Prosaic quiz week continues with that bastion of prosaic quizzes – local television, in this instance local television in Oklahoma. It’s KSBI 52’s very own Wild Card, and you can actually watch it ungeoblocked online if you want.
Fronted by Ed Murray, three contestants compete in a buzzer quiz in order to win a $250 voucher from Bob Mills Furniture (I thought he hasn’t been on Fighting Talk much recently). Contestants pick cards to determine a category of question (although there’s no rhyme or reason behind the cards), some turn out to be wild cards which doubles the points for the next question, some are jokers which will add or take away points, some are instant win prizes. The values of the questions increase as the show progresses (100, 200, 300 points), the final round is the 400 point everyone-answer-on-a-telestrator question, and finally everyone picks one of the letters of WILDCARD (only one D) which may add up to a whopping 2,500 to your score or bust it completely, although you don’t have to play – it is very much the golden snitch.
It’s fast moving and rather cheap and cheerful, the crew in the background are clearly being paid by the decibel. Not much more to say about it really.
DON’T FORGET that this Sunday it’s another exciting round of Bother’s Bar Poker – make sure you’re a member of the club to play. And next Saturday night it’s four plus hours of LIVE ENTERTAINMENT with Schlag den Baar. Pens and paper at the ready!