Twenty One (game show)

Quiz 21 is a by NBC as a "twenty -one" developed quiz show format.

Game rules

Two candidates compete against each other. Candidates can each other and also the opponent's score not see, they can not hear what question gets asked the enemy and how he responds.

Candidates are alternately asking questions, each quiz round ( a question pair ) is under a particular topic. The candidate can choose whether he wants an easy or a difficult question itself. For the correct answer the easiest question, there is one point of the toughest 11 points. This created the winged word "penalty question " for very difficult questions that can be answered only very clever people. ( Such penalty asking questions, for example, also the author of puzzles CUS. )

In some versions, each candidate has the opportunity to try a telephone joker. Here, the television audience is asked to call and answer the question. A caller is put through and gets the opportunity, on the one hand to answer the question for the candidates and on the other hand even to win something.

The aim of the game is to reach the first 21 points. If this is any of the two candidates after a predetermined number of rounds of questions, then wins the candidate with the higher score.

The idea for this format is probably the card game Black Jack (17 and 4), in which it is also goal to reach 21 points with the card values ​​.

United States ( NBC)

In the U.S., twenty-one aired from September 1956 to October 1958 in prime time on NBC. Moderator was Jack Barry.

Since 28 November 1956, the college professor Charles Van Doren was four months unbeaten champion. He won a total of $ 129,000. Charles Van Doren admitted in 1959 before a congressional special committee examined the quiz show scandal that the editors had told him the answers to the questions in advance, as they tried to clear the arrogant champion Herbert stamp out of the way. Later it turned out that other candidates were provided in advance with answers. This quiz scandal in 1994 was made ​​into a film quiz show by Robert Redford below the title.

2000/2001 the quiz was revived, this time moderator was Maury Povich.

Expenditure of German-speaking countries

Austria (ORF )

Twenty-one. A quiz for those who know a lot has been moderated by Rudolf Hornegg, directed by Otto Anton Eder. In addition to the "penalty question " was also Horneggs " Small mixing grace ", mixing the question cards, a dictum.

The ORF broadcast the quiz from September 1958 14 - day on Friday in the main evening program, from February 1961 changed the broadcast date to Monday, from November 1962 to Tuesday. In 1974, the quiz has been set.

In the late 1980s the quiz was taken again to the program and moderated by Elmar Gunsch.

1998 saw the quiz 21 is a remake with Karin Resetarits and Thomas Schüttken as a live broadcast at midnight.

Germany (ARD)

From 1958 to 1969 was entitled Would you knew it? a version of this game. Moderator was Heinz Maegerlein.

Germany (RTL)

In Germany the private broadcaster RTL Quiz radiated from the first time in 2000. During the summer break of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? were sent between July and September on Mondays at 20.15 clock 21 episodes of Twenty-one. Moderator of the game show was Jerry Springer. In all programs of a total of 3 seasons, the blonde model and former Miss Claudia Hesse Lindner was assistant to the moderator. Their task was the care of the players and the transfer of the sum recovered.

In the years 2001 and 2002, more episodes were produced, the last episode of the program there was on 2 September 2002.

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