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Before I answer the question you have posed, please explain your intent in asking it. By this I mean...
Are you convinced in your own mind that your day/age interpretation is the correct one and therefore you are merely asking further questions to "...to pose a challenge to the literalists" (as you have said) for the simple sake of rhetorical debate, or..
...are you asking because you really are not certain that your own understanding of the passages is the correct one and you are genuinely seeking to understand the truth?

I ask this because you seem to have a certain propensity for crevo threads, and the crevo threads usually end up breaking down to much more about magifiying division in the body of Christ and exploiting this division, alienating those who are genuinely seeking the Truth about the Lord, and puffing up the pride of various people. None of these results is either a good Christian witness, a loving or characteristically godly manner of sharing, or offering the hope of redemption that the Lord offers to those who seek Him.

My intent in asking this is to check the motives for both the question aksed and my potential reply.

Based on your answer, I'll decide if your question an honest or dishonest one and therefore if it is meritous of a respectful response. Thank you.

Peace.

The scene; A classroom, where the religious studies are being taught.

Professor declares; "The days in Genesis are obviously symbolic!"

Sudent asks; "You mean, professor...that they could really mean six seconds?"

Professor replies; "Yes, that's right!"

Another student asks; "Or even six billion years professor?"

Professor; "Why yes, they could mean anything"

Another student; "What about six days?"

Professor shouts; "SIX DAYS!!!...NO!"

I'm asking the question because it's been my general observation that Evolutionists make bad theologians and that Creationists make bad scientists.

Whether or not my forefathers were monkeys has no bearing on whether or not Jesus's mother was a virgin.

Where is it written that belief in anti-Evolution is my ticket to Salvation?

Where is it demonstrated that obeisance to random causes is my ticket to wisdom?

Every time a Creationist spouts off nonsensically about Evolution running counter to Entropy, it makes a bad witness. Every time an Evolutionist perceives an "imperfect" universe as presumptive evidence of dysteleogy, they're tossing the science and reason in favor of a theological prejudice. Both show propensities for pedantic, dogmatic, even evangelical blindness.

I believe that God is the Author of the Universe, and I believe that science is an important tool for discovering His designs. In the pursuit of Truth, I don't believe it's necessary to put one's fingers on the scales.