Daytime Soap Operas
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? It had a 57-year run on NBC that ended in 2022. It now streams on Peacock.
This 1960s game has a “board” with brightly colored spots, and the playing pieces are the players themselves.
What is Twister?
This red-and-white striped stick candy has a curved handle.
What is candy cane? The largest candy cane on record was made in 2012 and stood 51 feet tall.
This is the largest metropolitan area in Mexico.
What is Mexico City? Its population is 24.7 million people. With more people than New York City, it’s the largest city in North America.
January is a great month to wipe the leaves of indoor plants with water that is this temperature.
What is lukewarm? It’s also wise to check your houseplants for bugs when you wipe the leaves.
Susan Lucci plays the character Erica Kane on this show. Hint: It first debuted in 1970.
What is All My Children? Lucci had a 41-year run on the show and finally won an Emmy in 1999 after receiving 19 previous nominations.
He painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci? He was not only ambidextrous and could paint and draw with both hands but he could also write with one hand while drawing with the other.
This candy bar has the same name as our galaxy.
What is Milky Way? It may share the name with our galaxy, but it was named for a popular malted-milk drink when it was released in 1923. Did you know malted milk got its start as an infant formula?
This country has the largest landmass in the world.
What is Russia? It covers more than 6.6 million square miles and 11 time zones, so imagine doing business across the entire nation.
A cat was once elected mayor in this U.S. state—the final state to be admitted to the union.
What is Alaska? In 1997, a yellow tabby named Stubbs was elected mayor of Talkeetna.
Luke and Laura were always on the lips of this soap opera’s fans.
What is General Hospital? The long-running character of Luke didn’t end in 2015 when actor Anthony Geary retired in 2015. He was kept alive off-screen in later episodes. Luke and Laura (played by Genie Francis) married, divorced, and remarried before Luke was killed off in 2022, presumed dead from an automobile crash.
The average American drinks more than one of these per day.
What is a soda/pop? A Gallup poll reveals that Americans average 2.6 sodas per day. That’s a total of 949 sodas, or around 40 gallons, per year.
This treat used to be included in packages of baseball cards.
What is bubble gum? The gum was removed from the packages because it was too expensive, took up too much room, and stained the cards. The decision to remove gum marked a change in marketing from targeting children to targeting adults.
This is the largest cold desert in the world.
What is Antarctica? The polar desert covers the entire continent, and it’s also the coldest desert in the world. Experts suspect that some inland areas of Antarctica have not had rain for 14 million years.
After the new moon, you’ll see a sliver of the moon shaped like this.
What is crescent? The crescent, when it appears on the bottom of the moon, looks like a smile. You’ll never spot the crescent moon when it’s dark; you’ll see it only during dawn and dusk.
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? When she married Mac Cory on screen, her real-life father, actor Ralph Camargo, married them. It was the first time the two had acted together.
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? The math is: 7,500 steps per day X 80 years = 110,000 miles, or five times the circumference of Earth at the equator (24,901 miles).
This three-letter candy comes in a dispenser.
What is Pez? In 1927, Pez was introduced by an Austrian for use in helping people kick the cigarette habit.
We measure travel time across vast distances of space using this unit of measure.
What is a light-year? NASA defines a light-year as “the distance light can travel in one Earth year.”
This is why George Washington rarely smiled, aside from the fact that he was a somber man.
What is his teeth were bad? Washington suffered from dental problems his entire adult life. He did wear false teeth, but they were not wooden. One set of his dentures was carved from hippopotamus ivory.
James Earl Jones, Calista Flockhart, and Kevin Bacon all launched their careers on this soap.
What is Guiding Light? It ran for 72 years and holds the No. 1 position for longest-running daytime soap opera.
This part of the brain controls language and hearing.
What is the temporal lobe? There are two temporal lobes, located just above each ear, and they also control memory, emotion, and speech.
The Snickers bar is from this company and was originally named after the owners’ beloved horse.
What is Mars? Mars was originally named Mar-O-Bar Company. Snickers is the best-selling candy bar in the world.
The largest aircraft ever made of wood was commonly known by this name.
What is Spruce Goose? It was built by Howard Hughes during World War II and was made of wood because of a shortage of metal. Known also as Hughes’ Flying Boat, its only flight lasted for 30 seconds, and the craft reached an altitude of 30 feet.
Do this with refrigerated flower bulbs during January if conditions allow.
What is plant them? If the ground is still frozen, wait until you can lift the soil to plant them. Top the bulbs with mulch after covering them with soil.