Yes, Cash Cab New York City is the proper name, Quiz Taxi is the German version. I forgot, sorry.
I don't quite understand why I'm watching this. As I said, its basically always the same, just with different people and different questions. Some of which I don't have a clue about, because they are very specifically American. And yet its kinda interesting to see how the people do in the game.
In general, I don't watch game shows. With very few exceptions may be. There was one on German TV some time ago called "The Thingy from the Roof", perhaps you had a American version, too. It was a weird concept: people would send some item to the TV station, and a group of celebrities in the studio had to guess what these items are, what its used for ect. Sounds simple, but you wouldn't believe what strange items there are - especially if they are a bit older. That was quite interesting, to guess what it is myself, rather than watching what they guess.
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I suspect a lot of game shows would be way more fun to participate in than to watch. There are exceptions: There was one called Match Game, in which celebrities would hear a sentence, then fill out the last word--usually with something from the gutters of their minds. It was fun to watch because they picked people with fast minds who were fun to listen to.
As for why we watch them ... I just don't know. Sometimes it seems like there's a horrified fascination.
Well, yeah... especially the part where you win the money would be more fun if you do it yourself, rather than watching someone else win. :)
But if the questions are a bit interesting its already a good start. Something better than "Which Rapper published the album XYZ in 2004?"
And yes, there is this factor of "will they make it?", especially also in Cash Cab. I guess we all have a certain perception when we see people the first time, and we make assumptions about their personality, intelligence ect. I guess thats also part of it.
When it comes to interesting questions, there's always Jeopardy!