Q 01/05

On which network has The Young and the Restless aired since its debut?

A) ABC

B) NBC

C) CBS

D) Fox

Answer · why

C) CBS

It is taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood and was created for the network to compete with ABC's youthful soaps.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the fictional Wisconsin town where the show is set?

A) Pine Valley

B) Port Charles

C) Genoa City

D) Salem

Answer · why

C) Genoa City

It's named after a real village that lay between the Bells' Chicago home and their summer spot at Lake Geneva.

Q 03/05

The real town the show is named after lies on which US highway near the Illinois–Wisconsin line?

A) U.S. Route 14

B) U.S. Route 41

C) Interstate 94

D) U.S. Route 12

Answer · why

D) U.S. Route 12

The village had a population of just under 3,000 in 2020 and sat between the Bells' Chicago home and their summer spot at Lake Geneva.

Q 04/05

Which married couple created the show?

A) William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell

B) Agnes Nixon and Robert Nixon

C) Irna Phillips and Ted Corday

D) Douglas Marland and Gloria Monty

Answer · why

A) William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell

Bell wrote the show from Chicago while it was produced in Los Angeles, and stayed head writer until his 1998 retirement.

Q 05/05

What was the show's working title before it became The Young and the Restless?

A) The Brooks and the Fosters

B) Restless Hearts

C) Genoa City

D) The Innocent Years

Answer · why

D) The Innocent Years

Bell said young America had 'lost much of its innocence', and the final title better 'reflected the youth and mood of the early seventies'.