New Brunswick woman wins $25K on ‘Battle of the Generations’

A Maritime woman chats about winning the top prize of CTV’s “Battle of the Generations.”

A woman from Quispamsis, N.B., is $25,000 richer and generation X added a victory to the win column on Wednesday.

Ellen Snider was the big winner of the season two premiere of CTV’s “Battle of the Generations” – a show that pits four contestants from different generations against each other. Baby boomers, generation X, millennials and generation Z are all represented in each episode of the pop culture trivia contest.

Snider said she applied to compete on the show because she’s been watching gameshows since she was a kid.

“I used to watch Match Game and Price is Right,” Snider said. “My parents have always been, like, huge Jeopardy! fans so it’s always kind of been on the bucket list to find myself a good game show and have a kick at the can.”

To prepare for the show, Snider said she spent some time on some trivia podcasts.

“I love trivia anyway,” she said. “I like to kid that I have a brain full of just completely useless knowledge and I was hoping to find a place to use it someday.”

The winning question was well-suited for Snider’s generation who grew up listening to music on vinyl.

“On the topic of records and albums, what does the abbreviation L.P. stand for?”

Snider said she wasn’t certain of the answer in the moment, so she was fortunate to grow up in the era of “long play” when people listened to albums as much or more than they listened to hit singles.

Snider said appearing on Battle of the Generations was interesting, fun and terrifying but she would recommend that anybody with the opportunity give it a try. She said she doesn’t know what she’ll do with the money but her son encouraged her to do something fun.

“I don’t really know yet, I’m still mulling it over.”

Season two of Battle of the Generations airs Wednesday nights on CTV.

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