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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 game show

Game show

A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

 that aired on the CTV Television Network

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 from 1983 to 1987. It was originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir

E. Roger Muir

E. Roger Muir was a television producer who created several television programs and game shows. He was the creator and executive producer of children's program The Howdy Doody Show which ran from 1947 until 1960....

 (creators of The Newlywed Game

The Newlywed Game

The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know each other. The program, originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir The Newlywed Game is an American...

and Definition

Definition (TV series)

Definition was a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV from 1974 to 1989, and filmed at its flagship studio of CFTO-TV in the former Scarborough, Ontario . For most of its run, it was hosted by Jim Perry....

). It was a Glen-Warren Production for the CTV Television Network.

Sidney M. Cohen

Sidney M. Cohen

Sidney M. Cohen is a Canadian television director specializing in live multi-camera productions requiring minimal editing and is also a TV program creator.He was born in Montreal, Quebec and began his career with CFCF-TV and later CBC Television...

 produced and directed the series, while Nick Hollenreich announced and Robin Ward hosted.

Main game

In each round, host Ward read a series of questions, each with six possible answers. When the question was read and the choices were revealed, each player in turn (commuting back & forth between teams) chose which answer was correct. Choosing the correct answer was worth 60 points, minus 10 for every incorrect answer.

Team Effort Question

Each round ended with a special question called the "Team Effort Question". Host Ward read the question after which four possible answers (A, B, C, & D) were revealed. Then the players had a small amount of time to think about which answer was correct, with 20 points earned (100 on the last question) for each player who was correct, for a maximum of 60 points (300 on the final question).

The team with the most points won the game and moved on to the bonus round.

Bonus round

In the bonus round, the winning family were asked three more questions with four answers on the first question, five on the second, and six on the third. Each question was worth $50, and if the first two questions were answered correctly, the last question was worth a bonus prize, otherwise it was played for $50.

Any family that remained champions for seven consecutive episodes won a vacation and retired undefeated.