General Hospital Trivia
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109 free General Hospital trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Oct 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
General Hospital premiered on ABC on April 1, 1963, and went on to become the longest-running entertainment program in ABC's history.
Q 02General Hospital is taped at Prospect Studios in which city?
Los Angeles
Prospect Studios, the former ABC Television Center in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles, is where General Hospital is taped; its fictional Port Charles is in upstate New York.
Q 03Which husband-and-wife writing team created General Hospital?
Frank and Doris Hursley
Frank and Doris Hursley, a married writing team who had been head writers of the CBS soap Search for Tomorrow, created General Hospital for ABC in 1963.
Q 04Roughly how many viewers watched Luke and Laura's 1981 wedding, a soap-opera record?
30 million
About 30 million viewers watched Luke and Laura marry on November 16 and 17, 1981, the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.
Q 05Which actor played Luke Spencer from 1978 to 2015?
Anthony Geary
Anthony Geary was hired in 1978 for a 13-week arc as Luke Spencer and stayed until 2015, winning more Daytime Emmys for Lead Actor than any other performer.
Q 06Which actress has played Laura Spencer since 1977?
Genie Francis
Genie Francis originated Laura in 1977 at age 14 and, across several returns to the role, won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2007.
Q 07Luke Spencer's actor won a record how many Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor?
Eight
Eight lead-actor Emmys, a record; he also returned in 1991 as Luke's look-alike cousin Bill Eckert because he wanted to play someone else.
Q 08Which Hollywood legend, a fan of the show, played villain Helena Cassadine at General Hospital's 1981 Luke and Laura wedding?
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor, a devoted fan, asked to appear and played Helena Cassadine, who cursed Luke and Laura at their November 1981 wedding; Constance Towers took over the role in 1997.
Q 09What substance did Mikkos Cassadine plan to freeze Port Charles with in 1981?
Carbonic snow
Mikkos Cassadine's weather machine ran on a formula for carbonic snow, hidden inside the Ice Princess, a black-coated statue that was really the world's largest uncut diamond.
Q 10Which executive producer took over the failing show in 1978 and created the first supercouple?
Gloria Monty
Gloria Monty became executive producer in 1978, quickened the pacing and built Luke and Laura into daytime's first supercouple, lifting General Hospital to the top of the ratings.
Q 11Which actor has played mob boss Sonny Corinthos since 1993?
Maurice Benard
Maurice Benard debuted as Sonny Corinthos in 1993; the actor has bipolar disorder, and the Bensonhurst-raised mob boss was later written to share the diagnosis.
Q 12Steve Burton's Jason lost his memory in a 1995 car crash caused by which brother?
A.J.
A.J. Quartermaine was driving drunk when he crashed with Jason in the car in 1995; brain-damaged and amnesiac, Jason Quartermaine became Jason Morgan, Sonny's enforcer.
Q 13Which future movie star played investigative reporter Jackie Templeton on GH in the early 1980s?
Demi Moore
Demi Moore's first major role was reporter Jackie Templeton in the early 1980s; her 3-D horror film Parasite came out in 1982, and St. Elmo's Fire followed in 1985.
Q 21British actress Finola Hughes has played which super-spy on both General Hospital and All My Children?
Anna Devane
Anna Devane has an identical twin, Alex, whom Hughes also played; she starred opposite John Travolta in Staying Alive.
Q 22The wealthy, squabbling Quartermaines run which company?
ELQ
ELQ, the Quartermaine conglomerate, takes its initials from patriarch Edward Louis Quartermaine, 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
Leslie Charleson played Monica Quartermaine from 1977 until her final appearances in 2023, a 46-year run; she died in January 2025, aged 79.
Q 14John Stamos got his start on GH in 1982 playing which character?
Blackie Parrish
John Stamos played street kid Blackie Parrish from 1982 to 1984 and earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor, years before Full House.
Q 15'Jessie's Girl' singer Rick Springfield played which doctor on GH?
Noah Drake
Rick Springfield played Dr. Noah Drake from 1981 to 1983, the same years 'Jessie's Girl' topped the charts, and returned to the role several times in the 2000s and 2010s.
Q 16Which Latin pop superstar played long-haired bartender and singer Miguel Morez in the mid-1990s?
Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin played singing bartender Miguel Morez starting in 1994; Miguel had fled his lover Lily Rivera's crime-boss father and was drawn into a triangle with her and Brenda.
Q 17Which annual HIV/AIDS awareness fundraiser did producer Wendy Riche launch on General Hospital in 1994?
The Nurses' Ball
The Nurses' Ball, an annual on-screen benefit for HIV/AIDS research, debuted in 1994 under executive producer Wendy Riche; it was dropped in 2001 and revived for the show's 50th anniversary in 2013.
Q 18What did Robin Scorpio's boyfriend Stone Cates die of in 1995?
AIDS
Stone Cates died of AIDS in 1995 in one of daytime's landmark storylines; his girlfriend Robin Scorpio then tested HIV-positive, and the show kept that status as a permanent part of the character.
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
Tristan Rogers, born in Melbourne, originated Robert Scorpio in 1980; Robert was presumed dead in a 1992 explosion and reappeared in 1995 as a vision comforting his 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
The Cassadines' private island lies in Greece; the family entered the show in 1981, Tony Cassadine arriving first, followed by his brothers Victor and Mikkos.
Q 26Nikolas Cassadine, introduced in 1996 as Laura's secret son, was originated by which actor?
Tyler Christopher
Tyler Christopher originated Nikolas in 1996, arriving to donate bone marrow to his ailing half-sister Lulu and exposing the son Laura had kept secret from Luke.
Q 27Which nurse, played by Jacklyn Zeman for 45 years, went from teen prostitute to heroine?
Bobbie Spencer
Bobbie Spencer is Luke's sister and Carly's mother; Zeman died in May 2023.
Q 28Which actress has played Carly Corinthos since 2005, following Sarah Brown and Tamara Braun?
Laura Wright
Laura Wright took over Carly in 2005, won the Lead Actress Daytime Emmy in 2011, and had earlier played Cassie Layne on Guiding Light from 1997 to 2005.
Q 29Kelly Monaco, General Hospital's Sam McCall, won the very first season of which reality competition?
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars crowned her in its first season; 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
Nancy Lee Grahn debuted as Alexis Davis in 1996, after eight years as Julia Wainwright Capwell on Santa Barbara from 1985 to 1993.