Quiz: How Well Do You Know Lucy?

You and everyone on the planet (and perhaps even in outer space) know all about Lucy, right?
Are you sure?

  
Which was not in the contract for the cast members?
  
  
A. Desi Arnaz could only perform a song when it was deemed by the writers to be essential to the plot.
B. Bill Frawley was allowed to miss performances if the Yankees were in the World Series.
C. Vivian Vance’s weight had to exceed Lucille Ball’s by 10 to 15 pounds for the entire run.
D. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were given 100% ownership to the rights of I Love Lucy.
  

  
Which notorious dictator had reels and reels of old I Love Lucys?
  
  
A. Pol Pot
B. Idi Amin
C.  Kim Il-sung
D. Robert Mugabe
  

  
Upon seeing the I Love Lucy pilot, which cultural luminary said, “Keep the redhead. Ditch the Cuban. No one will understand him.”
  
  
A. Oscar Hammerstein
B. Truman Capote
C. Dorothy Parker
D. Carmen Miranda
  

  
What  did  William  Frawley not do  on  the  set  of  I  Love  Lucy?
  
  
A.  Pause  rehearsals  in  order  to  place  a  bet  on  a  horse  race.
B.  Rip  out  his  pages  from  the  script,  so  that  he’d  know  his  lines  and  nothing  more.
C.  Get  in  a  fistfight  with  cameramen  who  he  thought  were  shooting  him  at unflattering angles.
D.  Nap.
  

  
During the second season of I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball was pregnant, and so was her character on the show.   Which of the following is not true:
  
  
A. The word “pregnant” was never used during on the show.
B. The twin beds of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo were pushed further apart.
C. A priest, a rabbi, and a minister vetted the scripts.
D. Philip Morris dropped sponsorship during the pregnancy.
  

  
Who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy?
  
  
A. Richard Keith
B. Keith Richards
C. Desi Arnaz Jr.
D. Keith Thibodeaux
  
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