Screen trivia
Name a TV game show
“Name a TV game show” is one of 80 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 190 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Jeopardy!
- Wheel of Fortune
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- The Price Is Right
- Family Feud
- Deal or No Deal
- The Weakest Link
- Countdown
- Pointless
- The Chase
- Mastermind
- University Challenge
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Let's Make a Deal
- The Newlywed Game
- The Dating Game
- Press Your Luck
- Match Game
- Password
- Pyramid
- Hollywood Squares
- Card Sharks
- Tic-Tac-Dough
- To Tell the Truth
- What's My Line?
- Supermarket Sweep
- Double Dare
- Legends of the Hidden Temple
- The Gong Show
- Name That Tune
- Fear Factor
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- Cash Cab
- Wipeout
- American Gladiators
- Minute to Win It
- Don't Forget the Lyrics!
- Bullseye
- Blankety Blank
- Blockbusters
- Catchphrase
- Strike It Lucky
- The Generation Game
- Family Fortunes
- Play Your Cards Right
- Going for Gold
- Fifteen to One
- Treasure Hunt
- The Crystal Maze
- Fort Boyard
- Gladiators
- Total Wipeout
- Takeshi's Castle
- The Cube
- Tipping Point
- Eggheads
- The 1% Club
- Only Connect
- Taskmaster
- Would I Lie to You?
- A Question of Sport
- Bargain Hunt
- Golden Balls
- Blind Date
- Winning Streak
- Sale of the Century
- Take Me Out
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsJeopardy! · Wheel of Fortune · Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Below the Surface54 answers · 25 ptsLet's Make a Deal · The Newlywed Game · The Dating Game …
- The Deep66 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss57 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 66 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 57 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 190 answers in total, 148 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “QI”. Longest: “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”.
- T, C and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Millionaire” counts as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
How to go deeper
- Start with T: 39 of the answers begin with it.
- Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Older entries in a long series are often forgotten.
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- What do most people say for “Name a TV game show”?
- The usual first answers are Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, The Price Is Right and Family Feud. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a TV game show”?
- 190 in all: 12 on The Tip, 54 Below the Surface, 66 in The Deep, 57 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a TV game show” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “QI” and the longest is “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”.
- How hard is “Name a TV game show”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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