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  • 1. How old was Lucille Ball when she started dating Johnny DeVita?
A) 18
B) 16
C) 14
D) 12
  • 2. How old was Johnny DeVita when he dated Lucille Ball?
A) 19
B) 24
C) 28
D) 21
  • 3. In what year did Lucille Ball enroll in the John Murray Anderson School for the Dramatic Arts?
A) 1928
B) 1926
C) 1930
D) 1925
  • 4. Who was a fellow student with Lucille Ball at the John Murray Anderson School?
A) Johnny DeVita
B) Marilyn Monroe
C) Bette Davis
D) Hattie Carnegie
  • 5. What did Lucille Ball say she learned at drama school?
A) How to be frightened
B) How to sing
C) How to dance
D) How to act properly
  • 6. What did Ball's instructors at drama school tell her?
A) She would not be successful
B) She was already a star
C) She was the best student
D) She should pursue modeling
  • 7. In what year did Ball return to New York City to pursue her career?
A) 1928
B) 1926
C) 1932
D) 1929
  • 8. Who did Ball work for as an in-house model?
A) Hattie Carnegie
B) Bette Davis
C) Johnny DeVita
D) John Murray Anderson
  • 9. What change did Hattie Carnegie order Ball to make to her appearance?
A) Dye her hair black
B) Cut her hair short
C) Wear different makeup
D) Bleach her brown hair blond
  • 10. What illness caused Ball to stop working for two years?
A) Influenza
B) Rheumatic fever
C) Tuberculosis
D) Pneumonia
  • 11. What was the name of Lucille Ball's father?
A) Gary Morton
B) Edward Peterson
C) Desi Arnaz
D) Henry Durrell Ball
  • 12. In what year was Lucille Ball born?
A) 1915
B) 1911
C) 1920
D) 1905
  • 13. What stage name did Lucille Ball use on Broadway?
A) Lucy Ball
B) Diane Belmont
C) Lucie Desiree
D) Dede Hunt
  • 14. Which television studio did Lucille Ball run starting in 1962?
A) Universal Pictures
B) RKO Radio Pictures
C) CBS Studios
D) Desilu Productions
  • 15. Who was Lucille Ball's first husband?
A) Gale Gordon
B) Desi Arnaz
C) Edward Peterson
D) Gary Morton
  • 16. How many Primetime Emmy Awards did Lucille Ball win?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Thirteen
D) Three
  • 17. What specific phobia did Lucille Ball develop as a child?
A) Acrophobia
B) Agoraphobia
C) Ornithophobia
D) Claustrophobia
  • 18. What was the name of the television film where Lucille Ball took a dramatic role in 1985?
A) Life with Lucy
B) Wildcat
C) Stone Pillow
D) The Lucy Show
  • 19. Which series did Desilu Productions produce?
A) Star Trek
B) Bonanza
C) Gunsmoke
D) The Twilight Zone
  • 20. How many stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame did Lucille Ball receive?
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) Five
  • 21. What was the name of Lucille Ball's brother?
A) Henry Ball
B) George Mandicos
C) Desi Arnaz Jr.
D) Fred Ball
  • 22. What was the name of the Broadway musical Lucille Ball produced and starred in from 1960 to 1961?
A) Here's Lucy
B) The Lucy Show
C) Wildcat
D) Life with Lucy
  • 23. In what year did Lucille Ball pass away?
A) 1989
B) 1991
C) 1974
D) 1985
  • 24. What professional title was Lucille Ball officially recognized for by Time in 2020?
A) Dancer
B) Producer
C) Singer
D) Director
  • 25. Which president presented Lucille Ball with the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) George H. W. Bush
C) Ronald Reagan
D) Gerald Ford
  • 26. What type of business did Lucille Ball's father work for?
A) Film studio
B) Telephone company
C) Radio station
D) Television network
  • 27. Where was Lucille Ball born?
A) Anaconda, Montana
B) Jamestown, New York
C) Trenton, New Jersey
D) Celoron, New York
  • 28. What was the name of Lucille Ball's second husband?
A) Desi Arnaz
B) Gary Morton
C) Edward Peterson
D) George Mandicos
  • 29. What was the final television show that Lucille Ball starred in?
A) I Love Lucy
B) Here's Lucy
C) The Lucy Show
D) Life with Lucy
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