There are game shows and there are game shows. There’s a fairly new game show on TV that got our attention and has us glued to the sofa weeknights at 9pm on star world. Its a game show that tests contestants on their ability to be honest. Seems simple enough right? As the show will reveal, this is not often the case. The contestants have to tell the truth on national TV and very often in front of family and close friends.
Contestants are put on a polygraph and asked 50 questions. 30 of those questions are selected for the show. Questions range from opinions to attitudes and extend towards questions that are both intimate and very private like ‘do you think of getting back with your ex’, ‘did you ever cheat on your wife/partner’, ‘were you ever willfully dishonest’, ‘do you ever suspect your best friend is cheating with your wife’, etc. etc.
So why would anyone dry their dirty linen (as is usually the case) for mass entertainment so openly you might ask. They all have 500,000 reasons. Yes, you guessed it. All contestants shoot for the $500,000 jackpot after answering 20 questions truthfully.
The hitch is that 1 lie will cost the contestant everything he/she has won till that point in the game. The truths revealed very often shake up relationships, destroy some and even make relationships stronger.
Here are a few questions inspired from the show:
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