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Quiz: How well do you know "The L Word"?

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. While many of us were disappointed with how The L Word ended, the show has undeniably become a part of the fabric of our lives — and our community — over the last six years.

But how much do you remember of those early days, back when Jenny was still somewhat sane, Alice was still bisexual, and Dana was still alive? Remember the comings and goings of Toxic Tonya, the Soup Chef, and Gabby Devaux? How about the name of Jenny's book, or how many women Shane has slept with?

I've created quizzes for the first and third seasons to go with the Season 2 quiz I created last year to test your knowledge of the show, and to put a little fun back into The L Word. See how well you score!

NOTE: The quiz pulls questions randomly from the pool of questions I've created so far, so you can take it more than once and at least some of the questions will be different each time.

Refresh the page if you keep getting the same batch of questions for each quiz.

Let us know which answers stumped you in the comments!

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  • bekonia's picture

    Great Quiz

    That was much more fun than watching any of the season 6 episodes.

    Perfect score for season 1 & 2 but stumped on many of the season 3 questions...

     

    Some of the answer choices were hilarious, great quiz sarah!

     

     

    Karina Martinez's picture

    tottaly agree!!!! this was

    tottaly agree!!!! this was alot more fun than watching the last ep of the l word!!! ha ha ha or fuck man season!!!

    and hella FUNNY!!!

    dec23rd1986's picture

    this was fun! do more!

    this was fun! do more!
    rjelad's picture

    Season 3

    What was the bad news Helena got?
    eychels's picture

    season 3

    The Opera was not called Flower Duet, The opera is Lakme composed by Delibes

    The Song is actually called "Viens, Malika, les lianes en fleurs ... Dome epais, le jasmin"

     But is known as the Flower Duet by most  

     

    :) 

    chismes's picture

    LMFAO. I could not stop

    LMFAO. I could not stop laughing at this. 

    Sarah's picture

    In the question about the

    In the question about the news Helena receives I keep getting an "x" Ive tried every option!
    Clara's picture

    ...

     

    ooh i forgot alice tried to chat up jenny even though i remember that shot now

    got stumped by 'nipple confidence' as well

    Bette needs a hair makeover haha 

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    Erika's picture

    i love quizzes!

    seasons 1 and 2 were pretty easy but for some reason i sucked at remembering season 3.

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    "Great.  Not only do I feel creepy but now I look like I'm 1,000 and that I've been smoking meth all my life." -Sara Quin

    xxPhoenixx's picture

    yeah i had trouble with that one too...

    Might have something to do with memory block, im still trying to forget that whole thing with dana dying ....i have issues ^_^
    Hyperactive,RN's picture

    ewww... such low scores.

    800,800,600

     

    i have to review the entire 1-3rd seasons... 

    Sarah Warn's picture

    Fixed the Opera and Helena questions

    Thanks for letting me know about them!
    Femme Politik's picture

    Love the Willow reference

    Love the Willow reference ;-)
    Irish88's picture

    Thanks Sarah!

    This was such a great idea! It was so nice to have something positive relating to the L Word! By doing this quiz I have been reminded of all the things I love (yes, I still love it) about the L Word! It would be great if you did a quiz for the other seasons too! If you want to leave out season 6, I understand! :)
    Clara's picture

    wow i'm bad at S3, i think

    wow i'm bad at S3, i think i do know it less but perhaps the questions chosen were just harder, and a few weren't something you'd know if you'd only watched the show and not followed the actresses.

    haha to if Helena's news was the reminder or kids. but that she's british. humph! :p

    too bad i'm gonna leave you at the altar, hahah 

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    My AfterEllen/Bridget Video Game

    "there's always time for a burrow..."

    "We're getting fired, fired, fired, fi..

     

    Clara's picture

    the flashback scene where

    the flashback scene where Alice meets Dana I so don't buy (i did before) but Alice was nowhere near as girly and sweet and then suddenly in S3 she is, and she is in the flashback of her from years ago too! i guess people change and change back but still

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    My AfterEllen/Bridget Video Game

    "there's always time for a burrow..."

    "We're getting fired, fired, fired, fi..

     

    Simone's picture

    that was fun!

    It was fun trying to rack my brain for the compartment of L word knowledge where things like changing a tire or translating spanish should be. Thanks for doing this! I am hoping the title "after ellen.com games" means there will be more coming!

    If only I could get a Ph.D in lezzie pop culture..

    Kels.'s picture

    I did pretty good all

    I did pretty good all around.

    However...the season 1 Quiz is upsetting me lol!
    I'm pretty sure Tina says that shane has nipple confidence.

    Although I was so sure of my answer I didn't really read the others...so maybe I'm wrong.

    zlie07's picture

    awesome:)

     luv the game...., miss the show:(((
    lolcaz's picture

    It doesn't seem to load for

    It doesn't seem to load for me. I'm using Firefox on OSX 10.5.6. Does it only work with IE or something?
    lolcaz's picture

    I've just tried Safari and

    I've just tried Safari and it seems to work. =/ Given that Firefox is more popular than Sarfari (and better), why doesn't it work in Firefox?
    Sarah Warn's picture

    It works in Firefox for me

    And I know this because that's the main browser I use. :) It's possible that it doesn't work in Firefox on a Mac, though, or that it just doesn't work with certain versions of Firefox. Sorry, but almost every quiz I've created doesn't work with some version of one of the browsers.
    BAS's picture

    Stumped when it's not really about the L word

    I amazed myself with my knowledge of the actual show, but the silly questions about what other roles some of the guest stars have had I didn't know because they weren't really about the L word.

    Very fun.

    FWIW, it works fine on Firefox on a PC.

    flor's picture

    Thanks Sarah

    Once again you found a way to brighten the day for many. I agree that the show had issues but I knew all along that it did, and I still thought it was important that it aired and was on for six years, and for the most part I enjoyed being able to watch it.  I miss the characters and what a wonderful way to bring them back today. I loved your hilarious faux choice answers too! Even though I knew it was dead wrong I couldn't resist choosing IC's name for some; it felt so satisfying. And "unneccesary plot device": clever funny...

    To answer the question: Questions that stumped me are the ones that involve characters I was least or not interested in at all. The rest were like a nice walk down memory lane...

    I was amazed that I did remember the picture in Joyce's office, but at the time it just struck me as yep, that's Joyce for you...

     

     

     

    allthingslword's picture

    Season 6

    That was fun and a neat idea. And as a couple of posters all ready said, "it was much better than watching season 6!"  YIKES, that was a tragedy and PAINFUL to sit through!!!

    What a Train Wreck!!

    Peep out my website at http://www.allthingslword.com

    PARTY like a ROCK STAR and FUCK like a PORN STAR!

    Downy1920's picture

    You always get that ONE Jerk.....

    Who has to correct someone. Well today, I'm that guy. Ok the question about Howie visiting Dana during pride said that Howie visited Dana at her apartment, tsk, tsk, tsk. That was Alice's apartment.

     

    I'm so lame.