179 Reality TV Trivia Questions (Ranked From Easiest to Hardest)

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179 Reality TV Trivia Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. Competition performance show fans who refer to the acronym "SYTYCD" are talking about the Fox series, formerly judged by Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy, called "So You Think You Can" WHAT?
   
   Answer: Dance
   
   
2. On "The Bachelor," the Bachelor gives what flower to contestants whom he wants to stick around for the next episode?
   
   Answer: Rose
   
   
3. In 1990, Rock the Vote started encouraging young people to vote on what cable network that's given them way worse ideas in the form of "The Real World," "Jackass," and "Teen Mom"?
   
   Answer: MTV 2
   
   
4. What popular Bravo TV show, started in 2006, features cast members such as Tamra Judge, Kelly Dodd, and other women from cities such as Anaheim and Laguna Beach?
   
   Answer: Real Housewives of Orange County
   
   
5. After 20 seasons of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" on the E! network, in 2022 the clan moved to what four-letter streaming service for their show "The Kardashians?"
   
   Answer: Hulu
   
   
6. Immunity Idols are coveted items that save players from elimination on what long-running reality series?
   
   Answer: Survivor
   
   
7. Alana Thompson, the former child pageant star first seen on “Toddlers and Tiaras,” is better known by what “sweet” and childish three-word nickname, as seen on her TLC spinoff that first aired in 2012?
   
   Answer: Honey Boo Boo
   
   
8. Four chefs prepare a three-course meal using unlikely ingredients from a mystery basket, with one chef eliminated after each course, in what Food Network reality show?
   
   Answer: Chopped
   
   
9. Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby are among the well-to-do female stars of a Bravo reality show, starting in 2016, set in what Maryland city? It shares its name with name with a famous “P” river that connects to Washington, D.C.
   
   Answer: Potomac
   
   
10. What's the name of the famously angry British host on the reality TV show "Hell's Kitchen?"
    
    Answer: Gordon Ramsay
    
    
11. While its acronymic name suggests this network should be the home of educational programming, the reality TV shows "90 Day Fiancé", "Sister Wives", and "Long Island Medium" are all shown by which TV network?
    
    Answer: TLC
    
    
12. What MTV reality show that premiered in 2009 gave rise to the phrase “Gym, tan, laundry” and made Snooki a household name?
    
    Answer: Jersey Shore
    
    
13. Debuting in spring 2022, "Kandi & the Gang" is a spinoff reality series starring Kandi Burruss, one of the Real Housewives of what state capital city?
    
    Answer: Atlanta
    
    
14. Contestants use the Expedia app to book some hotel stays when they're resting from a long day of Roadblocks and Detours on the 34th season of what CBS reality TV series?
    
    Answer: The Amazing Race
    
    
15. For three seasons beginning in 2009, the opening of a new clothing boutique by two Kardashian sisters was the focus of the reality show called "Kourtney and Kim Take" what Florida city?
    
    Answer: Miami
    
    
16. An ITV Hub reality show, launching in 2021, features matched couples of singles who are tired of the online dating scene, living together in what specific type of structures? It’s the log building type where Abraham Lincoln was said to be born.
    
    Answer: The Cabins
    
    
17. What former Public Enemy member was the bachelor choosing from twenty bachelorettes on the late-aughts reality series "Flavor of Love?"
    
    Answer: Flavor Flav
    
    
18. Cycle 1 winner Adrianne Curry has described waiting without food until the wee hours of the morning while Tyra Banks and her co-judges decided the fate of contestants on what long-running competition reality show?
    
    Answer: America's Next Top Model
    
    
19. Natasha Scott and Justine Kay discuss the sexism and racism in what popular reality show, on their podcast “2 Black Girls, 1 Rose?”
    
    Answer: The Bachelor
    
    
20. Which reality show that premiered on VH1 in 2011 followed the lives of women from Staten Island with connections to the American mafia?
    
    Answer: Mob Wives
    
    
21. The rapper Xzibit was the host of what MTV show that ran for six seasons until 2007? Each episode started with a car in poor condition and ended with a restored, customized version of the same car. Other shows have such as "Trick My Truck" have imitated the format.
    
    Answer: Pimp My Ride
    
    
22. Which spinoff of “The Real Housewives Beverly Hills” is “ruled” by Lisa and her Sexy Unique Restaurant?
    
    Answer: Vanderpump Rules
    
    
23. Through the first 10 seasons of Shark Tank, what Dallas Mavericks owner and prominent venture capitalist had made the highest number of deals on the show, totaling 151 deals?
    
