"Guiding Light" Pre-1999 Trivia Quiz

Answer: For shooting Roger Thorpe

Billy had begun drinking again and got into a fight with Roger Thorpe and shot him. Roger survived.

Answer: Bridget Reardon and Hart Jessup

Bridget and Hart had a one night stand, resulting in the birth of Peter. She had kept her pregnancy a secret. Nadine helped her do it in exchange for Bridget agreeing to give her and Billy the baby to raise (Billy actually thought Nadine was pregnant - the idea was that Nadine would pass the baby off as the one she was carrying).

When Nadine and Billy divorced and Vanessa and Billy remarried, they adopted Peter. Bridget had a change of heart and they all agreed that they would share custody. Peter moved with Bridget and Dylan to Minnesota when Bridget and Dylan left Springfield.

Answer: Rex Mansini

When Buzz returned to Springield he had no interest in being a family man. His interest was in scamming people for as much money as possible.

Answer: His high school prom

As much as Alan fought to keep the fact that Justin Marler was Phillip's father a secret, it came out at the prom, where Phillip and Beth also started to realise they had feelings for one another. Beth's step-father, Bradley Raines told Phillip.

Answer: Brent Lawrence

Brent Lawrence was accused of raping Lucy Cooper, Nadine's step-daughter. Brent disguised himself as a woman, named Marion Crane, to trick people into trusting him. Eventually, Nadine started suspecting that something was a bit weird. When she went to Marion/Brent's apartment to check things out, he killed her and dumped her body in the lake.

Answer: HIV/AIDS

Nick knew she was HIV positive when he married her. They left Springfield in 1996 for an extended honeymoon.

Answer: Tangie

It turned out later that Tangie's legal guardian from the time she was 15 was Roger Thorpe! After the relationship with Josh ended she also dated Alan, Alan-Michael, and Detective Patrick Cutter.

Answer: Roger Thorpe

When Hart was introduced he lived on the farm with his grandfather. His grandfather died and a large, unknown company managed to take the farm from Hart. He was disgusted to learn that it was his own father. Hart and Roger's then-wife, Dinah teamed up to get revenge on Roger and eventually got the farm back. In the process, they fell in love.

Answer: Samantha Marler

Samantha is the daughter of Justin and Jackie, making her Phillip Spaulding's sister. She was paralysed when Reva drove her car and its passengers, Dylan and Sam, off a bridge. Reva was presumed dead and Sam was paralysed. She eventually had surgery and was able to walk again.

Answer: 5

When Danny and Michelle married at the Bauer barbecue it gave them the record number of marriages for a daytime couple.

Answer: Phillip

Blake had Phillip committed to a mental institution in 1989 despite the fact that it wasn't needed. Blake, back then, was quite a trouble-maker and her list of crimes is quite long!

Answer: Cedar's hospital room

The four musketeers were Rick, Phillip, Beth, and Mindy. Both girls dated and/or married both guys at one time but they all remained friends throughout. They came together when Beth and Mindy shared a hospital room at Cedars.

Answer: Meg

Meg was born with Downs Syndrome. When Holly and Fletcher's marriage fell apart, he took Meg out of the country, prompting Holly to have a nervous breakdown and kidnap the children of Springfield as the "nursery rhyme stalker".

Answer: Blue Moon

Hamp owned the Blue Moon with Fletcher and Heartbreakers with Billy. In the early 90's they were the places to be in Springfield.

Answer: Chelsea collapsed because she had been poisoned

Rae had been stalking Chelsea and managed to make it look like it was Frank's fiance Dana that was doing the stalking. Rae was eventually caught and put in jail. Chelsea and Johnny never did marry though, because Johnny found out that his first love, Roxie Shayne's condition was improving.

She had been in a mental institution in Switzerland for a while and she was improving enough that she could be transferred to one in the U.S. Johnny followed her to Tulsa, Oklahoma.