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Make the Grade

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Make the Grade	comment	Nickelodeon Game Show that was part Jeopardy! and part carnival midway, with a school theme.Contestants had to choose categories from a large board featuring seven subjects (or topics one might discuss in a subject) and seven grade levels (elementary and 7th through 12th). Obviously the higher the grade, the more difficult the question. Sample selections might be "Math - 8th grade" or "Current Events - 12th grade". Getting a question right earned that square on the board, and lit up the corresponding subject and grade level on the "score card" on that player's desk. The object of the game was to be the first to have one each of all subjects and grade levels. A player who did so, or the player who had the most spaces lit on their score card when time expired, won the game and advanced to the "Honors Round", where s/he could win more money (and later, a trip).This wasn't as straightforward as it seems, though. A few "wild cards" lurked behind some of the squares which could change the game drastically; the most notable being the "Fire Drill". If a Fire Drill was uncovered, all three players had to leave their desks (and their score cards) and race each other in a physical stunt (such as throwing sandwiches into lunch boxes). Winning the Fire Drill got first pick of the desks, while second place got second pick and third place received the final desk remaining. As the game was scored by color and not person sitting at the desk, the first place player in the Fire Drill inevitably inherited the desk with the highest score. This was particularly nasty if one player had nearly filled in his entire card, only to have a worse player beat him in a Fire Drill near the end of the game; even worse, the outcome of some of the Fire Drills was determined completely at random.
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Make the Grade / int_2319aa2e	type	All or Nothing
Make the Grade / int_2319aa2e	comment	All or Nothing: The University Round, which used a money tree of $50-$100-$200-$500-$1,000. The player could stop after any correct answer. (All previous winnings were safe, though.)
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Make the Grade / int_33ca811a	type	Game-Breaking Bug
Make the Grade / int_33ca811a	comment	Game-Breaking Bug: The Fire Drills, which in at least one episode allowed a player who hadn't answered a single question all game take someone else's desk, answer one question, and win the game (and most likely stink up the Honors Round afterward). This seemed to work to Heather's advantage in Season 3's Marc/Heather/Brian. Brian had one subject and two grade levels left, while Heather had only two subjects and two grade levels. After Brian uncovered the Fire Drill, and Heather won the Pinwheel Maze, she moved to the blue desk, answered two more questions correctly to win the front game, and also win the Honor's Round. It was the exact opposite of another Season 3 episode, Mark/Megan/Frank, in which Frank took Megan's green desk and bombed in the Bonus Round. The Fire Drill in that episode also happened to be the Pinwheel Maze.
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Make the Grade / int_5c0902e7	type	Boyish Short Hair
Make the Grade / int_5c0902e7	comment	Boyish Short Hair: Chris (a girl) in Chris/Clayton/Susan in Season 3. She also said that she loves playing Football.
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Make the Grade / int_5fcb3c79	type	Golden Snitch
Make the Grade / int_5fcb3c79	comment	Golden Snitch: The Fire Drills, especially if one was hit near the end of a game.
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Make the Grade / int_651ec44d	type	Injured Limb Episode
Make the Grade / int_651ec44d	comment	Injured Limb Episode: Julie in Season 1's Julie/Maria/David had a broken arm with a cast.
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Make the Grade / int_68d43ebc	type	Game Show Host
Make the Grade / int_68d43ebc	comment	Game Show Host: Lew Schneider, followed by Robb Edward Morris.
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Make the Grade / int_740f59b4	type	ColorCodedForYourConvenience
Make the Grade / int_740f59b4	comment	Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The desk and scored square colors; subverted in that the players often change desk colors after a Fire Drill.
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Make the Grade / int_7d7a7d0f	type	Opening Narration
Make the Grade / int_7d7a7d0f	comment	Opening Narration: One of the questions from that day's game was asked, followed by "If you can answer this and a bunch of other questions, maybe you've got what it takes to... MAKE! THE! GRADE!"
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Make the Grade / int_87b73405	type	Signing-Off Catchphrase
Make the Grade / int_87b73405	comment	Signing-Off Catchphrase: Right before the credits began, Robb closed the show out by saying "Cowabunga, dudes and dudettes!"
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Make the Grade / int_95496a1d	type	The Announcer
Make the Grade / int_95496a1d	comment	The Announcer: Maria Milito.
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Make the Grade / int_987ff653	type	Promotional Consideration
Make the Grade / int_987ff653	comment	Promotional Consideration: Doubled as Product Placement for British Knights, since everyone appearing on stage wore a pair of the company's shoes.
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Make the Grade / int_98b1dc8f	type	Luck-Based Mission
Make the Grade / int_98b1dc8f	comment	Luck-Based Mission: Some of the Fire Drills, and a major flaw of the show. One in particular, the Tricky Tri-Tube Toss, had all three players throwing balls into a common funnel, which would randomly distribute them into one of three tubes, one for each player. Conceivably, this could result in one person making all of the shots and another player winning because of where the balls landed.
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Make the Grade / int_9edfdf1f	type	Studio Audience
Make the Grade / int_9edfdf1f	comment	Studio Audience: Interacted with on occasion when there was extra time left during the Morris era; the early Schneider-hosted episodes didn't have an audience.
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Make the Grade / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
Make the Grade / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: Three contestants.
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Make the Grade / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Make the Grade / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "HI, LEW!" after Schneider greeted the contestants at the beginning of the show; continued with "HI, ROBB!" after Morris took over. Signing-Off Catchphrase: Right before the credits began, Robb closed the show out by saying "Cowabunga, dudes and dudettes!" "You guys ready out there?" Robb to the audience, during his tenure on the show. Maria Milito: "Did you Make the Grade?". Used at the end of an episode in the event the opening question wasn't revealed during gameplay. Otherwise, the credits ran as normal.
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Make the Grade / int_bad20f4e	type	Whammy
Make the Grade / int_bad20f4e	comment	Whammy: "Lose (a Square)", where the player had to forfeit one of his previously earned squares. Averted, at least partly, if the player had a square available that was a duplicate of both a subject and a grade level he had earned (for example, getting rid of 8th grade Art while still having 8th grade Science and 10th grade Art). However, it could still come back to bite a player if the game ended in a tie; in this case, the player with the most squares in his own color won.
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Make the Grade / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Make the Grade / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Possibly- the set, with the big arches and cloud background, heavily resembled the mid-1960s set of You Don't Say!.
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Make the Grade / int_c77e69fc	type	Confetti Drop
Make the Grade / int_c77e69fc	comment	Confetti Drop: Confetti was dropped on Honors Round winners during the Morris era.
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Make the Grade / int_d3435454	type	Bonus Round
Make the Grade / int_d3435454	comment	Bonus Round: The Honors Round. The winner had 45 seconds to answer one question in each of seven "subjects" within a given category; doing so initially won the player $1,000 cash (later $600 and a trip to Universal Studios Florida). A second bonus round, the "University Round", was played at the end of a few episodes that ended early, giving the day's winner an opportunity to earn even more money.
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Make the Grade / int_d35193cc	type	Bonus Space
Make the Grade / int_d35193cc	comment	Bonus Space: "Free (Square)", where the contestant received the square for that subject and grade level for free, and "Take (a Square)", where the contestant got to steal a square from an opponent.
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Make the Grade / int_f870d50	type	Consolation Prize
Make the Grade / int_f870d50	comment	Consolation Prize
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