A Strike Indicator (or Strike for short) is a penalty marker usually seen on the popular game show Family Feud at any time when an incorrect guess fails to make one of the top answers on the board.
Background[]
Usually in the main round, when a contestant is giving a wrong answer at any time earned a strike, however, if a team fails to get any survey answers on the board three times, then the other family will have a chance to steal the points/dollars from the other team and quite possibly get more than their opponents. However, it could work against them, for the other team can keep the points/dollars all while building a better lead than their opponents. Occasionally, if a family member(s) takes way too long to give his or her answer, then the host would say to them "three seconds" as of which they immediately need to give their answer right away quickly or they'll get buzzed for which in turn it means that the team will also get a strike as well. The "strike" is used as a big red "X" inside a red rectangular-shaped box (seen on the right side of the page for example) that's mixed along with an often loud buzzer.
Occasionally, in the Face-Off, after a contestant buzzes in and gives his or her answer that was not on the board or takes way too long to give their answer to the host immediately, then they would also get a strike while their opponent from the opposing team gets a chance to answer for control of the question. However, if either he/she gives her answer that was not on the board then the host would go to a teammate in order to give his or her answer.
Also, the Strike Indicator is seen during the Bullseye Round/Bankroll Game (and later the "Sudden Death" round since 2003) during the Combs, Dawson ('94) and O'Hurley ('09) eras of the series, but unlike the main game, it can only be seen once during the round.
Strike Bloopers[]
Karn Failure[]
On a syndicated Feud episode, Richard Karn asked to "Name an animal whose legs are featured on a restaurant menu" but since both ladies didn't buzz-in to answer in the face-off, as a result, this made former host Karn fall flat on his face at the center of the face-off as a red strike appeared instead.
Smut Showcase[]
On a June 24, 2008 episode of the all-star primetime spinoff called Celebrity Family Feud[1] on NBC, rapper/actor Ice-T was up against late comedienne Joan Rivers in the face-off that had the top five answers on the board with Al Roker asking "Name something that's slippery and hard to hold on to". Ice-T then buzzes in and says "P*nis". The answer was bleeped out as a small strike indicator covered his mouth. In a shocked response, Roker said that "I need this job. I don't know how to present it on the board but show me, captain winky". Luckily, it was not one of the "top five answers" on the board at all.
Family Feud (Buzzr)[]
In the pilot for the online version hosted by Josh Leyva (a.k.a. yomuscleboii) the team of internet celebrities (which consisted of three instead of five) had two strikes as of which you can see on this page.
However, in season one hosted by Adam Lustick it was reverted back to three strikes but in season two the camera zoomed out as of which both can be seen below on this page.
Trivia[]
In the later years of Ray Combs' era (during 1992, to be exact), whichever team member caused the family to get a strike had to hold a small paddle which consisted of a black stick with a white card with the strike indicator on it. Although never indicated, this could be inspired from the Japanese version called Kuizu 100-nin ni Kikimashita (Quiz I Asked 100 People) which ended its run in 1992 after being on the air for no longer than 13 years. The paddles were discontinued before the changeover to the hour-long format, The Family Feud Challenge, in June 1992.
Shows appeared[]
- Family Feud (1976-1985, 1988-1995, 1999-present)
- All-Star Family Feud Special (1978-1984)
- The Family Feud Challenge (1992-1993)
- The New Family Feud (1992-1994)
- Celebrity Family Feud (2008, 2015-present)
- Gameshow Marathon (2006/Episode 7 only)
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