It's very annoying for an intelligent but very forgetfull person.
2007-05-19 11:19:37 · 4 answers · asked by purplepeace59 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Game shows must appeal to a mass audience - the home viewers. Viewers enjoy "playing at home." Given the average intelligence of people who enjoy watching game shows, a program based on memory is more likely to be popular than one based on intelligence.
2007-05-19 11:34:16 · answer #1 · answered by Abby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to test intelligence in a short format like a game show. A Q-and-A format is cheap and easy to use; one based on puzzle-solving is harder to implement and would take longer to play out. Look at Wheel of Fortune; it's effectively a puzzle-solving game, but it's extraordinarily simple in order to be able to play multiple games in a 23 minute span.
2007-05-19 18:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because memory is black and white. Intelligence is subjective, meaning that you can't recognize it unless your are at least as intelligent as the other person
2007-05-19 18:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anthony D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Win Ben Stein's Money was awesome, and it always succedded in making me feel like a little child lost in a sea of random knowledge.
2007-05-19 18:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