Card Sharks

Jack, Queen, Nationals was a daily game show on Sat.1. It was sent from 1996 to 1999 in the morning session and was an adaptation of the U.S. game show Card Sharks. The name of the program takes for a reference to playing cards, which were an integral part of the program, and secondly to the moderator Elmar Nationals.

There were two assistants: First " million " accompanied with the consignment, in later episodes Barbara Schöneberg. Their task was to contact cards to the game wall.

Game play

In this show, two candidate pairs played against each other. The gameplay consisted of two processes. First, a survey result had to be assessed in order to continue playing allowed. For example, you should guess how much percent of Germans want to spend your next vacation in the Caribbean. A candidate pair tapped a percentage, the second team now had to guess whether the actual result is higher or lower. Lag the former candidate pair correctly, it was allowed to continue, otherwise the second team 's turn.

Now was further played on a card wall, in the five cards were in two rows. Depending on a number was determined for a candidate pair. The first card is revealed. The couple had to tap now is whether the next card is higher or lower than the previous one. If they were right, they were allowed to continue playing. If they were wrong, the game was stopped and made a new poll.

If the card played by the wall, there was a point. The couple, who had first two points, played in the final. In the final money is put on the cards that could be won if they were right. Has enough money earned, the final map could be played, where you could win a car. The car was not won at the first attempt, the candidate pair was allowed to begin two more times.

This and That

• A new edition of the show in 2007 was part of Gameshow Marathon on ProSieben, in which Elmar Nationals had a guest appearance.

• Sat.1 has aired a total of 723 editions of the game show.