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1. The first TV show to go mad was "The Apprentice". Donald Trump was so fed up with his candidates and decided to fire everyone right on the spot and leave the show permanently.
This has never happened of course, but Trump has fired more than one candidate at a time in the board room. In the first five seasons, what has been the largest amount of people ever fired in a single boardroom elimination?
2. After a shocking episode of "The Apprentice", many viewers expected to find some reality on NBC's "Fear Factor", but once again they were surprised. For the gross-out stunt, contestants were forced to eat previously-buried human remains!
Again, a show is not likely to do this, but "Fear Factor" has had plenty of horribly sickening stunts in its run. Which is not a 'food' or combination of 'foods' that players have previously eaten?
3. Fearing the worst, viewers change the channel to an episode of "Survivor" where the contestants were so fed up and so hungry that they began roasting their weakest member on the fire pit.
In season two (The Australian Outback), the second member voted out of the game left because of rumors that he had snuck food into the game. What type of food was it?
4. "The Amazing Race" wasn't any safer for viewers. Racers arriving at an airport were immediately taken to jail after personnel found hunting knives in their backpacks at a security checkpoint.
In season 5, contestant Colin Guinn was nearly arrested for refusing to pay a taxi driver the correct amount of money. In which country did this event occur?
5. On that fateful night, "Beauty and the Geek" was being watched by viewers, and during one challenge the beauties violated the laws of thermodynamics and created perpetual motion machines.
Is it true that all of the beauties chosen as contestants on the show have been models or movie stars in their lives?
6. Viewers of CBS' "Big Brother" were surprised by many secrets on the show, but on the day that reality TV went mad, the Big Brother house was hit by a twister!
Which season of the show first aired during the 9/11 attacks?
7. On "Hell's Kitchen", viewers expected the head chef to yell at the contestants for their incompetence, but instead, he simply imploded, leaving behind a smoky ash which smelled like gourmet food.
What is the name of the host and head chef of the US edition of "Hell's Kitchen"?
8. On the show "Supernanny", top nanny Jo Frost tucked a child into bed before discovering that an escaped convict was on the loose in the house communicating with her on the phone.
Sounds an awful lot like "When a Stranger Calls", doesn't it? What is the name of another 'nanny-type' reality show?
9. On "The Biggest Loser", overweight viewers lose hope as the contestants turn to cannibalism in order to prevent themselves from starving at 'the ranch'. The winner of the show gained twenty-nine pounds.
In the first season of the show, how much weight did the biggest loser actually lose by the end of the competition?
10. On "American Inventor", viewers ultimately voted on an invention that would dispose of unwanted singers on "American Idol". Not only that, but it could be a renewable energy source!
Which of these people is affiliated with both "American Inventor" and "American Idol"?
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