What is “Guy's Grocery Games”?
A: Guy's Grocery Games is an American reality-based
cooking television game
show.
What is an often-used nickname?
A: Triple G.
Who is it hosted by?
A: Guy Fieri on
Food Network.
Each episode features what?
A: Four chefs competing in a three-round elimination contest.
They cook with food ingredients found where?
A: In a supermarket grocery store ("Flavortown Market") as Fieri poses
unusual challenges to them.
The winning chef of the episode can collect up to how
much in a shopping spree bonus round?
A: $20,000.
The show often features chefs from where?
A: Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, another show hosted by Fieri.
The show Dessert Games was a what?
A: A short-lived spin-off.
The set is laid out in the manner of a typical what?
A: Supermarket.
Its 10 aisles are stocked with a wide range of foods
that include what?
A: Fresh produce, meat/poultry, and frozen items.
Each chef has his/her own what?
A: Station for preparing and cooking food.
Three judges officiate in each episode, introduced by
Fieri during what?
A: During the first round.
In each round, Fieri assigns a dish (usually a general
type such as "a fried feast" or "an upscale dinner") and what?
A: He issues one or more challenges that the chefs must fulfill.
Challenge types include games or random drawings to
determine what?
A: Ingredients that must be used, items or aisles being declared off-limits,
and an upper limit on the total number/price/weight of ingredients.
In the absence of any pertinent restrictions imposed by
Fieri, the chefs have how long to collect their ingredients in one trip,
using a standard shopping cart, and prepare/plate their dishes?
A: 30 minutes.
They must cook and plate how many servings before time
runs out?
A: Four, (one for each judge and one "beauty plate")
At the end of each round, the judges do what?
A: They taste and evaluate the dishes and select one chef to be "checked
out," or eliminated from the game with no winnings.
The last remaining chef advances to what?
A: The bonus round, Guy's Shopping Spree, for a chance to win up to $20,000
in two minutes.
In Seasons 1-11, the chef must retrieve one named item
from each of the market's 10 aisles, receiving how much money for each item
placed in the shopping cart?
A: $2,000.
Season 12 to Present: Fieri reads five clues, each of
which can be answered with what?
A: A particular item, and the chef receives $4,000 for each item placed in
the cart.
On occasion, such as during tournaments or specially
themed episodes, Guy's Shopping Spree is not played and Fieri does what?
A: Awards the full $20,000 to the winner.