty queen training process, but all of her good work was destroyed when she carelessly told these stories to the impressionable adolescent girls. Gabby's partner, Vern, came to see her to tell her that each of the mothers had found their daughters attempting to try out some of her 'helpful tips,' and that she had officially been deemed a 'bad influence.'
8. When Carlos was blind, Gabrielle was forced to take care of him and she quickly became overwhelmed by both his blindness and their growing debt. However, sometimes she used his blindness to get away with things she didn't want him to know about. Which of the following was NOT one of things Gabby did to her blind husband?

Answer: left him at the mall and forced him to find his own way home

Gabby eventually came around and realized that just because her life was changing, it didn't mean that her life was hopeless. But, before she came around, she did get into a physical fight with two men in wheelchairs, tried to abandon Carlos' guide dog, and sold his heirloom baseball to pay the bills.
9. Gabby truly met her match when she first encountered Carlos' "spiritual adviser", Sister Mary Bernard. After Sister Mary convinced Carlos to travel with her to Botswana, Gabrielle needed to find a way to stop Sister Mary from stealing her husband away from her. Which of the following did she successfully do in order to keep Carlos from leaving the country?

Answer: withheld medical information so that he would have a negative reaction to a vaccination

Gabby didn't tell the nurse that Carlos was allergic to eggs, which she also found out would cause a sickening reaction to the yellow fever vaccine. While Gabby was able to keep Carlos in the country at that time, Sister Mary's return (several episodes later) caused a raucous nun vs. woman fight that ended with Gabby being bitten and Sister Mary accidentally being set on fire.
10. Gabby's former profession as a high fashion model has caused many women not to entirely trust her around their husbands or sons. At one of Bree's dinner parties, all of neighbors were discussing their memories from high school and one of the guests shared that he was a major nerd in high school and that girls like Gabby would never even give him a second look. Which guest did Gabby kiss as a joking apology for his tortured high school nerd years?

Answer: Tom Scavo

Lynette has always been a very protective and jealous wife, and this incident with Tom was no exception. While she had nothing to worry about, she felt extremely threatened and came to blows with Gabby after she found her in their house helping Tom with the groceries.

While Lynette did apologize for her overreaction, she ended up kissing Carlos in front of Gabby to prove to her that: it doesn't matter the intent, kissing another woman's husband in front of her makes her jealous and uncomfortable.

The message was received.
11. After her divorce from Carlos was finalized in the third season, Gabby started receiving expensive gifts from a secret admirer that ended up being Zach Young. Which of the following was NOT one of the items Zach paid his staff to deliver to Gabrielle's home?

Answer: Italian designer shoes

Zach's pursuit of Gabby was both awkward and disappointing, as he had failed to emotionally develop and thought that only throwing money at Gabrielle would make her love him. When that didn't work he bribed the beauty pageant judges to ensure Gabby and Vern's contestant won, and he got her heavily intoxicated so that he could convince her that they had slept together. Gabby finally gave Zack the boot when he impulsively proposed to her at the opening of Scavo's Pizzeria, and it definitely was the right decision to make.
12. When Carlos worked as a masseur at the local country club he met a very wealthy older woman named Mrs. Virginia Hildebrand. She took a very active interest in the Solis family, as she was estranged from her own, and she eventually began to overstep the boundaries and creep them out. Which of the following was not one of the strange things Virginia did?

Answer: bought the family a new luxury sedan

Gabby originally disliked Virginia because she had discovered that Carlos' massages had given her 'unintended' effects. Virginia's money was very appealing to Gabby and they forged a friendship with her. However, as time passed, Virginia's demanding requests and odd actions started to make them very uncomfortable.

They allowed her back into their life upon the discovery that she had made them the sole heirs to her fortune, but Gabby eventually had to put her foot down when Virginia made the decision to send her children to boarding school.
13. Once Victor found out about Gabby's affair with Carlos, he decided he wanted to take her to an isolated location and confront her. Gabby mistook this situation as Victor's desire to murder her and dump her body at sea. On two separate occasions Gabby knocked Victor overboard; with what object did she strike him with both times?

Answer: paddle/oar

Victor went into his luggage to retrieve a sweater for Gabby because she had said several times that she was cold, however, Gabby thought he was reaching for a gun and first struck him with the paddle out of panic. She fled the scene on the boat, leaving Victor floating in the ocean.

After she called Carlos, he convinced her to go back and find him, which prompted Victor to come onto the boat and attempt to kill Carlos with a knife. Once Gabby struck him the second time out of self defense, they both went to retrieve him from the water and could not find him.

They assumed he was dead, but in true soap opera fashion, he just happened to wash up on shore a few days later.
14. After Carlos regained his sight he started to work for a former business acquaintance, Bradley Scott. Bradley and his wife, Maria, became friends with Gabby and Carlos, but that relationship was tested when Gabby discovered that Bradley was having an affair with a hairstylist from the mall hair salon. Gabby tried to confront her to get her to end the affair, but she became very angry and threatened to completely cut off a huge front piece of Gabby's hair if she didn't leave immediately. What was the name of this hairstylist home-wrecker?

Answer: Shayla

Shayla was rarely seen but frequently mentioned as the drama of Bradley's affair unfolded. After Gabby confronted her, Bradley confronted Gabby, which lead to Bradley telling Maria the truth and telling Carlos that he was fired from his job. Maria murdered Bradley when he told her that he was leaving her for Shayla, and Bradley hadn't yet informed his bosses that he had fired Carlos, so after all was said and done, Carlos was promoted to Bradley's old position and received a handsome raise.
15. Even though Gabrielle swore that she would never have children, by the beginning of the show's sixth season she was the biological mother of two daughters and the guardian of Carlos' niece. What are the names of these three girls?

Answer: Juanita, Celia, Ana

Gabrielle has proven herself to be a very interesting mother. A testament to Gabrielle's determination has been shown through the relationship she has with her daughter, Juanita. Juanita constantly challenges her, questions her, talks back, and has really toughened her up as a mother.
Source: Author KatieK54

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