Battle of the Sexes (radio contest)
Encyclopedia
The Battle of the Sexes is a game where male
and female
contestants challenge each other on trivia
questions. The principle of the game is to demonstrate the imbalance between male and female genders as they compete. The concept was created by Perth
radio announcer Paul Redman.
The game initially began as a regular call-in radio
contest, whereby one male and one female contestant would compete answering trivia questions. A leaderboard by gender was kept from day-to-day. The concept spread to affiliated radio stations across Australia
, including FOX FM
's Tracy Bartram
and Matt Tilley
. The segment became a daily staple of the 2Day FM
Morning Crew with Wendy Harmer
.
In 1998, the concept was converted into a short-lived television show on Network Ten
hosted by Ed Phillips
. It only lasted for two series with the girls winning them both (25-24 and 25-21). The number of episodes depended on the number of wins it took to 25.
The concept lives on in radio, as well as in a series of board games which allow the game to be played at home. It has also been adopted by MTV
, uniting cast members from The Real World
and Road Rules
for a chance at money
.
Imagination Entertainment were responsible for the launch of the board game worldwide and still distribute to over 85,000 retailers worldwide.
Man
The term man is used for an adult human male . However, man is sometimes used to refer to humanity as a whole...
and female
Woman
A woman , pl: women is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent...
contestants challenge each other on trivia
Trivia
The trivia are the three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and logic. These were the topics of basic education, foundational to the quadrivia of higher education, and hence the material of basic education, of interest only to undergraduates...
questions. The principle of the game is to demonstrate the imbalance between male and female genders as they compete. The concept was created by Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
radio announcer Paul Redman.
The game initially began as a regular call-in radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
contest, whereby one male and one female contestant would compete answering trivia questions. A leaderboard by gender was kept from day-to-day. The concept spread to affiliated radio stations across Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, including FOX FM
Fox FM
Fox FM may refer to:*Fox FM , a radio station in Melbourne, Australia*Heart Thames Valley, a radio station in the United Kingdom formerly known as Fox FM*Port FM, a radio station in New Zealand...
's Tracy Bartram
Tracy Bartram
Tracy Bartram is an Australian comedian, radio personality and jazz singer. Although born in the UK, she grew up and resides in Melbourne, Australia.She began performing stand-up comedy in 1989 while working in sales and marketing...
and Matt Tilley
Matt Tilley
Matthew "Matt" "Old Mate" Vernon Thompson Tilley is an Australian radio presenter and comedian who has worked for Melbourne radio station FOX FM since 1990.-Biography:...
. The segment became a daily staple of the 2Day FM
2Day FM
Not to be mixed up with Today FM in Ireland.2Day FM is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of Austereo's Today Network.- Transmission :...
Morning Crew with Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer
Wendy Harmer is an Australian author, writer, radio show host, and comedienne.-Early life and career:...
.
In 1998, the concept was converted into a short-lived television show on Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
hosted by Ed Phillips
Ed Phillips
Ed Phillips is an Australian Sydney-based television and radio presenter. He is probably best known for hosting the national game-show Temptation in the mid-2000's.-Career:...
. It only lasted for two series with the girls winning them both (25-24 and 25-21). The number of episodes depended on the number of wins it took to 25.
The concept lives on in radio, as well as in a series of board games which allow the game to be played at home. It has also been adopted by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, uniting cast members from The Real World
The Real World
The Real World is a reality television program on MTV originally produced by Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray. First broadcast in 1992, the show, which was inspired by the 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family, is the longest-running program in MTV history and one of the...
and Road Rules
Road Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
for a chance at money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
.
Imagination Entertainment were responsible for the launch of the board game worldwide and still distribute to over 85,000 retailers worldwide.