Family Fortunes is the British adaptation of the American game show Family Feud, in which two families compete to guess the most popular answers to survey questions. The wrong-answer buzzer has long been part of that format, sounding whenever a guess fails to appear on the board. As clips of game shows spread through memes, reaction videos and short-form edits, the harsh buzz became shorthand for instant failure, detached from any single episode. It remains popular because it needs no explanation and instantly frames a mistake as comedy.