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  Valley of The Dolls   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is based on the novel "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann. Hope you enjoy it!
Average, 10 Qns, Mamafan26, Mar 01 04
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  Within the Valley of the Dolls    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is for fans of Jacqueline Susann's #1 best-selling novel, "Valley of the Dolls". Keep in mind that the novel is VERY different from the film of the same name!
Average, 15 Qns, angelinblack, Mar 01 04
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  Jackie Susann Characters    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A tribute to Jackie Susann, the first and the best of the profilic trash fiction queens...
Average, 15 Qns, sergexa, Mar 01 04
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trivia question Quick Question
Over how long of a time period does the story within the novel unfold?

From Quiz "Within the Valley of the Dolls"





Jacqueline Susann Trivia Questions
1. What city did Anne Welles leave to go to New York?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Lawrenceville

Anne grew up in Lawrenceville, Massachusetts, and when she graduated from college, she announced to her mother that she was leaving to go work in New York.

2. The novel centers around three women, whose own lives are centered around show business. Who is the main protagonist?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Anne Welles

The three female protagonists of the novel are Anne, Neely, and Jennifer. Anne can be considered the main protagonist considering the novel begins and ends with her story.

3. Name the character who commits suicide in 'Valley of the Dolls'?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Jennifer

Jennifer took an overdose because she had breast cancer.

4. Who is the agent that came back to work for Henry Bellamy after the war?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Lyon Burke

Lyon left his job at the start of the war, but when the war was over, he wired Henry and told him he was coming back to work for him.

5. Why does Jennifer commit suicide?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: she was diagnosed with breast cancer

Jennifer commits suicide due to the fact that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In order to "save [Win's] babies" (i.e. save her breasts from being removed), she decides to overdose on sleeping pills, to prevent her boyfriend Win from dumping her if she lost her breasts.

6. Helen Lawson, the aging Broadway star in 'Valley of the Dolls' was modeled after which real-life singer?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Ethel Merman

Jackie often referred to Helen as Ethel among friends.

7. How old was Neely O'Hara when Anne met her and became her friend?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: 17

Neely was 17, and she and Anne became friends after nodding to each other in the hall of the rooming house.

8. Over how long of a time period does the story within the novel unfold?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: 20 years

The story begins on a "steamy" September day in 1945 when Anne first arrives in New York, and ends on New Year's Eve in 1965 at a party Anne is hosting.

9. What was the name of the hit Broadway show that Helen Lawson had Neely fired from?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Hit The Sky

Neely was originally a part of the trio called the Gaucheros. But on the first day of rehersal, Helen fired Neely. It turned out that Neely's brother in law agreed to get rid of Neely before the first rehearsal, and didn't tell her, and she was very angry! Could you blame her?

10. Which law firm first employs Anne, upon her move to New York City?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Bellamy & Bellows

The name "Bellamy & Bellows" comes from the surnames of Anne's direct boss, Henry Bellamy (nee Birnbaum), and Lyon Burke's deceased uncle, George Bellows.

11. In 'The Love Machine', name the character Robin Stone does not sleep with.

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Sergio

Sergio took care of Robin's mother Kitty and had an unfulfilled crush on Robin.

12. What was the name of Jennifer's lesbian lover in school?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Maria

Jennifer wasn't gay, but became involved with Maria because Maria was rich and Jennifer was brought up poor.

13. What character ran Gloss Magazine in 'Once is Not Enough'?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Linda

Linda was played by Brenda Vacarro in the film version.

14. What was the name of Neely's second husband?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Ted Casablanca

Neely cheated on her first husband, Mel, with the costume designer from the studio. Mel divorced her, and went back to New York and got his old job back.

15. In the first line of the poem that begins the novel, where does one "have to climb... to reach the Valley of the Dolls"?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Mount Everest & mount everest

16. Name the stage musical Helen, Neely and Jennifer worked on in Valley of the Dolls.

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Hit the Sky

Neely upstaged Helen during the play thus incurring Helen's wrath.

17. What was the name of Tony Polar's sister?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Miriam

Miriam raised Tony and knew all along that he had a physical handicap that made him have the mentality of a ten year old.

18. In which musical does Neely get her big break, and who does she replace in it?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: "Hit the Sky"- Terry King

Neely gets her big break in the Helen Lawson vehicle, "Hit the Sky". She replaces Terry King due to Helen's jealousy of Terry. "Honey Belle" is the musical starring Margie Parks in the end of the novel.

19. Who was the comedian in 'The Love Machine'?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Christy Lane

Christy loved Amanda but married Ethel.

20. What did Anne and Lyon name their daughter?

From Quiz Valley of The Dolls

Answer: Jennifer

Anne decided to name her daughter after her best friend, Jennifer North, who commited suicide after she found out she had breast cancer. What was interesting was that Jacqueline Susann also had breast cancer when she wrote the book.

21. How old was Jackie Susann when she moved to NYC to try for a career in acting?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: 16

Jackie lived in a women's residence hotel, similar to when Anne and Neely lived in 'Valley of the Dolls'.

22. Jacqueline Susann wrote a book about her poodle, it was titled:

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Every Night Josephine

Josephine traveled the world with Jackie and her husband Irving Mansfield.

23. What is the name of the millionaire, posing as an insurance salesman, that chases after Anne in hopes that she will marry him?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Allen Cooper & allen cooper

Allen meets Anne while she is working at Bellamy & Bellows. She mistakes him for an insurance salesman. Touched by her sweetness towards him, Allen happily pursues Anne (while pretending to be a salesman), because he feels that this is the first time a woman is interested in him and not his money.

24. Why does Jennifer abort her and Tony Polar's baby?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Tony has a serious mental illness that can be inherited by the baby

After her separation from Tony, his sister and manager Miriam visits Jennifer and discloses Tony's mental illness. Because it is a secret known only to Miriam, Miriam advises Jennifer to have an abortion to prevent anything from happening to Tony's singing career.

25. Which male character in 'The Love Machine' was rumored to be sleeping with Robin Stone?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Dip

Dip Nelson was a Robin 'hanger-on', but not sexually involved with him.

26. What cosmetics company employs Anne as its television spokesperson?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Gillian & gillian

On the day of Jennifer's departure for Europe, Anne meets Kevin Gillmore, owner of Gillian Cosmetics, at Jennifer's goodbye luncheon. Amazed at her beauty, he asks her then and there to sign a modelling contract.

27. What were the names of Neely's twin boys in Valley of the Dolls?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Bud and Jud

Neely had her children with second husband, bisexual designer Ted Casablanca.

28. Give the last name of character Neely in Valley of the Dolls?

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: O'Hara

Neely chose O'Hara as a stage name because she had just finished reading 'Gone with the Wind' and her favorite character was Scarlett O'Hara.

29. Who undergoes a week-long "sleep cure", along with a face lift before her return to the US?

From Quiz Within the Valley of the Dolls

Answer: Jen & jen & Jennifer & jennifer

Because of the fame garnered from her European "art films", Jennifer undergoes a series of cosmetic treatments to keep her legendary beauty intact.

30. Anne was known as The ___________ Girl, during her modeling career.

From Quiz Jackie Susann Characters

Answer: Gillian

Anne began as a secretary but made her money modeling for Kevin Gilmore.

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