    Answer: Mark Cuban
    
    
24. Fitness instructors Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels are best known for their work on which TV series which ran on NBC from 2004 to 2016?
    
    Answer: The Biggest Loser
    
    
25. What MTV show debuted in 2012 and is named for a "watery" internet term referring to someone who creates fake personal profiles using someone else's pictures and false biographical information?
    
    Answer: Catfish
    
    
26. Premiering on Fox in 2003, what reality series featured socialites Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie in their attempts to perform low-paying jobs like camp counselor and farm worker?
    
    Answer: The Simple Life
    
    
27. "Austin Lee Russell" is the real name of what reality TV star and Las Vegas businessman, the comic foil of the History Channel show Pawn Stars?
    
    Answer: Chumlee
    
    
28. What Food Network reality competition, that started in 2011, features teams designing displays based on what fall holiday? Appropriately, celebrities such as Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark, serve as guest judges.
    
    Answer: Halloween Wars
    
    
29. You’d get told “goodbye” by host Anne Robinson if you were the lowest performer on your team when it came to answering trivia questions on which 2000 British game show?
    
    Answer: Weakest Link
    
    
30. For six seasons in the mid-2000s, what reality show followed the lives and loves of a group of young people in LA as a spin-off to Laguna Beach?
    
    Answer: The Hills
    
    
31. The "Real Housewives" reality TV franchise documents the lives of affluent housewives and began with the "Real Housewives" of what California county?
    
    Answer: Orange County
    
    
32. What popular reality competition, back on Bravo after 11 years on Lifetime Network, features judges such as Nina Garcia and Michael Kors offering critiques to a series of young contestants looking to break through, or “Make It Work?”
    
    Answer: Project Runway
    
    
33. Running from 2005 to 2017, an MTV reality TV show known for showing spoiled teenage girls in the run up to their birthday celebrations was named after which ordinal birthday?
    
    Answer: Sixteenth
    
    
34. The life of polygamist Kody Brown and his four spouses and 18 children is the focus of what TLC show whose 17th season premiered in September 2022?
    
    Answer: Sister Wives
    
    
35. "Status and strategy collide in this social experiment and competition show where online players flirt, befriend and catfish their way toward $100,000" is how Netflix describes what geometrically named reality show?
    
    Answer: The Circle
    
    
36. Which Discovery Channel reality show from the mid-2000s had host Mike Rowe undertaking the grossest (and often hardest) employment opportunities he could find?
    
    Answer: Dirty Jobs
    
    
37. Starting with Season 41, host Jeff Probst agreed to stop saying "Come on in, [BLANK]" to "Survivor" contestants as they arrive for challenges. What gendered word goes in the blank?
    
    Answer: Guys
    
    
38. What is the name of reality TV show on which Alex Boyland and Chris Luca won the first $1 million jackpot after traveling over 52,000 miles?
    
    Answer: The Amazing Race
    
    
39. What Colombian-born star of "Modern Family" joined the panel of judges on "America's Got Talent" alongside Simon Cowell and others, starting in the show's 15th season?
    
    Answer: Sofia Vergara
    
    
40. Featuring Guerdy Abraira, Alexia Echevarria, Lisa Hochstein, and others, RHOM is an abbreviation for "The Real Housewives of" what city?
    
    Answer: Miami
    
    
41. What ABC reality show, running from 2001-2008, had fourteen contestants undergo physical and mental challenges, all while a secret saboteur is hidden amongst the group? It was originally hosted by Anderson Cooper, and shares its name with a small, burrowing insectivore with tiny eyes.
    
    Answer: The Mole
    
    
42. Partnered with pro hoofer Cheryl Burke, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak famously did "the worm" during a performance on Season 8 of what reality TV series?
    
    Answer: Dancing With the Stars
    
    
43. She was on the 5th season of reality TV series "Last Comic Standing." She has many more TV credits than movie credits. She featured in the films "Trainwreck," "I Feel Pretty," and "Snatched." Who is this blonde comedian?
    
    Answer: Amy Schumer
    
    
44. On America’s Next Top Model, host Tyra Banks invented what word that means “to smile with your eyes?”
    
    Answer: Smize
    
    
45. Before he became an item with Taylor Swift, what Kansas City Chiefs tight end had his own reality dating show?
    
    Answer: Travis Kelce
    
    
46. The highly successful reality show "Pawn Stars" that, strangely, airs on the History Channel focuses on the activities of The World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn shop based in what American city?
    
