Daytime Soap Operas
Grab Bag
Candy
Enormous Things
Almanac Says
100

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

Days of Our Lives

100

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

Twister

100

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

candy cane

100

This is the largest metropolitan area in Mexico.

Mexico City

100

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

lukewarm

200

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

All My Children

200

He painted the Mona Lisa.

Leonardo da Vinc

200

This candy bar marries chocolate with rice.

Nestlé Crunch or Crunch Bar

200

This country has the largest landmass in the world.

Russia

200

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

Alaska

300

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

General Hospital

300

The average American drinks more than one of these per day

soda/pop

300

This candy bar has the same name as our galaxy.

Milky Way

300

This is the largest cold desert in the world.

Antarctica

300

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

crescent

400

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

Another World

400

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

five

400

This treat used to be included in packages of baseball cards.

bubble gum

400

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

a light-year

400

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

his teeth were bad

500

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

Guiding Light

500

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

otters

500

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

Mars

500

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

Philippines

500

Do this with refrigerated flower bulbs during January if conditions allow

plant them