British Quiz Shows
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. On Pointless, four answers are all correct. Which one is normally most valuable?
The answer chosen by the greatest number of surveyed people
The answer recognised by the fewest surveyed people
The answer given fastest by the contestant
The answer with the greatest number of letters
2. A player uses the 50:50 lifeline. What should happen?
The prize money is divided equally between two contestants
Two incorrect answer choices are removed
Half of the time limit is removed and half is added to the next question
The player receives two different questions and chooses one
3. A contestant answers correctly to release a counter into a large arcade-style coin-pusher machine. Which show uses this mechanic?
Tipping Point
Pointless
The Chase
Blockbusters
4. A player chooses a letter on a hexagonal board, and the answer to the next question must begin with that letter. Which show does this describe?
Fifteen to One
Countdown
Pointless
Blockbusters
5. On QI, what can happen when a contestant gives a tempting but predictably wrong answer?
The contestant must leave the game immediately
The entire round is restarted with a new question
The answer is accepted if the studio audience agrees
A klaxon may sound and points may be deducted
6. Which pairing is central to the classic format of Bullseye?
Snooker and word puzzles
Darts and general-knowledge questions
Bowling and music questions
Archery and number puzzles
7. The round Answer Smash combines a picture answer with a written clue so that the two answers overlap. On which show does it appear?
Richard Osman’s House of Games
Only Connect
Countdown
Mastermind
8. A contestant has built a cash amount and must now answer questions while trying to stay ahead of a professional opponent on a game board. Which show is this?
Tipping Point
The Weakest Link
The Chase
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
9. A team answers a starter question without conferring, then earns a set of bonus questions on which its members may confer. Which show uses this structure?
University Challenge
Eggheads
The Chase
Fifteen to One
10. A team of members of the public competes in subject-based head-to-head rounds against a resident team of accomplished quizzers. Which show is being described?
The Weakest Link
Pointless
Bullseye
Eggheads
11. A host asks contestants to name something that matches a survey prompt, and answers earn more points when more surveyed people gave them. Which show follows this principle?
The Chase
QI
Family Fortunes
Mastermind
12. Which description correctly matches the usual individual questioning structure of Mastermind?
A picture wall followed by a public vote to eliminate a contestant
A letters round followed by a numbers round and a physical challenge
A survey round followed by a head-to-head against a professional quizzer
A timed specialist-subject round followed by a timed general-knowledge round
13. Which programme is associated with contestants beginning with three lives and losing a life for an incorrect answer?
Countdown
Mastermind
Fifteen to One
Family Fortunes
14. At the end of a round, contestants privately select the player they believe should leave, and the votes are then revealed. Which show is this most closely associated with?
University Challenge
Eggheads
The Weakest Link
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
15. Which programme asks teams to find connections between seemingly unrelated clues and includes a Connecting Wall?
Only Connect
University Challenge
Mastermind
Pointless
16. Players select consonants and vowels to make the longest word they can, then later attempt an arithmetic target. Which programme are they playing?
Blockbusters
Countdown
Only Connect
Richard Osman’s House of Games