An Island Paradise...Or is It? Quiz

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"Survivor" is a reality television competition that strands a group of strangers on a remote island location where they must find food, build shelter, and vote each other out to win a million-dollar prize. The show is famous for its ultimate dramatic ritual at Tribal Council, where the host puts out a contestant's torch while delivering the phrase: "The tribe has spoken". The series premiered in May of 2000 on the CBS network, introducing viewers to its original setting on the rugged island of Borneo.

"Love Island" is a reality television dating show that follows a group of single contestants, known as "Islanders," on the Spanish island of Mallorca. They must obtain a romantic partner in a luxury villa to avoid being dumped from the island by viewer votes and to stay in the running for a grand cash prize. The series began in 2015 on the UK's ITV2 network. The show is known for its dramatic text-message alerts signaled by a loud, synthetic text tone that sends the entire cast screaming, "I've got a text!" (this portends news from the outside world and a plot twist).

"Lost" is a drama that follows the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 after their plane breaks apart in mid-air. The series premiered in September 2004 on the ABC network. While the characters simply call their bizarre new home "The Island", it is a mysterious one indeed. It is a shifting, supernatural location that can have polar bears, time-travel portals, and a mysterious underground hatch. The show's very iconic element is the Smoke Monster, which is a cloud of black smoke that stalks the jungle and hunts down the castaways.

"The White Lotus" is a dark and satirical drama that follows the wealthy and entitled guests and the spiraling staff at an exclusive resort chain. The resorts are in island locations such as Hawaii, Sicily, and Thailand, and each season covers a week at these locales. The first season premiered in July 2021 on the HBO network. The show is known for its bizarre and startling twists and actions, such as murder, sex, and weird acts of revenge.

"Gilligan's Island" is a classic sitcom that follows a mismatched group of seven castaways trying to survive and find a way back home after their tropical sightseeing tour goes completely off course. It premiered on September 26, 1964, on the CBS network. The characters spend the entire series marooned on a completely unmapped, unnamed tropical island located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The show's most famous element is its catchy, storytelling theme song, "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle", which introduces every character from the Skipper to the Movie Star and is widely considered one of the most famous and recognizable tunes in television history.

"Wrecked" is a sitcom (acting like a parody of "Lost") that tracks a diverse group of around 40 plane crash survivors who are completely unqualified to establish a new society on a remote island. The series premiered in 2016 on the TBS network. The characters are trapped on a completely unnamed, desolate island in the middle of nowhere. As an example of its wry humor, in the very first episode, the leader and alpha-male character who steps up to confidently lead the survivors is instantly crushed and killed by a piece of falling airplane fuselage.

"Fantasy Island" is a fantasy drama that follows guests who pay a premium to travel to a magical resort where they can live out their deepest desires. The original series premiered on January 28, 1978, on the ABC network. Set on a mysterious, hidden tropical island simply known as "Fantasy Island", the guests often learn that what they want isn't always what they actually need. The show's opening sequence features an employee named Tattoo who rings a bell in a bell tower, points to the sky, and yells the famous line: "De plane! De plane!"

"The Almighty Johnsons" is an urban fantasy show that follows a regular guy who discovers on his 21st birthday that he and his brothers are the human reincarnations of Norse Gods. The series premiered in 2011 on New Zealand's TV3 network. Rather than a tropical setting, the show takes place on the volcanic islands of New Zealand, where the gods' powers are downsized to fit their ordinary, everyday mortal lives. The show's mythology-based humor is centered on these diminished powers. For instance, the god of darkness is stuck working as a refrigerator repairman, while the god of poetry and eloquence is a slimy corporate PR executive.