Q 01/05

In what year did Days of Our Lives premiere on NBC?

A) 1965

B) 1970

C) 1974

D) 1978

Answer · why

A) 1965

It debuted on November 8, 1965, and spent its first three seasons near the bottom of the daytime ratings before climbing to number one by 1973.

Q 02/05

The fictional city of Salem, where the show is set, sits in which US state?

A) Ohio

B) Massachusetts

C) Illinois

D) Pennsylvania

Answer · why

C) Illinois

The Cordays deliberately made Salem a middle-America town of doctors and their families, blending the hospital soap with a family saga.

Q 03/05

The show's famous opening line compares the days of our lives to sands running through what object?

A) A sieve

B) A river delta

C) An hourglass

D) A child's fingers

Answer · why

C) An hourglass

The hourglass sequence also closed every episode until November 2001, when NBC swapped it for a split-screen promo reel.

Q 04/05

Which original cast member played Dr. Tom Horton and read the opening narration from 1966 until his death?

A) John Clarke

B) Macdonald Carey

C) Bill Hayes

D) Frank Parker

Answer · why

B) Macdonald Carey

His introduction originally continued 'This is Macdonald Carey, and these are the Days of Our Lives'; that second line was retired after he died in 19...

Q 05/05

Which announcer spoke the show's opening phrase in its first months, before the Horton patriarch's actor took over?

A) Don Pardo

B) Ed Prentiss

C) Gene Rayburn

D) Bill Wendell

Answer · why

B) Ed Prentiss

Prentiss followed the line by billing the show as 'a new dramatic serial' starring its Horton patriarch during that first season.