I just posted this on Facebook, but I also wanted to get the more detailed opinions of our members here. It\'s a ten-question quiz, and it\'s much more challenging that the typical game-show fare. For one thing, many of the questions aren\'t about game shows at all, but rather about some other aspect of a host\'s career.
I have a problem with two of them, the Rayburn one because I never recall him doing what the answer said he did, and the Moore one because the author took a throwaway line out of context and made it seem like a much bigger deal than it was. I\'m also not thrilled with the Pyramid one, though their answer is the best of the ones provided. But I\'ll be interested in your thoughts.
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8 of 10. Missed the Rayburn and Convy q\'s.
Fun quiz, although I too am curious about the source on some questions (Garry and Gene).
Well, the source on the Garry Moore one is Garry\'s own words from the TTTT episode where they brought him back to explain his departure. The question writer just took one odd part of his comments out of context and decided to make that his answer.
As for the Rayburn one, I\'d like to think I\'ve watched as much Match Game as the average fan and I can\'t ever remember him doing what the question said he did.
Yeah, I missed the Garry and Gene questions too....and a couple of the ones I got right were just guesses.
Nice pic of Garry in the lead in as well.
I have 1,100 episodes of \"Match Game\" on my external hard drive and I\'m plowing through as many as I can while researching the next book. I have NEVER heard of Gene doing that.
I got an 8/10; missing the question about Pyramid and the one on Ed McMahon. I\'ll admit to making a lucky guess on the first one
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Just a thought, based solely on being as confused about this as everyone else: Is it possible this is something the author saw on The Match Game as opposed to Match Game \'7x?
My gut feeling is that the author remembers seeing Gene do it ONCE, and somehow decided in his mind that it was a regular thing. Whether that was on the original show or the better-remembered remake is anybody\'s guess. But yeah, that\'s one of the reasons I wanted to put the quiz out on this forum. Flawed question is flawed.
7/10. Missed McMahon, Convy, and Rayburn.
I only knew the Garry Moore question because I love that episode of TTTT. Specifically, the opening when he received just an amazing ovation. He deserved it and it was fun seeing him doing his gag of looking back to see if someone else was there.
don\'t like to boast, but I got 10 out of 10, but I do admit making lucky guesses on the Garry Moore and Ed McMahon question. I knew the Rayburn question because he used to deliver weather reports on the very early Steve Allen Tonight shows
6/10. This quiz illustrates the difference between trivia and trivial. Three of the ones I missed and at least one that I got, my first reaction was, \"Who cares?\"
A quiz about "the greatest game show hosts" [...] but no question about Bill Cullen? Hmm...Especially since Bill did a lot more than just game shows. Probably the reason why Bill isn't present is because it seems that if he's remembered for hosting games at all by the general public, it's for those short-lived ones that GSN airs from time to time. Bill's longest-running game show isn't even associated with him too much these days given that Bob Barker hosted it for 35 years.
I got 7 out of 10, too. I missed the Marx, Rayburn, and McMahon questions.
I also agree that I\'ve never seen Gene Rayburn do that on the air in all the episodes of \"Match Game\" I\'ve seen.
4/10. Eh, not much to brag about except getting a lucky guess on the Alan Ludden question. I had no idea he even did that.
Got 7 out of 10
4/10. Eh, not much to brag about except getting a lucky guess on the Alan Ludden question. I had no idea he even did that.
4/10. Eh, not much to brag about except getting a lucky guess on the Alan Ludden question. I had no idea he even did that.
4/10. Eh, not much to brag about except getting a lucky guess on the Alan Ludden question. I had no idea he even did that.
Well, you figured he wasn\'t saying \"Hi doll\" to the cameraman :)
But you know, that\'s another thing. I knew that one because the legend is pretty well established in our field. But in terms of it being something he did routinely? Our years of GSN reruns would seem to suggest otherwise.
7/10, and I already forgot which ones I missed. Agree on Cullen not being included being a \'miss.\'