Who Wants To Be Smarter Than a Game Show "Expert" Quiz Writer?

[Matt Ottinger]

Come for a fairly decent quiz in places, stay for at least half a dozen mistakes.  (Burbank?  Really?)

http://yourdailydish.com/game-show-expert-quiz/

[BillCullen1]

I got 34 of 40 right. I found out stuff I did not know. Fun quiz to take.

[MSTieScott]

I found out stuff I did not know.

I found out stuff the person who assembled the quiz didn't know.

(If you get 36 out of 40 correct, it'll tell you that "you got a perfect score.")

[WarioBarker]

34 out of 40 for me, too.

Why is a picture of Press Your Luck Expert Edition (I think that's what it is) used for the first question? And even then it looks pixely, like someone screencapped a YouTube video at 240p resolution or somesuch.

The Ray Combs question has nothing even resembling the right answer - the "correct answer" only happened to him after his last Family Feud taping and dismissal.

Gotta love the questions where the picture gives away the answer. At least make me think a little!

It's a shame, though, since like Matt said this does have some good questions...but the factual errors and some bad picture choices drag it down for me.

[BrandonFG]

Like most of these "expert" quizzes, I stopped after the first 6 or 7, mainly for the issues Matt and Scott mentioned. Also because it's the same quiz we've seen 100 times.

[BrandonFG]

Why is a picture of Press Your Luck Expert Edition (I think that's what it is) used for the first question?

They didn't even bother with actual facts, so I can guarantee they're not looking for whether the screenshot they used was literally from Peter Tomarken's version or a video game. It resembled the show enough to get the point across.

[Kevin Prather]

Why is a picture of Press Your Luck Expert Edition (I think that's what it is) used for the first question?

Looks more like BigJon's game to me.

[MSTieScott]

When I was ruled "incorrect" about the diameter question, I was inspired to see if that information was actually reported anywhere. If I was doing this professionally, I wouldn't rely on this article as my only source, but it makes me feel a little better that my "incorrect" response was probably correct:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-09-10-9103080481-story.html


I would like to see a game show present a question with a phrasing like "Where did the first airing of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' first air?"