I Love Lucy Trivia Questions with Answers
I Love Lucy was an American TV sitcom starring who?
A: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley.
From when to when did the black-and-white
TV series
originally run?
A: From October 15, 1951, to May 6,
1957.
What Television network did the show originally air on?
A: On CBS.
The I Love Lucy show was the first scripted television
program to be shot on what?
A: 35 mm film in front of a studio audience.
How many Emmy Awards did the show win?
A: Five.
The I Love Lucy show won what coveted Award for
"recognition of distinguished achievement in television."?
A: The George Foster Peabody Award.
In 2012 I Love Lucy was voted the "what " in a survey
conducted by ABC News and People Magazine?
A: 'Best TV Show of All
Time'.
I Love Lucy was the most watched show in the United States
in how many of its six seasons?
A: Four.
The show was the first to end its run at the top of the
what?
A: Nielsen ratings.
The I Love Lucy show is still syndicated in dozens of
languages across the world, and remains popular, with an
American audience of
how many?
A: 40 million.
How many viewers did a colorized version of I Love Lucy's
Christmas episode attract?
A: More than eight million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in
2013.
I Love Lucy centered on what two characters, played by
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz?
A: Lucy Ricardo and her singer/bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo.
Who was the second couple the show was based around?
A: Fred Mertz and Ethel Mertz.
Who played the part of Fred?
A: William Frawley.
Who played the part of Ethel?
A: Vivian Vance.
During the second season, Lucy and Ricky have a son named
what?
A: Ricky Ricardo, Jr.
Lucy has a knack for getting herself and her husband into
what?
A: Trouble.
The I Love Lucy show provided Lucille with plenty of
opportunity to display her skill at what?
A: Clowning and physical
comedy.
On the show, there were occasional appearances by her
bird-brained what?
A: Mother (Kathryn Card), who could never get Ricky's name right.
Lucy's husband, Ricky Ricardo, is an up-and-coming what?
A: Cuban American singer and bandleader with an excitable personality.
When exasperated, he often reverts to speaking rapidly in
what language?
A: Spanish.
As the story goes, Lucy and Ricky met in Havana when Lucy
and the Mertzes did what there in 1940?
A: Vacationed .
Ricky is portrayed as a driver of a horse-drawn cab who
waits for fares at a pier and Ricky is hired to serve as one of Lucy's what?
A: Tour guides.
Who is Lucy usually found with on the show?
A: Her sidekick and best friend Ethel Mertz.
Ethel's husband Fred served in what war?
A: World War I.
In the show, where were many of the characters'
names from?
A: Lucille Ball's family members or close friends.
Lucille Ball had come to Hollywood after a successful stint
as a what?
A: New York model.
It was Lucy's work with funny man Red Skelton in the
1942
film DuBarry that brought Ball's physical comedy into the forefront,
earning her what reputation?
A: "that crazy redhead", as Ricky called her.
I Love Lucy has never stopped airing on television from
what date?
A: The date of its initial broadcast.
As of June 2012, it airs on what TV networks?
A: TV Land, Hallmark Channel and Me-TV networks, and scores of television
stations in the U.S. and around the world.
When did I Love Lucy air originally?
A: I Love Lucy aired Mondays from 9 to 9:30 p.m. ET on CBS during its entire
run.
