A Hundred Years of Betty White Quiz

Answer: Oak Park

Betty White's parents intentionally named her Betty, and not Elizabeth, so people would not call her Liz, Beth, or anything but Betty. The family moved to California after her first birthday, and she was raised as an only child. Interestingly, sliced bread was not invented until White was six years old. This means sliced bread is the greatest thing since Betty White.

Answer: True

Her first book, "Betty White's Pet Love: How Pets Take Care of Us," was written in 1983. She co-wrote this with Thomas Watson. It is about the benefits of owning a pet. In 1987, she wrote "Betty White in Person." In 1997, She wrote "The Leading Lady: Dinah's Story" about a seeing-eye dog.

In 1995 she penned the book "Here We Go Again: My Life in Television." In 2008, she wrote "Together: A Novel of Shared Vision," a novel co-written with singer Tom Sullivan about a dog named Nelson, who is given his last chance at being an eye-dog.

In 2011 she wrote her last two books, "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" and "Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo."

Answer: True

The United States was involved in World War II from 1941-1945. Betty White was in her twenties by then, and had enlisted in the United States Army. She was part of the American Women's Voluntary Services, the largest women's service organization at the time. She drove a truck delivering supplies to Hollywood Hills.

Answer: False

Over her long career White won five Emmy Awards after being nominated for 21. She also was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards, and won one of those in 1983 for Outstanding Gameshow Host for the show "Just Men!". She has also won three American Comedy Awards, one Britannia Award, one Disney Legend Award, 1 Gracie Allen Award, one Grammy (in 2011 for Best Spoken Word Recording the for audiobook version of her book "And If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" (2011), one Golden Apple Award, one People's Choice Award, one Regional Emmy, two Screen Actor's Guild Awards, one Teen Choice Award, four TV Land Awards, two VQT "Q" Awards, and a Women Film Critics Circle Award.

In 1990 one of the American Comedy Awards was for Lifetime Achievement in Comedy.

In 2015, the Daytime Emmy's also gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2010, the SAG presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021, the Women Film Critics Circle presented her with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Answer: Bandy Productions

Betty White co-founded this company with George Tibbles and Don Fedderson. Her first sitcom, "Life With Elizabeth," was produced by this company. Betty White played Elizabeth. Tibbles wrote for the show, and Fedderson was the executive producer. Bandy Productions was named after White's dog, Bandit.

Answer: Allen Ludden

Betty White's first husband was Dick Barker and her second husband was Lane Allen, but her third husband, Allen Ludden, was the love of her life. Betty White has said of Ludden, who passed away from cancer in 1981, that her biggest regret was she waited so long to marry him. (He had asked her a few times before she said yes).

When asked why she never remarried, she said, "If you've had the best, who needs the rest?"

Answer: Sue Ann Nivens

Sue Ann Nivens hosted the "Happy Homemaker" show produced at WJM-TV. Betty White referred to the character as the "Horny Homemaker" because of how she was always chasing men, especially Lou Grant (Ed Asner). White played the role from 1973-1977. While the part wasn't written for Betty White per se, the writers of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" described Sue Ann as "an icky sweet Betty White type." Initially, the part was a one-off guest spot, but she became a regular after White's performance. In her first episode, Sue Ann was introduced as a guest at Mary's party. Sue Ann was having an affair with Phyllis' husband, and the others did not well like her because of her constant insults.

Answer: Rose

Betty White played Rose Nylund, the naive woman from St. Olaf, MN, on "The Golden Girls. She was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series each year of the show. She won it in 1986. During the series, Rose dated a man named Miles (Harold Gould), who played another love interest of Rose's in earlier episodes named Arnie, but they are not the same character. Miles turned out to be in the police protection program after seeing the Cheeseman kill someone. Rose went out on a date with the Cheeseman (Barney Martin). Rose, Blanche, and Sophia stayed together after Dorothy got married in the "Golden Girls" finale and appeared in the short lives spinoff, "The Golden Place."

Answer: The University of Charleston

Betty White graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1939 and did not attend college. Because she supported the University of Charleston, an endowed scholarship in her name was created in 2016. White surprised everyone when she showed up to get her honorary degree at graduation.

She also attended a fundraising event for the school's Clay Tower Building and was there for its dedication.

Answer: Family Feud

Betty White first played Ellen on "The Carol Burnett Show" before "Mama's Family." Rue McClanahan, who would later star with White on "The Golden Girls," played Frances, Thelma's (Vicki Lawrence) younger sister. Ellen (Betty White) was her Thelma's daughter. Carol Burnett played Thelma's other daughter Eunice. Ken Berry played Thelma's son Vinton.

The late Richard Dawson hosted this "Family Feud" episode. Burnett's team consisted of her daughter Carrie, Carrie's husband Mark, and Mark's mother, Dalia. White's team were her poker club friends - Henry, Brenda, and Tony. Betty White's team won the game and went on to fast money with Brenda playing the first round and Henry playing the second.

They hit the 200 points needed and won $600 for the Morris Animal Foundation.