Bill O'Reilly: American Patriot Quiz - Comedy Legend Lucille Ball

1. Born in Jamestown, New York, she often told people, believing it sounded more glamorous, that her birthplace was which state?

California

Arizona

Texas

Montana

2. During the period of time when she was known as the "Queen of the B's" for her work in numerous B movies, to which studio was Lucille Ball signed?

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Warner Brothers

Universal Studios

Paramount Pictures

3. Red hair was her on-screen trademark, but what was her natural hair color?

blonde

brunette

black

red

4. On her way to audition for which role, Lucy got caught in a rainstorm, her clothes got drenched, and she was forced to audition in nothing but a long sweater borrowed from a production assistant?

Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz

Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind

Ilsa in Casablanca

Ann Darrow in King Kong

5. On "I Love Lucy," what was Ricky Ricardo's name originally supposed to be, before the writers changed it?

Desi Ricardo

Desi Ball

Larry Lopez

Sid Sanchez

6. In one popular episode, Lucy does a TV commercial for a foul-tasting health elixir called Vitameatavegamin. What was she actually drinking during filming?

Robitussin

Geritol

apple pectin

vanilla extract

7. Lucille Ball graced the very first cover of which magazine?

People

Cosmopolitan

Vanity Fair

TV Guide

8. Lucille Ball once registered as a member of the Communist Party, causing great controversy. She claims she only did this as a favor to whom?

Desi Arnaz

Gary Morton

her mother

her grandfather

9. Lucy and Desi's son, Desi Jr., once dated the daughter of another Hollywood legend. Who was it?

Liza Minnelli, daughter of Judy Garland

Carrie Fisher, daughter of Debbie Reynolds

Jennifer Grant, daughter of Cary Grant

Cecilia Peck, daughter of Gregory Peck

10. In one attempt to resurrect her television career later in life, Ball hosted a retrospective in the early 80s of one of her favorite sitcoms. What was it?

M*A*S*H

Three's Company

Laverne & Shirley

Maude