What the Blank hire · a big-screen game
Hire What the Blank.
A prompt appears with a word missing, ‘A terrible thing to hear the pilot say is ____’, and five ranked answers sit hidden on the board. Teams write their funniest fill and score by matching the answers everyone else reached for.
No wrong answers, only less popular ones. The round the shy tables come alive in.
How a round plays
How a round of What the Blank works.
It is the game that gets a corporate room actually talking to each other, because the best answers are always the ones about the people in it.
Read the prompt
A fill-in-the-blank prompt goes up on the big screen, with five ranked answers hidden behind it.
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Teams answer
Every team writes their best fill for the missing word, the funnier and more obvious, the better.
2Match to score
The answers reveal top to bottom. Match a hidden one and you score the points on it, up to fifty for the top spot.
3
In among the tables, every round Live leaderboard
Scores stack up on the board, with a leaderboard between rounds so every table knows where it stands.
4Running the room from the floor
On the big screen
The real screens, not a mock-up.
Every screen on this page is my own software running live, captured at the size a projector throws. It is one of nine big-screen games in the same app, run from a phone in my hand at the microphone, with the sound, the strikes and the scores built in.
Three ways to play
Three ways to play What the Blank.
Every game I run can be played three ways, and I pick the way that suits the room, the timings and the layout on the night: as a show at the front, table against table, or with every single guest playing on their own phone. Mix them across an evening and nobody spends the night watching.
As a show
Teams at the front, the funniest fill wins
Two or three teams at the front read the prompt and write their fill. The five hidden answers reveal top to bottom on the big screen, and matching one scores the points on it. I read the teams’ answers out, which is where the laughs are.
Best for: awards nights with a stageAt the tables
Every table fills the blank
The version it was made for. Every table writes a fill, I read the best out loud, then the ranked answers reveal and every table that matched one scores. Ten teams on the live leaderboard, and the answers about the people in the room get the biggest laughs.
Best for: conference dinners and Christmas partiesOn the app
Every guest votes on the best fill
On phones the room becomes the judge: the fills go up on the big screen and everyone votes for the funniest through Common Ground. The table that wrote the winning fill scores, and so does everyone who voted for it.
Best for: whole-company nightsBuilt for the room
Same game. Two very different rooms.
I customise every game for the audience in front of me: the questions, the answers, and the way I present them. The same format is a completely different show for a room of graduates in their twenties and a room of chief executives, and it should be. I write for the people who will actually be there, then I speak into the listening on the night: I read what the room is giving back and change gear to match it.
Cheeky and quick
- A prompt I would use
The worst thing to hear on your first day is ____.
Fills come back in seconds and I read the rudest printable one first.- How I host it
- Fast prompts, lots of them, and I keep the leaderboard on screen between rounds so the rivalry builds.
- What lands
- A table realising the whole room thought of the same answer.
Sharper, and a little pointed
- A prompt I would use
The one phrase this company should retire in the next twelve months is ____.
The hidden answers are gathered from staff before the night.- How I host it
- I let the room hear every table’s fill before the reveal, and I do not rush the moment the number one answer turns out to be the chief executive’s favourite phrase.
- What lands
- Honest laughter in a room that does not always get it.
1Written for your people
Send me the year’s stories, the in-jokes, the departments and the industry. The rounds are built from them, so the answers land in a way no off-the-shelf pack ever can.
2Speaking into the listening
The words on the screen are half of it. How I present them is the rest, and I pitch the pace, the teasing and the tone to the room that has turned up, not the one on the brief.
3If a different crowd turns up
Eight hundred events across festivals, awards, conferences and dinners means I have hosted every kind of room. If the mood is not what anyone expected, I change the style on the spot, and often the questions too.
In the running order
Where What the Blank fits in the night.
Where it sits in the night
Mid-evening, once the room is relaxed and willing to be funny.
How long
Three or four minutes a puzzle. Four puzzles makes a fifteen-minute block.
Pairs well with
A word-game double bill with Guess the Phrase, or straight after Who’s Bluffing? while the room is still laughing at itself.
“Nobody feels stupid. It rewards being funny and reading the room, so the tables that groaned at the trivia round suddenly come alive.”
All fourteen games
Fourteen games. One host. One screen.
Five rounds the whole room plays on their phones, and nine big-screen games with teams at the board. All of it is my own software, run from one screen, so I can switch format the moment the room needs a lift. Tap any game to see exactly how it plays.
Common Ground
Vote with the room, score for matching it
How it plays →On your phone
Who’s Bluffing?
Three stories, one true, the room decides
How it plays →On your phone
The Final Few
A knockout quiz down to the last few standing
How it plays →On your phone
Side Bets
Play money on what happens next on stage
How it plays →On your phone
The Cut
Everyone answers, the lowest scores are cut
How it plays →Big screen
Family Fortunes
Two teams, one survey board, three strikes
How it plays →Big screen
Quiz Show
Categories, buzzers and picture rounds
How it plays →Big screen
Play Your Cards Right
Higher or lower on a row of giant cards
How it plays →Big screenThis pageWhat the Blank
Fill the gap, match the room’s funniest answers
You are hereBig screen
Guess the Phrase
A hidden phrase, one letter at a time
How it plays →Big screen
Category Clues
Describe it without saying it, against the clock
How it plays →Big screen
Scavenger Hunt
The whole room up, hunting and mixing
How it plays →Big screen
The Generation Game
The conveyor belt of prizes to remember
How it plays →Big screen
Bongo Bingo
Rave bingo with dance breaks and forfeits
How it plays →Every one of these can be played as a show, at the tables or on the app, and every one is written around your company before the night. Not sure which mix suits your event? Tell me the room and I will suggest a running order.
What’s included
Everything that comes with What the Blank.
- A hundred fill-in-the-blank puzzles built in
- Prompts written around your company
- Five ranked answers, instant scoring
- Optional live-judges mode
- Up to ten teams on the leaderboard
- Clean enough for work, sharp enough to land
Unlike a knowledge quiz there is no wrong answer, only a less popular one, which frees people up. It is the round guests quote back to each other at the bar afterwards, and it sits neatly beside a buzzer quiz show for a night with a bit of everything.
What clients say
Kevin recently hosted a company corporate event and proved to be the consummate professional throughout the evening. He has the unique ability to read a room and keep everyone happy.
Kevin hosted our staff conference event this year which was fantastic. He brought an energy and enthusiasm with him and played a really important part in getting people engaged in the day.
Thank you Kevin for hosting our Christmas party in December 2025. The team had an amazing time. We really liked the intertwining of awards and the game. Everyone had a brilliant time and Kevin was fantastic.
Good to know
What the Blank hire FAQs.
Do you need judges?
No, each puzzle has its own five ranked answers built in, so scoring is instant. There is an optional live-judges mode if you want it.
Can the prompts be about our company?
Yes, the funniest version is always the one with your own in-jokes and departments woven in.
Is it suitable for a work crowd?
Yes, it is written to be sharp but clean, and you can steer how cheeky it gets.
How many teams can play?
Up to ten teams at once, every one of them on the leaderboard.
Can it be played at the tables or on phones rather than as a show?
Yes. Every game I run can be played three ways: as a show with teams at the front, table against table, or with every guest on their own phone through Play Along. I pick the mix that suits your room and the running order, and I often use all three in one night.
What does it cost?
Fees are quoted individually for the date, the venue and the length of the show. Send the numbers and the running order and I will send a quote.
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Enquiries
Want What the Blank at your event?
Tell me about your event and I will bring What The Blank to your room. Hosted right across the UK.
