Soap Operas: Daytime Drama & Cliffhangers!
1.
Soap operas were intended for and consumed by whom?
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Housewives
2.
How is it understood that every soap opera episode ends?
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To be continued
3.
How often do daytime soap operas air?
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Five days a week
4.
Why are daytime serial dramas called "soap operas"?
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The original sponsors were soap companies
5.
What do evening soaps have that daytime soaps do not?
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End-of-season cliffhangers
6.
What sitcom ran from 1977 to 1981 and poked fun at soap operas?
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Soap
7.
What role does Susan Lucci play on "All My Children?"
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Erica Kane
8.
What primetime soap opera featured John Forsythe as Blake Carrington?
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Dynasty
9.
In 1940, what percent of commercially-sponsored daytime radio broadcast hours was soaps?
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90
10.
What primetime cliffhanger inspired the "Who shot J.R?" tagline for the next season?
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Dallas
11.
Originally, how long were radio soap opera broadcasts before they were 30 minutes?
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15 minutes
12.
In what medium did soap operas begin?
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Radio
13.
Why were there no television soaps in the UK until 1970?
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There was no daytime television
14.
In what year did Susan Lucci begin her career on "All My Children"?
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1970
15.
From 1977 through 1983, what special awards honored soap operas?
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Soapy Awards
16.
"Knots Landing" was a spinoff of what popular primetime soap?
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Dallas
17.
What is the world's longest running radio soap opera?
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The Archers
18.
What soap was the highest-rated program in the UK during the 1980s?
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EastEnders
19.
For how many years was actress Helen Wagnerpart of the cast of "As the World Turns"?
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54
20.
On what soap did actress Rachel Ames play the role of Audrey Hardy?
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General Hospital
21.
On "Dallas," who played the part of Jenna Wade?
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Priscilla Presley
22.
What radio soap was the first to make the transition to television?
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The Guiding Light
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