I’m trying to remember the name of a trivia/quiz game show from a few years ago. Some details are sketchy as the memory is hazy.
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[li]It was within the last 10 years, I believe[/li][li]It was a limited run; there were only 10 episodes or so. There might have been two “seasons”[/li][li]The name of the show was a multi-word phrase[/li][li]Two teams competed against each other[/li][li]The host had a very dry sense of humor[/li][/ul]
Note that the primetime version had a limited run, but there was a later daytime version with a different host. Also note that there was a British version, too.
I’ve seen several versions of this in different countries. In each one, the host (a woman) is a clone of the others. To say her sense of humor is “dry” is something of an understatement. She could be really cruel to the contestants.
My favorite bit from World Series of Pop Culture was when the category was “Those talented Baldwin Brothers” and the host explained the category saying it was a category all about Alec Baldwin.
The one thing I didn’t like about it was, it had a strange definition of “pop culture.” For example, the contestants were expected to know the names of the actors (including the ones who played Brandon & Brenda’s parents) on the first season of Beverly Hills 90210, but only the characters’ names from the first season of Lost.
Also, in the second season, the only TV show that started before late 1989 that was even mentioned was The Brady Bunch, and the music questions were entirely rock, pop, or rap/hip-hop - except that one tiebreaker asked for the names of Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year winners, which drew gasps from the audience.
The questions that aired were also much easier than the ones they had to answer in the qualifying test, although that can be attributed to the “If the questions are too hard for the audience to answer, then nobody is going to watch the show” mentality.