TV Game Shows and Competitions: Know The Prop? Quiz

"Wheel Of Fortune" was created by Merv Griffin and premiered in 1975. Fans of the television game show recognize the giant spinning wheel that assigns dollar amounts to the letters guessed by the contestants. The goal is like the game, Hangman, to solve a word puzzle by revealing letters.

The game show made Pat Sajak and Vanna White household names for starring as the host and letter turners for over three decades.

The American version of "Survivor" premiered in 2000 but it was actually derived from a show called "Expedition Robinson" that was shown on Swedish television. "Survivor" celebrated their 50th season in 2026. The American reality competition show is hosted by Jeff Probst.

The show has given us famous phrases like "the tribe has spoken" and "hidden immunity idols". When a contestant is voted off, Probst will ceremoniously snuff out their torch before they leave the island or secluded location that season.

Simon Cowell designed the television reality talent competition, "America's Got Talent" as a way to showcase unique performers with a variety of talents. The premiere episode was in 2006 and it celebrated its twentieth season in 2025. Individual acts would come on the stage and do stand up comedy, sing, do outrageous aerial acts, magic, and even well trained dogs dancing.

The show has four judges who decide if they should be invited to the live shows for a chance to win a million dollars. Sometimes an act was so amazing, one of the judges would push a golden buzzer and immediately send the act to the live shows.

"Did you answer in the form of a question?" "Jeopardy!" was conceived by Merv Griffin and premiered on American television in 1964. Over the years, different game show hosts were part of "Jeopardy!" but Alex Trebek's run of 37 seasons was the most remembered.

The goal of the trivia competition was to score the most dollars over the other two opponents. "Jeopardy!" introduced to the world to their iconic theme song, "Think!" while players were writing down their answer to the final question.

In 2008, ABC premiered a new game show called "Wipeout". Contestants competed at the Sable Ranch in Canyon Country, California to see who can finish an aquatic obstacle course the quickest. The show added in giant red balls that could bounce the contestants up to the next obstacle. Spinning bars and water cannons often knocked contestants into the water below. "Wipeout" ran for seven seasons and was brought back seven years later as a reboot with John Cena and Nicole Byer hosting.

In England, a new competitive reality show called "Strictly Come Dancing" premiered in 2004. The following year, viewers in the United States watched their version called "Dancing With The Stars". In the television competition, celebrities who did not have professional dance training would be matched up with a professional dancer. Each week the different pairs would learn a new dance like the tango or salsa and get rated by three judges to see if they made it through to the next week of competition.

In 2025, the show celebrated their 34th season.

Your mother probably told you not to run around or drive your shopping cart crazy in the grocery store. Well if you played by those rules, you wouldn't have won the game show, "Supermarket Sweep". The show premiered in 1965 and originally had contestants racing through grocery stores aisles for 90 seconds to reach a certain dollar value amount or total cash value.

The show pitted three teams of two players against each other.

Statisticians study the Monty Hall Dilemma in their math classes. The question is based on the television game show "Let's Make A Deal". The show was hosted for decades by Monty Hall and contestants were given the choice of three large boxes. After choosing their initial box, one would be revealed and players had the option to switch their box choice to the other option.

The TV show premiered in 1963 in the United States.

Older pinball machines had a ball coming down and bouncing off of different bumpers on the machine. The game show, "The Price Is Right", was inspired by the idea and created a game called Plinko as one of the show's side games. The goal of "The Price Is Right" is to win valuable prizes and ultimately win the final showcase that often included a new car or luxurious trip. "The Price Is Right" is most famous for their host, Bob Barker, who was on the game show from 1972 until his retirement in 2007.

Each season of the game show "Deal Or No Deal" had twenty six models holding a golden briefcase that contained the hidden dollar amount a contestant could win on the show. Players would choose a briefcase and decide if they wanted to keep the hidden value inside or make a deal to sell it for a new price based on what other case values were revealed.

The American version of the game show premiered in 2005 with comedian Howie Mandel as the host.