50 free Double Dare trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Double Dare premiered on Nickelodeon in October 1986 and almost immediately tripled the network's afternoon audience. If you grew up shouting at the TV while a kid dug through a giant nose for a flag, this quiz is for you. It covers the original Marc Summers run, Super Sloppy Double Dare, the Fox and Nickelodeon versions of Family Double Dare, Double Dare 2000, and the 2018 revival with Liza Koshy. The early questions are the ones any fan can get: what a physical challenge is, how many obstacles are on the course, what Pick It was. Then it digs into the parts only real trivia hounds know: the board game the format was based on, why Summers was told never to reveal his age, which design movement inspired the checkerboard set, and how the show later ended up in a kart-racing video game. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's detailed franchise history and Marc Summers' biography, so the numbers and dates hold up if anyone challenges you to a double dare of your own.
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Q 01In what year did Double Dare premiere as Nickelodeon's first game show?
1986
Within weeks it had more than tripled viewership for the network's afternoon lineup.
Q 02What protective gear were kids given before running the obstacle course?
Helmets, elbow pads and knee pads
Even so, host Marc Summers has said two children were injured on the course over the years.
Q 03What were the messy stunts on Double Dare officially called?
Physical challenges
Both kids on a team took part in every stunt on the original version.
Q 04On the original Double Dare, how much was a question initially worth?
$10
Family Double Dare and Double Dare 2000 started questions at $25, and the 2018 revival at $50.
Q 05After a dare and a double dare, a question is worth how many times its original value?
Quadruple
The team in control then has to answer or take the physical challenge.
Q 06How many obstacles make up the Double Dare obstacle course?
Eight
Teams get a single minute, passing a flag from one partner to the next after each obstacle.
Q 07The messy stunts usually had to be completed within what time limit?
20 or 30 seconds
Double Dare 2000 standardised them at 30 seconds.
Q 08The obstacle called Pick It was a giant version of what?
A human nose
A flag was hidden inside, and it became the obstacle everyone remembers first.
Q 09Which obstacle sent kids down a chocolate-covered ramp into ice cream?
The Sundae Slide
It led onto a playground slide with the ice cream waiting at the bottom.
Q 10The oversized rodent exercise contraption on the obstacle course was known by what name?
The One-Ton Human Hamster Wheel
It became one of the course's signature obstacles across every version of the show.
Q 11On the Gum Drop obstacle, contestants leapt into a giant version of what?
A gumball machine
They had to slide out through the dispensing hatch at the bottom, through a sea of plastic balls.
Q 12On Double Dare, the grand prize for finishing the obstacle course was usually a vacation or a trip to what?
Space Camp
The full eight-prize haul was usually worth $3,000 to $4,000, occasionally nearing $10,000.
Q 13On the 1988 Fox run of Family Double Dare, the obstacle course grand prize was typically what?
A vehicle
The Fox version had a bigger budget and a bigger prize board than the Nickelodeon original.
Q 21Producer Geoffrey Darby directed that the original set should resemble what kind of building?
A natatorium
That is a fancy word for a swimming pool, which suited a show built on getting soaked.
Q 22Double Dare's developers based the format on trivia, truth or dare, and which board game?
Mouse Trap
Dee LaDuke, Robert Mittenthal, Michael Klinghoffer and Geoffrey Darby put the combination together.
Q 23Which comedian was among the initial candidates considered to host Double Dare?
Dana Carvey
Soupy Sales was another early name; Marc Summers won a two-man final audition.
Q 14The 1988 Family Double Dare episodes aired on Saturday nights on which network?
Fox
Thirteen episodes ran from April to July before the network cancelled over 'creative differences'.
Q 15Who hosted the 2000 revival, Double Dare 2000?
Jason Harris
Tiffany Phillips announced, and Marc Summers stayed on as an executive consultant.
Q 16Which YouTube star hosted the 2018 Double Dare revival alongside Marc Summers?
Liza Koshy
The pair earned a joint Kids' Choice Award nomination for Favorite TV Host in 2019.
Q 17What new option did the 2000 revival add to round two?
The Triple Dare Challenge
Taking it could also shave time off the 30-second physical challenge clock.
Q 18The original Double Dare announcer, a local radio host, was known on air simply as what?
Harvey
John Harvey skipped the final Family Double Dare season to be with his newborn son and was replaced by a Florida DJ, Doc Holliday.
Q 19Along with Dave Shikiar, who was one of the two original on-camera stage assistants on Double Dare?
Robin Marrella
She was later joined by Jaime Bojanowski and Chris Miles for Family Double Dare.
Q 20The original set's glass bricks and pink-and-yellow checkerboards were inspired by which 1980s Italian design group?
Memphis
Producer Geoffrey Darby also asked for the set to look like an indoor swimming pool.
Q 24Why was Marc Summers obligated by the network not to mention his age publicly for years?
Focus groups thought he was much younger
He was 34 at the time; viewers guessed he was more than a decade younger.
Q 25The original Double Dare was taped at the studios of PBS station WHYY-TV in which city?
Philadelphia
The city was chosen for its lower production costs; the whole 65-episode first season was shot in 23 days.
Q 26How many days did it take to record the entire 65-episode first season?
23
Taping began on September 18, 1986, less than three weeks before the premiere.
Q 27Family Double Dare and later Super Sloppy Double Dare were produced at Universal Studios where?
Orlando
Nickelodeon Studios opened there in 1990, and 80 Family Double Dare episodes were shot over two seasons.
Q 28Who composed all of the original Double Dare music?
Edd Kalehoff
Double Dare 2000 remixed his soundtrack in a surf-rock style courtesy of former Crack the Sky guitarist Rick Witkowski.
Q 29Before Double Dare entered syndication in 1988, what colour uniforms did both teams wear?
Red
Only afterward did one team switch to blue so viewers could tell them apart.
Q 30In 1987, Viacom produced adult-player Double Dare pilots hosted by which Olympic gold medallist?
Caitlyn Jenner
The adult versions never made it to air, but Fox soon partnered with Viacom on the syndicated run.