500 Questions

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: May 20, 2015
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
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No score yet - based on 2 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2

Critic Reviews

  1. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    May 22, 2015
    40
    The show is ultimately exhausting rather than what a game show needs to be, which is mildly exhilarating.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    May 21, 2015
    40
    You expect to be seeing one of the most entertaining game shows ever devised, but instead 500 Questions is just another trivia show mired in a format too convoluted to bother mastering.

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User Score
3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
  1. serious_critic
    May 20, 2015
    1
    Watching Richard Quest as host is like enduring an hour long British version of Gilbert Gottfried high on meth (which is not surprising givenWatching Richard Quest as host is like enduring an hour long British version of Gilbert Gottfried high on meth (which is not surprising given Richard's history). The show is insanely boring with rules that seem to engage at a producers whim and with what seems to be the least amount of guaranteed money given away per half hour of any TV show in the last 30 years. With the maximum amount of money guaranteed for a perfect game being at 500,000 which requires getting 500 questions correct and only 35 questions being answered in the first hour long episode what is the incentive to watch.

    The opening 1 hour show featured one real contestant with a total of 22,000 or slightly above won but not guaranteed. This just after wheel of fortune gave away an actual 40,000 in less than 30 minutes. This show hopefully will not last long.    … Full Review »
  2. TVPredictor
    Aug 21, 2016
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Great Fun for the whole family. But it does get boring because u have to have an IQ of 300 to know any of the Answers! It was Stupid when in the Season 2 Finale, the Player just has to end the Game because time ran out on the Season!… Full Review »
  3. Kathleen55
    Jun 15, 2015
    10
    This is a great show. Other than the host it is entertaining and a show you can watch with your family comfortably. The lack of violence andThis is a great show. Other than the host it is entertaining and a show you can watch with your family comfortably. The lack of violence and sexual is refreshing. It is good for the mind. We both really like it. Hope they carry it next season. This country is ready for a change of pace. I don't watch local channels anymore until 500 came along. Good for everyone. We might even get smarter.… Full Review »
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