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Family Feud is, far and away, one of the most accessible in the game show genre. It’s engaging, eye-rolling at times, surprising at others, and its unscripted moments often lead to hilarious highlights, bolstered by host Steve Harvey‘s intrinsic talent for running with it. His feigned shock is exaggerated for show more often than not, but every once in a while, Harvey is left legitimately stunned. One such instance occurred during a record-breaking Fast Money win in 2023.

A Flurry of Number One Answers on ‘Family Feud’s Fast Money

The Family Feud Fast Money round is played by the family who won the “feud” part of Family Feud. Two members of the winning family are selected, and while one player is offstage, the first is given a series of five questions to answer within 20 seconds, aiming to find the most popular answer given by a survey of 100 people. The goal is to reach 200 points, and if the first player doesn’t get it, it falls to the second, who can’t repeat the answers already given, to make up the balance. If they get it, they win big money (“and might just drive out of here in a new car!”), and if they don’t, they get some money. Like, enough to buy a Slurpee each.

The 200 points has never been amassed by the first player in the Steve Harvey era (this contestant did so when Ray Combs was host). But in a rare moment, like when a family chooses to “pass” instead of “play”, audiences were shocked when Lisa Doughty almost did so when she took her place on stage and rattled off her answers in 18 seconds. She didn’t get 200… but got pretty damn close, ending her round with a whopping 198 points by hitting every number-one answer, as seen in the YouTube clip above. It was a slam dunk for her sister, Amy, who got 14 points by answering “husband” to the question: “Name somebody in your life who you wish would take a vow of silence.”

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It’s Not Always a Slam Dunk for Contestant #2 on ‘Family Feud’s Fast Money

It wasn’t the first time a contestant had given all number one answers in the first round of Fast Money, with previous record holder Courtney Kline hitting 193 points when the Kline family appeared on Family Feud. Like Amy, Courtney’s mother Mary Anne covered the remaining points and then some with her first answer. It should be impossible to miss out on getting 2 more points, or 7. Heck, even 20 points would not be difficult to get – which makes Anna Sass’ epic fail in a 2014 episode so unbearable to watch.

Like Courtney and Lisa to follow, Tim Sass had given all number one answers during his round of Fast Money, racking up 182 points. That left Anna with 18 points to make up 200, giving the Sass family some serious coin. No problem, right? Wrong. Anna managed a mind-staggering zero points in her round. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Goose egg. Her first answer should have come back with something, but not one person out of a hundred answered “four” when asked: “What chance would men say they have of dating a girl who’s a 10?” Other incorrect answers she gave: people don’t typically check their watch in a restaurant, a person’s belly doesn’t throw up, and married people aren’t deeply in marriage. Add in a non-answer pass on “Name a noisy insect,” and a zero is arguably far kinder than being given a score in the negatives.

Unless you’ve been on Family Feud or others of its ilk, it’s largely unfair to pass judgments on people who crash and burn on a nationally televised game show, with their time limits, cameras, and other elements that can rattle the heartiest of souls. But thank the good Lord above that Amy didn’t have to make up only two points and fail. That’s a win of some sort, isn’t it? Survey says…

Family Feud is available to stream in the U.S. on YouTube TV.

Family Feud

Release Date

January 1, 1977

Creator(s)

Bill Todman

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