Sale of the Century (US game show)

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quiz show television game show

Sale of the Century (US game show) is an American television quiz show where contestants answer general-knowledge questions to earn money they can spend on heavily discounted high-value prizes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sale of the Century	2
Sale of the Century (US game show) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8762949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sale of the Century (US game show)
Context triple: [Grundy Television, notableWork, Sale of the Century (US game show)]

A. Sale of the Century (Australian game show)
Sale of the Century (Australian game show) was a long-running Australian television quiz show where contestants answered general knowledge questions and competed in fast-paced rounds to win cash and luxury prizes.
B. Let’s Make a Deal
Let’s Make a Deal is a long-running American television game show where contestants make deals and take risks to win cash and prizes, often by choosing between hidden options.
C. The $100,000 Pyramid
The $100,000 Pyramid is a modern revival of the classic American television game show where contestants and celebrities compete in fast-paced word-association challenges for cash prizes.
D. The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a long-running American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes.
E. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. syndicated version)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. syndicated version) is an American quiz show where contestants answer increasingly difficult multiple-choice questions for a chance to win a top cash prize of one million dollars.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sale of the Century (US game show)
Target entity description: Sale of the Century (US game show) is an American television quiz show where contestants answer general-knowledge questions to earn money they can spend on heavily discounted high-value prizes.

A. Sale of the Century (Australian game show)
Sale of the Century (Australian game show) was a long-running Australian television quiz show where contestants answered general knowledge questions and competed in fast-paced rounds to win cash and luxury prizes.
B. Let’s Make a Deal
Let’s Make a Deal is a long-running American television game show where contestants make deals and take risks to win cash and prizes, often by choosing between hidden options.
C. The $100,000 Pyramid
The $100,000 Pyramid is a modern revival of the classic American television game show where contestants and celebrities compete in fast-paced word-association challenges for cash prizes.
D. The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a long-running American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes.
E. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. syndicated version)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. syndicated version) is an American quiz show where contestants answer increasingly difficult multiple-choice questions for a chance to win a top cash prize of one million dollars.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	quiz show ⓘ television game show ⓘ
announcer	Don Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
announcerDuring1980sRevival	Jay Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Sale of the Century (Australian game show) NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcastFormat	daytime television ⓘ syndicated television ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Al Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedForUSTelevisionBy	Reg Grundy NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature	Fame Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Instant Bargain NERFINISHED ⓘ Speed Round NERFINISHED ⓘ Winner’s Big Money Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Winner’s Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Burbank, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAired	1969-09-29 ⓘ
format	contestants answer general-knowledge questions to earn money ⓘ contestants spend earned money on heavily discounted prizes ⓘ
genre	game show ⓘ quiz show ⓘ
host	Jack Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Garagiola NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostedByDuring1980sRevival	Jim Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastAired	1983-03-23 ⓘ
notableContestant	Barbara Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer Bartholomew NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableElement	contestants could return on multiple days to build winnings ⓘ questions covered general knowledge and popular culture ⓘ
numberOfContestantsPerGame	3 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastOn	NBC daytime schedule ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ
prizeType	automobiles ⓘ cash ⓘ merchandise ⓘ vacations ⓘ
productionCompany	Reg Grundy Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ Reg Grundy Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
revivalFirstAired	1983-01-03 ⓘ
revivalLastAired	1989-03-24 ⓘ
revivalSyndicatedVersionFirstAired	1985-09 ⓘ
revivalSyndicatedVersionLastAired	1986-09 ⓘ
typicalRunningTime	30 minutes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grundy Television → notableWork → Sale of the Century (US game show) ⓘ

Nicholas Parsons → presented → Sale of the Century (US game show) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sale of the Century

Nicholas Parsons → notableWork → Sale of the Century (US game show) ⓘ