Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What U.S. game show, hosted by Bill Cullen from 1980 to 1982, utilized this game board during play?
FUN FACT
"Blockbusters" was created to help fill a time slot on NBC following the cancellation of "The David Letterman Show" in October 1980. Ironically, the network had cancelled three game shows in June to make room on its schedule for "The David Letterman Show."
- Multiple Choice
2. Before finding fame on another game show, who "came on down" on "The Price is Right" but never made it out of Contestants Row?
When "The Price is Right" marked its 50th anniversary in 2022, America's favorite letter turner, Vanna White, helped celebrate the long-running show. Part of the retrospective included a clip of White herself as a contestant on the show in 1980, two years before landing the "Wheel of Fortune" gig.
In White's own words, she didn't win "a doggone thing."
- Multiple Choice
3. On what TV game show did Mary and Sandra square off in a 1986 episode of "227"?
On the first episode of Season Two, both Mary and Sandra become contestants on the same episode of "Wheel of Fortune."
- Multiple Choice
4. With which of his "Cannonball Run" co-stars did host Bert Convy produce the game show "Win, Lose or Draw"?
In the late 1980s, Bert Convy formed a production company--fittingly called Burt and Bert--with actor Burt Reynolds. "Win, Lose or Draw" was the company's only successful project. They also executive produced the very short-lived game show "3rd Degree!"
- Multiple Choice
5. For what show did ice cream truck operator Michael Larson memorize the patterns of the game board to "win" over $100,000?
By recording episodes of "Press Your Luck" and studying the supposedly random patterns of the game board, Michael Larson was able to avoid the Whammies and win over $110,000 on an episode that aired May 19, 1984. Though he technically didn't break any rules, Larson's efforts spurred the producers of the show to go to greater lengths to randomize the game board.
Larson's story was told in the 2003 TV movie, "Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal."
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