The Young and the Restless Trivia

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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS TRIVIA

1) In what state does The Young and the Restless take place?

WISCONSON MINNESOTA COLORADO LOS ANGELES

The show is set in a fictionalized version of Genoa City, Wisconsin.

2) What was the show's original title?

THE FORGOTTEN YEARS THE WONDER YEARS THE INNOCENT YEARS THE WILD YEARS

William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell created The Young and the Restless for CBS under the working title, The Innocent Years. "We were confronted with the very disturbing reality that young America had lost much of its innocence," Bell said. "Innocence as we had known and lived it all our lives had, in so many respects, ceased to exist." They changed the title of the series to The Young and the Restless in order to better reflect "the youth and mood of the early seventies."

3) Which character was originally meant to be killed off after an eight-week run?

ASHLEY ABBOTT JACK ABBOTT VICTOR NEWMAN JILL FOSTER

Created by William J. Bell as a "despicable, contemptible, unfaithful wife abuser," Victor Newman was supposed to be killed off and never heard from again. But after Bell saw Eric Braeden's performance, he decided to sign the actor to a contract.

4) Which actress allowed The Young and the Restless producers to use footage of her real-life plastic surgery?

EILEEN DAVIDSON TRACY E. BERGMAN LAURALEE BELL JEANNE COOPER

Far from trying to conceal her 1984 facelift, Cooper had it written into the storyline, so that her grand dame character Katherine Chancellor got one at the same time.

5) Which two families did The Young and the Restless originally revolve around?

BROOKS & FOSTERS BALDWINS & BLAIRS ABBOTTS & NEWMANS SUMMERS & WINTERS

Co-creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell centered the show around two core families: the wealthy Brooks' and the poor Fosters. They borrowed this technique of soap opera building from their mentor, Irna Phillips.

6) Which character had the first mastectomy in soap opera history?

SALLY MCGUIRE NIKKI REED KATHERINE CHANCELLOR JENNIFER BROOKS

After Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy, she felt so "disfigured" that she thought no one could love her.

7) Who did Lisa Mansfield hold captive in a cage in a deserted mountain cabin for several weeks?

ADAM NEWMAN JACK ABBOTT CANE ASHBY BRAD CARLTON

Brad's deranged ex-wife Lisa wanted him back so she had him kidnapped and locked him in a cage.

8) What is the Young and the Restless theme song?

"GROWING PAINS""NADIA'S THEME""YOU TAKE ME AWAY""COMING OF AGE"

Originally titled "Cotton's Dream", the melody was later renamed "Nadia's Theme" after ABC's Wide World of Sports used the music for a montage of Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci's routines during the 1976 Summer Olympics.

9) What was the name of the book Leanna Love wrote about Victor?

RUTHLESS THE KING OF CON VICTOR & ME GREED

Leanna wrote a sensational tell-all biography, under the pseudonym of Nora Randall, called Ruthless: The Victor Newman Story. Afterwards, she felt guilty and wrote a second book using her real name, called Victor Newman: Man and Myth.

10) What actor played Snapper Foster?

DAVID HASSELHOFF GEORGE CLOONEY ALEC BALDWIN JENSEN ACKLES

Snapper was Hasselhoff's first major TV role. He spent six years playing the character before leaving The Young and the Restless in 1982 to star in the primetime TV show Knight Rider.