21st Century Game Shows
The Name Behind The Middle Initial
Homophones
A Blast From The Past
200
The New York Times described this show, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy as “duncy adults match wits (sort of) with children”
What is Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
200
Bakari:
Actor named after his father, Not the Chicago Bull
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
200
Body area just above the hips, & milieu of a trash collector
What is waist/waste?
400
Meghan Markle & Chrissy Teigen both got their start as “briefcase girls” (seriously, they call them that) on this show
What is Deal or No Deal?
400
Brownell:
A major figure in the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
400
Get water out of a boat, & make bundles of hay
What is bail/bale?
600
No trivia questions, just hyper-realistic baking on the Netflix game show whose title asks this peculiar question
What is Is It Cake?
600
Gamaliel: Ohioan who won the presidency with a front porch campaign
Who is Warren G. Harding?
600
It describes something spoken or you let happen
What is aloud/allowed?
800
What is Wipeout?
800
Stockton:
Gonzo journalist & Counterculture author
Who is Hunter S. Thompson?
800
Those waiting for treatment in a hospital, & what they might need to endure the wait
What are patience/patients?
1000
This show hosted by comedian Ben Bailey survived the rise of rideshare apps but sadly, not the people-staying-home of the pandemic
What is Cash Cab?
1000
Who is Cecil B. DeMille?
1000
A Bic Mag, & a citizen of a European town of Yore
What is a burger/Burgher?