1980 Year in Review Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Steam Pit

Erica went behind Tom's back to open up a disco and he did not appreciate her doing it but the disco was a success. However, the disco started to not do well, in business, once a new establishment named The Steam Pit opened up. Erica continued to lose business when the city of Pine Valley created an ordinance, which forbid her from playing music after midnight. Erica decided to close the disco and she tried her luck at acting, modeling, and the cosmetics business.

It was the cosmetics industry where Erica found the most success.

Her most successful accomplishment, in cosmetics, was founding her own company called Enchantment.

Answer: Brandon Kingsley

Erica did not succeed, when she went to Hollywood to be an actress, so she returned to Pine Valley. She met Brandon Kingsley, who owned Sensuelle Cosmetics, and he hired her to work as a model for Sensuelle. Erica accepted the offer and she even began an affair with her boss!

Answer: Sean Cudahy

Sean Cudahy, Tom's brother, came to town and Devon immediately became attracted to him while still married to Wally McFadden. Devon did not like how she and Sean met, at cheap motel rooms, but she still had much fun and the time of her life with Sean. Once she became the pursuer and Sean was the pursued, he decided to call off their relationship. Sean moved on to Sybil Thorne.

Answer: False

Although Palmer did pay Janice to break up Cliff and Nina, it was actually Janice who informed both Cliff and Nina about hers and Palmer's scheme. Janice came forward and confessed that Cliff never fathered a child, with her, and that she lied about being pregnant. Cliff and Nina reunited but Palmer continued to scheme to break them up and he resorted to lying to Nina about her being responsible for the death of her mother, Daisy.

Answer: Blindness

Palmer tried to persuade Nina that she would be tying Cliff down if she was handicapped. This was when he lied to her about how her diabetes had caused her to go blind. Nina returned Cliff's engagement ring but she eventually realized that she was not going blind but still had an eye problem.

She went to the Wilmer Eye Institute, in Baltimore, and underwent laser surgery to correct this problem.

Answer: Benny Sago

Billy Clyde Tuggle escaped from prison and drugged and raped Estelle. He came up with a plan to bury her and Benny Sago alive. Chuck Tyler found out about this and saved both Donna and Benny. Immediately after this, Estelle realized she was pregnant with Billy Clyde's child.

Answer: Donna Beck

Donna was still upset that she could not give her husband, Chuck, the baby that he wanted and she decided to leave him and get a quickie divorce in the Caribbean. Donna met Palmer and he easily manipulated her and got her to move in to Cortlandt Manor. Donna and Palmer began a courtship and she was the first woman Palmer married in Pine Valley.

Answer: Sybil Thorne

Right after Nina broke her engagement to Cliff and returned the ring to him (for more, see the "Interesting Info" section for question five), he sought comfort from Sybil Thorne. Cliff needed someone to love him and Sybil told him she would give him the love he needed.

They made love but Cliff got back together with Nina. Right after Cliff reunited with Nina, Sybil broke the news, to Cliff, that she was pregnant with his child.

Answer: Estelle Tuggle

After Benny and Estelle escaped being buried alive, by Billy Clyde Tuggle, Benny popped the question to Estelle. Estelle was hesitant to accept his proposal since she found out she was pregnant with Billy Clyde's child. Benny told her to still marry him and that they would inform everyone he was the father. Estelle gave birth to a girl and had Benny and Donna be the baby girl's adoptive parents.

They named her Emily Ann.

Answer: Yes

Once Phoebe finally agreed to grant Charles his divorce, he was free, at last, to marry his true love, Mona Kane. They became engaged and married, in a simple ceremony, in 1980. They remained happily married, until 1986, when Charles passed away. In real life, the actor who portrayed Charles, Hugh Franklin, died at the age of 70.