Unforeseen Answers

Once the research team receives a call, they’re already checking the contestant’s response. “Sometimes things come out of the blue and we just say, well, we never thought of that,” Wisse admitted. “We’ve never heard of it before, or sometimes the contestant reads the clue in a way that we hadn’t thought of.”

If it’s deemed an acceptable alternative or a different interpretation to the clue, the win is left up to the judges. While the supporting crew may be out of sight from the camera, they’ve always been an important part of the process.