Family Feud Questions
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Family Feud questions are based on popular answers from surveys. This is where the popular tagline “survey says…” originates from, and refers to surveys of random topics posed to groups of 100 people.
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The Fun of Family Feud Questions
Are Family Feud Questions Based on Common Knowledge?
Questions featured on this game are not designed to be difficult or intellectual. In fact, contestants often do best when they respond to the questions with their first instinct. This is because the answers are based on survey responses so there is nothing innately difficult or intellectual about the questions. As long as the contestants answer the questions as the general public did, the contestants will do well in the game.
In order to successfully answer Family Feud questions it is best to be in tune with the general consensus of public opinion. There is really no way to study for an appearance on Family Feud since the questions aren’t based on general knowledge. If you want to prepare for playing family feud, you can study previous episodes of the game. This will help you understand the mechanics of the game and become familiar with the feel of the questions.
Who Writes the Questions for the Games?
Game shows have a staff of writers who spend their days composing questions. Writers on this show have the interesting task of coming up with questions that are not only interesting and understandable by the general public, but also thinking of questions which can potentially yield a few chuckles from the responses that come up.
Are Questions Asked More than Once?
The same question is asked more than once during the duration of the show. For example, during the final round of the game more than one contestant is asked the same group of questions in an attempt to accumulate points for the team. Since the same questions are asked of different contestants, if the second contestant responds with the same answer as the first contestant then he or she is told to try again with another answer. With there always being more than one answer available, the trick is to find the answer that the highest number of survey respondents gave. Even though more than one person gets to answer the same question, only one contestant gives the best response.
Are Questions Meant to be Tricky?
At times, the questions can seem so simple that they may appear to be trick questions. The fact of the matter is that the questions aren’t meant to be tricky. The questions always have more than one answer, so there are several possibilities. Problems arise when player try to think the questions through too thoroughly. The questions aren’t meant to perplex the contestants. Successful participants are those who think quickly and don’t read too much into the questions. Someone who is convinced the questions are all trick questions may wind up spending too much time in deep thought over a single question, and will probably wind up losing the game for his or her team.
What Are Examples of Questions from the Show?
Examples of typical Family Feud questions include:
- Name a country that begins with the letter “A.”
- Name the loudest animal in the zoo.
- Name a time of day that people go to bed.
- Name something you buy in a deli.
- Name something a woman might leave a lipstick mark on.
- Name something a cowboy wouldn’t want to happen during a gun fight.
- Name something an employee might ask a boss for.
Obviously, each question has many potential responses.
A quick search of YouTube will yield several great examples of Family Feud questions which were answered in humorous ways. One classic example is the contestant who answered a question about which month a pregnant woman starts to show with “September.” Watch the video all the way through in order to witness Richard Dawson laugh so hard he has a difficult time composing himself.
