Trivial Pursuit (US game show)
| Trivial Pursuit | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game Show |
| Developed by | Peter R. Berlin Rob Fiedler Bill Hillier Wink Martindale |
| Directed by | Rob Fiedler |
| Presented by | Wink Martindale |
| Narrated by | Randy West |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Hillier Wink Martindale |
| Producer(s) | Peter R. Berlin Rob Fiedler |
| Release | |
| Original network | The Family Channel |
| Original release | June 7 – September 3, 1993 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Trivial Pursuit (UK version) |
Trivial Pursuit is an American game show that ran on The Family Channel from June 7, 1993 to September 3, 1993, with reruns continuing until July 21, 1995. Loosely based on the board game of the same name, it was hosted by Wink Martindale with Randy West announcing.
The show was played in two halves. The first half was an interactive game show, while the other half was a traditional game show.
Nine players (originally twelve) competed for three spots in the second half of the show.
Five questions with four multiple-choice answers were asked by the host. The players had 10 seconds to answer by pressing a number from 1-4 on a keypad in front of them. They scored points based on how fast they answered the question correctly, with a maximum of 1,000 points available. After five questions, the six players with the highest scores played round two and the other players were eliminated.
This round was played in the same way as Round 1, except the three highest-scoring players won a prize and a chance to play Trivial Pursuit in the next half-hour show.
As in the board game, three contestants raced to complete their game pie first by answering questions from categories that match the colored wedge. Unlike the board game, however, it took two questions to complete a wedge, and no board or die was used. Red replaced the brown-colored wedge.
In the first three rounds, each player received two turns consisting of a category choice followed by a question posed by host Martindale. A correct answer lit up a wedge but an incorrect answer gave the two opponents a chance to buzz-in and steal the wedge.
In the first round, the six traditional Trivial Pursuit categories were used.
This round used either the categories from the Movie Edition or Television Edition.
In the second half of Round 2, a new set of categories were played. (In early episodes, the questions related to a certain year in history.) The category sets used were different each show, and were borrowed from multiple versions of the board game.
Round 2 included three special questions known as "Bonus Questions". When chosen, the player who answered an audio or video question correctly had an opportunity to answer a follow-up question which awarded the player $100 and another half-wedge in the color of their choice with a correct answer.
Round three again used the traditional basic categories as in Round 1, but the round was played in a different manner. The round started with a toss-up question, and the first player to buzz-in and answer correctly controlled the round. The player in control kept choosing categories and answering questions until he/she either filled his or her pie (thereby winning the game), or missed a question, at which point the other two players could buzz-in and steal control and the wedge. If nobody answered the question another toss-up was played. The first player to completely light up the entire pie (or the player with the most lit wedges when time ran out) won the game, $500, an additional prize, and played the bonus round.
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