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I Love Lucy Trivia
20 questions and answers: 6 easy, 8 medium, and 6 hard.
Lucy's schemes, Ricky's band, and the Mertzes upstairs made I Love Lucy the sitcom that so many others followed. This quiz covers the candy factory, Vitameatavegamin, the trip to Hollywood, and a few production facts from the Desilu days.
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I Love Lucy trivia questions and answers
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- Question 1Easy
What does Ricky Ricardo do for a living?
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Answer: C. He is a nightclub bandleader
Ricky leads the band and sings at a New York nightclub, which is exactly where Lucy keeps trying to sneak into the act.
Character guide: Ricky Ricardo
- Question 2Easy
Who are the Ricardos' best friends and landlords?
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Answer: A. Fred and Ethel Mertz
Fred and Ethel own the apartment building where the Ricardos live, and Ethel is usually Lucy's partner in every scheme.
Character guides: Fred Mertz, Ethel Mertz
- Question 3Easy
What health tonic does Lucy pitch, with dizzying results, in her first TV commercial?
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Answer: D. Vitameatavegamin
In "Lucy Does a TV Commercial," the tonic turns out to be 23 percent alcohol, so every take leaves Lucy a little tipsier.
Episode: Season 1, Episode 30, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
Character guide: Lucy Ricardo
- Question 4Easy
Where do Lucy and Ethel take jobs and lose a frantic battle with a speeding conveyor belt?
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Answer: B. A candy factory
In "Job Switching," the women go to work while Ricky and Fred try housework, and both sides fail spectacularly.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 1, "Job Switching"
Character guides: Lucy Ricardo, Ethel Mertz
- Question 5Easy
Which star played Ricky and was married to Lucille Ball in real life?
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Answer: B. Desi Arnaz
Ball and Arnaz met in 1940 while filming Too Many Girls and were married soon after, years before they brought the Ricardos to TV.
Character guide: Ricky Ricardo
- Question 6Easy
In which city do the Ricardos live for most of the series?
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Answer: D. New York City
Their apartment building sits at a fictional address on East 68th Street in Manhattan until the family moves to the suburbs.
Character guides: Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo
- Question 7Medium
Which country is Ricky originally from?
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Answer: A. Cuba
Ricky is a Cuban-born bandleader, and in "The Ricardos Visit Cuba" Lucy tries hard to impress his family in Havana.
Episode: Season 6, Episode 9, "The Ricardos Visit Cuba"
Character guide: Ricky Ricardo
- Question 8Medium
What is Ricky's trademark song?
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Answer: C. Babalu
Babalu is the number most closely tied to Ricky, and by the final season his nightclub has even been renamed Club Babalu.
Character guide: Ricky Ricardo
- Question 9Medium
In "Lucy Is Enceinte," how does Lucy finally let Ricky know she is expecting?
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Answer: D. She anonymously requests a song at his club
After several interrupted attempts at home, Lucy asks for "We're Having a Baby" at the club, and Ricky realizes the request came from his own wife.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 10, "Lucy Is Enceinte"
Character guides: Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo
- Question 10Medium
Why does Ricky scare the hospital staff when he rushes in for Little Ricky's birth?
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Answer: B. He is still in full makeup from his act
In "Lucy Goes to the Hospital," the call comes mid-show, so Ricky races over in costume and face makeup and frightens Fred and the nurses.
Episode: Season 2, Episode 16, "Lucy Goes to the Hospital"
Character guides: Ricky Ricardo, Fred Mertz
- Question 11Medium
Which movie star does Lucy pester at the Brown Derby in "L.A. at Last"?
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Answer: C. William Holden
Lucy stares at Holden from behind a plant and gets him hit with a pie, then has to disguise herself when Ricky brings him home.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 17, "L.A. at Last"
Character guide: Lucy Ricardo
- Question 12Medium
What happens when Lucy researches a movie role in an Italian vineyard?
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Answer: A. She stomps grapes and ends up fighting in the vat
In "Lucy's Italian Movie," the grape stomping turns into a brawl, and showing up stained from the vat costs her the part in a film called Bitter Grapes.
Episode: Season 5, Episode 23, "Lucy's Italian Movie"
Character guide: Lucy Ricardo
- Question 13Medium
What show business background do Fred and Ethel share?
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Answer: A. They were vaudeville performers
The Mertzes are former vaudevillians, and because Ethel can genuinely sing and dance, Ricky is often more willing to put her in his shows than Lucy.
Character guides: Fred Mertz, Ethel Mertz
- Question 14Medium
Which comedian catches Lucy dressed up as him in a famous Hollywood episode?
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Answer: C. Harpo Marx
In "Harpo Marx," Lucy uses celebrity masks to fool a nearsighted friend into thinking the stars came to visit, until the real Harpo walks in and finds her dressed as him.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 28, "Harpo Marx"
Character guide: Lucy Ricardo
- Question 15Hard
What is Lucy's maiden name?
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Answer: B. McGillicuddy
Her full name is given as Lucille Esmeralda McGillicuddy, and her scatterbrained mother, Mrs. McGillicuddy, can never get Ricky's name right.
Character guide: Lucy Ricardo
- Question 16Hard
Which hometown does the show give Lucy, borrowed from Lucille Ball's own life?
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Answer: D. Jamestown, New York
Lucy is said to hail from Jamestown, the same town Lucille Ball grew up in, and one later episode narrows it down to West Jamestown.
Character guide: Lucy Ricardo
- Question 17Hard
Which production company did Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz found to make the show?
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Answer: C. Desilu Productions
The couple founded Desilu in 1950, and the company went on to become a major television studio of its own.
- Question 18Hard
To which Connecticut town do the Ricardos move in the final season?
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Answer: A. Westport
In "Lucy Wants to Move to the Country," Ricky surprises Lucy with an old Colonial house in Westport for their anniversary.
Episode: Season 6, Episode 15, "Lucy Wants to Move to the Country"
Character guides: Lucy Ricardo, Ricky Ricardo
- Question 19Hard
In "Ethel's Home Town," which city gives Ethel a star's welcome?
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Answer: D. Albuquerque
Ethel had told her father she was the one headed for Hollywood, so the townsfolk treat her like a celebrity until her husband and friends decide to teach her a lesson.
Episode: Season 4, Episode 16, "Ethel's Home Town"
Character guide: Ethel Mertz
- Question 20Hard
In "The Diner," what do the Ricardos and Mertzes do when running their restaurant together falls apart?
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Answer: B. Split it down the middle into two restaurants
After Ricky quits the club and the couples buy the diner, the Mertzes resent doing all the cooking, so each pair ends up running its own half.
Episode: Season 3, Episode 27, "The Diner"
Character guides: Fred Mertz, Ethel Mertz, Ricky Ricardo
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