Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people. The format, which originated in the United States, airs in numerous local formats worldwide.
The original version premiered on ABC and was hosted by Richard Dawson from 1976[5] until it was cancelled in 1985, by which point it had been popular on both the network and in syndication. The series was revived by CBS in 1988 with Ray Combs hosting it until its cancellation in 1993 and its accompanying syndicated series until 1994, when he was replaced by Dawson for one season. The series was activated again in 1999 and continues to air with the twelfth season, which began on September 13, 2010. During that time, it has been hosted by Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O'Hurley and Steve Harvey, who became the host at the start of the 2010–2011 season.
Gameplay (THe real life Family Feud)
Download link of the game is located below.
Representatives of the family of contestants are posed questions that have already been answered by a survey of 100 people although, sometimes, the surveyed audience would be further narrowed down (e.g. "100 women"). An answer is considered correct if it is one of the concealed answers on the game board, or judged to be equivalent. More points are given for answers that have been given by more people in the survey, with one point per person. Dollars were used before 1992 (see below for more information). Answers must have been given by at least two of the 100 people to be included on the board, and a question must have yielded at least four different answers (three until 2003). There are five members on each team. This was reduced to four during the 1994–1995 season only.
Examples of questions might be "Name a famous George", "Tell me a popular family vacation spot", "Name something you do at school", or "Give me a slang name for policemen".
The participants are not asked questions about what is true; instead, they are asked questions about what other people think is true. As such, a perfectly logical answer may be considered incorrect because it failed to make the survey (e.g.: for the question about Georges,George Jones was a popular country singer, but if his name was not given by at least two people it is considered incorrect).
[edit]Basics
To start each round of the main game, two opposing family members "face off" to see which family will gain control of that particular question. Traditionally, the contestants greet each other with a handshake before the question is read. Whoever guesses the more popular answer in the survey has the option to play the question or pass it to the other family, except during the 1988–1995 version, when they were automatically given control of the board. Players are also automatically given control if they guess the "Number one answer," the answer most commonly given. If both answers are worth the same amount of points, control goes to the player that buzzed in first. In the 1976–1985 and 1988–1995 versions, if neither player gave a valid answer, the next member of each family got a chance to answer, with control again going to the family giving the more popular answer. Since 1999, should neither player give a valid answer, the question is edited out of the broadcast and replaced with a new question.[6]
Starting with the next family member in line, each gets a chance to give one answer. Family members may not confer with one another while in control of the board. The family gets a "strike" if a player gives an answer that is not on the board or fails to respond. There is no time limit, but the host has the discretion to impose a three-second count if time is short or the contestant appears to be stalling. Three strikes cause the family to relinquish control of the board, giving the other family one chance to steal the points in the bank by correctly guessing one of the remaining answers. However, if the family is able to reveal all the answers on the board before accumulating three strikes, they win the round and their opponents are not given the chance to steal.
In all versions except the 1988–1994 version, before attempting to steal the round, the entire family could confer before the answer was given. In the 1988–1994 and 2008 primetime versions, each family member gave his or her opinion one at a time. The team captain could then either select one of those four or give his or her own. If the family guesses a remaining answer correctly, they receive the points accumulated by the other family. From 1992–1995 and 1999–2003, the revealed answer's value was also added to the winning team's score.
After determining who takes the bank for a round, any remaining answers are then revealed. Per tradition, the audience yells each unrevealed answer in a choral response.
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