    Answer: Las Vegas
    
    
47. Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn move on to the Amazon series "Making the Cut" after their 16 seasons on what fashion reality show that first aired on the Bravo network in 2004?
    
    Answer: Project Runway
    
    
48. Airing on Bravo since 2013, what reality series chronicles the lives of workers on luxury superyachts such as My Seanna?
    
    Answer: Below Deck
    
    
49. In 2021, which teen TikTok dancing queen got her own reality show on Hulu that follows her family (including her sister Dixie)?
    
    Answer: Charli D’Amelio
    
    
50. What is the name of the MTV reality show that was spun off from two of the network's prior shows "The Real World" and "Road Rules"? This new show debuted in 1998 and originally only featured alumni from its two predecessor shows.
    
    Answer: The Challenge
    
    
51. What is the History Channel series that has featured adventurous drivers take the wheel while embarking on Alaska's Dalton Highway or Canada's frozen lakes?
    
    Answer: Ice Road Truckers
    
    
52. Indian author Vikas Swarup wrote a 2005 novel titled "Q & A" involving a game show that was (loosely) adapted into a 2008 British film that later won the Academy Award for Best Picture. What was the name of the adaptation?
    
    Answer: Slumdog Millionaire
    
    
53. What CBS reality show from 2007 featured kids aged 8 to 15 who were tasked with building a functioning society? The show only lasted one season, but has become somewhat of a cult classic in recent years, due in part to many of the participants giving interviews and commentary about their time on the show.
    
    Answer: Kid Nation
    
    
54. Which canine trainer helped people with their problem pets on National Geographic’s “Dog Whisperer” from 2004 to 2012?
    
    Answer: Cesar Millan
    
    
55. A group of young people are put into a house and have the opportunity to win money by figuring out which of them were paired romantically by a secret algorithm on what MTV reality show?
    
    Answer: Are You the One?
    
    
56. Debuting in March 2023 on TLC, a new reality show featuring Kenya Stevens, who has two spouses, is called "Seeking Brother" WHAT?
    
    Answer: Husband
    
    
57. The breakup of the marriage of Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky provides lots of drama for viewers of which location of the "Real Housewives" franchise?
    
    Answer: Beverly Hills
    
    
58. Bricklayer Craig Phillips was the first winner of what British reality show in 2000 that took its name from a concept in George Orwell's "1984?"
    
    Answer: Big Brother
    
    
59. In 2007's debut episode of reality TV hit "Keeping up with the Kardashians," one of the family members appears on the Tyra Banks Show. Who is it?
    
    Answer: Kim
    
    
60. The first season of the U.S. version of "The Amazing Race" ended at the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Park in what state?
    
    Answer: New York
    
    
61. Richard Hatch, Tina Wesson, Ethan Zohn, and Vecepia Towery were the first four winners of what reality TV show that premiered on CBS in 2000? The original Swedish version of the show had debuted three years earlier.
    
    Answer: Survivor
    
    
62. Natalie Bassingthwaite and Carrie Bickmore were the two hosts of an English-language international version of "So You Think You Can Dance" that was filmed and produced in Sydney. What country's version of the show was this?
    
    Answer: Australia
    
    
63. Before joining CNN in 2001, what journalist was the host of the first two seasons of the ABC reality competition The Mole?
    
    Answer: Anderson Cooper
    
    
64. Bethenny Frankel, founder of lifestyle brand Skinnygirl and former daytime talk show host, is one of the main cast members of what series in the Real Housewives reality TV franchise?
    
    Answer: The Real Housewives of New York City
    
    
65. Who did Brigitte Nielsen have an on-screen romance with in the third season of VH1's "Surreal Life," which resulted in a spin-off show starring the couple?
    
    Answer: Flava Flav
    
    
66. Instead of the more common "seasons," what "recurring" word is used to describe a set of episodes of "America's Next Top Model?"
    
    Answer: Cycles
    
    
67. In 2007, Earl Cole became the first winner of what reality TV show to receive all the votes in the final (a fact made even more impressive by the fact there were nine people casting votes in his season, compared to the previously standard seven)?
    
    Answer: Survivor
    
    
68. The Wahlburgers TV series was, unsurprisingly, based on the chain of casual burger restaurants and bars named Wahlburgers. At least five family members featured prominently in the show, including actor Mark Wahlberg. Name any other member of the main cast with the last name Wahlberg.
    
