Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show)
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Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) was an American television game show that combined celebrity panelists and humorous questions in a comedy-driven quiz format.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6788800 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) Context triple: [Funny You Should Ask, relatedShow, Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show)]
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A.
Quiz Show
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film directed by Robert Redford that explores the scandal surrounding rigged television game shows in the 1950s.
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B.
What’s My Line?
What’s My Line? was a long-running American television game show in which celebrity panelists tried to guess the occupations or identities of mystery guests through yes-or-no questions.
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C.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. version)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. version) is an improvisational comedy television series where a rotating cast of comedians perform unscripted games and sketches based on audience suggestions.
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D.
I've Got a Secret
"I've Got a Secret" is a classic American television game show in which a celebrity panel tries to guess a contestant's hidden secret through a series of yes-or-no questions.
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E.
The Garry Moore Show
The Garry Moore Show was a popular American television variety series of the 1950s and 1960s known for its comedy sketches, musical performances, and for helping launch the career of Carol Burnett.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) Target entity description: Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) was an American television game show that combined celebrity panelists and humorous questions in a comedy-driven quiz format.
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A.
Quiz Show
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film directed by Robert Redford that explores the scandal surrounding rigged television game shows in the 1950s.
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B.
What’s My Line?
What’s My Line? was a long-running American television game show in which celebrity panelists tried to guess the occupations or identities of mystery guests through yes-or-no questions.
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C.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. version)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. version) is an improvisational comedy television series where a rotating cast of comedians perform unscripted games and sketches based on audience suggestions.
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D.
I've Got a Secret
"I've Got a Secret" is a classic American television game show in which a celebrity panel tries to guess a contestant's hidden secret through a series of yes-or-no questions.
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E.
The Garry Moore Show
The Garry Moore Show was a popular American television variety series of the 1950s and 1960s known for its comedy sketches, musical performances, and for helping launch the career of Carol Burnett.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American game show
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television game show ⓘ |
| basedOn | quiz show format ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | syndicated daytime television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator |
Bob Quigley
NERFINISHED
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Merrill Heatter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
celebrity panelists
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humorous questions ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1973 ⓘ |
| format | comedy-driven quiz show ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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game show ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Funny You Should Ask (2017 game show) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Funny You Should Ask NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| host | Lloyd Thaxton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableElement | contestants predicted celebrity panelists’ humorous answers ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | United States television syndication ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | color ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Heatter-Quigley Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general television audience ⓘ |
| typicalRuntime | approximately 22–24 minutes per episode ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) Description of subject: Funny You Should Ask (1973 game show) was an American television game show that combined celebrity panelists and humorous questions in a comedy-driven quiz format.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.