Jackpot (game show)

Jackpot was a game show seen on the NBC and USA Networks in the 1970s and 1980s. The NBC version aired fron January 1974 until September 1975, and was hosted by Geoff Edwards. A new version, produced in Canada, aired beginning in 1986 on the USA Network and was hosted by Mike Darrow. That version ended in 1989, and a new version debuted the following September, again hosted by Edwards and produced in Glendale CA. That version lasted one year, having been cancelled when its distributor went bankrupt.

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Game show - NBC - 1970s - 1980s - Geoff Edwards - USA Network - Mike Darrow

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Sixteen contestants competed, with one being the King Of The Hill, while the others were seated in bleachers with riddle cards numbered one through fifteen. The King of the Hill selects a number, and the contestant with that number asks a riddle to the King. If answered correctly, the King continued picking numbers; if answered incorrectly, players switched and the contestant who stumped that King went to the winner's circle to be the new King Of The Hill.

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Money is added to the Jackpot based on the value of the riddle, and is won when the King selects a contestant from the bleachers with the Jackpot Riddle and answers the Jackpot Riddle correctly (split between the two contestants). If the Jackpot amount matched a pre-selected target number, then the King Of The Hill can go for a bigger prize of up to $50,000 by correctly solving the Super Jackpot Riddle.

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Jackpot! was a Bob Stewart Production, and was originally taped in New York City, with Don Pardo as the announcer.

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Bob Stewart - Don Pardo

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