    Answer: Donnie Paul Alma Brandon Bob
    
    
69. What Lifetime TV show features couples who are bound to be wed despite never having met, and having to decide weeks after the marriage ceremony if they want to stay together? Hosted by Jamie Otis, the show uses a scientific matchmaking process to try and make this work.
    
    Answer: Married At First Sight
    
    
70. As of Season 11, Gordon Ramsay, Aaron Sanchez, and Joe Bastianich were the three restaurateurs on the judging panel of what Fox reality cooking competition series?
    
    Answer: MasterChef
    
    
71. What competition-based reality television show dominated the U.S. Nielsen ratings for eight years, from the 2003-2004 season until the 2010-2011 season? The show had the longest run at the top of the ratings for any prime-time television show in the U.S.
    
    Answer: American Idol
    
    
72. It is known as "The Tigers of Money" in Japan, and Dragon's Den in the UK - what is the American version of this reality TV show called?
    
    Answer: Shark Tank
    
    
73. Competitive eater Joey Chestnut, YouTube personality Tyler Oakley, former Harlem Globetrotter Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton, and Survivor winners Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich have all appeared as contestants of what "astounding" reality TV show?
    
    Answer: The Amazing Race
    
    
74. Legend has it that after every season of “Survivor” (over 40 and counting…), who got to keep one of the snuffers he used when someone got voted off the island?
    
    Answer: Jeff Probst
    
    
75. What is the surname of Michelle and Jim Bob, the parents of the titular family in the former TLC show "19 Kids and Counting"?
    
    Answer: Duggar
    
    
76. Joining the cast of "Real Housewives of New York" for its fourteenth season, Jenna Lyons is best known as the former creative director of what preppy fashion brand with a period in its name?
    
    Answer: J. Crew
    
    
77. Which 2014 reality show on Bravo follows generations of high society in Charleston, South Carolina, including Shep Rose, Whitney Sudler-Smith, and Craig Conover in season 1?
    
    Answer: Southern Charm
    
    
78. Next in Fashion (NIF) is a reality show and fashion design competition hosted by fashion designer Tan France and what model, who has been romantically linked with singers Cody Simpson, Joe Jonas, and Zayn Malik?
    
    Answer: Gigi Hadid
    
    
79. Some reality TV shows follow a documentary-like format, such as the four-letter show that is generally regarded as the longest-running reality show, running from 1989 to 2020. What is this show?
    
    Answer: Cops
    
    
80. Body Jac, Element Bars, and Grill Charms have all been companies featured on what reality TV franchise produced by Mark Burnett?
    
    Answer: Shark Tank
    
    
81. First airing in 2007, the reality show "Rock of Love" was a dating game in which contestants vied for the affections of what lead singer of Poison?
    
    Answer: Bret Michaels
    
    
82. In "Top Chef", Tom Colicchio has been very vocal about his abhorrence of what warm-season vegetable that is very popular in American Southern cuisine?
    
    Answer: Okra
    
    
83. Modeled after "Jersey Shore," what MTV reality series set in the Florida Panhandle, stretching all the way to Alabama, premiered on November 27, 2017?
    
    Answer: Floribama Shore
    
    
84. Doug Marcaida, David Baker, and J. Neilson judge the items produced by contestants on the reality competition show "Forged in Fire", with which craft being the focus of the show?
    
    Answer: Bladesmithing
    
    
85. A 2014 Reality TV show featured a group of American women thinking that they were competing to marry which member of the British royal family, who would actually go on to marry an American woman in 2018?
    
    Answer: Prince Harry
    
    
86. Season 25 of The Bachelor is scheduled to premiere in 2021 with Matt James in the titular role. James was previously a contestant on The Bachelorette and before that had played what sport at both the collegiate and professional level?
    
    Answer: Football
    
    
87. Across editions of "RuPaul's Drag Race" in multiple countries, drag queens take turns insulting each other in the Library Challenge, which opens by declaring that "reading is" what 11-letter adjective?
    
    Answer: Fundamental
    
    
88. What 2020 Netflix-produced reality television show was inspired in part by the famous Seinfeld episode "The Contest" in which participants competed for who could abstain from onanism the longest?
    
    Answer: Too Hot to Handle
    
    
89. What CBS reality show, debuting in 2019 and based on a UK show of the same name, features singles in exotic locales who form couples and compete for $100,000? Presented by Arielle Vandenburg, some couples form out of romance, but some form just to compete for the prize.
    
