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The Women of "Mad Men" Trivia Quiz

How can you not love to watch a group of ladies who smoke and drink while they're pregnant, have liaisons on the office couch and have lit up their first cigarette by the 4th grade? These are the women of the Emmy-winning "Mad Men."

A multiple-choice quiz by brewster76. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
brewster76

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,850

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
850

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In season 3, Sterling Cooper's savvy office manager Joan Holloway Harris (Christina Hendricks) showed that in addition to being brainy and beautiful she was also musically inclined. During the party she hosted with her husband Dr. Greg, which musical instrument did Joan play while she sang? Hint

Piano

Marimba

Guitar

Accordion

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Question 2 of 10

2. When "Mad Men" premiered in 2007, actress Talia Balsam was married in real-life to the man who also played her onscreen husband. Which actor fulfilled both of these roles in Ms. Balsam's life? Hint

John Slattery (Roger Sterling)

Vincent Kartheiser (Peter Campbell)

Jon Hamm (Don Draper)

Robert Morris (Bert Cooper)

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the second season, Don had an affair with Bobbie Barrett (portrayed by Melinda McGraw), the wife of caustic comedian Jimmy Barrett. The Barretts invited the Drapers to a party celebrating Jimmy's new television show, during which he informed Betty of her husband's liaison with his wife. At what famous New York nightspot did this take place? Hint

The Cotton Club

The Stork Club

El Morocco

Studio 54

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Question 4 of 10

4. Actress Kiernan Shipka played the Draper's oldest child who, over the first three seasons, was shown getting drunk at her dad's office, smoking, kissing and driving a car - all by the age of 10! What was this precocious girl's name? Hint

Kathy

Debbie

Sally

Susie

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Question 5 of 10

5. In season 2, newly promoted copy writer Peggy Olson (Elizabeth Moss) said to the character played by Colin Hanks "Let me tell you, the ________ really knows how to sell things." Fill in the blank. Hint

NYPD

People in Hollywood

Catholic Church

Cigarette companies

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Question 6 of 10

6. Don entered into yet another affair in season 3, this time with brunette beauty Suzanne Farrell, played by actress Abigail Spencer. How did she and Don meet? Hint

She replaced Joan as office manager

She sent him a drink at the Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station

She was his daughter's teacher

She auditioned for the Ann Margaret-like character in the Pepsi Patio tv ad

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Question 7 of 10

7. When Sterling Cooper was purchased by the British firm in the second season, which woman was introduced as a principal owner of the advertising agency? Hint

Department store owner Rachel Menken

Pete Campbell's wife, Trudi

Bert Cooper's sister, Alice

Don's first "wife", Anna Draper

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Question 8 of 10

8. Prior to marrying Don, what was the career of Betty Hofstadt Draper, portrayed by the icy blond January Jones? Hint

Stewardess

Model

Cocktail waitress

Editor at Vogue

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the third season, Sterling Cooper secretary Lois (Christa Flanagan) had a bit too much of the bubbly at a company celebration and caused grave bodily harm to her new British boss, Guy Mackendrick. How did she injure him? Hint

Knocked him out an open window

Sliced his wrist with a shattered champagne flute

Cut his foot with a riding lawnmower

Secretly put peanuts in his appetizer to see if he was really allergic to them

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which actress portrayed the 20-something secretary who married one of the Sterling Cooper partners in season 2 and in subsequent episodes was seen to become inebriated on a regular basis? Hint

Peyton List (Jane Siegel Sterling)

Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway Harris)

Elizabeth Moss (Peggy Olson)

January Jones (Betty Draper)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Accordion

Christina Hendricks was quoted in an interview as saying she prepared for the role of Joan by reading the books of author/"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown, which featured characters familiar to "Mad Men" viewers. She also watched Alfred Hitchcock's films from the 1960s like "The Birds" which were "helpful with the hair, the make-up, the clothes, and also how those women carried themselves. Very different from today."

2. When "Mad Men" premiered in 2007, actress Talia Balsam was married in real-life to the man who also played her onscreen husband. Which actor fulfilled both of these roles in Ms. Balsam's life?

Answer: John Slattery (Roger Sterling)

Talia Balsam, daughter of actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten, originated the role of Mona Sterling. She is also the niece of "Eight is Enough" star Dick Van Patten and the first wife of George Clooney, to whom she was married from 1989-1993.

Answer: The Stork Club

The Stork Club was a legendary night club in New York from the 1930s to the mid-60s founded by Oklahoma bootlegger Sherman Billingsley. His alleged mistress of many years was Broadway star Ethel Merman. After it closed in 1966, the Stork Club was torn down and a small neighborhood park was built in the space.

Answer: Sally

The other Draper children were Bobby and Eugene, who was named for Betty's recently deceased father.

Answer: Catholic Church

Colin Hanks played Father Gill, the hip new priest at the Brooklyn parish of Peggy's family. They had many discussions about the role of the Church in modern American life. Peggy was raised in a strict Catholic home and she spent several seasons reconciling her faith with the "single girl in the city" lifestyle that the 1960s (and the advent of the birth control pill!) offered.

6. Don entered into yet another affair in season 3, this time with brunette beauty Suzanne Farrell, played by actress Abigail Spencer. How did she and Don meet?

Answer: She was his daughter's teacher

Don first became entranced by the beautiful Suzanne while she was leading Sally and her classmates in a maypole dance in season 3. He broke it off with her after he was forced to spill the beans to Betty about the secret of his former life.

7. When Sterling Cooper was purchased by the British firm in the second season, which woman was introduced as a principal owner of the advertising agency?

Answer: Bert Cooper's sister, Alice

Alice Cooper (actress Mary Anne McGarry) gave her brother Bert the money to start his advertising agency in the 1920s. It was revealed at the time of the buy-out by the British ad agency that Alice was in a long-term relationship with a woman.

8. Prior to marrying Don, what was the career of Betty Hofstadt Draper, portrayed by the icy blond January Jones?

Answer: Model

Betty Hofstadt met Don Draper when she was modeling furs and he swept her off of her feet by purchasing the coat she was wearing for her. In later episodes Betty attempted to re-enter the modeling profession but her demure 1950s style was horribly out of date as the US was on the brink of the Swinging 60s.

Answer: Cut his foot with a riding lawnmower

In the episode, Accounts Manager Ken Cosgrove had just landed John Deere as a client and was shown early in the episode driving one of their riding lawnmowers around the office. Cementing her reputation as cool under pressure, Office Manager Joan was the only one at the party with the presence of mind to apply a tourniquet and get her soon-to-be ex-boss to the ER.

10. Which actress portrayed the 20-something secretary who married one of the Sterling Cooper partners in season 2 and in subsequent episodes was seen to become inebriated on a regular basis?

Answer: Peyton List (Jane Siegel Sterling)

Prior to "Mad Men", Peyton List studied at the School of American Ballet in New York. Her other credits include the television series "Flash Forward" and "Monk."

Source: Author brewster76

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