Q 01/05

In which Southern city do the Sugarbaker sisters run their interior design firm on Designing Women?

A) Savannah

B) Atlanta

C) Macon

D) Augusta

Answer · why

B) Atlanta

Atlanta is home to Sugarbaker & Associates, though the building shown in exterior shots really stands in another state.

Q 02/05

Which actress, a former Miss Florida, played vain ex-beauty queen Suzanne Sugarbaker on Designing Women?

A) Loni Anderson

B) Markie Post

C) Delta Burke

D) Morgan Fairchild

Answer · why

C) Delta Burke

Delta Burke won Miss Florida in 1974 as the youngest titleholder in the pageant's history, then earned two Emmy nominations as Suzanne.

Q 03/05

Which standard about a Southern state plays over the opening credits of Designing Women?

A) Georgia on My Mind

B) Carolina in My Mind

C) Tennessee Waltz

D) Stars Fell on Alabama

Answer · why

A) Georgia on My Mind

Georgia on My Mind opened the show in an instrumental version. Hoagy Carmichael composed it in 1930, and Georgia made it the official state song in 19...

Q 04/05

Which Tennessee-born actress played the outspoken firm president Julia Sugarbaker on Designing Women?

A) Rue McClanahan

B) Polly Holliday

C) Loretta Swit

D) Dixie Carter

Answer · why

D) Dixie Carter

Dixie Carter was first runner-up at Miss Tennessee in 1959, decades before she played the older sister of a fictional beauty queen.

Q 05/05

Which country superstar appears in a dream as Charlene's guardian movie star when she gives birth on Designing Women?

A) Reba McEntire

B) Loretta Lynn

C) Tammy Wynette

D) Dolly Parton

Answer · why

D) Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton played herself in the New Year's Eve episode, and the cameo won her a TV Land Award more than a decade later.