    Answer: Love Island
    
    
90. Which Australian reality show that the rest of the world got to watch on Netflix followed a group of autistic adults navigating the world of dating?
    
    Answer: Love on the Spectrum
    
    
91. The first season (2006) of what reality TV show took place in Orange County, while the most recent season (2022) took place abroad in the city of Dubai?
    
    Answer: The Real Housewives
    
    
92. Now divorced, pop singers Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were the titular married couple in what MTV reality series that aired for three seasons starting in 2003?
    
    Answer: Newlyweds
    
    
93. Next Level Chef had its second season premiere in the coveted post-Super Bowl time slot earlier this year. The culinary reality competition features Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais as mentors and what celebrity chef as host?
    
    Answer: Gordon Ramsay
    
    
94. "Chrissy's Court," in which Chrissy Teigen played a Judge Judy-like role, was a reality series on what short-lived mobile-only streaming service?
    
    Answer: Quibi
    
    
95. Actor and politico Arnold Schwarzenegger was tapped as a replacement for the recently fired host of what show in 2015?
    
    Answer: The Apprentice
    
    
96. In 2020, Netflix released which reality show with a geometric name that’s all about social media strategizing, and was actually an American version of the original UK show?
    
    Answer: The Circle
    
    
97. The hit reality show "Survivor" has been around for over 20 years, first airing in the year 2000. Which first season winner from Rhode Island ultimately never paid taxes on his winnings and went to prison for 51 months for tax evasion?
    
    Answer: Richard Hatch
    
    
98. Joanna Krupa hosts Poland's version, Fernanda Motta hosted Brazil's, and Heidi Klum hosts Germany's. In the US, Rita Ora took the reins for a single season in 2017, but which model and businesswoman hosted the other 23 seasons?
    
    Answer: Tyra Banks
    
    
99. Adrianne Curry, Yoanna House, Eva Pigford, and Naima Mora were the winners of the first four seasons of what fashionable reality show that debuted in 2003? The show has filmed most of its 20+ seasons in Los Angeles although a handful have been in New York.
    
    Answer: America's Next Top Model
    
    
100. What television news personality has been host of the CBS reality show "Big Brother'' since its premiere on July 5, 2000?
     
     Answer: Julie Chen
     
     
101. Generally named after the cities where they're set, the "Real Housewives" series starring Melissa Gorga and Dolores Catania is named for what state?
     
     Answer: New Jersey
     
     
102. What chef won "Top Chef: Chicago," the show's fourth season, and is a co-owner of Chi-town restaurants The Girl and the Goat and Little Goat?
     
     Answer: Stephanie Izard
     
     
103. Which Netflix reality TV show follows the explosive lives of the glamorous real estate agents working at The Oppenheim Group in California? We're looking for a TWO-word answer here.
     
     Answer: Selling Sunset
     
     
104. Daniel Powter is a Canadian singer-songwriter that rose to fame as his song spent five weeks atop the Billboard charts in 2005. The song featured prominently in video montages of American Idol contestants who were eliminated from the show. What was Powter's two-word smash hit?
     
     Answer: Bad Day
     
     
105. Initially considered a response to ABC's "Survivor" success, what American stunt game show aired on NBC from 2001 to 2006 and was adapted from the original Dutch version Now or Neverland?
     
     Answer: Fear Factor
     
     
106. With a name that references a neighborhood in New York City, what drag queen is the head judge of "Canada's Drag Race," the Canadian adaptation of "RuPaul's Drag Race?"
     
     Answer: Brooke Lynn Hytes
     
     
107. On what NBC reality competition do celebrity judges listen to singers with their chairs turned around, only looking if they like what they hear? If judges like Blake Shelton and Ariana Grande like the performance, they’ll try to coach the singers to win.
     
     Answer: The Voice
     
     
108. Premiering in 2009 on the G4 network before moving to NBC in 2012, what reality show, known as ANW for short, features competitors attempting to complete difficult obstacle courses in various U.S. cities?
     
     Answer: American Ninja Warrior
     
     
109. Also called a talisman in earlier seasons, what piece of jewelry, awarded to the winner of an individual immunity challenge, means that a "Survivor" contestant who wears it cannot be eliminated in that week's Tribal Council?
     
     Answer: Necklace
     
     
110. Which reality show on The Discovery Channel strips two people down to the essentials and has them literally bare it all in a remote location where they must survive for 21 days?
     
