The Easiest of Bonus Rounds...

[TimK2003]

Watched a P+ episode the other day on Buzzr (Elizabeth Montgomery/Wesley Eure).

In the Alphabetics Round, 6 or 7 out of the 10 passwords were names of states, which I found not only unusual, but almost a $5,000 gimme.  Even Elizabeth made a comment on the oddity of the round.

Did P+ do other insanely easy, almost-topical, Alphabetics rounds during its run, or was nobody winning the $5K prize as of late?

[That Don Guy]

I remember one that was all cities. To show you how hard it was: for E, the clue was, "Scotland."

It wouldn't be the only show where the bonus round was pretty much a giveaway on occasion; how many times did the head-to-head match on CBS Match Game have just one obvious answer, or a bonus stunt on the all-star version of Monty Hall Beat the Clock that came the day after they retired a stunt that wasn't won on five straight shows?

[SamJ93]

Five words: "Brad Rutter is tonight's Chaser."

[ET206]

Watched a P+ episode the other day on Buzzr (Elizabeth Montgomery/Wesley Eure).

In the Alphabetics Round, 6 or 7 out of the 10 passwords were names of states, which I found not only unusual, but almost a $5,000 gimme.  Even Elizabeth made a comment on the oddity of the round.

Did P+ do other insanely easy, almost-topical, Alphabetics rounds during its run, or was nobody winning the $5K prize as of late?

I'm a social studies teacher.  With the overwhelmingly lack of geography knowledge people have today, that particular bonus round would be very difficult.

[Neumms]

Speaking generally, the Gold Run on Cullen's Blockbusters seems like it was won a lot. Didn't a couple undefeated champs win 20 out of 20 bonuses?

[TLEberle]

Yes. They did. Solo player Leland Y(e)ung is third with 18 wins

[KrisW73]

Watched a P+ episode the other day on Buzzr (Elizabeth Montgomery/Wesley Eure).

In the Alphabetics Round, 6 or 7 out of the 10 passwords were names of states, which I found not only unusual, but almost a $5,000 gimme.  Even Elizabeth made a comment on the oddity of the round.

Did P+ do other insanely easy, almost-topical, Alphabetics rounds during its run, or was nobody winning the $5K prize as of late?

I've been watching and it seemed like there were a lot of non-winning bonus rounds prior to that the states round.

[JMFabiano]

Speaking generally, the Gold Run on Cullen's Blockbusters seems like it was won a lot. Didn't a couple undefeated champs win 20 out of 20 bonuses?

Sad to say, a lot of the WC's on the current $100K seem to have contestants who breeze through it.  Even the actual $100K rounds.

[alfonzos]

Musical Chairs had two different bonus rounds in its brief run and each was won regularly. The first one had the contestant sing the next line of ten songs in sixty seconds. The second one had the contestant unscramble the lyrics of a familiar song within a time limit. The scrambled lyrics one might have worked with a couple of bluff lyrics in the mix.

[jmangin]

Speaking generally, the Gold Run on Cullen's Blockbusters seems like it was won a lot. Didn't a couple undefeated champs win 20 out of 20 bonuses?

Pat & Liz McCarthy were the family pair to win 20 Gold Runs.

John Hatten is the only solo player to win 20.

[bossjock967]

"Behind these numbers are various amounts of money..."

[nowhammies10]

To that end, "Pull The Handle and Win A Cookie".

[JMFabiano]

Probably a cheat, but Marshall HS's "bonus game".  (also first season of Bergeron). 

[SamJ93]

Probably a cheat, but Marshall HS's "bonus game".  (also first season of Bergeron).

IIRC, the "pick a square and win" format was only used for the first six weeks or so of the Bergeron version, then they added a question (and doubled the scoring in the main game).