Facts About Lucy Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

In the first Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Ricky and Lucy meet in Cuba. But in another episode, Lucy says that she was set up by Marion Strong with Ricky on a blind date. (thanks to julieakc)

This was one of many inconsistencies in the show.

Answer: False

Episode 138: "The Passports". In order to get her passports to go to Europe, Lucy needed to find her birth certificate. She wired the Jamestown Hall of Records and asked them to send it to her. There was just one problem: they had no record of her birth. Lucy, being the panicky type, called her mother, her childhood babysitter and her pediatrician that attended her when she was a kid.

Her mother was up in New England with a buddy and the "babysitter" claimed that she was younger than Lucy. It finally took the pediatrician to disclose the sorely needed information that Lucy was born in WEST Jamestown! She was just as shocked as those of you who may have gotten that wrong! ;) You were ready to send me a correction notice weren't you?

Answer: False

Heavens NO! In episode 72 entitled "Lucy Tells the Truth", Ethel, Ricky and Fred bet her 100 dollars that she can't tell the truth for 24 hours. During this time, Ethel and a couple of Lucy's friends take advantage of the situation. They fire 3 questions at her: How old are you? How much do you weigh? What color would your hair be if you didn't dye it? -- The answers: 33, 129 and mousy brown. So there you have it. Lucy was really a brunette.

There are many other references to the fact that she dyed her hair as well.

Answer: False

It wasn't until the 55-56 season that Lucy learned how to drive. This is referred to in the aptly named episode: "Lucy Learns to Drive".

Answer: False

In episode 78 entitled "Ricky's Old Girlfriend", Lucy reads a quiz in a magazine entitled: "How to Rate Your Marriage or is Your Spouse a Louse?". A question comes up in the quiz that asks "if you have told your spouse about all your past romances". Lucy then begins to go down her list of ex-boyfriends, including the captain of the football team.

Answer: True

For Little Ricky's birthday party, Ricky tried to get Superman to come over for a surprise. He told Ricky he couldn't make it, so Lucy put on the cape and pretended to be Superman herself.

Answer: True

In episode 114, "L.A. at Last", the group went to the Brown Derby to have lunch. Lucy spotted William Holden up close and stared at him the whole time he was having lunch. He decided to give her a taste of her own medicine and stared back. She was so embarrassed that she didn't look where she was going and bumped into a waiter so that he got pie all over Holden. Later, Ricky invites him over to the hotel to meet Lucy.

She does herself up so that he doesn't recognize her, but eventually he does.

He tells Ricky that he saw Lucy in the next booth and wanted to tell her she should be in movies. She was just so happy that he didn't tell Ricky what really happened, and gave him a big kiss.

Answer: False

There are many references to Lucy's love of high fashion, the most notable episodes being #117 "The Fashion Show", and #147 "Lucy Gets a Paris Gown".

Answer: True

This is revealed in the episode "Lucy's mother-in-law". A Professor Bornanova is a mind-reader (with earphones and a receiver of course) and tells Lucy that her nickname when she was in gradeschool was birdlegs. A nickname that was revealed in episode 138 was droopy draws by that babysitter that eventually asserted that she was younger than Lucy.

Answer: True

This is also in episode 138. When Dr. Peterson, Lucy's pediatrician, comes to the house, he at first thinks Ethel is Lucy. Ethel then proceeds to tell him that Lucy's in the trunk. This was her scheme to get to Europe without the passport.

Answer: False

In episode 125: "The Dancing Star", Lucy gets to dance with Van Johnson. Gene Kelly, although mentioned a few times, was never on an episode of "I Love Lucy".

Answer: True

Lucy finally had her dream come true when Ricky arranged for her to play a death scene in a movie. She was supposed to be the lead girl that gets shot and wears the headdress, but it was too heavy for Lucy. Needless to say, she wants to be the star of the scene and tries everything she can to get in the spotlight.

Answer: False

She made a valiant attempt to talk to a waiter in Paris, but she only wound up taking the chef's catsup and paying with counterfeit money. Alas, Lucy's French is just as good as Ethel's Italian.

Answer: True

"Well, hello out there! I didn't see you come in!" That is the beginning of the television commercial for Phipps department store. Lucy and Ricky to a Mr. and Mrs. show for the store--Fred and Ethel got to be in it too. Other shows that had either one or more members of the gang were: Episode 30 "Lucy Does a TV commercial, episode 68 "The Girls Go Into Business" which features Lucy and Ethel sporting the same dress, episode 120 "Bullfight Dance" with Lucy dressed as the bull and episode 134 "Person To Person" when Ed Murrow interviewed Lucy and Ricky--later Fred and Ethel entered for the interview as well.

Answer: False

Lucy always got her way into the show somehow. Ricky did his very best to keep her out, but it never worked. Hence the theme of the entire series.