Figure it Out

The Nickelodeon panel game show where child contestants has some amazing secrets.

Broadcast
Nickelodeon - July 7, 1997-December 12, 1999

Host
Summer Sanders

Announcer
Jeffery "J" Dumas

Panelists
Lori Beth Denberg Danny Tamberelli Phil Moore Mike O' Malley Moira Quirk Amanda Bynes Josh Server Marc Weiner Kevin Kopelow

Gameplay
A panel of four celebrities (mostly from Nickelodeon shows) faced one child contestant. The contestant came in with a secret which was always a talent, skill or achievement. The secret was hidden as a puzzle on a game board known as "Billy the Answer Head". The words in the puzzle were hidden behind blanks. The panel's job was figure out was the secret is.

The game was played in three rounds all of which lasted for one minute (60 seconds). In each round, the panelist in control asked yes-or-no questions in an attempt to "Figure it Out". Each time the panelist got a yes answer, his/her turn continued and as soon as he/she got a no answer, control went to the next panelist in line. The panelist in control can voluntarily pass control should he/she gets stumped. Sometimes, a panelist's question would be one the contestant wouldn't understand in anyway; whenever that happened, host Sanders asked the judges for the answer. During a panelist's turn if he/she said a word in the secret, it was turned over on Billy the Answer Head. During each round, the panel was given clues (one in each round) to help them in guessing the secret. The clues appear in many ways like on a train called the "Clue Express", by the studio audience or by the "Charade Brigade" which always showed up in round three. For each round the panel couldn't solve the secret in, the contestant won a prize. If the secret was not guessed after the third round, each panel member was given one final guess with correct words still revealed when said. If the panel stumped after each member took a turn at a final guess, the contestant won a grand prize. If the secret was guessed at any point in the game, the contestant still got to keep the prizes he/she did win.

Secret Slime Action
Starting in round two and continuing through the end of the game, a special action called "The Secret Slime Action" was activated. If at anytime any panel member performed that action, those panelists got slimed, and a randomly selected audience member won a prize.

Performing the Secret
At the end of the game, the contestant performed or demonstrated the secret in question. The panel asked questions while it was going on.

Music
Rick Witkowski

Inventors
Kevin Kay & Magda Liolis

Merchandise
A board game was produced by Cardinal Game in 1998.