ask the audience
Request collective wisdom
Ask the audience is a lifeline in the game show *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*, where a stumped contestant polls the studio audience for help with a multiple-choice question.
The phrase has spread to mean consulting a group when you're uncertain: I didn't know the answer, so I decided to ask the audience and see what everyone thought.
- pollGathering of opinions
- live pollReal-time audience voting
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
- fifty fiftyEqually divided between two
- voteFormal choice expression
popular vote · survey · raise your hand · question · trivia · game show · game show host · crowd · percentage · guess · help · cheering · applause · studio · contestants · host · buzzer · spotlight
- game show elementsquiz show, trivia, wheel spinning, panel show, talent show
- game showsbuzzer, buzzers, contestant, contestants, jackpot
- triviatrivia, facts, quiz, anecdotes, trivia night
lifeline type
ask the audiencephone a friend
Request remote assistance
fifty-fifty · 0 · 50/50 · 50 · go it alone
audience, asked, asking, asker, audiences, audible, audio, audition, auditory