Quiz with Balls

What's not to like? FAMILY FEUD (two teams of five family members face off against each other) meets WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (pretty tough multiple choice questions) meets WIPEOUT (large inflated rubberized objects knock losing contestants into a swimming pool). The more members a family loses, the tougher the multiple choices get, but if you can keep from losing any, the level of difficulty stays the same for the next round.

From reading other reviewers, apparently one or another of the three facets of the show can put some viewers off, but to me they compliment each other. There are other quiz shows where the host deliberately delays revealing the correct answers to pad out the length of the show which other reviewers here complain about the host of this show, but while that's usually a deal-breaker for me, this host isn't as guilty of it as others. I definitely look forward to the show and find the questions challenging.

The Reviews concerning if Spam is an acronym; Hormel says the origin is a secret. Besides people saying it is a portmanteau from Spiced Ham; lots others say it is an acronym of Shoulder Pork And Ham. Hormel has not acknowledged if it is a portmanteau, or an acronym. The writers of the Ball Quiz show should be familiar with both suggestions where the word SPAM came from, and not have used SPAM or their list of what is a word, and what is not a word.

Game shows, and competitions have gone down the tube(no pun intended) in the last 10-20 years. This one is interesting, at least a little bit. The questions are somewhat challenging.

The big problem... is the show does the same $hit that all of them do. The host will say we will see what happens... when we come back.

Think of something NEW to go to intermission and ridiculous commercials.

Two teams of five face off in a multiple-choice quiz show that lasts five rounds. In each round there are six answer choices, but the number of correct answers decreases by round. If you choose a wrong answer, you are unceremoniously clobbered by a large inflated ball that knocks you into a dunk tank. The team that accumulates the most money and survives the five rounds gets the opportunity to compete for a $100,000 prize.

I found the questions to be legit. Not everyone will know all the correct answers to a question. And the difficulty of the questions vary. Teams can walk away with significant cash, but the final question may be a high hurdle for most contestants.

Host Jay Pharoah contributes some energy, but his role is mostly explanatory. Those who enjoy watching others get clobbered, and there are plenty of those people, may find this a hoot.

I usually enjoy trivia type gameshows, but I find the host, Jay Pharough, very annoying! I think he's trying to use over-the-top theatrics to come up with different/new ways to say "release the balls!", but it's just not working. Also, I keep wishing he would change what he is wearing. He's worn the same bright red jacket and blue pants on all 3 of the shows that I've watched so far. Some of the families are a bit much too, with the "smack talk" given back and forth. I do find watching people get bumped into the water is mildly entertaining for me, though. :). I would give it a higher rating than 6, if it wasn't for the annoying host.