The L Word: Quiz on the Lesbian Drama

Showtime’s first foray into LGBT-themed original programming was with Queer As Folk, a drama about a group of gay men living in Pittsburgh. A few years later Showtime began airing the lesbian-themed drama The L Word. The series, which follows the lives of lesbians living in Los Angeles, stars Jennifer Beals (Flashdance), Mia Kirshner, Pam Grier, and Kate Moenning. It completed its third season this past spring and has been renewed for a fourth. Test your The L Word knowledge.

QUESTIONS

1. Who said “I’ve never been the uninvited guest. I always prefer not to go where I’m not wanted?”

2. Where did Tina do volunteer work?

3. Where was the first place Jenny and Marina kissed?

4. What two books “practically changed” Jenny’s life?

5. What was the name of the character played by Snoop Dogg in season 1?

6. Who said “She’s beautiful, and that compensates for a multitude of sins” about Marina?

7. When Tim leaves Los Angeles he takes a coaching job at what college?

8. What’s the name of Mark’s anthropological video project?

9. Leisha Hailey originally auditioned for what part?

10. Where did Dana and Lara meet?

11. Whose mom does Shane kiss?

12. What car company sponsors Dana and what’s the motto?

13. Who is Dan Foxworthy?

14. What is the name of the bar Bette visits in New York City?

15. What were Dana and Alice doing right before they had sex for the first time?

16. What was the name of Alice’s radio show?

17. What band sings “Crazy On You” at the end of season 2?

18. What’s the name of Shane’s hair shop?

19. Where do Shane and Carmen first meet?

20. Jenny has two people visit from her past in season 1, who are they?

ANSWERS

1. Bette

2. Headquarters for Social Justice

3. Bette and Tina’s bathroom during a party

4. Autobiography of Red and Eros the Bittersweet

5. Slim Daddy

6. Francesca Wolff

7. Oberlin College in Ohio

8. A Compendium of Lesbianism

9. Shane

10. At Dana’s tennis club

11. Alice’s mom Lenore

12. Subaru, “Get Out and Stay Out”

13. Bette and Tina’s therapist

14. Starlight

15. Packing gift bags for Dana’s wedding

16. The chart

17. Heart

18. Wax

19. The music video shoot for the band The Organ

20. A friend from college and an old professor