Trivia Trap
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| Created by | Mark Goodson |
| Directed by | Marc Breslow |
| Presented by | Bob Eubanks |
| Narrated by |
Gene Wood Charlie O'Donnell Bob Hilton |
| Composer(s) | Edd Kalehoff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 128 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Chester Feldman |
| Producer(s) | Jonathan Goodson |
| Running time | approx. 22-26 Minutes |
| Production company(s) | Mark Goodson Productions |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | October 8, 1984 – April 5, 1985 |
Trivia Trap is an American game show produced by Mark Goodson Productions. It was created by producer Goodson and originally ran from October 8, 1984 to April 5, 1985 on ABC. The game featured two teams of three contestants each who competed against each other to answer trivia questions in various formats. Bob Eubanks was the host, and Gene Wood announced during the first two weeks. Charlie O'Donnell announced during the third week and was replaced by Bob Hilton for the remainder of the series.
Trivia Trap was the final Mark Goodson-produced game show to have an original format. From then until the acquisition of Goodson's company by the predecessors of FremantleMedia (and thus ceasing to exist), all of the shows produced by Mark Goodson Productions were revivals of previous series.
Two teams of three contestants – the Juniors, who wore blue sweaters and were under 30 years of age; and the Seniors, who wore red sweaters and who were over the age 30 – answered trivia questions to reach a goal of $1,000. The members of the championship team then competed individually to win or share a top prize of $10,000.
Two sets of four answers each were displayed. The team in control chose one set and was asked a question, and each member in turn attempted to eliminate one wrong answer. Their turn ended when either all three wrong answers or the correct answer had been chosen. The team received $50 for eliminating one wrong answer, $100 for two, or $300 for all three. A new set of answers was then displayed to replace the ones that had been used, and the other team then played.
Two rounds were played in this manner; each team had one turn per round, with the seniors always choosing first. At the end of the second round, the host asked a question concerning the last unused set of answers for viewers to play along; the correct answer was revealed at the start of the Trivia Race.
This format remained in place until December 14, 1984. Mark Goodson decided to rework the format after a focus group from American Film International indicated that the original format of eliminating wrong answers was a gameplay flaw.
Beginning on December 17, 1984, the first two rounds of the game were overhauled.
The first round consisted entirely of true/false questions.
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