The Lucille Ball Quiz Book [Paperback]

Michael Karol (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 9, 2004

In 1953, Desi Arnaz surprised Lucille Ball with a 13th Anniversary Party at this Hollywood club. Name the club.

The answer to this question, and hundreds of others, is in this little bottle...er, book, the first Lucy quiz book in more than 20 years!

So turn on, tune in, and get ready to test your Lucy IQ.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

In 1953, Desi surprised Lucy with a 13th Anniversary party at this Hollywood club. Name the club.
a. Ciro’s
b. The Mocambo
c. The Palladium
d. The Trocadero

The answer to this question, and hundreds of others, is in this little bottle....er, book! The Lucille Ball Quiz Book is the first Lucy quiz book in more than 20 years, and the only one to concentrate on her entire life and career, not just I Love Lucy.

So turn on, tune in, sit back, and get ready to increase your Lucy IQ!

From the Author

From the Introduction:

"As a thank-you to all those who have bought my first two books about Lucy –- Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia, and Lucy in Print –- I present the third: The Lucille Ball Quiz Book.

"Lucy would probably be amazed that so much has been written about her, and that she continues to be a favorite book subject almost 15 years after her death. But her fans, and you know who you are, wouldn’t be. You’re the ones reading this right now.

"There have been other trivia books and quiz books about I Love Lucy, but none centering on the life of Lucille Ball, and none like this one, which features nuggets (or tidbits, as I like to call them) of information about Lucy, her career, and those close to her, in almost every question, and sprinkled throughout the quizzes.

"Some of the information will be entirely new to you, as it is gleaned from newly found information (such as the tidbit about Lucy Day at the 1964 World’s Fair in Section 1), so don’t strain your brain too hard. The answers are only a page or two away."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (May 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595318576
• ISBN-13: 978-0595318575
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,980,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( B ) > Ball, Lucille

More About the Author

Michael Karol is an award-winning New York-based entertainment journalist and author. His books include Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia; The ABC Movie of the Week Companion; The Lucy Book of Lists: Celebrating Lucille Ball's Centennial and the 60th Anniversary of I Love Lucy; Sitcom Queens: Divas of the Small Screen; The TV Tidbits Classic Television Book of Lists; and KISS KILL: A Vampire's Tale. He has interviewed a long and eclectic list of performers, producers, writers and "experts" over the years, everyone from soap diva Susan Lucci to blues legend Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, songbird Phyllis Hyman and Dr. Jordan Grafman, chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Section at the NIH; actors Eva La Rue, Kaye Ballard, Cameron Mathison, Debbi Morgan, Denise Nickerson, John Noble, Jane Connell, Gale Storm, Doris Singleton, Kathryn Joosten, Lindsay Hartley, and David Hedison, among many others; and behind-the-scenes movers and shakers like Wonderfalls creator Bryan Fuller and House, M.D.'s creator and executive producer, David Shore; I Love Lucy's film editor, Dann Cahn; and director William Asher, who helmed I Love Lucy and Bewitched, among other classics.

Michael has been quoted and referenced in magazines ranging from The Star to Rue Morgue, and in such books as 2003's Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball; 2004's Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair with Comedy Teams From Burns & Allen to Belushi And Aykroyd; and 2008's How to Be Like Women of Power: Wisdom and Advice to Create Your Own Destiny. He has written for and been interviewed on the Web by sites like Theofantastique.com (http://www.theofantastique.com/2010/02/03/michael-karol-the-abc-movie-of-the-week/) and The Terror Trap (www.terrortrap.com). His own website can be found at www.Sitcomboy.com. Michael keeps a bottle of Vitameatavegamin by his computer for health and inspiration.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quiz: What's the best (and only) quiz book on Lucille Ball?, December 1, 2008

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Eric Vitoulis (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lucille Ball Quiz Book (Paperback)

Answer: This one! This was a present for my niece, who loves Lucy, and she told me she also loved the book. Questions galore, plus extra trivia, and the quiz subjects are all interesting. For Lucille Ball fans, this is nirvana.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NOT WHAT I THOUGHT, July 1, 2007

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jacquelin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lucille Ball Quiz Book (Paperback)

I bought this quiz book for my daughter who is 12. questions were way too hard for her. surely this is a book for real Lucille Ball fans. Not just I Love Lucy fans. For real I Love Lucy fans I would suggest getting the Lucy Race to Fame game.. This game is soley based on the I Love Lucy show (which my daughter LOVES) and it was made by fans, so lots of questions are what we the fans would be able to answer.