No need to spin a wheel, pick a door or solve a puzzle. All you need for this quiz is a good knowledge about TV game shows. Think you’re pretty good? Let’s see...
1. On this popular game show, you lose all your money and prizes if you stop on a
Whammy. What’s the name of the show?
2. Paul Lynde was often the “centre square” on what star-studded game show?
3. Behind
25 numbered squares there was a drawing that represented a well known saying. Each numbered square also featured a prize. Contestants selected numbers looking to pair off two squares with the same prize on them. When they were successful, two more pieces of the drawing were then revealed. The winner was the first contestant to solve the drawing. Concentrate now. What the heck was this game called?
4. On
Let’s Make a Deal when a contestant picked a door or curtain with a junky/joke type prize behind it, they called that a ____________.
5. On
The Price is Right, what is the name of the game where a yodeling character gradually climbs up a mountain for each dollar the contestant is away from the correct price of a prize.
6. This prime time game show featured
26 beautiful models (including future Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle) each with a briefcase beside them. Inside each case was a dollar amount ranging from a penny to one million dollars. Name this show.
7. Similar to
The Newlywed Game (except this time the couples were celebrities) the wives remained in a sound-proof room while their husband’s answered odd questions. The wives would then reveal their answers, winning money for members of the studio audience each time they matched their hubby’s. In the second round, the couples switched spots, winning even more money for their section of the crowd. What was this game called?
8. In 1977 ABC debuted a game called
Second Chance, where contestants won spins on a large electronic game board by correctly answering questions. The game board featured squares with dollar amounts and various prizes. There were also squares with devils on them. When the game board was in action, lights randomly lit up around the board. Contestants stopped the moving lights by hitting a button in front of them. Whatever was lit up when they stopped was their prize. But if a contestant landed on a devil, they lost all their cash & prizes. If they accumulated four devils they were out of the game. The short-lived game was cancelled after only 4 brief months but it returned on CBS in 1983 with a
new name and
other big changes and became an instant hit. Can you name the show?
9. Although this game has had various hosts, it is
Dick Clark that most viewers think of when remembering it. What is the game called?
10. What game would you find
6 celebrities answering silly questions such as: “A bald man complained, “My wife thinks my head is an egg! Last night she tried to [BLANK] it.”
And here is our tricky BONUS QUESTION…
The Price is Right has had a few different formats and hosts over the years. Which of the following have hosted the show (there’s
more than one correct name) [a] Bob Barker [b] Bill Cullen [c]. Doug Davidson (best known as Paul on Young & the Restless) [d] Monty Hall [e] Drew Carey
GAME SHOW QUIZ ANSWERS
1. Press Your Luck 2. The Hollywood Squares 3. Concentration 4. A junk or joke prize on Let’s Make a Deal is called a Zonk 5. Cliffhanger 6. Deal or No Deal 7. Tattletales 8. Press Your Luck (yep…again!) 9. The $25,000 Pyramid …but any of the shows titles (such as The $10,000 Pyramid or The $100,00 Pyramid) is acceptable 10. Match Game
BONUS QUESTION ANSWER: Of the 5 choices, 4 of them hosted The Price is Right. Monty Hall did
NOT host the show, but Doug Davidson (from Y&R) DID host the half hour syndicated version of the show for 5 brief months. Bill Cullen was the host of the original Price is Right from the 1950's. Did we fool you?
So how did you do?
If you got them
all right including the bonus question, “Come on down”… you are indeed a game show expert.
7-10 correct, we’re not feuding, you really know your games.
4-6 correct, don’t press your luck, there’s room for improvement.
And if you got
0-3 correct, well you don’t know your game shows from your [BLANK] LOL!
By doing our part to ensure the health and safety of our community Pride Niagara will not be hosting our usual Niagara Pride week Festival however we are taking our events and celebrations virtual!
Fri. June 5th the Pride Niagara 7th Annual Niagara UNITY Awards. These awards showcase the important successes of individuals and groups that have made an impact for the LGBTQ+ community here in the Niagara Region. At times like this acknowledging our strengths as a community is key to our health and safety. This virtual award gala is hosted by Mr. Pride Niagara Chase Heart & Miss Pride Niagara Hellen Heelz and special guest performance by Miss Conception !
6. This prime time game show featured 26 beautiful models (including future Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle) each with a briefcase beside them. Inside each case was a dollar amount ranging from a penny to one million dollars. Name this show.
8. In 1977 ABC debuted a game called Second Chance, where contestants won spins on a large electronic game board by correctly answering questions. The game board featured squares with dollar amounts and various prizes. There were also squares with devils on them. When the game board was in action, lights randomly lit up around the board. Contestants stopped the moving lights by hitting a button in front of them. Whatever was lit up when they stopped was their prize. But if a contestant landed on a devil, they lost all their cash & prizes. If they accumulated four devils they were out of the game. The short-lived game was cancelled after only 4 brief months but it returned on CBS in 1983 with a new name and other big changes and became an instant hit. Can you name the show? 
GAME SHOW QUIZ ANSWERS
It was quite by accident that a few months ago (around the time that "lockdown" began), I discovered there's a plethera of old game show episodes available to watch on You Tube. Now rarely a day passes by that I don't watch at least a few episodes (and often "a few" has turned into several hours of auto play.)
