Three-Headed Expert
1970s-present
Also known as Dr. Know-It-All, Three-Headed Broadway Star, Multi-Headed Expert, Expert One Word
Three players sit shoulder-to-shoulder as a single multi-headed expert; an interviewer asks questions and the three players must answer by speaking one word at a time in sequence.
Known for
- Widely known as 'Dr. Know-It-All' in US schools; Three-Headed Broadway Star is the musical variant on Whose Line.
- Difficulty tunable: 4-5 heads harder; 2-3 words per turn easier.
- Conjunctions ('and', 'but') let a player control how long the next speaker must continue — comedic trick.
- Projection matters — if heads can't hear each other, coherence collapses.