Strike It Rich (1986 game show)
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Strike it Rich is an American game show that aired in syndication
during the 1986–87 television season. It was hosted by Joe Garagiola with Theresa Ring as prize model and Bob Hilton
as announcer.
It had no connection with the 1950s series of the same name, and its pilot was actually titled Arch Rivals, but was changed prior to first episode's airdate.
Two couples competed each day to win cash and prizes by navigating across an archway of TV monitors on a stage. They earned the right to progress by answering trivia questions, and they risked losing their prizes along the way by uncovering the "Bandit".
Although the show had limited success in America, it became a hit in the UK, where it was originally known as Strike It Lucky
.
The team with the completed contract gets to move and reveal as many monitors as questions answered. The bandit is shuffled behind one monitor on each turn. Starting at the first screen, they reveal each of their screens that they have earned, one at a time. Each monitor hides a prize while one of them hides a bandit. Each time the team in control reveals a prize, they can can decide to either bank the prize(s) and pass control to their opposing team, or reveal the next monitor. If at anytime the team reveals the bandit they lose all the prizes earned in that turn and control goes to the opponents. However, if the team can make their required number of moves without finding the bandit, they get to either bank their prizes and pass control to their opponent or keep their turn and play another category (risking the prizes that are not banked).
If the couple can get past all seven monitors, they are then asked The Strike it Rich Question. That couple must answer the question correctly in order to win the game, otherwise they lose any unbanked prizes and the game continues. The first couple to make it across their archway and answer The Strike it Rich Question wins the game and plays the bonus round. Both teams kept their banked prizes.
If the winning couple chooses to play for $5,000, they must reveal five dollar signs before finding three bandits. If the team chooses to play for a car (and $5,000 later on in the run), they must find six dollar signs before finding two bandits. $100 was given for each revealed dollar sign if the couple did not win the bonus round.
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
during the 1986–87 television season. It was hosted by Joe Garagiola with Theresa Ring as prize model and Bob Hilton
Bob Hilton
Robert "Bob" Wesley Hilton is an American television game show personality. He hosted The Guinness Game, a revival of Truth or Consequences and the 1990 revival of Let's Make a Deal, and announced on several other shows....
as announcer.
It had no connection with the 1950s series of the same name, and its pilot was actually titled Arch Rivals, but was changed prior to first episode's airdate.
Two couples competed each day to win cash and prizes by navigating across an archway of TV monitors on a stage. They earned the right to progress by answering trivia questions, and they risked losing their prizes along the way by uncovering the "Bandit".
Although the show had limited success in America, it became a hit in the UK, where it was originally known as Strike It Lucky
Strike It Lucky
Strike It Lucky was a popular British television game show from 1986 to 1999, originally produced by Thames Television for ITV, and presented by the British comedian Michael Barrymore...
.
Main game
On a team's turn, they are given a category with five possible answers. Then the team must decide how many questions they will answer (either one, two or three) for control of their respective seven monitored archway. If the team members complete their contract, they win a chance to move across the archway. Otherwise, the opposing team gets to complete the contract.The team with the completed contract gets to move and reveal as many monitors as questions answered. The bandit is shuffled behind one monitor on each turn. Starting at the first screen, they reveal each of their screens that they have earned, one at a time. Each monitor hides a prize while one of them hides a bandit. Each time the team in control reveals a prize, they can can decide to either bank the prize(s) and pass control to their opposing team, or reveal the next monitor. If at anytime the team reveals the bandit they lose all the prizes earned in that turn and control goes to the opponents. However, if the team can make their required number of moves without finding the bandit, they get to either bank their prizes and pass control to their opponent or keep their turn and play another category (risking the prizes that are not banked).
If the couple can get past all seven monitors, they are then asked The Strike it Rich Question. That couple must answer the question correctly in order to win the game, otherwise they lose any unbanked prizes and the game continues. The first couple to make it across their archway and answer The Strike it Rich Question wins the game and plays the bonus round. Both teams kept their banked prizes.
Bonus game
The winning couple played the bonus round for their choice of two grand prizes, a $5,000 cash prize or an automobile and the cash prize (originally the couple only could choose between the cash and the car). One member of the winning couple then took a position at the beginning of one of the archways while their partner took the same position on the other archway. For each turn, the couple had to decide which of two monitors to reveal. The monitors hid dollar signs and bandits, which served as strikes in this round.If the winning couple chooses to play for $5,000, they must reveal five dollar signs before finding three bandits. If the team chooses to play for a car (and $5,000 later on in the run), they must find six dollar signs before finding two bandits. $100 was given for each revealed dollar sign if the couple did not win the bonus round.