After a family receives three strikes they have to relinquish control of the board to the opposing family. If they do not answer the question before the 2 seconds is up they will receive a strike. Although there is no time limit, if time is short and a contestant seems to be stalling, then the host has the discretion to impose a three-second count. A “strike” is given for each answer that is not on the board or if a person fails to respond. Family members may not be allowed to help one another while in control of the board. The host of the show would then start with the next family member in line, each being allowed to give one answer to the question. It is typically a tradition for the contestants to be cordial and greet each other with a handshake when coming to the podium for the 1st time and before the question is read. If both players receive the same amount of points for their answer then the person that buzzed in first wins control.Įach round of play starts with two opposing family members facing off to gain control of the board. A team can automatically gain control if they give the number one answer listed on the board. That team then has the option to either play the question or pass it to the other family. Whichever player gives the most popular answer on the board to the question causes their team to gain control. You can give a perfectly reasonable answer but it will be considered incorrect because it failed to make the survey (e.g.: for the question about famous Ted’s, Ted Danson is a famous actor, but if at least two people did not give his name then the answer is incorrect). The contestants are asked questions about what other people think is true not about what actually is true. A few good examples of questions might be “Name something you find out about someone on a first date”or “Living or dead, name a famous Ted”.
A question has to receive at least four different answers. As the game progresses the points they can earn are doubled and then tripled.Īt least two of the 100 surveyed people must have given the same answer for an that answer to appear on the board. The contestant earns one point per surveyed person for each answer that matches what’s on the game board. These contestants are asked questions that were previously posed to a survey panel of 100 people who provided the most popular answers (sometimes, the surveyed audience might be narrowed down to just include all women or all men).Ī contestants answer is considered correct only if it is one of the concealed answers unveiled on the game board, or the judges consider it to be equivalent to one of the answers. Representatives from two families make up the contestants. Over the years it has been hosted by Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, John O’Hurley and currently by Steve Harvey. In 1999 it was once again revived and has continued to air and is currently in its 12th season. In 1988 CBS brought the show back with Ray Comb as host but this only lasted until 1993. Although it was cancelled in 1985 it continued to run in syndication. It originally premiered on ABC with Richard Dawson as its host from 1976 until 1985. When You Enter a Bathroom, What Color Do You Really Hope NOT to See in the Toilet Bowl?ĩ.Family Feud is a popular American game show that was created by Bill Todman and Mark Goodson. Tell Me A Word That Rhymes with “Election”Ĩ. Name Something You Might See a Commercial For During a Baseball Gameħ. If You Could Go to the Land of OZ, What Would You Ask the Wizard For?Ħ. Name Something In A Person’s Closet That Only Comes Out On Special Occasionsĥ. When the team gives a correct answer, the host adds the correct number of points (Important note: the correct points for each answer are listed in parentheses next to the answer).Ĥ. The team gets three strikes during the round, and each incorrect answer given counts as one strike. The team who chooses to play this round gets a chance to guess the remaining top answers to the question.Įach team member gets a chance to give an answer, one by one, until they’ve found all the answers or gotten three wrong answers (or strikes). If they don’t want to, they can pass the chance to play the round to the opposing team.
The team whose Captain gives a correct answer first gets the chance to play this round of the game. If the first Team Captain fails to give a correct answer, the other Team Captain gets a chance to guess. The Team Captain who hits the buzzer first has five seconds to give an answer that is listed on the Family Feud questions and answers sheet. Next, the Team Captains face-off by trying to beat each other to hitting their buzzer and answering the question first.