Tic-Tac-Dough

Tick-Tack - quiz was a 30-minute game show with high ratings, which aired from 1958 to 1967 in the ARD. Moderator was Fritz Benscher. The produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk quiz show was first in the pre- finite regional programs ( 1 program ) of the individual broadcasters and came from the October 3, 1964 in the main program.

The original show ran from 1956 to 1959 in the U.S. under the title " Tic Tac Dough " (with Jack Barry ).

Expiration

Two candidates (X - the champion and O - the challengers ) played a jackpot. On the square playing field there were nine fields, which question categories were assigned. Taking turns to one of the candidates was looking for a category. Could he answer the question put to him, lit his symbol (X or O ) on the field. The category was so busy and the jackpot was - depending on the difficulty of the question - an amount added. The players had to be chosen so that their questions - horizontally, vertically, or diagonally - was a series of three identical symbols ( XXX or OOO ). However, the questions in the middle were more difficult to answer. The winner came to the next round - the loser received as a consolation prize, a cuckoo clock.

Others

The moderator Fritz Benscher took the rules too seriously. It seemed to him more on the entertainment value of which he promoted with wit and smooth talking.

Revival

The television station Sat.1 let the format in the years 1995/96 to revive. Under the title XXO - Fritz & Co we took the game show back on the program. The quizmaster was Fritz Egner, who already at the Bayerischer Rundfunk, the entertainment show thingy moderated between 1985 and 1994. However, the new production could not continue the great success of the original.

• Game show
• TV Program ( Germany )
• The first
• Bayerischer Rundfunk ( TV )