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- 1.Soap operas were intended for and consumed by whom?
- A.
Office workers
- B.
Factory workers
- C.
Housewives
- D.
Teens
- 2.How is it understood that every soap opera episode ends?
- A.
Happily
- B.
Badly
- C.
To be continued
- D.
Mysteriously
- 3.How often do daytime soap operas air?
- A.
Three days a week
- B.
Five days a week
- C.
On the weekends
- D.
Mondays and Fridays
- 4.Why are daytime serial dramas called "soap operas"?
- A.
The original sponsors were soap companies
- B.
The stories are fun and bubbly
- C.
People watched in laundromats
- D.
The stories include cleaning tips
- 5.What do evening soaps have that daytime soaps do not?
- A.
Commercial breaks
- B.
End-of-season cliffhangers
- C.
Subtitles
- D.
Guest stars
- 6.What sitcom ran from 1977 to 1981 and poked fun at soap operas?
- A.
Dallas
- B.
Soap
- C.
All In The Family
- D.
The Cosby Show
- 7.What role does Susan Lucci play on "All My Children?"
- A.
Taylor Fargate
- B.
Colby Chandler
- C.
Erica Kane
- D.
Ava Benton
- 8.What primetime soap opera featured John Forsythe as Blake Carrington?
- A.
Dallas
- B.
Dynasty
- C.
Knots Landing
- D.
Falcon Crest
- 9.In 1940, what percent of commercially-sponsored daytime radio broadcast hours was soaps?
- A.
20
- B.
90
- C.
50
- D.
10
- 10.What primetime cliffhanger inspired the "Who shot J.R?" tagline for the next season?
- A.
Falcon Crest
- B.
Desperate Housewives
- C.
Dallas
- D.
Knot's Landing
- 11.Originally, how long were radio soap opera broadcasts before they were 30 minutes?
- A.
One hour
- B.
15 minutes
- C.
60 seconds
- D.
90 minutes
- 12.In what medium did soap operas begin?
- A.
Television
- B.
Newspapers
- C.
Magazines
- D.
Radio
- 13.Why were there no television soaps in the UK until 1970?
- A.
Government restrictions
- B.
There was no daytime television
- C.
People work all day
- D.
There were no advertisers
- 14.In what year did Susan Lucci begin her career on "All My Children"?
- A.
1960
- B.
1970
- C.
1958
- D.
1977
- 15.From 1977 through 1983, what special awards honored soap operas?
- A.
Soapy Awards
- B.
Procter & Gamble Awards
- C.
Lever Brothers Awards
- D.
Daytime Emmys
- 16."Knots Landing" was a spinoff of what popular primetime soap?
- A.
Falcon Crest
- B.
Dallas
- C.
Dynasty
- D.
The Carringtons
- 17.What is the world's longest running radio soap opera?
- A.
As The World Turns
- B.
Days Of Our Lives
- C.
Crossroads
- D.
The Archers
- 18.What soap was the highest-rated program in the UK during the 1980s?
- A.
EastEnders
- B.
The Archers
- C.
The Doctors
- D.
Brookside
- 19.For how many years was actress Helen Wagnerpart of the cast of "As the World Turns"?
- A.
54
- B.
18
- C.
28
- D.
29
- 20.On what soap did actress Rachel Ames play the role of Audrey Hardy?
- A.
Days Of Our Lives
- B.
All My Children
- C.
General Hospital
- D.
Ryan's Hope
- 21.On "Dallas," who played the part of Jenna Wade?
- A.
Barbara Bel Geddes
- B.
Priscilla Presley
- C.
Victoria Principal
- D.
Charlene Tilton
- 22.What radio soap was the first to make the transition to television?
- A.
The Guiding Light
- B.
Search For Tomorrow
- C.
As The World Turns
- D.
Days Of Our Lives
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