Why Did They Call It That, Part 5 Quiz

Answer: Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr

The movie "an Affair to Remember" was about two lovers who agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building". The "Gilmore Girls" episode is about a party Lorelei and Sookie plan to cater for Emily.

Answer: Edgar Allen Poe

The line comes from the end of the third stanza- "Yet the ear distinctly tells, from the jangling and the wrangling, how the danger sinks or swells. In the sinking or the swelling of the anger of the bells, of the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, in the clamour and the clangor of the bells."
In the episode, the town bells are repaired and ring every hour, but soon the entire town is sick of them. Luke and Lorelei take it on themselves to break the bells.

Answer: Egypt

The Gnostic Gospels are 52 texts that were discovered in the town of Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. The texts consisted of poems and myths supposedly from the time of Christ. The Gnostic Gospels greatly differ from the events in the New Testament of the Bible.

Answer: Man

"The Incredible Shrinking Man" from 1957 starred Grant Williams as Scott Carey. In "The Incredible Shrinking Lorelais", both Lorelei and Rory find themselves overwhelmed with the Inn and Yale respectively. To make it worse, they can't connect with each other, only being able to leave voicemails on each other's phones.

Answer: Henry James

"Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller" is the title of the first episode of season five because Rory and Emily travel to Europe. The novel "Daisy Miller" is about an American girls who travels to Europe, but finds that she doesn't understand the high society she is in and feels sorely out of place.

Answer: Aida

Elton John and Tim Rice wrote "Written in the Stars" for the Broadway musical "Aida". It based on Giuseppe Verdi's Italian opera. The song is about how the two main characters, Aida and Radames, can never be together, while in the "Gilmore Girls" episode, Luke and Lorelei enjoy their first 'real' date and Rory meets Logan, the guy she ends up with through the end of fifth season and all of sixth.

Answer: William Henry Harrison

In reference to "Tippecanoe and Taylor Too" tv.com says, "The title of this episode is a play on words of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!', the first political slogan in American history, and the rallying cry in the successful 1840 Presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler.

When Harrison died less than a month after taking office, Tyler became the first Vice President to become President as a result of the death of his predecessor. Tippecanoe was a Shawnee settlement in Indiana which was destroyed in a battle by troops led by Harrison."

Answer: character in a book and movie

"Pippi Longstockings" is a Swedish book by Astrid Lindgren, who was once thought to be a perfect candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature. She never did win it though. Several movies have been made from the book. The 1969 version is a favorite of Lorelei and Rory.

They watch it at the Black, White and Read theatre on their first double date with Luke and Dean. (Luke had never seen the movie, therefore he is a 'Pippi Virgin').

Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany's

The book "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was actually written by Truman Capote. Norman Mailer made a guest appearance in the episode "Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant", as did his son Stephen, who plays the reporter interviewing Norman.

Answer: Titanic

"Titanic" was a 1997 box-office hit starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet. It won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The line "I jump, you jump, Jack" is used by Rory before she and Logan jump off a tall tower at a Life and Death Brigade outing.