Wild Guess

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Wild Guess was a classic kids' game show about animals, taped in Canada. It originally aired in 1988, and was later reran on Animal Planet for one year from 1996-1997.

Personnel[]

The show was hosted by Neil Crone (referred to on the air as the Guessmaster), and accompanied by Team Tamers & , one of whom would also ask a true or false home viewer/audience question going into commercial breaks. Additionally, at some point in each episode, Crone would make up a limerick using the animals representing each team.

Gameplay[]

Two teams of two kids, each with an animal name and assisted by an adult team captain (either Marilyn or Linda), competed in a game of answering animal questions. In each round, host Crone read a question with four possible answers. The teams held up a number that corresponds to one of the answers (the selected number and answer were announced by the appropriate team tamer). A correct answer was worth 30 points, but an incorrect answer forced the team to either take a Wild Guess (choose another answer) or pass it up and end the question. When taking a Wild Guess, if the team in control was correct, it was worth 20 points, but an incorrect answer gave the opposing team a chance to steal for 10 points. If they were wrong, no points were awarded.

Round Subjects[]

Five rounds were played, with the last round played differently than the first four. Each round had a category, which were as follows:

• Living Proof
• Triviology
• Creature Feature
• Call of the Wild - identifying animals by virtue of the sounds
• Monkey Business - guessing animal actions
• Catnips - teams buzzed-in on a series of questions. Correct answers were still worth 30 points but incorrect answers deducted 10 points.

The team with the most points won the game.