# Full House Trivia Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143 "2005-06-28T03:11:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/1 "2005-06-28T03:11:38Z")

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On the god-awful TV show Full House, how exactly did the mom die?

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**Author:** ![Soapbox\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Soapbox\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soapbox_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/2 "2005-06-28T03:13:34Z")

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> [@inkleberry](#):
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> On the god-awful TV show Full House, how exactly did the mom die?

Suicide. Just look who she was married to.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/3 "2005-06-28T03:17:22Z")

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Took my response exactly.

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/4 "2005-06-28T03:17:41Z")

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> [@Soapbox Monkey](#):
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> Suicide. Just look who she was married to.

And her spawn, no less. That middle child needed frequent beatings.

Perhaps Kimmy Gibbler ate her?

Anyone know the real answer?

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**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/5 "2005-06-28T03:19:34Z")

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I believe she died in childbirth with Michelle.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/6 "2005-06-28T03:20:07Z")

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No, it was a car wreck.

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/7 "2005-06-28T03:22:38Z")

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> [@Snooooopy](#):
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> No, it was a car wreck.

I don’t know what’s sadder- that I was curious enough about Full House to ask the question, or that I got the answer in under 5 minutes.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/8 "2005-06-28T05:22:55Z")

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> Full House Trivia Question

As opposed to all these deep, philosophical Full House questions we NORMALLY get, complete with discussions of the ramifications of quantum physics and current economic policies?

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**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/9 "2005-06-28T05:24:46Z")

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> [@Smeghead](#):
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> As opposed to all these deep, philosophical Full House questions we NORMALLY get, complete with discussions of the ramifications of quantum physics and current economic policies?

Where’d we end up on that discussion of the use of Uncle Joey as a Christ figure?

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/10 "2005-06-28T05:55:53Z")

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> [@Slacker](#):
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> Where’d we end up on that discussion of the use of Uncle Joey as a Christ figure?

Nono…Uncle Joey’s not the christ figure, [Uncle Jessie is](http://www.wwujd.com/).

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**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/11 "2005-06-28T06:38:33Z")

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> [@Tengu](#):
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> Nono…Uncle Joey’s not the christ figure, [Uncle Jessie is](http://www.wwujd.com/).

What’s incredible to me is that someone spent several hours of their life creating that page.

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**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/12 "2005-06-28T08:59:11Z")

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In all seriousness, the mother was killed by a drunk driver. They mention this several times over the course of the show.  
Chris W

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**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/13 "2005-06-28T12:33:30Z")

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Whoops, yes it appears that she did die in a car accident. I think I just assumed that her death must have had something to do with the Olsen twins. My bad.

[http://www.tv.com/full-house/show/1026/summary.html](http://www.tv.com/full-house/show/1026/summary.html)

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/14 "2005-06-28T12:37:35Z")

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> [@Ottoerotic](#):
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> Whoops, yes it appears that she did die in a car accident. I think I just assumed that her death must have had something to do with the Olsen twins.

I heard they were driving. Mary Kate was steering and Ashley was working the brakes and gas pedal with her hands.

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-house-trivia-question/310143/15 "2005-06-28T12:37:55Z")

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> [@inkleberry](#):
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> And her spawn, no less. That middle child needed frequent beatings.

HOW RUDE!
