House of Games: Question Smash: 104 New, Classic and Fiendishly Difficult Rounds

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Week 6 (16–20 November 2020): Melvin Odoom, [fn 1] Denise Van Outen, Greg Rutherford and Angela Barnes [fn 2] [fn 3] Get Your Junk Out ( first played on Series 2, Episode 3, Round 4 & last played on Series 2, Episode 6, Round 1): This round is played in exactly the same way as Richard's Junk from the regular show. However, instead of the junk items being shown on the screen, ten members of the audience physically hold up the junk items for the contestants to see (during the 15-second memorisation period and when the items are given as correct answers). What is the capital city of Hungary, and what is a traditional Italian sauce made with pine nuts, basil, garlic and olive oil? Week 10 (27 November–1 December 2023): Clive Anderson, Lutalo Muhammad, Sara Davies and Alison SpittleDim Sums ( first played on Series 1, Episode 4 & last played on Series 3, Episode 90): The pairs are given an equation (e.g.? ×? = 18). The pairs are then given four questions with numeric answers, and must choose two that produce the correct answer. A correct sum earns the players a point. Which 2010 BBC TV show saw contestants compete to be in the West End Musical, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and what was the name of the Greenpeace ship which was sunk by the French in New Zealand? Famous Last Words ( first played on Series 2, Episode 3, Round 2 & last played on Series 2, Episode 6, Round 2): David O'Doherty remembers some events of a book (Group 1) or objects (Group 2), but he cannot remember the book's title or object's name. O'Doherty sings each player in turn a song whose lyrics reference some events or objects, with the final lyric being the book's title or object's name. Just before this lyric, the song stops and the player must name the title of the book or objects. If they do this successfully, they earn a point; otherwise, any other player can buzz in and try to take the point. Unusually for a game played in Round 2, this game is not a pairs game. Double Trouble ( first played on Series 6, Episode 35): Players are given a letter. They are then given two clues to things which each have a word that starts with that letter. They have to say the word of each answer that starts with the letter to earn a point.

Can You Feel It? ( first played on Series 3, Episode 25 & last played on Series 3, Episode 35): Each of the players is given a magnetic board with a word spelled on it (all the same word). The players are then blindfolded with their board facing towards the screen. Osman gives them a question and they have to spell out the answer using the letters on their boards. The first person to hit the buzzer with the correct answer wins a point. This error often occurs at the beginning of an athletics race (just ask Linford Christie in the 1996 Olympic Games) and can be part of the mission of a TV show to discover strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations...etc I Am Not A Robot ( first played on Series 5, Episode 6): Each player in turn is shown a picture divided into squares, resembling a CAPTCHA. They must select all squares fulfilling a particular condition (and no other squares) to earn a point. e.g. Which country invaded the Falklands in 1982 and who had a hit with ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’? Sounding Off ( only played on Series 1, Episode 4, Round 2): The players must guess the historical event that their teammate is recreating using Foley art.Which country invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982 and who had hits with ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘What’s love got to do with it’?

I f you have ever watched ‘Richard Osman’s House of Games’ you will be familiar with the final round every day of answer smash. For those unfamiliar you have to ‘smash’ two answers together to get the answer we are looking for, e.g. Rhyme Time ( first played on Series 1, Episode 1): The players are shown two statements whose answers rhyme. They then buzz in with the correct answers. On some questions, one of the statements is replaced with either a picture or a song (in which the title of the song is the rhyming answer they require). This is usually the first round of the week to ease the contestants into the format.Well Done If You Said That at Home ( first played on Series 4, Episode 2): The players are shown a word cloud based on something like a film, TV show or book title, generated from a home viewer survey asking for three words they would associate with the title. The cloud is revealed to the players from the least popular word to the most popular. The players must buzz in with the correct title for a point. The title of this round is a reference to Osman's other quiz show, Pointless, which is based on home-viewer surveys. Arty-Facts ( only played on Series 2, Episode 1, Round 3): This is a pairs game. Before the show, each player is asked to represent something in a given category with a work of art in a particular medium. In the show, each player in turn is shown their partner's work, and they must identify what the work represents. If they are successful, they and their partner earn a point; otherwise, the other pair can make a guess and try to take the point. Totes Emoji – another team game. One member of the team is shown a card with two titles on – they choose one to express through the medium of emojis. If their partner gets it right, points are gained. If not, the opposing team can buzz in for a bonus point. Regardless of bonuses, they then have to emojify the other title. Week 10 (18–22 October 2021): Joanne McNally, Bill Turnbull, Michelle Collins and Reginald D. Hunter Week 12 (27–31 January 2020): Kerry Godliman, Radzi Chinyanganya, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Hal Cruttenden

Redemption Week Week 1 (24–28 October 2022): Radzi Chinyanganya, Janet Ellis, Darren Harriott and Suzi Ruffell I'm Terrible At Dating ( first played on Series 2, Episode 5): The players have to write down what they think the answer is to a question to which the answer is a year. The player who is closest to the correct answer gets a point, but if anyone gets the year exactly right, they then get two points. The Elephant in the Room ( first played on Series 2, Episode 4): The players are given a word, and are then given questions to answer, but instead of answering them normally, they have to give the answer with the given word removed from the answer. For example, if the given word was "ham" and the answer to the question was Hammersmith, the player would have to say "mersmith" as the answer.Get Your Head In The Game ( first played in Series 2, Episode 2, Round 4 & last played on Series 2, Episode 5, Round 2): Each contestant in turn stands behind the screen. The screen displays a live video feed of the contestant, with their face replaced by something else (which may or may not be the face of a famous person). Each of the other contestants provides a one-word clue as to what the contestant "is", after which the contestant must guess who they "are". If they are correct, they earn a point. Similarly to The Nice Round, they can also give a point to the opponent who wrote the best clue. It Will All Become Clear ( first played on Series 6, Episode 93): Players are given a blurry still from a movie. The still "buffers" to become clearer over time. They must buzz in with the name of the movie to get the point. Just like the final round of Richard Osman’s House of Games, the goal is to find the correct answer to two clues and smash them together with the link. Because you have to find two answers, the questions are fairly easy. Great Minds Link Alike ( first played on Series 7, Episode 12): Each pair is given the titles of three things, but one word is missing out of each title. The missing words all share a common link. One of the players buzzes in with the thing that links the missing words and their partner lists the missing words.