1.18 'The Slice of Life' Trivia Quiz

Answer: Diane

I made up all three incorrect choices, but Blair and Tootie were also characters from "The Facts of Life". Roseanne was in the kitchen making "triple fudge" brownies for Becky to take over to Diane's house.

Answer: portable 8-track player

Dan came into the kitchen carrying this 8-track tape player from his youth, and five tapes. He told Becky, in his most stoned hippie voice, that it was a "blast from the past man". Becky told Roseanne to "tell her husband it was the 80s", and Roseanne said that Dan was "frozen in time" and that they were going to "skip over the 80s and thaw him out in the 90s".

Answer: Lanford Lightning Bolt

It should have been an easy one, since the Conners lived in Lanford. Darlene seemed to be in a foul mood, because when Roseanne said she had to eat before her baseball practice- she snapped her! Darlene growled that she was just going to retrieve her baseball glove from their garage before she ate.

Answer: True

During Becky and Darlene's embarrassing parents discussion, Darlene revealed this tidbit. She also told her sister that Dan repeated the same phrase at every one of her games, "Sa-wing batter batter batter, swing!" Roseanne did defend her actions shortly afterward, explaining to Becky that she hadn't seen the bad call!

Answer: cowgirls

Becky was appalled to see the cowgirl covered sleeping bag, and she refused to take it over to Diane's house. Jackie informed Becky that it was not just any cowgirl, it was THE cowgirl, Annie Oakley!
Annie Oakley's real name was Phoebe Moses. She was an excellent marksman in the 1800s and married a man named Frank Butler.
"Howdy Doody" was a children's TV program that ran from 1954-1959.

Answer: Ted

Ted Graham could not offer Roseanne any news, as the hospital would not provide him with any. She thanked him for going to the hospital with Darlene anyway. John Walter Davis played Darlene's coach.

Answer: Lynne Thigpen

Dr. Bryce told Roseanne, Dan, and Jackie that Darlene's appendix had burst, she was running a fever, and her surgery would be about two hours long. They couldn't wait to bring down her fever, as they'd also found a bowel obstruction. Lynne was a great actress.

She appeared in many roles throughout her career. Some of her movie roles include the films "Tootsie", "Lean on Me", and 2003's "Anger Management". She also had many TV roles. She starred on "All My Children" for seven years, was Rosie on "Thirtysomething", Ruby Thomas on "L.A. Law", Judge Ida Boucher on "Law & Order", and Ella Farmer on "The District". Ella was her last role before her sudden death in 2003.

She died from bleeding inside her brain.

Answer: Yes

Their insurance card was expired, but their insurance had not lapsed. Dan called from the waiting room, but he was hassled by the insurance company. He explained that Roseanne had a canceled check to prove that it had been paid. Roseanne had to get on the phone to straighten it out. It turned out that they were looking up their account by spelling their last name wrong.

Answer: 11

Darlene was eleven and Becky thirteen in the first season of "Roseanne". They girls' ages were mentioned a few times throughout the first season. Roseanne said how old Darlene was in this episode, in the scene after Darlene's surgery.
Small fun facts: Sara Gilbert's real name is Sara Abeles. She was 14 years old when her role as 11 year old Darlene first aired! Sara has a son named Levi, born to TV writer Allison Adler.

Answer: she was sorry for her earlier bad behavior

Her parents understood why she'd been acting badly, but Darlene felt badly anyway. So, she apologized to them and then confirmed they were not going to leave her alone in the hospital.
Her team had won the game, as Coach Ted had told Roseanne, but Darlene did not seem concerned about that at all.