quiz′ show` n. a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions. Also calledquiz′ pro`gram.Comparegame show. [1940–45] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Rando...
Those of you who are a little younger will think Quiz Show is a very fascinating and creative film. But to my fellow young'uns, let me tell you this: it's a true story.This piece of social commentary that's sometimes hard to watch but has fantastic acting, well framed shots, and ...
There are some terrific scenes in "Quiz Show," most involving two of the three actors mentioned above, like when Enright first broaches the idea of feeding a shocked Charles the answers to the questions, and a gorgeously shot picnic at the Van Doren home in Cornwall, Connecticut, where the...
Movies tied me to a particular game show as a kid, “The Joker’s Wild.” It was one of the few shows I remember that posed questions about film. Contestants spun a big slot machine and hoped to land on three jokers. My cousins and I would mimic host Jack Barry yelling out “Joker...
Okay. Our first quiz is called true or false. I'm going to give you all a series of facts and you have to tell me which ones are true and which ones are false. The first contestant to hit the buzzer and give the right answer gets one point. But if you give the wrong answer, ...
Herbie Stemple:And they love me for the same reason they used to hate me, because I'm the guy who knows everything. Herbie Stemple:[referring to television]That box is the biggest thing since Gutenberg invented the printing press, and I'm the biggest thing on it. ...
Read the full-text online article and more details about "A New Quiz Show, "Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me," Provides Michael Feldman with a Little Competition" by Shenfeld, Hilary - Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 12, 1998...
"I used to go down to Enright's office every Wednesday afternoon before the show, and Enright would pull out cards with the questions and answers that would be used that evening. I ran through them; he would instruct me when to pause, when to mop my brow. Everything was very carefully...
In this quiz show, a group of primary school students and a team of adults are competing on the same stage, for those seemingly familiar and seemingly simple questions from primary school subjects. It is fun to see the embarrassment of those adult competitors unable to answer those easy questi...
26. show me the money American EnglishAmE spoken informal used to tell someone to give or pay you a lot of money, rather than just talk about the fact that they will give it to you 把钱拿出来呀〔用于叫某人不要光说会给钱〕 THESAURUS let someone see 让某人看见 show to let someone...