La Guerre des clans
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La Guerre des clans is a French Canadian
television
game show
based on the American
series Family Feud
and was hosted by Luc Senay. It was taped at TQS
in Montreal
and ran from 1992 to 1997.
Like Family Feud, La Guerre des clans pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question.
In September 2009, V (formerly TQS) brought back the show with Jean-François Baril as host, taped at the Télé-Québec
studios.
Examples of questions might be "Name a famous George", "Tell me a popular family vacation spot", "Name something you do at school", or "Give me a slang name for policemen". At least two people among the survey respondents must give an answer for it to appear as one of the possibilities.
The participants are not asked questions about what is true or how things really are. Instead, they are asked questions about what other people think are true. As such, a perfectly logical answer may be considered incorrect because it failed to make the survey (e.g.: for the question about Georges, George Jones was a popular country singer, but if his name was not given by at least two people it would be considered wrong).
To start each round of the main game, two opposing family members "face off" to see which family will gain control of that particular question. Traditionally, they greet each other with a handshake before the question is read. Whoever guesses the more popular answer in the survey were automatically given control of the board. If neither player gives a valid answer, the next member of each family gets a chance to answer, with control again going to the family giving the more popular answer. If both answers are worth the same amount of points, control goes to the player that buzzed in first.
The family in control attempts to give all the remaining answers on the board. Starting with the next family member in line, each gets a chance to give one answer. Family members may not confer with one another while in control of the board. The family gets a "strike" if a player gives an answer that is not on the board or fails to respond. There is no firm time limit, but the host has the discretion to impose a three second count if time is short or the contestant appears to be stalling. Three strikes cause the family to relinquish control of the board, giving the other family one chance to steal the points in the bank by correctly guessing one of the remaining answers. Each family member gave his or her opinion one at a time. The head of household could then either select one of those four or give his or her own. If the family guesses a remaining answer correctly, they receive the points accumulated by the other family and the revealed answer's value would also be added.
After determining who takes the bank for a round, any remaining answers are then revealed. Per tradition, the audience yells each unrevealed answer in a choral response.
The first three questions were worth single points. Question 4 has double points. All points in the fifth round and up are tripled. The First team to 300 points wins the game and plays fast money for a cash prize.
Once all the points for the first player are tallied, the second family member comes back on stage with the first contestant's answers covered and is given 25 seconds (20 seconds in the first version) to answer the same five questions. If the second player gives the same answer as the first player on a question, a double buzzer will sound, and the host will ask for another response.
If one or both family members accumulate a total of 200 points or more, the family wins $2,000; starting in the second week of the 2009 run, it was a cash prize that starts at $2,000 and increases by $500 every time it was not won. Anything under 200 points means they get $3.00 a point. Families can stay for up to 5 shows.
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
television
Television
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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...
based on the American
United States
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series Family Feud
Family Feud
Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
and was hosted by Luc Senay. It was taped at TQS
Tqs
V is a Canadian privately-owned French-language television network. The network has owned-and-operated and affiliated stations existing throughout Quebec, although it can also be seen over-the-air in some bordering markets in the provinces of Ontario and New Brunswick...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and ran from 1992 to 1997.
Like Family Feud, La Guerre des clans pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question.
In September 2009, V (formerly TQS) brought back the show with Jean-François Baril as host, taped at the Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
studios.
Gameplay
Representatives of the family are posed questions that have already been answered by 100 people. An answer is considered correct if it is one of the concealed answers on the game board, or judged to be equivalent. The percentage of people who matched the same answer as the contestant are converted into points. Answers must have been given by at least two of the 100 people in order to be included on the board. There are five members on each team.Examples of questions might be "Name a famous George", "Tell me a popular family vacation spot", "Name something you do at school", or "Give me a slang name for policemen". At least two people among the survey respondents must give an answer for it to appear as one of the possibilities.
The participants are not asked questions about what is true or how things really are. Instead, they are asked questions about what other people think are true. As such, a perfectly logical answer may be considered incorrect because it failed to make the survey (e.g.: for the question about Georges, George Jones was a popular country singer, but if his name was not given by at least two people it would be considered wrong).
To start each round of the main game, two opposing family members "face off" to see which family will gain control of that particular question. Traditionally, they greet each other with a handshake before the question is read. Whoever guesses the more popular answer in the survey were automatically given control of the board. If neither player gives a valid answer, the next member of each family gets a chance to answer, with control again going to the family giving the more popular answer. If both answers are worth the same amount of points, control goes to the player that buzzed in first.
The family in control attempts to give all the remaining answers on the board. Starting with the next family member in line, each gets a chance to give one answer. Family members may not confer with one another while in control of the board. The family gets a "strike" if a player gives an answer that is not on the board or fails to respond. There is no firm time limit, but the host has the discretion to impose a three second count if time is short or the contestant appears to be stalling. Three strikes cause the family to relinquish control of the board, giving the other family one chance to steal the points in the bank by correctly guessing one of the remaining answers. Each family member gave his or her opinion one at a time. The head of household could then either select one of those four or give his or her own. If the family guesses a remaining answer correctly, they receive the points accumulated by the other family and the revealed answer's value would also be added.
After determining who takes the bank for a round, any remaining answers are then revealed. Per tradition, the audience yells each unrevealed answer in a choral response.
The first three questions were worth single points. Question 4 has double points. All points in the fifth round and up are tripled. The First team to 300 points wins the game and plays fast money for a cash prize.
Fast Money
The winning family goes on to play Fast Money and chooses two family members to play the round. One family member leaves the stage and is placed in an isolation booth, while the other is given 20 seconds (15 seconds on the 1992-97 version) to answer five questions. The clock begins counting down after the host finishes reading the first question. If he or she cannot think of something, he or she may say pass, and the host will come back to it if there's time left. The number of people giving each answer is revealed once all five answers are given or time has expired, whichever comes first. The player earns one point for each person that gave the same answer; at least two people must have given that answer for it to score.Once all the points for the first player are tallied, the second family member comes back on stage with the first contestant's answers covered and is given 25 seconds (20 seconds in the first version) to answer the same five questions. If the second player gives the same answer as the first player on a question, a double buzzer will sound, and the host will ask for another response.
If one or both family members accumulate a total of 200 points or more, the family wins $2,000; starting in the second week of the 2009 run, it was a cash prize that starts at $2,000 and increases by $500 every time it was not won. Anything under 200 points means they get $3.00 a point. Families can stay for up to 5 shows.