* The 20s/30s/40s/50s/60s/70s/80s/90s - Puzzles pertaining to the decade in question. * Star & Role (e.g., MIKE MYERS AS AUSTIN POWERS) - Originally known as "Person/Fictional Character". WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS BY QUEEN or JIMMY BUFFETT'S MARGARITAVILLE) Puzzles in this category are sometimes in Song & Artist/Artist & Song format (see below) * Rock On! - Anything related to rock music. * Husband & Wife - Names of famous people who are married to each other. * Family - Names of famous people who are relatives.
Wheel of fortune puzzle pop support tv#
* Classic TV - Title(s) of, or character(s) from, past television programs. Puzzles in this category are sometimes in Author & Title/Title & Author format. * Best Seller - Title of a best-selling book. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S JULIUS CAESAR) - Originally reversed as Title & Author, resulting in the automatic appearance of "BY" in the puzzle. To date, has always contained the '-ING' suffix. * What Are You Doing? - A familiar activity (e.g., KNITTING A SWEATER), otherwise similar to the "Event" category. * Slogan - Puzzle is a slogan for a product if the product is not mentioned in the puzzle, contestant may guess it for a bonus. * Show Biz - Anything relating to the entertainment industry. Before this category was created, the host would remind players that "Person does not always mean Proper Name". Created to avoid confusion with "Person/People". * Proper Name(s) - Names of famous people, companies, or institutions. * On the Map - Proper names of cities, states, countries, territories, and other geographical features. * Living Thing(s) - Names of animals, plants, etc. * In the Kitchen - Appliances, utensils, or any other relevant feature (e.g., GRANITE COUNTERTOPS). * Headline - Brief description of a prominent current event. * Food & Drink - The name of any food(s) or beverage(s). * Fictional Family - Debuted in the 25th season. * College Life - Things or events related to college, only used during specially-themed weeks with students as contestants. * Around the House - A location or object(s) found within a typical house. * Rhyme Time - Rhyming word(s) or phrase(s). Originally, puzzles in this category spelled out the word "and", but after contestants were regularly calling out N and D, then buying an A, the "and" was substituted with an ampersand starting in 1989. PIANO & ALICIA KEYS, a combination of "piano keys" and "Alicia Keys". * Same Name - Two phrases or names both ending with a common word e.g. WHITNEY HOUSTON TEXAS, a combination of "Whitney Houston" and "Houston, Texas". * Before & After - Two phrases or names joined by a common word that starts one and ends the other e.g. * Thing(s) (generic many more specific categories have been added for different types of things this category tends to deal with abstract nouns, like VIRTUOSITY or A HEAVY APPETITE) * Place(s) ( On the Map is now a distinct category covering geographic locations)
* Person and People ( Proper Name(s) was eventually spun off as a distinct category) * Event(s) ( What Are You Doing? was spun off to cover everyday activities, formerly in this category, that had provoked confusion)
The following categories were the only ones used prior to September 1988 and are still used today. The following is a list of puzzle categories used on the US television game show "Wheel of Fortune". List of Wheel of Fortune puzzle categories
0 kommentar(er)
