Mother's Day Trivia... see how many you can get right.  Don't cheat (answers below)
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Carol Brady, June Cleaver, Lucy Ricardo, Clair Huxtable, Roseanne, Marge Simpson...    many of us paid more attention to these TV moms than to our real ones. Here's a quiz to  see if you were listening the past 35 years.

Questions

1. Liberated mom that she was, Carol Brady decided to swap afternoon duties with her husband, Mike, to prove that taking care of three girls was much harder than spending an afternoon with three boys. After the swap, what were Carol and Mike's afternoon activities?

2. Morticia provided many nutritional meals for "The Addams Family." What were her favorite foods?

3. In what complex did Jane and George Jetson raise their family?

4. Which actress played the mom in a singing group and was also Miss Pittsburgh in 1952?

5. From what college did Clair Huxtable graduate?

6. Elaine Nardo was a single mom who did what for a living?

7. Lucy Ricardo was mother to "Little Ricky?" Who was the God Mother?

8. Where does Grace work in "Grace Under Fire"?

9. Before the birth of their child, Rob and Laura Petrie of "The Dick Van Dick Show" suggested some names. What were their suggestions?

10. Earl and Fran Sinclair, both Dinosaurs, came out the forest to marry and raise their family. Where did they keep their marriage license?

11. Maggie Seaver went through her own "Growing Pains" when she returned to her journalism career after taking a long hiatus to raise her children. Where did she work before she put her career on hold?

12. As a concerned mother, Marge Simpons was worried about the amount of violence on her children's' favorite television show. What was the name of that show?

13. Where did Florida and her family live while sharing their "Good Times"?

14. Roseanne was a working mom with many different jobs. Can you name three of those jobs?

15. Kate and Allie were two single mothers who pooled their resources together to help raise their children. What was their arrangement?

16. Wilma and Fred Flintstone had a little girl, whose name was...?

17. Maureen Robinson was "Lost in Space" with her family, but not before proving
herself to be the supermom of science fiction. Can you name her career and her most impressive accomplishment?

18. What did Peggy Bundy serve her family on Thanksgiving?

19. Olivia Walton was married to John and lived with her family on Walton's Mountain. Can you name her seven children?

20. Which of the "Designing Women" was the divorced mother of two?

21. Carla Le Bec of "Cheers" denied her mother a deathbed request. What was that
request?

22. Murphy Brown loved Motown music but was horrified when her infant son would only sleep while listening to what singer?

23. How old was Lily Munster?

24. Jill Taylor has her own ideas about "Home Improvement." She keeps two sponges and has specific user for them. What are her sponge rules?

25. What happened to Joan Bradford, Tom's first wife, on "Eight is Enough"?

26. Where did Ward and June Cleaver live?

27. Angela Bower and Tony Micelli shared the parenting responsibilities in "Who's the Boss"? They also got a little help from Angela's zany mom. What was her name?

28. Mama Harper of "Mama's Family" lived with her adult son Vinton and his wife
Naomi. What was the major source of conflict in this arrangement?

29. Marian Cunningham started out her "Happy Days" with three lovely children, but
ended up with only two? Can you name the Cunningham child who was written off the show?

30. What was Archie Bunker's pet name for Edith?
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Ladies out there...and may God richly bless you..
Answers

1. Carol coached the boys in baseball. Mike helped the girls cook a meal that qualified
Marcia for her cooking badge.

2. Fried yak, fried eyes of newt, and barbecued turtle tips.

3. The Sky Pad Apartments.

4. Shirley Jones, Partridge Family.

5. Hillman College

6. Drove a taxi.

7. Ethel Merce

8. An oil refinery.

9. Laura wanted Robert or Roberta and Rob wanted Laura or Lawrence.

10. Under the television to balance it.

11. She was a researcher for Newsweek.

12. Krusty the Clown.

13. Apartment 17C of the Cabrini Housing Project in Chicago.

14. Assembly-line worker, telemarketer, order taker, clean-up woman, waitress, and diner
owner.

15. They shared an apartment while Kate worked and Allie cared for the children.

16. Pebbles.

17. She was a biochemist and was the first women in US history to pass the International
Space Administration's demanding test for intergalactic flight.

18. The "Bundy Turkey" (pizza).

19. John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Ben, Erin, Jim-Bob, Elizabeth.

20. Mary Joe Shively

21. To change her son's name to Benito Mussilini.

22. Barry Manilow

23. 304

24. The blue sponge is for the sink and the green sponge is for the counter.

25. Diana Hyland, the actress, died after the first four episodes were filmed. They then
wrote the character out of the show.

26. 211 Pine Street, Mayfield.

27. Mona

28. Mama thought Naomi was a tramp.

29. Chuck

30. "Dingbat"
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