Don't think this has been posted here. From The Washington Post (March 13):
Easy Does It
With New Quiz Shows, 'Boob Tube' Earns Its Name
Ready, contestants? Here's your bonus question: Have TV quiz-show questions become dumber, and have the shows' rules grown wimpier, as producers pander to ever-lower audience expectations and the viewing public's general intellectual flabbiness?
Good luck, panel!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7031201674.html(The notorious Steve Beverly is quoted in said article - thought that would make your day.)