From 2014 to 2016, the car on offer was a Mitsubishi Outlander and in early 2017 a Mitsubishi ASX was offered. If a Sudden Death fails to put either family above the 300 point total, then subsequent players in line will play ensuing rounds until a family reaches 300 points.Īs has been the case in the United States version since 2009, any family that wins five games will retire as an undefeated family and win a brand new car. Only the most popular answer is on the board, and the captains of each family participate. As is the case in the US, a family must reach 300 points after four rounds, and the fifth and subsequent rounds are Sudden Death. There are four rounds in total, and game play is similar to the current US version, with the first two rounds being single points, the third being double points, and the fourth and subsequent rounds are worth triple points. The first family to score 300 points or more wins the game and goes on to play the Fast Money round. Per tradition, the audience yells each unrevealed answer in a choral response from lowest to highest. After determining who takes the bank for a round, any remaining answers are then revealed. If unsuccessful, the opponents keep the points they scored during the round before three strikes. If the family guesses a remaining answer correctly, they receive the points accumulated by the other family, and the value of the revealed answer (used in the 1988-94 US version but not currently). The team captain could then select one of the three opinions or give his or her own. The family is allowed to confer before coming up with an answer (before the third strike) and each family member gave his or her answer one at a time (after the third strike). When a family in control accumulates three strikes, control passes to the other family, who then has one chance to steal the points in the bank by correctly guessing one of the remaining unrevealed answers. When a family is able to reveal all the answers on the board before accumulating three strikes, they win the round. An answer not on the board or a family member failing to provide an answer within the time limit results in a strike being charged to the family. There is a time limit, with the host warning of a three-second count if time is short or the contestant appears to be stalling.
Family members may not confer with one another while in control of the board. Starting with the next family member in line, the family members take turns giving an answer to the host. Whoever guesses the more popular answer in the survey has the option to play the question or pass it to the other family. Traditionally, the contestants greet each other with a handshake before the question is read. 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. 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). Instead, they are asked questions about what other people think is true. The participants are not asked questions about what is true or how things really are. At least two people among the survey respondents must give an answer for it to appear as one of the possibilities. There are four members on each team.Įxamples of questions might be "Name a famous George", "Tell me a popular family holiday spot", "Name something you do at school", or "Name a slang name for policemen". Answers must have been given by at least two of the 100 people in order to be included on the board. More points are given for answers that have been given by more people in the survey (one point per person). An answer is considered correct if it is one of the concealed answers on the game board, or judged to be equivalent. Representatives of the family are posed questions that have already been answered by 100 people.