Groucho was the subject of an urban legend about a supposed response to a contestant who had nine children which supposedly brought down the house.

* " The Prize of Peril " ( 1958 ), another Robert Sheckley story, was about a television show in which a contestant volunteers to be hunted for a week by trained killers, with a large cash prize if he survives.

* Spiral, a former Big Brother contestant, who wrote, performed and released a song about Finglas

Having spent time with every contestant came back to work in her favor as a trivia contest about the contestants gave her the immunity win and placed a target squarely on Kathy.

The contestant who was about to spin the board played the Home Player Spin and read the name of the home player who would play along ; names and addresses were on postcards situated in front of the contestants.

However, the moderator, concerned about the contest ’ s low television ratings, offers Lisa free tuition (' and a hot plate ') at the Seven Sisters college of her choice if she will allow a more popular contestant ( who happens to be a boy ) to win.

In 2007, about 5, 000 to 7, 000 people gathered for a parade and outdoor concert at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater at Bothell Landing in honor of local American Idol contestant Blake Lewis.

Roger gets annoyed with the contestant beside him and after being asked by Clive Anderson to do a poem about changing a light bulb, he does it in the style of Muhammad Ali.

In addition to her journalism she appeared on radio, as a contestant on the BBC radio panel game My Word !, for nearly thirty years and wrote books about film and travel, particularly about Greece.

In keeping with his edgy persona established on Top Gear, Clarkson frequently made tongue-in-cheek jokes about competitors and their robots, such as remarking that a contestant robot called " Scarab " looked like " cheese on toast ".

Ring That Bell: As on the 1950s version, two bells were suspended from the ceiling, with each contestant about 20 feet away.

* " Whatever Happened To ...," a statement is read about a celebrity ( often a child star or a one-hit wonder ) who had previously made it big but had since faded from the scene, and the contestant had to correctly guess who Ober was speaking of.

On a first season episode, however, a contestant did correctly answer a question about Coulomb's Law, earning him 10 points and a full 20 seconds of wild cheering from the audience.

Instead, the contestant was strapped to a spinning circular platform surrounded by ten numbered television monitors and was asked ten questions ( usually about TV ).

He was always particularly happy to have a contestant that was a minister on the show and would ask about his congregation.

According to the magazine, the superrational thing was for each contestant to roll a simulated die with the number of sides equal to the number of expected responders ( about 5 % of the readership ), and then send " 1 " if you roll " 1 ".

Bandmember Chynna Phillips was a contestant on Season 13 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, and explained that " Hold On " was written by her and bandmates Carnie and Wendy Wilson about her recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

As a contestant on Tic Tac Dough, McKee won $ 312, 700 ( the equivalent of about $ 800, 000 in today's dollars ) in cash and prizes over forty-six days on the show.

Following the revelation of a guest's secret, either by guessing or by the host's revelation once the game was over, the host typically either interviewed the contestant about their secret, or, if applicable, the contestant did some kind of demonstration of their secret.

On the December 15, 2010 episode, after a contestant wore Sounders merchandise and the contestant and host talked about the team, the show ran a disclaimer in the credits stating the host's participation in the ownership group of the Sounders.

" ( On The Generation Game ; directed off-stage after reading out a mundane fact about a contestant )

However, a risk averse contestant will choose no door and accept the guaranteed $ 500.

If the risk is refused, the contestant pulls the lever to see what would have happened had the contestant taken the risk.

In the Goldmine, after the contestant gets their two free attempts, the computer randomly places the Eliminator and the Doubler amongst the 5 remaining ' scuttles ', thus reducing the risk of picking the Eliminator by one scuttle.

After the third question, the contestant was given an opportunity to bank the money and stop or risk it on a double-or-nothing final question.

The rules soon changed so that the car bonus was removed, but a contestant who continued to roll did not risk the accumulated money.

The contestant could elect to keep what they had won up to that point, or risk all of their winnings to add an amount in cash equal to their original debt or their main game winnings, based on how well they fared in the first part of the bonus round.

The show was responsible for the phrases " Say the secret woid and divide $ 100 " ( that is, each contestant would get $ 50 ); and " Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

In the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys series, the contest is altered somewhat with Aphrodite and Athena entering but Artemis is the third goddess contestant instead of Hera ( offering the one who chooses her the chance to be renowned as a great warrior ).

The competition is promised to select 1 male and 1 female contestant to represent USA in the international arena.

However, before their question is asked, a contestant can choose to bank the current amount of money earned in a chain to a safe pot, after which the chain starts afresh.

When the allotted time for each round ends, any money not banked is lost, and if the host is in the middle of asking a question, or has asked a question but the contestant has yet to answer, the question is abandoned.

Occasionally, the host gives the correct answer whether the contestant is able to answer the question correctly or not.

** Boxer Mike Tyson is arrested and charged with the rape of Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington 3 days earlier, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Later, the producers of the British talent show Stars in Their Eyes forced a contestant to censor one of its lines, changing "... all it takes is one itchy trigger – One more widow, one less white nigger " to "... one less white figure ".

Only one contestant plays at a time ( similar to some radio quizzes ) and the emphasis is on suspense rather than speed.

Once in the hot seat, the contestant is asked increasingly difficult general knowledge questions by the host.

There is no time limit to answer a question ; a contestant may ( and often does ) take as long as they need to ponder an answer.

After the first few questions, the host will ask the contestant if that is their " final answer ".

When a contestant says " final " in conjunction with one of the answers, it is official ; it cannot be changed.

The first five questions usually omit this rule, unless the contestant has guessed a wrong answer ( at which point, the host is hoping the contestant will take the hint ), because the questions are generally so easy that to require a final answer would significantly slow the game down ; thus, there are five chances for the contestant to leave with nothing if he or she were to give a wrong answer before obtaining the first guaranteed amount ; going for £ 1, 000 after winning £ 500 is the last point in the game at which a contestant can still leave with nothing.

If the contestant answers a question incorrectly, then all the money won so far is lost, except that the £ 1, 000 and £ 32, 000 prizes are guaranteed: if a player gets a question wrong above these levels, then the prize drops to the previous guaranteed prize.