60 free General Hospital trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
55 free General Hospital trivia questions with answers. General Hospital has been on ABC since April 1963, which makes for a lot of weddings, returns from the dead and cursed diamonds. This General Hospital trivia quiz covers the whole run: the Hursleys and Steve Hardy, Gloria Monty's rescue of the show, Luke and Laura's 30-million-viewer wedding, the Ice Princess and the Cassadines, the Quartermaine wars, Sonny and Jason, Robin and Stone, the Nurses' Ball, and today's Port Charles. There are questions about the famous faces who passed through, from Rick Springfield, Demi Moore and John Stamos to Ricky Martin and James Franco, and about the actors who never left: Genie Francis, Anthony Geary, Leslie Charleson, Jacklyn Zeman, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton and Finola Hughes. Easy questions cover the network and the city; harder ones ask about carbonic snow, Kawasaki disease and John Beradino's World Series ring. Every answer has been checked against the show's documented history and carries a linked source, so it holds up for a fan-club night, a family argument or a soap-opera pub quiz round.
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Q 01General Hospital has aired on which network since April 1, 1963?
ABC
It replaced a cancelled game show called Yours for a Song, and is now the longest-running entertainment program in the network's history.
Q 02General Hospital is taped at Prospect Studios in which city?
Los Angeles
It is the longest-running serial ever produced in Hollywood; the fictional setting is Port Charles, New York.
Q 03Which husband-and-wife writing team created General Hospital?
Frank and Doris Hursley
They had been writing Search for Tomorrow since 1957 and kept doing so even after launching GH.
Q 04The 1981 wedding of Luke and Laura drew roughly how many viewers, still the record for a soap opera hour?
30 million
Elizabeth Taylor's Helena Cassadine cursed the newlyweds on their big day, November 17, 1981.
Q 05Which actor played Luke Spencer from 1978 to 2015?
Anthony Geary
He was hired for a 13-week arc and stayed 37 years, winning a record number of Daytime Emmys for Lead Actor.
Q 06Which actress has played Laura Spencer since 1977?
Genie Francis
She was a teenager when she started and finally won a Daytime Emmy for the role in 2007.
Q 07How many Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor did the actor who played Luke win, a record?
Eight
He also returned in 1991 as Luke's look-alike cousin Bill Eckert because he wanted to play someone else.
Q 08Which Hollywood legend played Helena Cassadine at the Luke and Laura wedding in 1981?
Elizabeth Taylor
A fan of the show, she called producer Gloria Monty and asked for a part; Constance Towers took over the role in 1997.
Q 09What substance did Mikkos Cassadine plan to freeze Port Charles with in 1981?
Carbonic snow
The formula was hidden in a statue containing the world's largest uncut diamond, and the villains' inspirations were Dr. No and Tarzan.
Q 10Which executive producer took over the failing show in 1978 and created the first supercouple?
Gloria Monty
Under her, GH became the top-rated daytime drama and Newsweek dubbed Luke and Laura the Rhett and Scarlett of soapland.
Q 11Which actor has played mob boss Sonny Corinthos since 1993?
Maurice Benard
Sonny was raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and like the actor who plays him lives with bipolar disorder.
Q 12Steve Burton's Jason lost his memory in a 1995 car crash caused by which brother?
A.J.
Rich preppy Jason Quartermaine became Jason Morgan and Sonny's right-hand man after the accident.
Q 13Which future movie star played investigative reporter Jackie Templeton on GH from 1981 to 1983?
Demi Moore
She had joined the cast months before her 3-D horror film Parasite came out.
Q 21British actress Finola Hughes has played which super-spy on both GH and All My Children?
Anna Devane
She also played Anna's identical twin Alex, and starred opposite John Travolta in Staying Alive.
Q 22The wealthy, squabbling Quartermaines run which company?
ELQ
Patriarch Edward was originated by David Lewis in 1978 and later played by John Ingle until his death in 2012.
Q 23Leslie Charleson played cardiologist Monica Quartermaine continuously from 1977 until which year?
2023
Her 46 years in the role made her one of the most enduring cast members in daytime television when she died in January 2025.
Q 14John Stamos got his start on GH in 1982 playing which character?
Blackie Parrish
The role earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1983, years before Full House.
Q 15'Jessie's Girl' singer Rick Springfield played which doctor on GH?
Noah Drake
He returned in 2013 for the 50th anniversary alongside his real-life son, Liam Springthorpe.
Q 16Which Latin pop superstar played long-haired bartender and singer Miguel Morez from 1994 to 1996?
Ricky Martin
His character was hiding from his lover's crime-boss father and got tangled in a triangle with Lily Rivera and Brenda.
Q 17Which annual HIV/AIDS awareness fundraiser did producer Wendy Riche launch on the show in 1994?
The Nurses' Ball
It exists both on screen and in real life, and it followed the Stone Cates and Robin Scorpio storyline.
Q 18Robin Scorpio's boyfriend Stone Cates died in 1995 of what, leaving her HIV-positive at 17?
AIDS
ABC aired an Afterschool Special about the story, and Robin's Diary became a New York Times bestseller.
Q 19What was unusual about Kimberly McCullough's Robin Scorpio compared with most soap children?
She aged in real time
McCullough was seven when she debuted in 1985 opposite Finola Hughes and Tristan Rogers.
Q 20Which Australian actor originated the role of WSB agent Robert Scorpio in 1980?
Tristan Rogers
He was 'killed with no body found' in 1992 and came back briefly as a ghost in 1995 to comfort daughter Robin.
Q 24In an early scene, Tracy Quartermaine showed her ruthlessness by doing what to her father?
Withholding his heart medication
Elliot won a Daytime Emmy for the role in 1981 after her first stint.
Q 25General Hospital's aristocratic Cassadine family, descended from Russian royalty, own a private island where?
Greece
Tony Cassadine arrived first, followed months later by brothers Victor and Mikkos.
Q 26Nikolas Cassadine, introduced in 1996 as Laura's illegitimate son, was originated by which actor?
Tyler Christopher
He came to town to save his ailing half-sister Lulu and blew up Luke and Laura's happy life.
Q 27Which nurse, played by Jacklyn Zeman for 45 years, is Luke's sister and Carly's mother?
Bobbie Spencer
Zeman died in May 2023; the character had gone from prostitute to heroine to owner of Kelly's Diner.
Q 28Which actress has played Carly Corinthos since 2005, following Sarah Brown and Tamara Braun?
Laura Wright
She won the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy in 2011 and had earlier played Cassie on Guiding Light.
Q 29Kelly Monaco, known as GH's Sam McCall, won the first season of which reality show?
Dancing with the Stars
She had played Livvie Locke on the spin-off Port Charles from 2000 to 2003.
Q 30Nancy Lee Grahn has played lawyer Alexis Davis since which year?
1996
Before that she was Julia Wainwright Capwell on Santa Barbara for eight years.