Dog Eat Dog (US Game Show) - Challenges

Challenges

These are some of the reoccurring challenges that appeared on the show. (NOTE:some of these challenges may appear only once in an episode)

Aerial Bronco: The contestant must stay on a mechanical bucking bronco located high above the stage while answering 5 questions correctly before he/she falls off. Brooke will name U.S. states while the contestant must name the capital of the U.S. states in order to win. This challenge was only won once.

Aerial Obstacle Course: The contestant must climb a set of cargo nets while swinging across a set of metal rings in order to grab a flag before the nets/rings starts dropping off every 30 seconds as he/she goes or if the contestant falls off one of the nets/rings then he/she lost the challenge, which happened once. This challenge was won twice.

Archery Challenge: Facing off against an archery expert named Claudia Gomez, (who uses a bow & arrow with her feet) in a best of 5 contest. whoever hits the most targets wins the challenge. Despite that, this challenge was only won once.

Beat The Shark: While facing billiards expert Dave Pearson in a game of pool, the contestant must sink 4 balls in less time than Dave who has to clear 2 full tables less than 30 seconds in order to win the challenge.Despite that a game of pool is hard, it is never won.

Bottle Opening Challenge: While facing Ivan the human bottle opener, The contestant must open 30 bottles with a bottle opener before Ivan opens 60 bottles with his teeth in order to win the challenge. This challenge was won once.

Bows and Arrows:

Bungee Claw: The contestant must grab all four claws within three attempts to win. This challenge was won twice.

Bungee Foot Hang:

Cargo Climb: The contestant must climb across a cargo net hanging above the pool and pull all seven flags in 2:00.

Celebrity High School Yearbook: The contestant has to guess 5 celebrities from a high school yearbook. No once completes the challenge.

Celebrity Three-Way: Similar to the short-lived 2001 USA Network game show Smush and Wheel of Fortune's Before & After category, the contestant must find one common name shared by two different celebrities (e.g., Matt "Damon" Wayans). if the contestant solves all 15 puzzles in two minutes then he/she wins. Also, The contestant is allowed to pass at anytime if he/she gets stuck on a puzzle. This challenge was only won once.

Crate Drop:

Earthquake Island: The contestant must carry two flags to the top of a giant, metal structure that will be shaking the whole time within a matter of two minutes. No one completes the challenge.

The Fuse: In two minutes, The contestant must climb a rope and grab a red flag in order to win the challenge before the fuse burns to the top and he/she falls into the pool. This challenge was never won.

Glacier Run: The contestant has to run across styrofoam glaciers in the water and have to grab 8 flags before the timer runs out to win. Also, the glaciers tip easily. This challenge was only won once.

Glass Climbing Wall: The contestant must get a key and open the lock, then get to the other side of the wall and do the same thing. If you fail, you'll dump gallons of water, making a big splash. In the head-to-head challenge, whoever gets to the top of the wall and opens the key first gets the other contestant to dump gallons of water, making a big splash, too!

Hangin' Round:

Hang In There:

He or She:Out of six people, the contestant must select the real woman from the drag queens. This challenge also had a variant where the contestant had to select the bearded woman. Due to the high difficulty of the challenge, it was only won once.

Ice Breaker: The contestant has to break open 3 blocks of ice in order to reveal hidden boxes of various shapes, a square, a circle and a triangle. then he/she must take the boxes underwater and insert them into the larger boxes before time runs out in order to win the challenge, which no one did it.

Jump and Grab:

Ladder Wheel: In two-minutes, the contestant must climb around a large, hanging wheel and retrieve the flag without falling off to win. This challenge was only won once.

Little Genius: The contestant plays a trivia game against a child prodigy. No one completes the challenge.

Mutant Celebrity: A scrambled face of a celebrity is shown, and the contestant has to guess all 5 celebrites to win the challenge, which was won once.

Out on a Limb:The contestant had to run through a spinning x-shaped contraption within two minutes, collecting 8 flags, and make it back to the middle before time ran out to win. Also the blue flags has to be collected before the red flags. This challenge was only won once.

Paddle Wheel: This head-to-head challenge shows that the contestants must run on the paddle wheel until the contestant falls in the pool and loses the game.

Paddle Wheel Trivia: While walking on the paddle wheel, the contestant has to guess all 10 questions correct before falling in the pool. No one completes the challenge.

Palm Trees Climb/The Hurricane: The contestant must climb a palm tree and face the hurricane (rain storm) by grabbing three coconuts and putting them in a basket within three minutes to win. In the head-to-head challenge, which happened once, whoever gets three coconuts first wins.

Pandora's Box: The contestant gets five tennis balls from the top of the pool and puts them in a box within two minutes. If the contestant puts the balls in the box within the two-minute period then he/she wins. This challenge was only won once.

The Perfect Storm: In this challenge, the contestant must climb on a cargo net and grabs all 7 flags within 2 and a half minutes to win. This challenge was won twice.

