What game shows do you watch that you KNOW you would win if you ever got on

[charlie and algernon]

The obvious, Are you smarter than a fifth grader. I think I would answer the 5th grade ones first and leave the 1st grade questions for the million dollars.
Lingo
Chain Reaction - I would kill the competition they usually have on it. They always think of the first word that comes to them, not what would actually fit the chain.
Cash Cab
Weakest Link
Who Wants to be a Millionaire - I usually make it pretty far playing along.

[arcadian]

1. Jeopardy, I'm pretty fuckin' smart

n't

[charlie and algernon]

3. Jeopardy can be easy if you find the hidden clue

there's always a clue hidden in the answer that gives the question away pretty easily, the tricky part is finding what the clue is.

[LisaM]

4. I hate when they do that, though, because sometimes

it changes the answer from the category it's supposed to be in to something else, IMO.

I'm pretty good at Jeopardy!, but there are some categories I am absolutely rotten at. I'm average on most, know some cold ("Six Wives of Henry VIII?") but then don't know anything about stuff like rivers.

[charlie and algernon]

12. you don't need to know all catagories,

just to be really good in two or three a round. If you can dominate a couple catagories and get lucky with a couple questions in others, you'll be in contention for final jeopardy.

[LisaM]

15. Oh, yeah, I'm pretty good overall

It's just that every now and then a category shows up where I'm a complete DUD.

[LisaM]

2. Well, I don't KNOW that I would win

But I once solved "On a slow boat to China" on Wheel of Fortune after two letters (o and n). I think it was intuition, not brains, because I also got "playbook" once with just the "l".

[alphafemale]

5. Price is Right. That beat the clock thing

Where you guess the price through hints of higher or lower.

That is a cinch.

[terrya]

6. "Jeopardy" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"

I couldn't go on "5th Grader" because I don't do the jumping up and down and running around screaming around the set thing like the jackass with the cowboy hat who I'm watching right now.

[charlie and algernon]

8. that's the problem

normal smart people will always have a hard time getting onto game shows other than Jeopardy and Millionare. The producers want ratings and you get ratings through people that show emotion rather than intelligence.

[terrya]

11. That's why I could never be on "The Price is Right"

I'm too reserved to do the screaming and yelling thing. Oh, well...

[Lyric]

7. Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Millionaire, Weakest Link

Anything that involves either trivia knowledge, academic knowledge, or word/letter skills.

[charlie and algernon]

13. if you're good with word/letter skills

check out lingo and chain reaction on GSN. It's all about coming up with words 1 letter at a time.

[terrya]

17. "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" is a good one, also.

You don't win a huge amount of money, but it's a good game.

[Brigid]

9. Cash Cab.

I usually do pretty well playing along on that one.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

10. Cash Cab, WOF, Millionaire, Fifth Grader.

I actually tried out for Millionaire but didn't make the cut. Even though I was the first to finish the test, there were 5-7 questions that nobody would know the answer to, though the other 20 or so questions were really easy.

And I know the people had to guess on those harder questions, because I've seen some real dumbasses on that show.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. "Who wants to execute the jackass in the do-rag", "Who wants to set afire Kenny G"

shows like that.

[DS1]

16. The Biggest Douchebag in the Universe Awards.

One of these years I'm going to beat John Edward

[littlebit]

18. Don't forget the lyrics.

I can't remember what I ate for breakfast. But for some strange reason I can remember the lyrics from every song I have ever heard.

[NewEnglandGirl]

19. Jeopardy

except in a few areas that are not my forte, Smarter than a fifth grader (why do those kids have the same clothes on week after week?), Millionaire and Family Feud.