36 Random Bits of Game Show Trivia to Cut Into and Hope They’re Cake

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36 Random Bits of Game Show Trivia to Cut Into and Hope They’re Cake

This is the type of list youd fake an illness to stay home from school for. Youd curl up on the couch with hot bowl of soup and just watch one lucky fact after another “come on down!” Sure, your little sister would bring your homework home for you, but thats a tonight problem. You can easily skip one of those evening time trivia-based game shows for this fact showcase. 

So start fake coughing now. Here come the facts!

Bullseye

Serial killer John Cooper was caught partly because of his appearance on the British game show Bullseye in 1989, two months before his killings. Polic

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy Switch

April Fools's jokes that became real JED У! ILLIO LLAR Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy switch Alex Trebeck and Pat Sajak switched places one year. Not an announcement - they did it for real. CRACKED.COM

Source: Outsider

Jackie Gleason

CRACKED Jackie Gleason's 1961 game show You're In The Picture was horrible, SO horrible that he aired a half-hour episode apologizing to his audience

Newborns as Prizes

A game show in Pakistan gave away newborn babies as prizes. Amaan Ramazan, dubbed Pakistan's answer to The Price is Right, had to do something dramatic to win the rating war, so one two occasions they offered or- phaned infants as top priz- es. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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The Dating Game Killer

Rodney Alcala THE DATING GAME This freak appeared on the uber-popular game show in the midst of his 5-murder killing spree. He actually won, but the w

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle was a briefcase model on Deal or No Deal 2 $500,000 The former actor was on 34 episodes, slightly overlapping with Chrissy Teigan. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

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Deal or No Deal?

Howie Mandel went from stand-up goofball to game show host. And he was a gremlin along the way. Specifically, Howie was the voice of Gizmo, the adorab

Plinko

The Price is Right once forgot to un-rig the Plinko game during a broadcast. is Right the PRICE is Rights 5 YEARS CRACKED.COM The Price Is Right rigs the Plinko game for promotional ads using the fishing line so that the chip lands in the $10,000 slot. The wire was mistakenly left in place and a contestant dropped 3 consecutive chips before it was noticed. She was allowed to keep the money.

TMZ 

Wowowee

73 people died trying to get on a game show in the Philippines. wowowee CRACKED.COM The popular Filipino game show Wowowee an- nounced that only the first 300 people out of the 30,000 that showed up would get tickets, resulting in a stampede that killed 73 and injured 400.

BBC

The Price Is Right

A contestant in a wheelchair won a treadmill. The Price is Right In 2015, after wheelchair-bound Danielle Perez won a treadmill, she said, It's hilarious. It's so funny. I have no feet, I'm in a wheelchair, I can appreciate the delicious irony that is being gifted something I have absolutely no use for. CRACKED

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Squid Game

Vans (the sneaker brand) apparently owes a whole lot to Squid Game. The characters in the show wear white Slip-On Vans, and sales of those went up by an incredible 7,800% since the show came out. CRACKED.COM

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Let’s Make A Deal

One contestant really amped up Let's Make a Deal. At first, audience members wore regular clothing, but a few weeks into the series, a woman brought the sign Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, I came here to deal with you to get Monty Hall's attention. It worked, so more people began bringing signs, then wacky hats, then full costumes. CRACKED

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