Daytime Soap Operas
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Where in the World?
100

This soap opera is set in the fictional city of Salem and begins each episode with an analogy about “sands through the hourglass.”

What is Days of Our Lives?

100

This 1960s game has a “board” with brightly colored spots, and the playing pieces are the players themselves.

What is Twister?

100

This red-and-white striped stick candy has a curved handle

What is candy cane?

100

This is the largest metropolitan area in Mexico.

: What is Mexico City?

100

January is a great month to wipe the leaves of indoor plants with water that is this temperature.

What is lukewarm?

100

This country’s flag is known as the “Stars and Stripes.”

What is the United States?

200

Susan Lucci plays the character Erica Kane on this show. Hint: It first debuted in 1970.

What is All My Children?

200

He painted the Mona Lisa.

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

200

This candy bar marries chocolate with rice

What is Nestlé Crunch or Crunch Bar?

200

This country has the largest landmass in the world

What is Russia?

200

A cat was once elected mayor in this U.S. state—one of the final states to be admitted to the union.

What is Alaska?

200

This country’s capital city is Cairo.

What is Egypt?

400

Luke and Laura were always on the lips of this soap opera’s fans.

What is General Hospital?

400

The average American drinks more than one of these per day

What is a soda/pop?

400

This candy bar has the same name as our galaxy.

What is Milky Way?

400

This is the largest cold desert in the world

What is Antarctica?

400

After the new moon, you’ll see a sliver of the moon shaped like this.

What is crescent?

400

This country, which lies at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has a “cotton castle.”

What is Turkey?

600

Victoria Wyndham, who plays Rachael Davis Cory, a villain turned reformed, beloved character, is known for her role in this daytime soap.

What is Another World?

600

The average person walks the equivalent to the circumference of Earth at the equator this number of times during an 80-year lifetime.

: What is five?

600

This treat used to be included in packages of baseball cards

What is bubble gum?

600

We measure travel time across vast distances of space using this unit of measure.

What is a light-year?

600

This is why George Washington rarely smiled, aside from the fact that he was a somber man.

What is his teeth were bad?

600

This Pacific Rim country has 20 percent of the world’s earthquakes that measure 6.0 or higher on the Richter scale.

What is Japan?

800

James Earl Jones, Calista Flockhart, and Kevin Bacon all launched their careers on this soap

What is Guiding Light?

800

This part of the brain controls language and hearing.

What is the temporal lobe?

800

This three-letter candy comes in a dispenser.

What is Pez?

800

The largest aircraft ever made of wood was commonly known by this name.

What is Spruce Goose?

800

Do this with refrigerated flower bulbs during January if conditions allow

What is plant them?

800

One-third of all foreign nurses in the United States come from this country.

What is the Philippines? F

1000

Macdonald Carey’s introduction, “This is Macdonald Carey…and these are the days of our lives,” ended when the soap left NBC. This actress now introduces the show.

Who is Deidre Hall?

1000

These adorable little water creatures often hold hands while they sleep.

What are otters?

1000

The Snickers bar is from this company and was originally named after the owners’ beloved horse.

What is Mars?

1000

This country boasts the largest fireworks display ever to have taken place.

What is the Philippines?

1000

Chemically, dark hair has more of this element than lighter hair

What is carbon?

1000

During the 1960s, the CIA attempted to spy on this adversary with spy cats.

What is Russia?

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