One Night Genius is the reality quiz show. First broadcasting on March 1, 2003. In every week, 8 competitors from 8 branches of professions have competed in the contest for the $

Dollar

The dollar is the name of the official currency of many countries, including Australia, Belize, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United States.-Etymology:...

25,000 and the place where the contest is held have been changed every week.

Before the mission

• The 8 competitors who were called "genius" will come together and receive the "lifesaving" bag from the host. In the lifesaving bag, there will be 8 boxes which had
  • food
    Food
    Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
    
     and eating equipment
  • lighting equipment and Pliers
    Pliers
    Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, for bending, or physical compression. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal first-class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other...
    
    
  • consumer goods
  • memo equipment
  • cutting, pasting and wrapping equipment
  • a mobile phone which can be used only once for 1 minute (2 minutes in Polish version)
  • special equipment (changed every week, like clay or rope)
  • a puzzle
    Puzzle
    A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
    
     that will be used in the mission 3.
• Sometimes, some equipment is changed.
• A special expert from the place where the contest is held will take the genius to visit the place and told the information of the place which can be used for every mission.
• 8 geniuses will go to the place that the host allot for resting, memoring or decrypting the puzzle.

Mission 1

Usually in the first mission of One Night Genius, the 8 geniuses either perform the mission as individuals or in pairs. Missions that go by the individual rule includes answering 20 questions, setting up jenga towers..etc.

A more common way to the first mission is having the 8 geniuses spliting into 4 teams of 2. Only the 3 best teams from this point proceeds to the next mission. Missions that undertake this rule includes sending signals, knock down 100 birds in one shot of a toy gun, cushion an egg for a 40m drop, pop 100 balloons with one throw of dart..etc.

Mission 2

• Second mission change every week. It has 2 versions that is
  • The individual mission - 6 geniuses will do the mission alone such as answering 20 questions, set up a Jenga
    Jenga
    Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill created by Leslie Scott, and currently marketed by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro. During the game, players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game...
    
     tower and don't make them fall etc. The 4 geniuses who can do the mission accomplished will pass to the next mission.
  • The team mission - 6 geniuses will take apart into the 3 teams. Each team must do the mission together. The 2 teams which can do the mission accomplished will pass to the next mission.
  • The randomly-grouped team mission (Malaysian version only) - 6 geniuses will take apart into the 2 teams: red and blue, grouped randomly, can be 1-5, 2-4 or 3-3, the team that can do the mission accomplished will pass to the next mission.

Mission 3

• The 4 remain geniuses must crack the puzzle in their lifesaving bag themselves and find the only 1 correct box in 100 plastic boxes. If geniuses find the correct box they will receive the "genius password" to crack into 4 digit numbers to open the safe. However, if geniuses choose the wrong box or answer the question in their safes incorrectly they will be eliminated.
• This "genius password" is considered as hi-light of game each week. Most passwords commonly use tricks in local language to crack them. Here are examples of passwords which are able to explained in English.
  • Singapore
    • Independence! - 1965 (It's an easy password of the independence from Malaysia)
  • Thailand
    • Tuk-Tuk in whole country with victory (ตุ๊กตุ๊กทั่วประเทศสู้ตาย) - 3762 (Tuk-Tuk
      Auto rickshaw
      An auto rickshaw or three-wheeler is a usually three-wheeled cabin cycle for private use and as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw...
      
       has 3 wheels, Thailand
      Thailand
      Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
      
       has 76 provinces and victory is commonly with V-sign
      V sign
      The V sign is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted, while the other fingers are clenched. It has various meanings, depending on the cultural context and how it is presented...
      
       which has 2 fingers used)
    • Press over the star then turn right (กดเหนือดาราเลี้ยวขวาเมื่อสุด) - 7412 (Use Mobile phone
      Mobile phone
      A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
      
      's keypad
      Telephone keypad
      A telephone keypad is a keypad that appears on a "Touch Tone" telephone. It was standardised when the dual-tone multi-frequency system in the new push-button telephone was introduced in the 1960s, which gradually replaced the rotary dial....
      
       to solve this password, start by press 7 which is above the star
      Asterisk
      An asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
      
       button, continue going up through 4 and 1 then turn right to 2)
    • 007 - 2017 (This password is needed to solve by simply reading as two zeroes, one seven. Geniuses in this episode were tricked with James Bond
      James Bond (film series)
      The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond , who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming's novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines...
      
      's related)
    • Ah-Un-Uh-Uh-Un (อ่างอึ่งอ๋องอ๋องอึ่ง) - 1221 (Ah means this password comes with Ah voice, then the sounds of this password is similar with One-Two-Two-One)
  • United States
    • A*****e Mirror - 37055 (the flipped version of the word a*****e is 370H55V, when there's no letters, it becomes 37055)
    • TV Internet - 2889 (TV has been launched in 1928 and internet in 1989)
    • FIFA - 6961 (F is 6th letter, I is 9th letter, A is 1st letter)
• The first 2 geniuses who answer the question in their safes correctly will proceed to the "Final Mission"

Final Mission

• The 2 remain geinuses will come to the studio for the final mission. Geniueses will face the host who was hosting the final mission.
• Geniuses must answer the 1 question that the host ask. Each geinus can answer only twice. If any genius can answer correctly, That genius will become the "One Night Genius" and win the prize. However, if genius answer incorrectly twice, the other genius will become the One Night Genius and win the prize.
• In Thai version, The One Night Genius will receive the 1 million baht prize in the variation of KTC's credit card from Krung Thai
  Krung Thai Bank
  Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited is the state-owned bank under the license issued by the Ministry of Finance.- History :The bank was incorporated on March 14, 1966 through the merger of Agriculture Bank Limited and Mondhon Bank Limited, which the government was their major shareholder...
  
   Card Public Co., Ltd. which can deposit from credit card or use it which amount 1 million baht. The variation of 1 million baht prize has 3 variations that is
  • KTC Titanium Master Card (Episode 1 - Episode 7)
  • KTC Visa Platinum (Episode 8 - Episode 27)
  • KTC Cash's Credit which gift 1 million baht cash. (Episode 28 - Episode 35)
  • KTC Millon's Credit which gift 1 million baht cash. (Episode 36 - Episode 44)
  • KTC I am Master Card (Episode 45 - Episode 48)
  • Honda which gift 1 million baht cash. (Episode 49 - 72)

International versions

Country	Name	Host	Channel	First aired
Australia				2003
Hungary			m2 M2 (TV channel) m2 is a Hungarian television channel own and operated by Magyar Televízió. It is also transmitted in high definition.-Transmission Hours throughout the years:...	October 9, 2004
Malaysia	ROV Generationally Developed		Malaysian TV	September 1, 2006
Poland			TV5 Poland	February 9, 2005
Singapore	One Night Genius Singapore		STV3	July 25, 2005
South Korea	하룻밤 영웅 (Overnight Hero)			December 23, 2004
Republic of China			Formosa TV Formosa TV Formosa TV is a television station based in Taipei, Taiwan. Established on March 27, 1996, FTV began broadcasting on June 11, 1997.The station was wholly owned and operated by the Democratic Progressive Party. Due to this, its news programs are often of a Pan-Green perspective...	2006
Thailand	อัจฉริยะข้ามคืน (One Night Genius)	Thaenkhun Chititsara  (2006-07-03-2008-01-07) Panya Nirankun  (2006-07-03-2007-03-05)	BEC Channel 3	July 3, 2006-January 7, 2008
United Kingdom	Overnight Genius			April 6, 2004