What's trending in the world of soap operas? Find out in the quiz

NPR | By Holly J. Morris

Published March 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT

From left: Liberty Enlightening the World, Bill Skarsgård, Sunita Williams (before her ISS sojourn).

This week saw a highly undramatic object cause drama; the dramatic form of soap operas evolve into something new; and the happily undramatic return of the two NASA astronauts who had an unexpected stay on the International Space Station.

So will your quiz performance be a dramatic victory or a crushing defeat? Let's find out.

P.S. Yesterday we had a March Madness quiz.

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Holly J. Morris

Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.

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