Games
100 Winners featured quick, simple mini-games that were played throughout the program. If a contestant answers a question correctly, he/she chooses one of the one hundred safe deposit boxes on the set, each of which contains a prize of either cash or GSN merchandise.
To make winners more quickly, the host offered:
- Multiple choices of doors (including "friends and family" questions allowing four doors to be opened)
- Break Game: A question answered off-screen during a commercial break to make more winners.
- Sizzling Hot Questions: An extra choice of door if the contestant receives a prize of a designated value.
- Sponsor bonuses: An extra choice of door if the contestant's original box contains the mascot of that episode's corporate sponsor, if any.
The games listed were played in rotation on the program.
| Game | How it is Played |
|---|---|
| Chain Link | Similar to Chain Reaction, a three-word word chain is given with the middle word not given. The contestant must give the appropriate middle word. |
| Dead or Alive | The contestant must determine whether a given celebrity is, as of the air date, dead or alive. |
| Definition | A word is defined and the caller must give the correct answer out of two choices. This began as a tie-in to GSN's coverage of the National Vocabulary Championship in April 2007. |
| Multiple Answers | A list of five items is given along with a question. Three of the items are correct answers to the question. The contestant must pick one of the correct answers to the question. |
| Quotations | A common quotation is given with one word missing. The contestant must give what word was omitted. |
| Same Name, No Relation | The first names of two famous people with the same last name are given. The contestant must identify what the shared surname is. |
| Short or Tall | The name of a famous person noted for their height is given. The contestant must identify whether the person is known for being short or tall. |
| Trivia | A trivia question, either open-ended or with two choices, is given. The contestant must give the correct answer. |
| Who Starred? | A list of movies or television programs is given. The contestant must identify which actor starred in all of the movies. |
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Famous quotes containing the word games:
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)