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Make the Grade
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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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All or Nothing | |
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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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Game-Breaking Bug | |
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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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Boyish Short Hair | |
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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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Golden Snitch | |
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Golden Snitch: The Fire Drills, especially if one was hit near the end of a game. | |
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Injured Limb Episode | |
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Injured Limb Episode: Julie in Season 1's Julie/Maria/David had a broken arm with a cast. | |
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Game Show Host | |
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Game Show Host: Lew Schneider, followed by Robb Edward Morris. | |
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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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Opening Narration | |
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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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Signing-Off Catchphrase | |
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Signing-Off Catchphrase: Right before the credits began, Robb closed the show out by saying "Cowabunga, dudes and dudettes!" | |
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The Announcer | |
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The Announcer: Maria Milito. | |
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Promotional Consideration | |
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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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Luck-Based Mission | |
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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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Studio Audience | |
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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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Rule of Three | |
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Rule of Three: Three contestants. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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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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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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Shout-Out | |
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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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Confetti Drop | |
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Confetti Drop: Confetti was dropped on Honors Round winners during the Morris era. | |
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Bonus Round | |
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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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Bonus Space | |
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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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Consolation Prize | |
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Consolation Prize | |
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