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GreedFirst Aired in 1999 Through 1999-2000, FOX showed a prime-time, big-money game shows enjoyed a brief resurgance in popularity, thanks in big part to ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Each of the networks scrambled for their own multi-million dollar quiz show. Fox's answer was Greed, where a team of five contestants worked together to win a jackpot of up to $2 million by answering multiple-choice and multiple-answer questions. Contestants could be eliminated through Terminator challenges (explained later), and a wrong answer disqualified the entire team from the grand prize and caused everyone to forfeit their winnings. Joining the "Team of Greed" Each new game began with a pool of six contestants. Host Woolery posed a question with a numerical answer (e.g., "In inches, what's the length of the longest 1999 Cadillac model?"). Each contestant entered in his/her response. The player who had the correct answer or was closest to the right response was named the team captain. The second-closest answer was ranked No. 2, and so on to the fifth-closest response; ties are broken by speed of response, and the contestant having the sixth-closest response is eliminated from further play. The five players made up the "Team of Greed," and advanced to the two-level climb up the "Tower of Greed" for the $2 million jackpot. The "Tower of Greed" – Level 1 In the first level of the game, each of the underling players is asked one question apiece, with the fifth-place player going first; each correct answer is worth $25,000. The fourth- and fifth-place questions have four possible answers, while Nos. 2 and 3 have five choices. After the player gives his answer to his/her question, the team captain can accept it or reject it and replace it with one of the remaining answers. After the fourth question, the team captain may elect to continue (and risk any winnings) or continue to the next stage of the game. At this point, a Terminator question is played. A player is selected at random, and he/she may choose to keep his/her team intact or take $10,000 (which is kept, regardless of the outcome) and challenge one of the teammates to a one-question, elimination-style showdown, in which the winner takes the loser's share of the final winnings. If the team captain loses the Terminator, the challenger becomes the new team captain. The "Tower of Greed" – Level 2 The next four questions have four correct answers, with the following prize structure: $200,000; $500,000; $1 million; and $2 million. The team is read the question and – depending on the question – shown between six and nine possible answers. (Sample question: "Which of these car models were marketed by American Motors?" Possible answers: Ambassador, Gremlin, Hornet, Imperial, Javelin and LeBaron). The team captain was given a free one-time use token, which he could use on any of the questions to eliminate one incorrect answer. One at a time, starting with the lowest-ranked player and rotating to the captain, each player selects one answer. After all four answers have been given, the team captain could veto any of the responses (besides his own) and replace them with one of the remaining choices. Woolery then revealed each answer, one at a time. After three correct answers were given, the team captain was offered a bundle of cash (a $20,000 split for the first question) to stop, or risk the team's winnings to that point. If all the answers provided were correct, the team split that level's winnings, with the team captain getting a larger share. The team captain could, after hearing the category of the next question, elect to stop and split the winnings, or risk everything on the next question. The subsequent questions alternated between Terminator and regular questions. The bigger-money questions offered larger buyouts ($50,000, and $75,000 plus new Jaguar sedans). Also, if three or fewer players remained, the team captain could delegate providing any one or more remaining answers to his/her teammate(s). If the team was still in contention for the grand prize after the $1 million question, each player could stop and take their winnings thus far, or buy into the final $2 million question. As with the first stage of the game, an incorrect answer at any time not only ended that team's chances for the jackpot, but caused everyone to lose all their "Tower of Greed" winnings (anything won through Terminator challenges was safe, however). At one point during Greed's eight-month run, the show's biggest winners and most memorable contestants were invited back to answer a Greed-style question for $1 million. Repeats of Greed can been seen at 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays on GSN (formerly Game Show Network) and soon will be seen on all weekdays. If you see any mistakes on this page or if you have more infomation about this show, please submit a comment |
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