The Pendulum Swing:Hooked up to a large pendulum-like device, the contestant must swing at a full 360 degrees within two minutes using only their own strength to move the pendulum. This challenge was rarely won.

Plug The Pipes: In this challenge, the contestants must plug all four pipes to win. No one completes the challenge.

Pole Sway: The contestant must climb atop of a tower and swing it around to grab 4 out of 7 flags in two-minutes to win. No one completes the challenge.

Pool Wheel:

Rain, Rain Go Away: While in the rain, The contestant must walk across a balance beam in order to retrieve two red flags at the end of the beam, then they must walk back with the flags in 1:00 without falling off the beam or failing to make it in time.

Raise The Buoy: The contestant must unlocks 2 buoys using 2 color-coded keys within three minutes to win. In the head-to-head challenge, whoever unlocks the buoy first wins.

Ratchet Roulette: In a challenge similar to the electronic game "Simon," the contestant is shown a board with a series of lights, which flash in a certain sequence. The contestant must use a series of buttons to make the correct light pattern. The player is given five attempts to do it. Each unsuccessful attempt causes the player, who is attached to a bungee cord, to fall into the pool. This challenge was won twice.

Rope Bridge: The contestant must attach 1 of each cylinder before the contestant falls off the bridge. This challenge was won twice.

Rope Ladder:

Sexy Catwalk/Runway: While in High Heels, The contestant must walk across a balance beam in order to retrieve a purse at the end of the beam, then he/she must walk back at the starting point with their purse without falling into the pool to win. The contestant was allowed only two attempts at the challenge. No one completes the challenge.

Sliding-Floor Trivia:The contestant answers trivia questions while standing on two Plexiglas panels situated above the pool. Each incorrect answer causes the panel to slide apart. The stunt ends when either 10 correct answers have been given, which has won once, or the contestant falls into the pool, which happens twice.

Strip Darts/Golf/Hangman/Quarterback: The contestant attempts to complete a given objective (such as throwing a football through a target) while being required to remove one article of clothing for each football. The game ends when the contestant either completes the task. elects to quit, or fails the challenge completely naked. Contestants, while naked, are not allowed to cover their private areas; although their private parts are censored on TV, they are on display for the live studio audience.

In Strip Darts: The contestant attempts to score 30 points on a modified dartboard. Different sections earns 0-10 points, and the bull's-eye scores 20 points. Each dart costs the contestant one article of clothing.

In Strip Golf: The contestant attempts to put a golf ball into a hole on a putting green. Each shot costs the contestant one article of clothing and allows the player to move a little closer.

In Strip Hangman: contestants play the classic game of hangman. Every time they guess a wrong letter or repeat an earlier chosen letter, they are forced to remove an article of clothing.

In Strip Quarterback: The contestant attempts to throw a total of 2 footballs through a hole in a tower. Each football costs the contestant one article of clothing.

When a contestant has one article of clothing remaining, Brooke sometimes offers two last-shot attempts (e.g., two darts) in exchange for the last piece of clothing (only in Darts and Quarterback). In Strip Golf, the player moves up to the Naked Line at the end. At least two contestant have ended up completely naked, one woman ended up topless (and won), and most quit before they were completely naked.

Story Teller: Only appeared in the Playboys special, the contestant must listen to a fast talking woman read a story about the history of Playboy Magazine, then Brooke asks 10 questions about it. You must get 5 points to win the challenge.

Swing Rings: The contestant has to cross a monkey bar like course and grab the flag at the end to win. If they fall off they lose. This challenge was only won once.

Tear Factor: The contestant must shed a tear in 90 seconds without using your hands. No one completes the challenge.

Thrown For A Loop:

Treadmill Trivia: The contestant runs on a treadmill suspended high above the pool. The treadmill starts at a speed level of 1 while Brooke asks a series of general-knowledge questions. Each incorrect answer increases the treadmill speed by 1 level (to a maximum of 10). Giving 10 correct answers wins the challenge, which the challenge was won twice, and if the contestant falls off the treadmill, the stunt is over, which one person did it.

Trivia In The Tank: In the head-to-head challenge, Brooke asks a question, and the contestants swim to get the answer right. The first one to get the answer gets a point. The first to get three points is the winner.

Underwater Boxes:

Underwater Balance Beam:

Underwater Weight Walk: In two minutes, The contestant must carry 80 pounds of weight across a steel beam in order to cross the red line to win. The contestant was allowed to come up for air whenever they want to. This challenge was rarely won.

Vomit Comet: While being strapped to a spinning metal contraption, the contestant must try to answer how many vowels are in each word or names, if the contestant can get all 8 words correctly in 90 seconds he/she wins the challenge, which was won once.

Water Beam: There were several variants of this challenge, but the common goal was to travel from one end of a beam suspended over water to the other, collect an item, then return to the starting line. The contestant was allowed two attempts at the challenge. This challenge was only won once.

Water Tubes/Flush Out Crawl: In this challenge, you have to get all three rings to win without falling off. In the head-to-head challenge, whoever gets two rings first wins.

Water Wall: