COMMON KNOWLEDGE

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YOU MAY NOT HAVE TAPED AN APPEARANCE ON ANY GAME SHOW NETWORK SHOW DURING THE ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD PRIOR TO YOUR APPEARANCE ON THIS PROGRAM. PLEASE ANSWER EACH QUESTION TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. DO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTION BLANK. YOU CAN WRITE N/A IF A QUESTION IS NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU.

Legal First and Last Name *

Nick Name

Date of birth: *

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Cell Phone *

Email *

City *

State *

Hometown: (where you grew up)

Team Captain’s Name: The name of the original person who signed up. If you are the one who signed up the team, please put your name. *

Have you or your team captain been contacted by our casting team? *

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How did you hear about the casting?

Who is your current employer and what is your occupation? (What job pays your bills now?) *

What levels of education have you completed (please specify school and major):

Please list your last three jobs:

Do you have any military experience? Are you (active/reserve) military now? If so, please describe branch, rank, job, and dates of enlistment:

What is your marital status: married, divorced, boyfriend/girlfriend, single, engaged? How long have you been in your current relationship? (if applicable)

Do you have any children? If yes, how many and what are their ages?

PERSONALITY AND INTERESTS: PLEASE ANSWER EACH QUESTION AS BEST AS YOU CAN. DO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTION BLANK. YOU CAN WRITE N/A IF A QUESTION IS NOT APPLICABLE TO YOU.

Please list the full names (first and last) of your two teammates: *

Team Name: List potential team names that best describe your connection: (i.e., “The Smiths, “The Educators”, “Bingo Buddies”, “Fantasy Football Friends,” etc.)

Tell us three fun facts about your team members. Please be thoughtful and creative (e.g., how you know each other, relationship dynamics, funny stories, etc.).

Describe your personality:

What are your hobbies and interests?

What is something we wouldn’t know by looking at you?

Have you and your teammates ever competed together as a team? If yes, please explain in detail.

Why does your group make such a good team? Please explain in detail.

What would your team do if you won the grand prize on this show?

What role does each person play in your team? (i.e., the goofball, the competitive one, the responsible one, etc.)

Do you know anyone else who would be good for the show? Please list their information below and include their name, phone number, email address and your relationship to them.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please list all game, competition or reality shows you have appeared on (in the last 10 years), the network or streaming service it appeared on (including any Game Show Network shows), along with airdate(s) & prizes won. If none, write N/A. *

Have you ever had a restraining order issued against you or have you ever had a restraining order issued against someone else? If YES, please indicate city/state, month/year, and describe situation. If no, please write N/A. *

Are you involved in any pending litigation? If YES, please tell us about it (include dates, city, and state) explain. If no, please write N/A. *

Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor? If YES, please explain (include dates, city & state). (You should exclude convictions more than two years old for any marijuana offense, convictions for which the record has been judicially ordered sealed, expunged, or statutorily eradicated, and any misdemeanor conviction for which probation has been successfully completed or otherwise discharged and the case has been judicially dismissed). If no, write N/A. *

Please describe below any and all instances in your life in which you were ever detained for and/or accused of criminal wrongdoing, including, without limitation, any crime for reckless or drunk driving. If none, please write “None” in the space below. *

Please include a detailed description below of each such arrest, detention and/or accusation for which you have been involved, including, without limitation, the reason(s), the place(s), the date(s), the precise charge(s) and the resolution(s). If none, please write "None" in the space below.

Have you ever formally or otherwise changed your name? If you have changed your name, what other names have you used? Please list all previous names, including stage names, pseudonyms, and AKAs. If this doesn’t apply, write N/A.

Do you or any of your immediate family members or anyone living in your household know anyone who has been within the past two (2) years an officer, employee, agent or representative of Game Show Enterprises, LLC or its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies, including, but not limited to, AT&T, Sony Pictures Television Inc., or GSN Games, Inc.? If yes, please list their names and your connection to them. *

Are you a member of any social networking sites? (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, MySpace, Pinterest, LinkedIn) ? If YES, please list them all, including your user name and/or URL.

Have you ever been on any TV show or are you currently being considered for any TV shows? If YES, please name the show, the length of time you appeared on the show, the network or streaming services on which it appeared, status and when it aired. *

Have you ever posed/performed nude publicly, on TV, in a video, movie or on the Internet? If YES, include ANY instances including but not limited to: modeling, artistic endeavors, or adult entertainment paid or unpaid. *

Are you currently a member or have you ever been a member of SAG or AFTRA or any related entertainment unions? Please list all other media appearances you have made, including commercials, films, videos, webisodes, news, photographs, etc.

In addition to any appearances listed above, please list all/any other shows you have applied for and how far you made it in the application process.

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APPLICANT RELEASES I am making the following representations, warranties, indemnities, covenants, agreements and releases in this Contestant Application (“Application”) in consideration for Game Show Enterprises, LLC (“Producer”) to consider me as a potential contestant for the television series entitled “Common Knowledge,” which is currently anticipated to premiere on Game Show Network (“Network”). I recognize that my signature on this Release is a condition of Producer permitting me to potentially appear on the Program. Accordingly, I acknowledge and agree as follows: ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 1. On or before May 1, 2019, I will be at least 18 years of age. 2. I am not a candidate for public office and will not become one until at least one (1) year after the initial exhibition of the episodes of the Program in which I appear, if I am selected as a contestant for the Program. 3. I am a legal resident of the United States. 4. I acknowledge that any offer to become a contestant on the Program is contingent upon the completion of a background check satisfactory to Producer, in accordance with applicable laws. I voluntarily and knowingly authorize any person, firm, corporation, or government agency, its officers, employees and agents to release any and all information pertaining to me for purposes of such background check. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND RELEASES: I hereby give the following representations, warranties, acknowledgements, consents and releases: 1. By signing below, I hereby represent, warrant, acknowledge, and agree that: (i) I have read and I meet and agree to be bound by the eligibility requirements set forth above; (ii) I have completed the Application honestly and accurately; (iii) if any of the information in the Application is found to be false or incomplete, this will be grounds for removal from the Program participant selection process, and/or from the Program, if selected; (iv) even if I meet the eligibility requirements, Producer has no obligation to further contact me, to interview me, and/or select me as a participant; (v) even if I am selected as a participant, Producer has no obligation to produce the Program, and Network has no obligation to exhibit it, even if produced; (vi) I agree to keep strictly confidential all information about the Program that I may acquire during the participant selection process and/or during my participation in the Program (if applicable); (vii) all decisions by Producer concerning selection of the participants are final and not subject to challenge or appeal; and (viii) Producer has no obligation to return any materials submitted by me as part of the Application whether or not I am selected as a participant. 2. By submitting this Application, I hereby consent to the recording, use and reuse by Producer, Network and any of the “Released Parties” (as defined below) of my voice, actions, likeness, name, appearance, biographical material, and any information contained in, derived from or obtained in connection with my application to be a participant in the Program or in any materials submitted by me in connection with the Application (collectively my “Likeness”), as edited, altered, or modified by Producer or by any of the other Released Parties, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity, in or in connection with the Program or any other work. I agree that the Released Parties may use all or any part of my Likeness, and may alter or modify it regardless of whether or not I am recognizable. I further agree that the Released Parties exclusively own all right, title, and interest (including, without limitation, all copyrights) in and to any and all recordings made by them and in and to any and all video that I have provided in connection with the Application (if any) and any other materials that I have provided or may provide in connection with the Application or the Program (collectively, the “Materials”), including, without limitation, the right to edit, alter or modify the Materials and to use all or part of the Materials and my Likeness in any and all media now known or hereafter devised worldwide, in perpetuity and to assign them, and to license others to use them, in any manner Producer may wish and in any and all media now known or hereafter discovered or developed. I further agree that Released Parties may use my Likeness and the Materials in connection with any promotion, publicity, marketing or advertisement. I grant the rights hereunder whether or not I am selected to participate in the Program in any manner whatsoever. I understand that I will not be paid any money for giving Released Parties these rights or for submitting this Application. 3. I further grant Producer and any person or entity designated by Producer the right to use and license my Likeness in and in connection with the Materials, whether as part of the Program or otherwise, or in connection with advertising, programming respective parent, subsidiary, related entities or affiliates, sponsors of the Program, and for the institutional purposes of Producer and Network and/or their respective affiliated entities, throughout the world, in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity. 4. I hereby authorize Producer and any person or entity designated by Producer to investigate, access and collect information about me, about any of the statements made by you in the Application, any supporting documents and any other documents that I have signed or provided or do sign or provide in connection with my application to be selected as a participant in the Program, or any other written or oral statements I make in connection therewith to the maximum extent permitted by law. I irrevocably authorize Producer and any person or entity designated by Producer to secure information about me and my experiences from my current and former employers, associates, friends, family members, educational institutions, government agencies any branch of the military, and any references I may have provided, and I irrevocably authorize such parties to provide information concerning me. I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably release and forever discharge each of the Released Parties, the persons or entities designated by Producer, and all such parties and persons from any and all liabilities arising out of or in connection with any such investigation. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you specifically authorize investigation of my employment records and government records, including but not limited to my motor vehicle records, criminal records, civil records, military records, and/or consumer report(s). I acknowledge and agree that any such information obtained by Producer or by any person or entity designated by Producer pursuant to this paragraph or otherwise may be used for purposes of selecting participants in the Program or in the course of producing the Program (including without limitation, providing information to and consulting with Network), and may be described or otherwise related in and in connection with the Program, in and in connection with another program, and in and in connection with any advertising, promotion or publicity for the Program or other program. 5. I recognize that proof of damages suffered by Producer and Network in the event that I breach any provision of this Paragraph 5 will be costly, difficult or inconvenient. Accordingly, I agree to pay Producer and Network the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per breach plus disgorgement of any money or the value of any thing that I have received or that I may receive in connection with my breach as liquidated damages in the event I breach any provision of this Paragraph 5. Furthermore, I will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Released Parties from and against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) that in any way arise out of or result from my breach of any provision of this Paragraph 5. CONFIDENTIALITY Whether or not I am selected to be a participant in the Program, I will keep in strictest confidence and shall not, and shall not authorize or cause others to, directly or indirectly, use or disclose to any third party at any time (i.e., prior to, during, or after the taping or exhibition of any episode of the Program) any of the following, which is the exclusive property of Producer or Network: any information or materials that I may read, hear or otherwise acquire or learn in connection with or as a result of my participation in or in connection with the Program, including without limitation, any information or materials concerning or relating to Producer or to Network, the business of Producer or Network, any program produced by Producer or exhibited by Network, including, without limitation, any information concerning or relating to the Program, the Program applicants, the Program participants, the location(s) of the Program, the events contained in the Program, the outcome of any episode of the Program, and the contents of this Application and Release or any other with respect to confidentiality set forth in this Application and Release shall continue in perpetuity or until terminated by Network by giving me written notice of termination. In no event will I have the right to terminate my confidentiality obligations under this Release. I acknowledge that in the event I breach the confidentiality or any other provisions of this Release, my breach may, in the sole discretion of Producer or Network result in me being disqualified to participate as a participant in the Program. I further acknowledge that a breach by me of any of the confidentiality provisions in this Release would cause Producer and Network irreparable injury and damage that cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated by damages in an action at law, and, therefore, I hereby expressly agree that Producer and Network shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief to prevent and cure any breach or threatened breach of any of the confidentiality provisions of this Release by me. I also recognize that proof of damages suffered by Producer in the event that I breach this paragraph will be costly, difficult, or inconvenient. Accordingly, I agree to pay Producer the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per breach. RELEASE AND AGREEMENT NOT TO SUE 1. The term “Released Parties” shall mean and refer to Producer, Network, any other licensees or assignees of the Program or the Materials, the other participants in the Program, all other persons and entities connected with the Program, all parent, subsidiary, related and affiliated entities, licensees, successors, assigns, sponsors and advertisers of each of the foregoing, all of the respective directors, officers, principals, executives, on-air talent, employees, agents, contractors, partners, shareholders, representatives and members of each of the foregoing, and the respective heirs, next of kin, spouses, guardians, representatives, executors, administrators, successors, licensees and assigns of each of the foregoing. 2. To the maximum extent permitted by law, I irrevocably and unconditionally release each of the Released Parties from any and all liability arising out of my application for and/or participation in or in connection with the Program, including, without limitation, the recording of my Likeness and the Materials, my participation in the participant selection process, and any exploitation of the Program, my Likeness or the Materials, on any legal theory whatsoever (collectively, the “Released Claims”). The Released Claims shall include but are not limited to those based on negligence, personal injury (including, without limitation, wrongful death and illness) property damage, libel, slander, defamation, invasion of privacy, publicity or personality, infliction of emotional distress, misrepresentation, and infringement of any rights of any third party. Further, to the maximum extent permitted by law, I agree not to sue the Released Parties as a result of the recording or use of my Likeness or the Materials or for any reason based on any of the Released Claims hereunder. 3. I acknowledge that there is a possibility that after my execution of this Application, I may discover facts or incur or suffer claims which were unknown or unsuspected at the time this agreement was executed and which, if known by me at that time, may have materially affected my decision to execute this Application. I acknowledge and agree that by understand and agree that all rights under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California, as well as any other statute, law, or rule of similar effect of any jurisdiction throughout the world, are hereby expressly waived. Said section reads as follows: A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY. MISCELLANEOUS 1. I agree that Producer may license, assign, and otherwise transfer this Application and Release and all rights granted by me under this Application and Release to any person or entity. 2. This Application and Release shall be interpreted under the internal, substantive laws of the State of California without regard to the conflicts of law provisions thereof. 3. I agree that any and all claims, disputes or controversies arising out of or in connection with this Application and/or Release that are not otherwise barred or released pursuant to the terms herein shall be resolved exclusively and confidentially by binding arbitration before a single, neutral arbitrator, under the auspices of JAMS using its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, through its Los Angeles, California office. By agreeing to this binding arbitration provision, I give up all rights to a trial by jury. 4. I agree that my remedies for any breach of this Agreement by Producer or others will be limited to monetary damages, if any, and in no event will I be entitled to rescind this Agreement or the rights granted hereunder, or to seek or obtain injunctive or any other equitable relief. 5. This Application and Release may be executed by original, facsimile or electronic signature. Any signed copy of this Application and Release delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission shall for all purposes be treated as if it had been delivered containing my original signature, and shall be binding upon me in the same manner as though an original signed copy had been delivered. 6. The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Application and Release shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of any of the remainder of this Application and Release which shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law. 7. If I am selected as a potential contestant, I agree to execute additional waivers and release agreements, and any other agreement(s) as required by Producer or Network, or any of their licensees, successors or assigns, including without limitation, a contestant agreement on the form provided by Producer. I agree that, at no cost to Producer, I have secured, or will secure all rights for Producer to use any of the Materials. 8. By signing below, I hereby acknowledge that I have read, understand, and agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Application and that all information provided in this Application is true and complete and that if any of the information provided by me to be false or incomplete, this will be grounds for dismissal from the contestant selection process for the Program, and/or amended except by an agreement signed by both me and Producer. I have read, understand, and agree with the foregoing. I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM GIVING UP CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS UNDER THIS APPLICATION AND RELEASE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MY RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS APPLICATION AND RELEASE.

I have read, understand, and agree with the foregoing. I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM GIVING UP CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS UNDER THIS APPLICATION AND RELEASE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MY RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS APPLICATION AND RELEASE.
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