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500 Questions

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500 Questions	comment	ABC Game Show created by Mark Burnett in which a "genius" takes the plate with a goal to survive through 500 questions. The contestant is given a board consisting of 10 categories with five questions each (one of which is always a "random" category with no theme); the goal is to answer as many correctly as possible, within 10 seconds each, without getting three incorrect answers in a row.Each question is worth $1,000, and every 25th question is worth $5,000. The contestant can give as many answers as they want (or can) in hope of giving the correct one, but they only get the money if they answer correctly on the first guess. Failing to answer correctly within 10 seconds earns them a "wrong"; answering a question correctly removes all wrongs, but if they accumulate three, they're gone. Some questions hold special challenges that sometimes involve the contestant's opponent: the next contestant in line. Oh, and the opponent has control of the board if the contestant has two "wrongs". The player only banks the money they've earned if they survive a round of 50 questions; if they clear a board they get a fresh set of 50 questions, and their challenger is replaced as well.The series premiered on May 20, 2015 as part of a seven-episode, nine-day "event". It was originally meant to be nine episodes, but this was changed later on to air repeats on May 24-25 (Friday and Saturday) with two episodes being two-hour "doubles". The first season's ratings were good enough for ABC to give it a second season, which began with a two-hour episodenote (and slightly tweaked rules, see below for details) on May 26, 2016.
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500 Questions / int_118bba4	comment	Non-Indicative Title: On neither season did 500 questions get asked. Quest asked 371 questions during his tenure. Harris got a little closer on his run, asking 467 questions.
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500 Questions / int_26589ace	type	Show the Folks at Home
500 Questions / int_26589ace	comment	Show the Folks at Home: Averted in the first season where you really had to pay attention to all the questions and answers because they are never shown onscreen. The play-along factor suffers because a contestant can shout out multiple answers and Quest wouldn't say which is the correct answer even if the contestant says it before time runs out. Played straight in the second season where the questions and answers in the main round are shown for the benefit of the home viewers. In the Lightning Round where only one answer can be given, Harris will give the correct answer if the wrong one is given.
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500 Questions / int_68d43ebc	type	Game Show Host
500 Questions / int_68d43ebc	comment	Game Show Host: Richard Quest, CNN's eccentric London business reporter, hosted Season 1. Dan Harris of ABC's Nightline replaced him in Season 2.
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500 Questions / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Richard Quest, but he's always like that, actually.
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500 Questions / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
500 Questions / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: "Miss three in a row... and you... are... GONE!"
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500 Questions / int_d35193cc	type	Bonus Space
500 Questions / int_d35193cc	comment	Bonus Space: The $5,000 milestones (Season 1 only), but the special questions are a more literal example in implementation. They include: "Battle": The two contestants alternate giving items from a list; the active player can choose to go first (if they're confident in their knowledge) or second (if they need a bit more time to think). The game ends once a player times out (5 seconds) or gives an incorrect answer. If the active player loses, it's counted as a wrong. If the list is exhausted, it is considered a draw (no money awarded and no wrongs added or removed). "Triple Threat": The question has three answers that must all be given; if done, the contestant wins $3,000 instead of the normal $1,000. Did not appear in Season 2. "Top Ten Challenge": A contestant must give five of ten answers from a list in 15 seconds. They can either play, or pass it to their opponent and hope they fail. Did not appear in Season 2.
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500 Questions / int_d5a1770a	type	British Stuffiness
500 Questions / int_d5a1770a	comment	British Stuffiness: Quest. When a contestant gets a question right, he gives an uninterested "Yes" before hurriedly going through the motions. If a contestant is unable to provide a correct answer, he seems all too excited to shout "A WRONG ON THE BOARD!" and lead the audience into chanting the Catchphrase above.
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500 Questions / int_dea5ae31	type	Doomed Protagonist
500 Questions / int_dea5ae31	comment	Doomed Protagonist: If the contestant makes it past the 48th question on a board (28th in Season 2) with no wrongs (or the 49th/29th question with only one), there's no way the challenger can replace them before being replaced themselves. The last contestant of Season 1 (Richard Mason) made it to the podium just in time for Richard Quest to announce it was the end of the season. It was assumed that he'd start off Season 2, but he wasn't invited back and trivia uber-champion Ken Jennings was the first player of the season (almost certainly as a ratings stunt). Ken bombed out after just four questions, and it's been suspected that this was intentional on his part due to Mason not being invited back.
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