     Answer: Naked and Afraid
     
     
111. In September 2022, the show "Watch Out for the Big Grrrls" won the Outstanding Competition Program Emmy award. What one-named "About Damn Time" singer hosts the show?
     
     Answer: Lizzo
     
     
112. Which MTV show that first aired during Spring Break 2005 had the family of a young female contestant eliminate a lineup of potential boyfriends until only their approved choice was left?
     
     Answer: Parental Control
     
     
113. What HGTV reality show featured Waco couple Chip and Joanna Gaines and their home renovation and redecoration business from 2013 to 2017?
     
     Answer: Fixer Upper
     
     
114. “GBBO” is the nickname for which UK reality show that takes the cake when it comes to pitting cookers against each other in a culinary contest?
     
     Answer: Great British Bake Off
     
     
115. “The Girls Next Door (2005)” followed the girlfriends of which Playboy, with whom they all cohabitated at his (in)famous mansion?
     
     Answer: Hugh Hefner
     
     
116. Which TLC show that followed parents-to-be through pregnancy and childbirth started airing in 1998 was one of the first examples of reality TV?
     
     Answer: A Baby Story
     
     
117. Starvation, use of weight loss drugs, and rigged weigh-ins are among the accusations leveled at what reality series that aired on NBC from 2004 to 2016 and moved to the USA Network in 2020?
     
     Answer: The Biggest Loser
     
     
118. The logo for CBS's hit reality show "Survivor" includes "outwit," "outplay," and what other "out" verb that indicates a winner's ability to endure?
     
     Answer: Outlast
     
     
119. Orange County, New York City, Beverly Hills, Salt Lake City, and Potomac are all installments of what reality television franchise?
     
     Answer: The Real Housewives
     
     
120. Kelly Clarkson, the first winner of "American Idol," shows others how to replicate her success as a coach on what hit NBC singing competition series?
     
     Answer: The Voice
     
     
121. What country music legend, whose hits include "What If" and "Turn on the Radio," is set to replace Blake Shelton on "The Voice" starting with Season 24?
     
     Answer: Reba McEntire
     
     
122. What network, which has had better luck with its Real Housewives franchises, canceled its 2019 reality show about Mexico City families, "Mexican Dynasties," after one season?
     
     Answer: Bravo
     
     
123. Based on a term from the George Orwell book “Nineteen Eighty-Four”, the reality show Big Brother first went to air in 1999 in which European country?
     
     Answer: The Netherlands
     
     
124. You could say that what show on TLC in the early 2000s "birthed" reality TV, since cameras followed parents-to-be from pregnancy to delivery?
     
     Answer: A Baby Story
     
     
125. Amazon Prime’s reality competition, “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” gives people a chance to become a backup dancer for what flute-playing sensation who might have to tell contestants Truth Hurts if they don’t make the cut?
     
     Answer: Lizzo
     
     
126. What 2023 reality show starring Brian Cox takes players to iconic locations from Bond films in their quest for a huge cash prize?
     
     Answer: 007's Road to a Million
     
     
127. Described as "a charming 72-year-old patriarch from Indiana," Gerry Turner is the titular love interest in what hit ABC reality series that began airing in September 2023?
     
     Answer: The Golden Bachelor
     
     
128. According to the Guinness World Records, what was the first reality television show, debuting in 1948?
     
     Answer: Candid Camera
     
     
129. Featuring both his nickname and profession, what reality TV show is named after its star Duane Chapman?
     
     Answer: Dog the Bounty Hunter
     
     
130. Which heavy metal rocker starred along with his family in a show that documented their lives, arguably the first reality show to follow a celebrity family? It premiered way back in 2002, five years before the Kardashians began their reality TV reign.
     
     Answer: Ozzy Osbourne
     
     
131. What reality show, running from 2006-2009, followed the lives of California high schoolers, and created stars in Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari? The subtitle of the show, named after a two-word city, was “The Real Orange County.”
     
     Answer: Laguna Beach
     
     
132. A home telephone in the physical shape of a mallard duck was a key piece of the MTV-provided furniture in the house from what reality television series?
     
     Answer: Jersey Shore
     
     
133. In addition to being an occasional guest host, what position did Steve Wilkos of “The Steve Wilkos Show” hold on “The Jerry Springer Show”?
     
     Answer: Head of Security
     
     
134. Karen From Finance is the name of a queen from Melbourne who competed on the inaugural Down Under season of what competition reality series?
     
