Stake Out (1)

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Challenge TV, 12 November 2001 to 21 December 2001 (30 episodes in 1 series)
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Flextech for Challenge TV, 12 November 2001 to 21 December 2001 (30 episodes in 1 series)
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<div class="image">[[File:Stake out 1.jpg|File:Stake out 1.jpg]]''The classic game show host pose. Holding a question card.''</div>
Quiz show where people apparently staked £250 of their own money (which was then matched by Challenge, although reports suggest that they discovered asking people to stake their own money wasn't legal quite late in the day and they put up all the money) in order to play. If other people "backed" the player by lending him the money, they would watch the proceedings from the gantry.
Quiz show where people apparently staked £250 of their own money (which was then matched by Challenge, although reports suggest that they discovered asking people to stake their own money wasn't legal quite late in the day and they put up all the money) in order to play. If other people "backed" the player by lending him the money, they would watch the proceedings from the gantry.
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<div class="image">[[File:Anthony davis larger.jpg]]''Host, Anthony Davis''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Stake out 2.jpg]]''Or to put it in perspective, a bad day's prize money on [[Weakest Link]].''</div>
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Four individuals played. After an opening round which gave our players the opportunity to win some more money from the bank £300 a question as we recall split equally amongst people who got the multiple choice question correct), subsequent rounds had the sole aim of trying to bankrupt your opponents by taking their money, whether that be by dueling against them over a category choice or taking everyone elses money in a general knowledge buzzer quiz where the stakes were raised with each question. Winners would win over £2,000 a game and could return up to five times, reinvesting £250 a go.
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Four individuals played, and aimed to bankrupt their three opponents. In the opening round, All In, players staked £75 each on four multiple-choice questions and correct answerers split £300; if everyone got it wrong, it was carried into the next question except on question 4, where the whole £300 would be offered on a buzzer question. In the second round, Cashing In, players were offered a multiple choice question in turn, and could bet any amount of their pot; correct answers doubled their stake, incorrect answers saw their stake offered to their competitors on the buzzers. In the third round, Face Off, contestants faced a player of their choice on a choice of five categories, replaced after everyone has faced someone (so when there's only one category left) and could stake up to their opponent's pot provided they could match it. When two players remain, the final round, All Or Nothing, players play on the buzzer; minimum stakes start at £100 and rise in £100 increments until they reach £500 when they start rising by £250. When one player can't match the minimum stake, players play for the lower pot. Winners would win over £2,000 a game and could return up to four times (a total of five games), reinvesting £250 a go.
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== Trivia ==
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According to former contestants of the show, the idea ran into legal problems and the producers ended up stumping up the stake money for all the contestants instead.
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According to former contestants of the show, the idea ran into legal problems and the producers ended up stumping up the stake money for all the contestants instead, at a cost of £30,000.
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Episode 30 was about ten minutes longer than the previous 29 episodes, to allow the players to finish their game. Repeats of that episode still give an address to apply for the show even though new episodes stopped being broadcast in 2001.
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== Pictures ==
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<div class="image">[[File:Anthony davis larger.jpg]]''Don't forget the serious yet goofy [[Anne Robinson]] stare.''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Stake_out_logo.jpg|300px]]''A very good idea to pose in front of the logo.''</div>
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<div class="image">[[File:Stakeout aaargh.jpg]]''We're guessing whatever's just happened wasn't good.''</div>
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== See also ==
[[Weaver's Week 2001-12-10|Weaver's Week review]]
[[Weaver's Week 2001-12-10|Weaver's Week review]]
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[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
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[[Category:Challenge Programmes]]

Revision as of 11:12, 16 August 2019

Contents

Host

Anthony Davis

Broadcast

Flextech for Challenge TV, 12 November 2001 to 21 December 2001 (30 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

File:Stake out 1.jpgThe classic game show host pose. Holding a question card.

Quiz show where people apparently staked £250 of their own money (which was then matched by Challenge, although reports suggest that they discovered asking people to stake their own money wasn't legal quite late in the day and they put up all the money) in order to play. If other people "backed" the player by lending him the money, they would watch the proceedings from the gantry.

File:Stake out 2.jpgOr to put it in perspective, a bad day's prize money on Weakest Link.

Four individuals played, and aimed to bankrupt their three opponents. In the opening round, All In, players staked £75 each on four multiple-choice questions and correct answerers split £300; if everyone got it wrong, it was carried into the next question except on question 4, where the whole £300 would be offered on a buzzer question. In the second round, Cashing In, players were offered a multiple choice question in turn, and could bet any amount of their pot; correct answers doubled their stake, incorrect answers saw their stake offered to their competitors on the buzzers. In the third round, Face Off, contestants faced a player of their choice on a choice of five categories, replaced after everyone has faced someone (so when there's only one category left) and could stake up to their opponent's pot provided they could match it. When two players remain, the final round, All Or Nothing, players play on the buzzer; minimum stakes start at £100 and rise in £100 increments until they reach £500 when they start rising by £250. When one player can't match the minimum stake, players play for the lower pot. Winners would win over £2,000 a game and could return up to four times (a total of five games), reinvesting £250 a go.

File:Stake out 3.jpgContestants pose with the game show host.

Inventor

The Chatterbox Partnership

Trivia

According to former contestants of the show, the idea ran into legal problems and the producers ended up stumping up the stake money for all the contestants instead, at a cost of £30,000.

Episode 30 was about ten minutes longer than the previous 29 episodes, to allow the players to finish their game. Repeats of that episode still give an address to apply for the show even though new episodes stopped being broadcast in 2001.

Pictures

File:Anthony davis larger.jpgDon't forget the serious yet goofy Anne Robinson stare.
A very good idea to pose in front of the logo.
File:Stakeout aaargh.jpgWe're guessing whatever's just happened wasn't good.

See also

Weaver's Week review

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