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

November 25, 2024

This is the type of list you’d fake an illness to stay home from school for. You’d 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 that’s 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!

36

The Banned Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Episode

There's a banned episode of who wants to Be a Millionaire? In the UK, Charles Ingram won the top prize by cheating, and the episode was never broadcast - but you can go see the fact-checked version of it on youtube, right now! — Source: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?/YouTube

35

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

34

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

33

Steve Martin

CRACKED STEVE MARTIN: TOO GOOD FOR THE GONG SHOW. LI MURI Steve Martin made a memorable appearance on The Gong Show in 1977, playing a knockout banjo set. His performance was so impressive that he was not allowed to be a contestant on the show. — Dusty old Thing / Fox

32

Vanna White

Vanna White is the most prolific clapper in history. CRACKED.COM Guinness clocked her at nearly 4 million claps over 32 seasons, with an average of 606 per show. That's approximately half a million Tinkerbells saved. — Guinness

31

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

30

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 — Source

29

The Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Cheater

GRACKED A WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? CHEATER HAD TO TRADEMARK HIS NAME. Tecwen Whittock, who coughed during Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and helped his buddy cheat his way to a fortune, had to register his name as a trademark after a company tried to make money by selling a cough medicine called Tecwen Relief. — The Guardian / Nicki Swift

28

Drew Carey

BEFORE НЕ WAS EVERYONE'S SECOND FAVORITE THE PRICE IS RIGHT HOST... ERCY FO NIMALS M DREW CAREY WAS A TOUGH-AS-NAILS MARINE RESERVIST. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrity Photos That Are Completely Unrecognizable

27

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

26

Wheel of Fortune Theme Song

CRACKED.COM Before gaining sitcom immortality on 'Growing Pains, 'Alan Thicke wrote the theme songs for 'Wheel of Fortune, 'Diffrent Strokes' and 'The Facts of Life.' (And unlike his son, he didn't get Pharrell Williams to do all the work for him.) — 20 Eyebrow-Arching Authors Of Famous Songs

25

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 — Source: Bravo!

24

Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul was hilarious on The Price is Right. In 1999, a lovable ball of energy stormed down to contestant's row, called Bob Barker his idol, and had the audience in hysterics. Не got to the showcase showdown but lost when his bid was only $132 over the retail price. CRACKED — Source

23

Bob Saget

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, BOB SAGET HOSTED THE PRICE IS RIGHT. the PRice is Right 9000 Не was apparently on a list of names they were considering, but it was mutually agreed that I wasn't the right person, he says. — Source

22

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

21

The Dating Game

CRACKED ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: BACHELOR NO. 1. In 1973, Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on The Dating Game, showcasing his charisma and thick Austrian accent. — Muscle and Fitness / Essentially Sports

20

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

19

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

18

Hollywood Squares

Gilbert Gottfried called a contestant a fool. Hollywood Squares After a contestant disagreed with his correct answer, he shouted you fool! Everyone howled with laughter, and he kept it going the entire episode. CRACKED — Source / My Twin Tiers

17

The Naked Grandma

The naked grandma on Family Feud. When asked for something a burglar wouldn't want to see upon entering a house, Rod Wyndham enthusiastically screamed naked grandma! The craziest part was that it counted as an occupant, and it's now on every list of Best Family Feud Moments. CRACKED — Source / News

16

The Price Is Wrong

CRACKED A GUY ON THE PRICE IS RIGHT ONCE GUESSED A HAMMOCK COST $7,000. 9 O 2 23 To be fair, it was $880, which is also insane. — 5 Game Show Beefs for the Hall of Shame / Outsider

15

Jeopardy!

Leonard Cooper's hilarious answer on Jeopardy! WHO is In 2013's Teen Tournament, Leonard Cooper didn't know the Final Jeopardy answer, but had a healthy enough lead to have some fun. Не wrote, Who is some guy in Normandy but I just won $75,000? CRACKED — Source

14

Salvador Dali

Не Frequently Appeared on Game Shows CRACKED.COM Perhaps as part of his fascination with American commercialism, Dali was a chronic game show contestant in the '50s, first appearing twice on a show with a difficult-to-explain premise called The Name's the Same. It seems to have been practice for the big time, an appearance on What's My Line? where he stymied the panelists by answering yes to almost every question. — MentalFloss

13

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 — Source

12

Ken Jennings

Ken Jennings' record-setting run on Jeopardy! SMA THINK His 74-game winning streak lasted from June through November of 2004, and he became a household name. The streak netted him $2,520,700. CRACKED — Source / Outsider

11

What’s My Line?

The first African American presidential secretary was announced on a game show. $ MR. DALY Instead of letting the world know about his appointment through a boring press conference, Lyndon Johnson wanted to use What's My Line?, a hit game show where people guessed what job guests had. The secretary, Geraldine Whittington, said OK, and history was made. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Press Your Luck

Michael Larson cracked the code on Press Your Luck. 1000 ONE DE France 500 + OSE SPIX DANSMES $2500 Using the pause button on his VCR, he memorized the random patterns, and could stop the board exactly where he wanted. Не played 35 consecutive times without hitting a Whammy, and won over $110,000 in cash and prizes. CBS decided that it was not cheating, and let him keep his winnings. CRACKED — Source

9

John Ritter

CRACKED 19-YEAR-OLD JOHN RITTER WINS HEARTS ON 'THE DATING GAME'. John Ritter was a contestant on the iconic game show 'The Dating Game' in 1965 when he was 19 years old. Не was known for his charisma and was chosen to go on a date at the end of the show. — Cheat Sheet / Coming Soon

8

Tic Tac Dough

Thom McKee held the game show winnings record for 2 decades. Tic Tac Dough X For 9 weeks in 1980, he took down 43 fellow contestants, and won $312,700 (roughly $1.1 million today), which was a game show record that stood until Michael Shutterly won $500,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 1999. CRACKED — Source / Tic Tac Dough

7

Burt Reynolds

Celebrities on dating shows Burt Reynolds played along on The Dating Game. (But he clearly didn't need a game show to get a date.) CRACKED.COM — Vicki L. Miller/Shutterstock
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6

420, Bob!

Evan Goding represented potheads everywhere on The Price is Right. PRiCE iS R W In 2006, the weed enthusiast made sure all of his answers included the number 420. It seemed like Bob Barker had no idea why he was doing that, but he was a god to pot smokers nationwide. CRACKED — Source / Simple Most

5

Henry Choi

Henry Choi won a trip to Hawaii and a trip to the ER. The Price is Right the PRICE is Right In June 2023, Henry got so excited that he sprained his shoulder and wasn't able to spin the wheel. His wife Alice spun for him, and won him a spot in the showcase showdown, where he won them a trip to Hawaii. CRACKED — Source / Yahoo

4

Squid Game

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3

Ed Toutant

Ed Toutant's second chance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. In his first appearance, he lost on the $16,000 question, but he proved to producers that the question was flawed, and he was able to return. At the time, every non-winning game added money to the $1 million, so in his return, he won $1.86 million. CRACKED — Source / Statesman

2

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 — Source

1

Family Feud

Orange is the new Yellow. Family Feud There have been a million terrible answers on the show, but Joanne's is just the best of the worst. When asked to name a yellow fruit, she confidently yells orange before immediately squirming in embarrassment. CRACKED — Source / Youtube

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