i.e., “SEO”

The show has one host and three guests/participants. The host keeps score and moderates. There are 4 rounds: 3 rounds lead by each of the guests, and a rapid-fire round lead by the host.

For each of the standard rounds, the lead describes a thing or event (rules to be decided). This may be fact or fiction. The other two guests–using whatever search engine they want–type in queries to try to find what’s being described. They can only view the top 10? 5? (what’s a fair number) of results.

Each searcher is allowed to ask 3 yes/no questions before searching.

After doing the search, each searcher is allowed to ask open-ended questions to confirm or refute the alleged fact/fiction. (Do we limit by number of questions or time? I think number of questions, so it allows for more discussion and interaction.)

(Do we have each Searcher say what they used as search terms?)

1 point for confirming a fact
2 points for confirming a fiction

At any point before the limit, a searcher can “declare proof”. Questioning stops, and the lead says if they’re right.

If the searcher is correct, they get 10 points.
If it’s fact and the searcher says it’s fiction, they lose half their points.
If it’s fiction, and the searcher says it’s fact, they lose all their points (from that round).

Quick-fire round is run by the host. 20 fact/fiction “statements” (e.g. “The egg came before the chicken”) (Expand this to open-ended questions/statements?) and the first to answer gets one point for being right, or loses one point for being wrong.

QI-style, interesting and informative answers get “brownie points” (of no actual value, but a matter of pride; in the case of a tie, brownie points tip the scales). SEO-style, anyone debunking the “interesting and informative answer” takes 10 points from the person who said it.

The winner of the show gets to be host for the next round.

 

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