Q 01/05

Which civil rights icon made a cameo as herself in the Touched by an Angel episode 'Black Like Monica'?

A) Myrlie Evers

B) Rosa Parks

C) Dorothy Height

D) Ruby Bridges

Answer · why

B) Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks filmed the cameo in 1999, in an episode that turns Monica into a Black woman so she can feel a small Illinois town's bigotry first-hand.

Q 02/05

Which boxing legend appears as himself to a bullied boy in the Touched by an Angel episode 'Fighting the Good Fight'?

A) Muhammad Ali

B) Evander Holyfield

C) Joe Frazier

D) Sugar Ray Leonard

Answer · why

A) Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali appears as himself, and the angel Tess speaks for him to young Tim, who has taken up boxing to face his tormentors.

Q 03/05

Which singer and ordained minister played Tess, the tough but loving boss of Monica, on Touched by an Angel?

A) Gladys Knight

B) Patti LaBelle

C) Della Reese

D) Aretha Franklin

Answer · why

C) Della Reese

Della Reese was already a pioneer: in 1969 she became the first Black woman to host her own talk show, simply titled Della.

Q 04/05

On Touched by an Angel, Andrew, like Adam in the pilot, is the angel of what?

A) Mercy

B) Music

C) Justice

D) Death

Answer · why

D) Death

Death is Andrew's beat, and audiences took to him quickly: introduced as a recurring guest in season two, he was a regular by season three.

Q 05/05

Which comedy legend guest-starred with her real-life daughter Carrie Hamilton in Touched by an Angel's 'The Comeback'?

A) Carol Burnett

B) Debbie Reynolds

C) Mary Tyler Moore

D) Goldie Hawn

Answer · why

A) Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett played a mother whose Broadway dreams were once ruined by a rival's dirty trick, with Carrie Hamilton as the daughter now chasing the sa...