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500 Questions

500 Questions Season 1: Episode Guide & Ratings

Season 1 Plot

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.

500 Questions Season 1 aired on May 20th, 2015.

Season 1 Episodes

1. Night 1

May 20th, 2015

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.

2. Night 2

May 21st, 2015

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.

3. Night 3

May 22nd, 2015

As the reigning genius continues his journey to answering 500 questions, the challenger continues to try and knock their opponent off.

4. Night 4

May 25th, 2015

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.

5. Night 5

May 26th, 2015

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.”

6. Night 6

May 27th, 2015

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.”

7. Night 7

May 28th, 2015

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.”

All Seasons

Season 2

Season 2

May 26, 2016
Season 1

Season 1

May 20, 2015