Wild Guess

Wild Guess was a Canadian produced game show where two teams of kids competed in a test of animal knowledge.

Broadcast
Animal Planet October 1, 1996-March 28, 1997; July 1, 1997-September 26, 1997 (reruns)

Host/Guessmaster
Neil Crone

Team Tamers/Captains
Marilyn Smith & Linda Verry

Packager
Keg Productions in association with CFCN-TV/YTV Canada

Gameplay
Each team was named after animals and consisted of two kids and a adult team captain (Marilyn Smith or Linda Verry). The teams answered multiple choice questions from six categories which included: Living Proof, Trviology, Monkey Business, Creature Feature, Catnip and Call of the Wild. where players tried to identify an animal from recorded sounds. Questions in each category were worth thirty points, with teams given their choice of four possible answers. One team played each question and if the answer was wrong, the team could then "Wild Guess" and play for twenty points. If the answer was wrong again. The opposing team could choose one of the two remaining answers for a possible ten points. The final round of the day was "Catnip" in which two questions were asked and teams could buzz-in and answer. If the answer was right then the team earned thirty points. However, if they wrong, the team lost ten points. The team with the most points at the end of this round won.

Trivia
The show was original seen on YTV for a brief period in 1988.