The show, made by Central Independent Television , was played by sixth form students with prizes accrued for the students and their colleges.
The theme music for this version was by Ed Welch. Reruns from were shown on Challenge between October and December , and were shown again throughout March These versions failed to capture the same degree of popularity as the Holness incarnation. There was even a version for kids in Australia , and a German version called Super Grips. A solo player competed against a "family pair" that consisted of two related contestants married couples were not allowed , thus setting out to prove if two heads really were better than one.
The game board consisted of 20 interlocking hexagons, arranged in five columns of four. Each hexagon contained a letter of the alphabet. A contestant would choose one of the letters, and would be asked a general-knowledge trivia question whose correct answer began with the chosen letter. A typical question was something like, "What 'P' is a musical instrument with 88 keys?
Two players play against one play in a strange game of hexagonal tic-tac-toe. The game board has been cleverly designed so that every game has a winner. The winners then try to win the Gold Run for a pretty generous prize. The quiz is quick and entertaining even when the guests are not. The host keeps things moving. Both Holness and Tarbuck are blessed with sure-fire wits that keep the game interesting. The questions are often difficult.
Each answer beginning of course with a different letter. I don't know if it ever made it to the shores of the USA but it stamped itself on the culture of Britain for sure. Budd-5 Jan 2, Details Edit. Release date August 29, United Kingdom.
United Kingdom. Technical specs Edit. This latest iteration of Blockbusters plays it admirably straight, although O'Briain is far wittier and more down with the kids than Holness. Welcome to our new site! Spotted a bug? Contact us. The first contestants are ready to take on the greatest quiz show of all time!
Main game A solo player competed against a pair of contestants, thus setting out to prove if two heads really were better than one. The game board consisted of 20 interlocking hexagons, arranged in five columns of four. Each hexagon contained a letter of the alphabet. A contestant would choose one of the letters, and would be asked a general-knowledge trivia question whose correct answer began with the chosen letter.
A typical question was something like, "What 'P' is a musical instrument with 88 keys? In the UK, the phrasing that contestants would use to ask for a letter has entered the language, and is frequently heard to this day.
It is also the source of a mildly amusing pun - "Can I have a 'P' please, Bob". The game began with a toss-up question to play for control of the board, starting with a letter that was chosen at random. The teams or players could buzz-in during the middle of reading of a question. If a player or team got the correct answer, they gained control of that hexagon and were given the chance to choose another one. If the contestant answered incorrectly, the opposing team or player was given a chance to answer it after the host re-read the question.
If nobody answered it correctly, the host asked another question whose answer began with that same letter. The solo player attempted to complete a vertical connection from the top of the board to the bottom; that required at least four correct answers. The family pair attempted to connect a path from left to right, requiring at least five spaces.
The first side to connect their path won the game. The first player or team to win two games won the match. In the UK version, when either party was one correct answer away from completing their path, the hexagons forming their path would flash to indicate this. If both were one correct answer away, all lit hexagons on the board would flash, indicating that the situation was effectively "Blockbusters either way", and the next player to give a correct answer would win the game.
In the Australian edition, two students from each school played in each match. Like the NBC edition, the shorter path alternated between the teams in the first two games, and a 4x4 tie-break gameboard was used in the event of the first two games in a match being split between the two teams.
Five points were earned towards the school team's weekly total for each question correctly answered, with no points scored during tie-breaks nor for Gold Runs. Gold Run The winner of the match went on to play the Gold Run bonus round; if the family pair won, only one player on the team could play.
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