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96 free Family Feud trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
50 free Family Feud trivia questions with answers. You probably remember the awkward answers and hilarious family dynamics, but do you know the deeper lore of Family Feud? This quiz dives into the show's history, legendary episodes, and behind-the-scenes trivia that even casual fans miss. Let's see how much of a true feud fanatic you really are!
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Q 01Which Family Feud host famously announced the wrong Miss Universe winner in 2015?
Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey, hosting Miss Universe 2015, crowned Miss Colombia before correcting himself that Miss Philippines, Pia Wurtzbach, had won; he went on hosting the pageant for years afterward.
Q 02In what year did Family Feud debut on ABC's daytime lineup?
1976
It debuted on July 12 in a 1:30 p.m. daytime slot and within a year was the number-one game show in daytime television.
Q 03Who was the original host of Family Feud when it debuted?
Richard Dawson
Richard Dawson hosted the whole first run, from 1976 to 1985, on both the ABC daytime show and its syndicated nighttime companion.
Q 04How many people are surveyed to create the answers on Family Feud?
100
Family Feud polls 100 people for every survey question; because an answer needs at least two respondents to make the board, the visible answers usually total fewer than 100 points.
Q 05Under the original network's rules, a family retired as champions once its winnings reached what?
$25,000
The 1977 syndicated companion had no returning champions at all because stations swapped tapes among themselves, a practice known as 'bicycling'.
Q 06How many strikes does a family get before control passes to the other family?
3
Silence counts too: failing to give any answer at all is scored as a strike.
Q 07The show's 1999–2002 host won a 2016 Emmy playing a matriarch on which FX comedy?
Baskets
Louie Anderson won the 2016 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series as Christine Baskets, mother of Zach Galifianakis's twins, on FX's Baskets.
Q 08The show's original host was nicknamed 'The Bandit' for routinely doing what to female contestants?
Kissing them
The habit earned him the nickname 'The Kissing Bandit'; executives tried to stop it, so the show polled viewers, and the wide majority of roughly 200,000 responses were in favour.
Q 09What is the Fast Money round on Family Feud?
Two teammates answering five questions on a clock
For the show's 50th-anniversary season the jackpot rises to $50,000 for ten episodes.
Q 10On Family Feud, what combined Fast Money score must two teammates reach to win the cash prize rather than $5 a point?
200 points
200 points or more across both players wins the Fast Money cash; fall short and the family still gets $5 for every point the pair scored.
Q 11Which comedian hosted the 1988 revival of Family Feud on CBS and in syndication until 1994?
Ray Combs
Ray Combs hosted the 1988 revival on CBS daytime until its 1993 cancellation and the syndicated edition until he was replaced by a returning Richard Dawson for its final season.
Q 12Grant Denyer hosted the 2014–2018 Australian revival of Family Feud on which network?
Network Ten
Network Ten revived Family Feud in Australia in 2014 with Grant Denyer as host; the stripped weeknight show ran until 2018.
Q 13What happens when the opposing family successfully 'steals' on Family Feud?
They take the round's points
Q 21On Celebrity Family Feud, what is the prize money typically donated to?
A cause of the team captain's choice
The prize money goes to a cause of the team captain's choice: each celebrity team plays for a charity, and a Fast Money win earns that charity $25,000.
Q 22Which Home Improvement star hosted Family Feud from 2002 to 2006?
Richard Karn
Richard Karn, Tim Allen's sidekick Al Borland on Home Improvement, hosted four seasons of the syndicated Family Feud from 2002 to 2006.
Q 23Which Seinfeld actor hosted Family Feud from 2006 to 2010, right before Steve Harvey?
John O'Hurley
Only the team captain may give the steal answer, though the family can huddle first; from 1999 to 2003 the points from the steal answer itself were also added.
Q 14On Family Feud, if the first buzz in a Face-Off does not land the top answer, what decides which family takes control?
The higher-ranked survey answer
The higher-ranked survey answer wins it: landing the number-one answer takes the Face-Off instantly, otherwise the opponent gets a shot and the better-ranked answer takes control.
Q 15How many family members typically make up each team on Family Feud?
5
The only exception was the 1994-95 season, when teams were cut to four members.
Q 16What comedian and actor hosted Family Feud from 1999 to 2002?
Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson fronted the 1999 syndicated revival, with Burton Richardson announcing; his three-season run ended in 2002.
Q 17Which two-word phrase does the host use to cue a reveal on the Family Feud board?
Survey says
'Survey says' is the cue, after which the board flips up the answer if it is there; Richard Dawson's original version was 'Survey said'.
Q 18In Family Feud's Steve Harvey era, how long is the first Fast Money player's clock?
20 seconds
The first Fast Money player gets 20 seconds in the Steve Harvey era; the clock starts only after the host reads the first question, and the player may pass and return if time remains.
Q 19In Family Feud's Steve Harvey era, how long is the second Fast Money player's clock?
25 seconds
The second Fast Money player gets 25 seconds, slightly more than the first, because any answer duplicating the first player's draws a 'Try again' buzzer and costs time.
Q 20From 1983 to 1985, a family could win $100 by pulling what off a small plastic tree at their podium?
A Tootsie Roll Pop
A black mark on the bottom of the lollipop stick meant a $100 bonus; the trees lasted until the daytime series ended in June 1985.
J. Peterman himself later said he left partly because the show was leaning into ribald humour and he wanted it to stay family-friendly.
Q 24On Family Feud, what flashes on screen when a family's answer is not on the board?
A red X
A red X flashes on screen, with a loud buzzer, every time a family's answer is not on the board.
Q 25What fixed Fast Money grand prize did Family Feud adopt in July 2010?
$20,000
From the 2010 tapings onward Fast Money's top prize was fixed at $20,000, replacing the floating Bullseye-round jackpot of the previous season.
Q 26Which Star Trek actor was originally slated to host the Family Feud pilot in 1976?
William Shatner
The eventual host only got his audition after threatening, via his agent, to turn bland and silent on Match Game if he was passed over.
Q 27Who was Family Feud's announcer for its first two runs, from 1976 to 1995?
Gene Wood
Gene Wood announced both the 1976–85 original and the 1988–95 revival, and was also the voice of Goodson-Todman's Card Sharks and Password Plus.
Q 28Which production group, formed from Pearson Television, holds the Family Feud format?
Fremantle
Fremantle holds the format; its predecessor Pearson Television absorbed the Goodson library by buying All American Communications in 1997, and Fremantle also produces the international versions, including the African edition launched in 2020.
Q 29Family Feud's original host played Corporal Peter Newkirk on which classic sitcom?
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes, the POW-camp comedy that ran on CBS from 1965 to 1971, made the future Family Feud host a familiar face as cockney corporal Peter Newkirk.
Q 30As a game progresses from round to round, what happens to the number of answers hidden on the board?
It goes down
The number of answers goes down: a first-round survey can carry seven or eight answers, while the later rounds hide progressively fewer for higher stakes.