What’s Your Classic Soap Opera IQ?

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Question 1/10

Before the catfighting starts, let’s toss you an easy one: In what fictional town is “Young and the Restless” set?

  • Star’s Hollow
  • Genoa City
  • Port Charles
  • Llanview
Question 2/10

In 1981, this event drew more viewers – 30 million – than any soap opera episode in history.

  • The marriage of Luke and Laura on "General Hospital"
  • Karen admitting she was a prostitute on "One Life to Live"
  • The marriage of Cliff and Nina on "All My Children"
  • Katherine Chancellor’s real-life facelift on "Young & The Restless"
Question 3/10

In 1973, "All My Children" broke new – and controversial – ground when Erica Kane became the first American television character to do this.

  • Come out as gay
  • Have an abortion
  • Use a sex surrogate
  • Have an interracial relationship
Question 4/10

In a classic soap opera move, which "Guiding Light" character (and not her clone) stripped off her clothes and baptized herself “The Slut of Springfield”?

  • Lizzie Spaulding
  • Holly Norris
  • Olivia Spencer
  • Reva Shayne
Question 5/10

If you did some investigating you’d know that this actress got her start in 1983 as Siobhan Ryan on "Ryan’s Hope".

  • Marg Helgenberger
  • Michelle Pheiffer
  • Rene Russo
  • Demi Moore
Question 6/10

In 1995, "Days of Our Lives" got huge ratings (and some unintended laughs) when they got weird and this happened to Marlena.

  • She turned into a ghost
  • She went to heaven
  • She turned into a vampire
  • She was possessed by the devil
Question 7/10

Speaking of weird, on "One Life to Live", in what strange place did show writers trap Tina, Cord, Viki, and others?

  • Hell
  • Outer space
  • The lost city of Eterna
  • New Jersey
Question 8/10

During series finale week of "All My Children", this actress made a return visit to the show in a cameo role as a mental patient who claims she’s Erica Kane’s daughter and has been seeing vampires since “before they were trendy.”

  • Emma Caulfield
  • Anna Paquin
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Alyson Hannigan
Question 9/10

This popular – but short-lived – soap opera aired from 1966 to 1971 and featured storylines about vampires, zombies, werewolves, and ghosts. It was even made into a movie in 2012.

  • "The Phantom"
  • "Dark Shadows"
  • "The Edge of Night"
  • "As the Werewolf Turns"
Question 10/10

Talk about nine lives, this "Days of Our Lives" character has come back from the dead after being shot, a car crash, drowning, a stroke, a tunnel collapse, a stabbing, a fire, and three separate explosions.

  • Hope Brady
  • Jack Deveraux
  • Steve “Patch” Johnson
  • Stefano DiMera

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