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Soap Operas

Soap operas are, however regrettably, undeniably part of modern American culture. Here's your chance to use all that trivial knowledge about soaps that you don't want to admit to having!

Name the town or city which is/was the primary setting for each soap. Note: The abbreviations here will be used throughout the bonus.

  1. All My Children (AMC) - Pine Valley
  2. Another World (AW) - Bay City
  3. As The World Turns (ATWT) - Oakdale
  4. Dallas (Dallas) - Dallas
  5. Days of Our Lives (Days) - Salem
  6. Dynasty (Dynasty) - Denver
  7. Edge of Night (Edge) - Monticello
  8. General Hospital (GH) - Port Charles
  9. Guiding Light (GL) *Bonus for clarification - Springfield (Selby Flats)
  10. Love of Life (LoL) - Rosehill
  11. Loving (Loving) - Corinth
  12. One Life To Live (OLTL) - Llanview
  13. Ryan's Hope (Ryan's) - NYC
  14. Santa Barbara (SB) - Santa Barbara
  15. Search for Tomorrow (Search) - Henderson
  16. The Young and the Restless (Y&R) - Genoa City
  17. The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B) - L.A.

Identify the soap in which each of the following appear or have appeared

  1. Alden University - Loving
  2. The Press Box (restaurant) - OLTL
  3. Jabot Cosmetics - Y&R
  4. The Banner (newspaper) - OLTL
  5. The Riverboat (restaurant) - Search
  6. Tall Boy's (restaurant) - AW
  7. Riverside Hospital - Ryan's
  8. The Goal Post (restaurant) - AMC
  9. The Orient Express (restaurant) - SB
  10. The Journal (newspaper) - GL
  11. The Coach House (restaurant) - Edge
  12. Dream Faces (modeling agency) - OLTL
  13. Shenanigans (restaurant) - Days
  14. Windy City (paper/magazine) - Generations
  15. Garrison Originals (company) - B&B
  16. The Versailles Room (restaurant) - GH
  17. The National Intruder (tabloid) - OLTL
  18. The National Inquisitor (tabloid) - Y&R
  19. Kelly's Diner - GH
  20. The City Times (newspaper) - ATWT
  21. Brava (magazine) - AW
  22. The Chateau (restaurant) - AMC
  23. The Argus (newspaper) - ATWT
  24. The Spectator (newspaper) - Days

Questions:

  1. Who shot JR?
    Kristen(Sue Ellen's sister)

  2. Who are the parents of Roman, Kayla, and Bo Brady?
    Shawn and Caroline Brady

  3. What song played in the background as Luke raped Laura, and who was the featured performer on the recording?
    "Rise", featuring Herb Alpert

  4. What soap was first to have a gay male character, and who was he?
    ATWT, Hank Elliot

  5. Somerset and Texas were spinoffs from what soap?
    Another World

  6. On AMC, who informed Philip Brent of his true parentage?
    Erica Kane

  7. What is Felicia Gallant's occupation?
    Romance novelist

  8. What daytime soap features a soap within a soap, and what is its title?
    OLTL, Fraternity Row

  9. What methods did Skye use on AMC to try to kill her husband's lover Barbara?
    bomb, poisoned egg salad sandwich

  10. AIDS was used in the storylines of 3 soaps in 1988. What was unusual about these plots?
    Not one AIDS victim was a gay male

  11. What does Blake Carrington's wife have in common with Victoria Barkley's daughter Audra?
    Linda Evans played both roles

  12. Tina Roberts saved her baby's life by having the same blood type. What type, according to OLTL?
    G

  13. What was the first soap to feature a black family as one of the major families?
    Generations

  14. On GH, there are two spy organizations, the WSB and DVX. What do the letters stand for?
    World Security Bureau, unknown

  15. On Generations, what happened to a moose head?
    It parachuted into a cow pasture

  16. What soap did a fantasy takeoff of Dick Tracy?
    Loving

  17. According to Claudia on Knotıs Landing, what song did their mother sing to Greg before he went to sleep?
    Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with anybody else but me)

  18. Where is Casey Rogers (GH) from?
    The planet Lumina

  19. What new teen soap is the Fox network trying out?
    Tribes

  20. How are C.C. Capwell and Brandon related on SB?
    He is both Brandon's grandfather (biologically) and father (adoptive)

Dates:

  1. Give, as accurately as possible, premiere dates for:

    After 13 years, Ryan's Hope left the air. What was the broadcast date of its last episode?
    January 13, 1989

Name Dropping...

  1. Joan Crawford, Christina Crawford, Troy Donahue and Audrey Landers all appeared on what CBS soap that had a 20 year run?
    The Secret Storm

  2. Christopher Reeve played what role on what CBS soap?
    Ben Harper, Love of Life

  3. Robin Wright of The Princess Bride created what role on what NBC soap?
    Kelly Capwell, Santa Barbara

  4. Demi Moore broke into acting by a stint on a soap in the early '80s. Which soap?
    General Hospital

  5. What role in what soap did Kathleen Turner play?
    Nola Aldrich, The Doctors

  6. What soap role has Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas played?
    Anne Matheson, Knots Landing

  7. What soap did Robin Leach do a cameo Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous for?
    Guiding Light (Harley's fantasy)

Nicknames: Give either the nickname or the real name of these characters:

  1. give nickname:

  2. name:

Death:

Soap characters almost never die peacefully in their sleep (in bed, maybe...). So, tell us briefly how the following characters died, including anything really weird about the circumstances.

  1. Brandon Spaulding (GL) - heart attack
  2. Tracy Matthews (AW) - car explosion
  3. Channing Capwell (SB) - shot
  4. Ted Clayton (OLTL) - electrocution
  5. David Gray (GH) - fell out window
  6. Caroline Forrester (B&B) - leukemia
  7. Sara Karr (Edge) - run over by bus
  8. Samantha Evans (Days) - strangulation
  9. Alexandra Quartermaine (GH) - frozen by ice machine
  10. Mary Duvall (SB) - sign letter C fell on her
  11. Elizabeth Stewart (ATWT) - fell UP a flight of stairs
  12. Kitty Tyler (AMC) - blood disorder
  13. Jennifer Brooks (Y&R) - cancer
  14. Leslie Bauer (GL) - hit by car
  15. Jesse Hubbard (AMC) - shot by hit man out for someone else