500 Questions

Synopsis

Prepare for an all-new game show event where the smartest people in the country try to achieve the seemingly impossible task of answering 500 of the most difficult general knowledge questions ever devised. There’s only one simple rule: never get three wrong in a row—or you’re gone. No saves, no helps, no multiple choice, 500 Questions will keep you on the edge of your seat to see if any of these geniuses can do it.

First Air Date: 2015-05-20

Last Air Date: 2016-06-01

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 12

Created By: Mike Darnell, Mark Burnett

Networks: ABC

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Top Cast

Richard Quest as Himself - Host
Dan Harris as Himself - Host

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

Each contestant first answers ten rounds of 50 questions each. The first season consists of seven episodes. The average runtime is an hour. CNN journalist Richard Quest hosted the premiering season while Good Morning America weekend co-anchor and Nightline anchor Dan Harris hosted the show's second season. The American broadcast went on to spawn three international versions.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Night 1 (2015-05-20)

An attorney and a neuroscientist face off in this intense test of knowledge, where the toughest question of all is, can either of them answer 500 questions.
Ep. 2: Night 2 (2015-05-21)

It’s night two on the toughest game ever devised. Two geniuses continue to face off on the road to 500 questions, and the pressure begins to mount.
Ep. 3: Night 3 (2015-05-22)

As the reigning genius continues his journey to answering 500 questions, the challenger continues to try and knock their opponent off.
Ep. 4: Night 4 (2015-05-25)

It’s night four, and the questions are not getting any easier. Will the reigning genius continue on the road to 500 questions, or will they succumb to the pressure.
Ep. 5: Night 5 (2015-05-26)

More than halfway down the road to 500 questions and the geniuses continue to face off in the toughest game ever devised. It’s night five on “500 Questions.”
Ep. 6: Night 6 (2015-05-27)

It’s night six, and the intellectual strength and stamina of the reigning genius continues to be put to the test. Will this person continue down the road, or will another genius take their place, on “500 Questions.”
Ep. 7: Night 7 (2015-05-28)

It’s the seventh and final night in this ultimate test of intellectual strength, strategy and stamina. The current reigning genius hopes to continue their journey to 500 questions in the face of a challenger who is actively ready to take their place, on the two-hour season finale of “500 Questions.”