If at any time the clue giver gives away any part of the answer or conveys the essence of the answer, a cuckoo sounds (burble in the Donny Osmond version) and the word is thrown out.Įach team has three turns with the celebrities giving first in Round 1, the contestants giving in Round 2, and in Round 3 they decide among themselves on who's giving and who's receiving (starting with the team that is trailing). This is not possible in Donny Osmond's, GSN's, and Michael Strahan's versions, as un-guessed words have to be returned to in order to count. When a word is passed, it can't be returned to, but if the guesser can guess the word already passed, the team still scores, but with no sound effect used, as to avoid any distractions. One player describes each item while the other player tries to guess what the words are. The team has 30 seconds to guess the seven answers that fit into the category. Each subject has seven words/phrases/names. "I'd Like to Buy a Vowel" could contain things associated with Wheel of Fortune).Įach team in turn chooses a category, and then a subject under that category is given. The categories are usually puns hinting to the content within that subject (i.e. In the main game, a category's position on the pyramid is not an indicator of its difficulty. Each game starts with the introduction of six categories arranged in a pyramid. The game is played with two teams of two players (consisting of one celebrity & one contestant) in a game of word communication.
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10.1 The Barack Obama/Osama bin Laden Incident.