Hollywood Squares Quiz: Celebrities & Center Square Trivia

Study Notes

Hollywood Squares is an American game show that debuted in 1966 and features two contestants competing in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The board for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The show's writers usually supplied the jokes for the celebrity zingers. The show has been hosted by Peter Marshall, John Davidson, and Tom Bergeron, among others. In 2013, TV Guide ranked it at No. 7 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever. Many celebrities became recognized as regulars on the show, including Paul Lynde, who was featured in the tactically important center square throughout most of the show's original run. Hollywood Squares was played as a best two-out-of-three match between a returning champion and an opponent, with each individual game worth $200/$400 per match. The nighttime versions featured the same two contestants playing for the entire half-hour with each completed game worth $300 (NBC prime time) or $250 (syndicated). The Secret Square game is played as the first game on a given broadcast, where a randomly selected Secret Square is shown only to the home audience by the shot of the television camera. Storybook Squares, a children's version of Hollywood Squares, aired briefly on Saturday mornings on NBC from January 4 to August 30, 1969, and featured stars dressed as various fictional characters from television and fairy tales as well as historical figures from the past. The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour was a 60-minute program produced in 1983 that combined the Hollywood Squares program with a revival of the Goodson-produced Match Game.Hollywood Squares: A Summary of the TV Game Show

Hollywood Squares was a TV game show that aired in various versions from 1966 to 2004.
The original version had nine celebrities arranged in a tic-tac-toe board, with contestants trying to get three in a row.
The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour was a version that aired in the early 1980s, with a combination of the two games.
The New Hollywood Squares aired from 1986 to 1989, with John Davidson as host and a rotating center square.
The 1998 revival was produced by Whoopi Goldberg, with Tom Bergeron as host and a permanent center square played by Goldberg.
The revival had regular panelists like Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, and Caroline Rhea, with semi-regulars like Brad Garrett and Kathy Griffin.
The game had a bonus round with various formats, including a pick-a-prize and a trivia round with envelopes containing cash prizes.
The Secret Square game awarded a prize to a contestant who correctly agreed/disagreed with the answer given by a celebrity in a specific square.
The tiebreaker rule was changed several times throughout the different versions of the show.
The game's format and rules varied greatly throughout the years, including changes in prize values and the number of contestants playing.
Some celebrities who appeared on the show include Joan Rivers, Jim J. Bullock, Alec Baldwin, and Ellen DeGeneres.
The show was cancelled multiple times and replaced with other programs, including a soap opera and a talk show.
The show was distributed by companies like Orion Television and King World Productions.Hollywood Squares: Game format, prize structure, and changes in the final season Hip Hop Squares, The West Virginia Squares, Nashville Squares, and Hollywood Museum Squares International versions of the show and key information about them Home versions and merchandise related to the show including board games, albums, and electronic games Episode status and reruns of the show on various networks and platforms

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"Test your knowledge of Hollywood Squares with our quiz! From the original version with Peter Marshall to the 1998 revival with Whoopi Goldberg, this quiz covers the game show's format, prize structure, and celebrity panelists. You'll also learn about international versions, home versions, and merchandise related to the show. How much do you know about Hollywood Squares? Take our quiz to find out!"