     Answer: RuPaul's Drag Race
     
     
135. The metaphoric feeling marathoners get when their glycogen stores deplete around mile 20 shares what name with a Chris Harwick-hosted trivia show?
     
     Answer: The Wall
     
     
136. Where was the first season of “Survivor” filmed? It is the third-largest island in the world, its politically split between three different countries, and it has a six-letter "B" name.
     
     Answer: Borneo
     
     
137. What retired NFL player and Season 5 Bachelor returned to "The Bachelor" in 2022 as the show's host, replacing the widely criticized Chris Harrison starting in Season 26?
     
     Answer: Jesse Palmer
     
     
138. Some international versions have ranged from as little as 20 days to as many as 150 days, and due to COVID quarantine rules 26 days became standard, but how many days have most editions of the US reality TV show "Survivor" lasted?
     
     Answer: 39 Days
     
     
139. One of the featured big cat trainers in "Tiger King" had been on stage with Britney Spears during a performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards as her song featured a caged tiger that had been wrangled by this person. Who is he?
     
     Answer: Doc Antle
     
     
140. Since Season 33 in 2016, every season of "Survivor" has been filmed in the Mamanuca Islands of what South Pacific nation?
     
     Answer: Fiji
     
     
141. Farrah Abraham and Jordan Cashmyer were among the stars of what 2010s MTV documentary series, showcasing the problems that teenagers face when presented with the prospect of children at such a young age?
     
     Answer: 16 And Pregnant
     
     
142. September 19, 2007, marked the series premiere of what less-than-dreamy Fox reality show featuring chef Gordon Ramsay spending a week with restaurant owners attempting to help them mend and revive their failing eateries?
     
     Answer: “Kitchen Nightmares”
     
     
143. Black Gold was a reality TV series chronicling three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County in what state? The show was partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers.
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
144. Named for the capital of the Philippines and the island it sits on, Manila Luzon is a popular competitor who debuted on Season 3 of what reality TV series?
     
     Answer: RuPaul's Drag Race
     
     
145. Dressing in animal costumes and accidentally flashing the judges made Sethward a famous one-named reject on what show judged by Simon Cowell and friends?
     
     Answer: America's Got Talent
     
     
146. What controversial, short-lived reality show from 2004 took makeovers to the extreme by giving "ugly ducklings" plastic surgery before pitting them against one another in a beauty pageant?
     
     Answer: The Swan
     
     
147. During the finale of the first season of Survivor, contestant Sue Hawk delivered one of the show's most iconic moments, when she gave a speech comparing finalists Richard Hatch and Kelly Wiglesworth to what TWO animals?
     
     Answer: Snake and Rat
     
     
148. Which Bravo reality show follows Craig Conover, Shep Rose, Kathryn Dennis, and other social superstars living in Charleston, South Carolina?
     
     Answer: Southern Charm
     
     
149. In November 2021, what NBA guard, who began his career with the Knicks in 2011 and was on the 2016 championship Cavaliers team, won Season 30 of "Dancing with the Stars?"
     
     Answer: Iman Shumpert
     
     
150. What network originated the real-estate reality shows "Flipping Out," "Million Dollar Listing," and "Real Estate Wars?"
     
     Answer: Bravo
     
     
151. What winner of "Project Runway" Season 4 has gone on not only to have a successful career as a high-end fashion designer, but also to return to the show as a mentor to contestants?
     
     Answer: Christian Siriano
     
     
152. Premiering in March 2022, the 19th season of Bravo's competition reality series "Top Chef" takes place in what Texas city, whose iconic restaurants include Brenner's steakhouse and the Barbecue Inn?
     
     Answer: Houston
     
     
153. Comic Nicole Byer and pastry chef Jacques Torres co-host what Netflix reality show whose competitors are home bakers with a terrible track record?
     
     Answer: Nailed It!
     
     
154. "The Dave Chang Show" is his podcast, Momofuku is his most famous family of restaurants, and NYC is where most of his restaurants are based. What is the name of his Netflix show?
     
     Answer: Ugly Delicious
     
     
155. On his second time playing "Survivor," contestant "Boston Rob" Mariano fell in love with what fellow contestant, whom he eventually proposed to on the finale episode of the show's eighth season?
     
     Answer: Amber
     
     
156. Exclusively cast using champions from previous seasons, what is the alliterative title of the 40th season of "Survivor," which aired in 2020?
     
     Answer: Winners at War
     
     
157. The basic premise of a 2003 American reality television involved bachelor Evan Marriott's inheritance of millions of dollars and his search for a potential bride. Ultimately, the millions were a ruse. What is this show?
     
