Get Into the Cash Cab Trivia Party

Cash Cab is not a big money game show. Contestant normally attempt to answer questions that may win them a few hundred dollars. However, what makes this game so compelling is that it is a blend of trivia party show and reality show. You see, contestants don't realize that they are in a show until it starts. They think they are just getting into a cab. However, when they close their door, they are asked if they want to play the "Cash Cab" game. Almost everyone says yes and that's when the fun starts.

Taxi Passengers get into the Cash Cab Game

Here's how the game works. The cash cab is an actual cab that will take the passengers where they want to go. Yet as the cab is moving, the driver asks trivia questions. If the passengers get the answer right, they win money which is shown on the taxi meter. (Note: This is probably the only taxi meter in the world which shows the amount the driver will give the passengers at the end of the ride!) It is fun to watch because the passengers really get into the game. You would think that a million dollars is riding on a $25 trivia question. Yet because they are surprise contestants, the whole thing becomes a giant fun trivia party for the passengers.

Shout Out from the Cash Cab

So what happens if the passengers don't know the answer to the Cash Cab trivia question? Well, they are allowed one mobile and one street shout-out. that means that they can choose to call someone for help with a question. Or they can roll down the window and ask a random person on the street. After they have used up their mobile and their street shout-out, they are on their own. Now if they get a question wrong, they get a strike. If they get three strikes, the cash cab drops them off wherever they are! Talk about a wild trivia party!

Play along Party game with Cash Cab

No one expected that Cash Cab would take off the way it did. It now has a huge following around the world. Thanks to television and Youtube, ordinary people who happen to get into the cash cab are now famous! Despite the low amount of money that people can win, the sheer excitement of being a surprise contestant makes people go crazy. You can capture some of this fun trivia party game by having friends over and playing along with cash cab when it airs. You can try and beat the cab passengers or see of they can get the right answers and make it to their destinations.