Thursday, May 29, 2014

Deal or No Deal vs. Jeopardy

I started this post back in 2008 (!) when a game show called Deal or No Deal was popular. Well, there's a reason why that show isn't on the air anymore while Jeopardy lives on. I like to summarize it with the following chart:

Deal or No DealJeopardy
Unique questions per episode161
Seconds per question3005
Pct Artificial Drama100%0%
Pct of Decisions 2nd-Guessed by contestants99%5%
IQ of host85150
IQ of contestants50140
IQ of viewers75110

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