     Answer: Joe Millionaire
     
     
158. Which Vh1 reality TV show debuted in 2005 and followed famous people like Gary Busey, Victoria Jackson, and Chaz Bono as they tried to lose weight?
     
     Answer: Celebrity Fit Club
     
     
159. Dennis Rodman, Frankie Muniz, and Stormy Daniels were among the eight celebrity mansion-mates featured in the 2022 VH1 reboot of what reality series, which first aired on The WB in 2003?
     
     Answer: The Surreal Life
     
     
160. Long-running American television show "The Bachelor" has spawned spinoffs in many other countries including the short-lived "The Bachelor: Em Busca do Grande Amor" which lasted for one season in what country? Aane Doux was the winner of Gianluca Perino's "romantic" culling.
     
     Answer: Brazil
     
     
161. Judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. search for the next big hip-hop star on "Rhythm + Flow," a competition reality series on what streaming service?
     
     Answer: Netflix
     
     
162. On "The Amazing Race," what is the name for a challenge in which a team has a choice between one of two tasks, each with its own pros and cons?
     
     Answer: Detour
     
     
163. What is the colorful, floral stage name of the Belfast drag queen who won the inaugural season of "RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World?"
     
     Answer: Blu Hydrangea
     
     
164. With a title that refers to old-fashioned wooing, what new reality show, which premieres on NBC on March 6, has been described as "a noble cross between Bridgerton and The Bachelorette?"
     
     Answer: The Courtship
     
     
165. The reality TV show Terrace House is a franchise consisting of five series and one theatrical film. The show tracks the lives of six strangers (three men, three women) that live together in the same house while getting to know one another platonically and romantically. The show developed a cult popularity in the U.S. via Netflix even though it is filmed in what country?
     
     Answer: Japan
     
     
166. Even though the kiddos traveled all around the country to compete and the show had a few spin-offs in other parts of the U.S., what state did the original “Dance Moms” cast hail from (i.e., the location of Abby Lee Miller’s studio)?
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
167. The long running reality show "COPS", originally airing on the Fox network, featured the title song "Bad Boys," recorded by which reggae group?
     
     Answer: Inner Circle
     
     
168. The winner of the 11th season of American Idol called Georgia home, specifically the cities of Albany and Leesburg. Who is this former pawn shop-employee turned professional musician?
     
     Answer: Phillip Phillips
     
     
169. Eight single women between 40 and 60 make up the titular contestants on what TLC reality show that premiered in 2023?
     
     Answer: MILF Manor
     
     
170. Nat Strand and Kat Chang crossed the finish line first in Season 17 of The Amazing Race, becoming the first all-women team to win. What was their profession?
     
     Answer: Doctors
     
     
171. Beating out shows like Indian Matchmaking, Selling Sunset, and Vanderpump Rules, which decidedly different sports-based show won the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program?
     
     Answer: Welcome to Wrexham
     
     
172. What TV personality appeared on every cycle of "America's Next Top Model" as the runway coach and also (in later seasons) a judge?
     
     Answer: J. Alexander (Miss J)
     
     
173. The Official RuPaul's Drag Race Podcast is frequently hosted by what Filipino American actor, who played the recurring role of Suzuki St. Pierre on "Ugly Betty?"
     
     Answer: Alec Mapa
     
     
174. Mario Lopez hosted the first seven seasons of what dance competition show from 2008 - 2012?
     
     Answer: America's Best Dance Crew
     
     
175. Viewers often think the opening music to “Survivor” is just a bunch of nonsense words. However, the lyrics to the theme (which is called “Ancient Voices”) are based on a folk song from which country?
     
     Answer: Russia
     
     
176. As a result of their contract with the WWE expiring, the stars of ‘Total Bella’s’ the Bella twins will now be known by what surname?
     
     Answer: Garcia
     
     
177. A 2022 holiday episode of "The Great British Bake-Off" features Nathaniel Curtis, Lydia West, and two other castmates from what naughty-sounding British drama miniseries?
     
     Answer: It's a Sin
     
     
178. Which reality TV show that debuted in 2009 followed married couple Dr. Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein—two people living with skeletal dysplasia?
     
     Answer: The Little Couple
     
     
179. New Zealand-born Phil Keoghan has hosted The Amazing Race since its inception in 2001, but he is also the host of what other CBS reality competition show that debuted in 2020?
     
     Answer: Tough As Nails
     

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