Take on the Twisters
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| - | A quick-fire quiz | + | A quick-fire quiz involving eight giant sand-timers. |
Apparently, it works like this: One player plays against the clock, there are six timers of various lengths, a correct answer upends a timer. Whichever timers are still running at the end of time earn money. Best player of four plays the final with eight timers, and the money's hidden behind one of them. | Apparently, it works like this: One player plays against the clock, there are six timers of various lengths, a correct answer upends a timer. Whichever timers are still running at the end of time earn money. Best player of four plays the final with eight timers, and the money's hidden behind one of them. | ||
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| + | Josephine Brassey, Liz Gaskell, Chris Greenwood and John Lomax | ||
== Theme music == | == Theme music == | ||
Will Slater | Will Slater | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
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| + | The show went out in the 5pm slot as a summer replacement for [[The Chase]] in 2013. | ||
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| + | Voted the Worst New Show in this site's [[Poll of the Year 2013#Hall of SHAME 2013|Poll of 2013]]… but voted, without irony, Format of the Year by international television website C21. | ||
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_on_the_Twisters Wikipedia entry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_on_the_Twisters Wikipedia entry] | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
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| + | [[Weaver's Week 2013-08-04|Weaver's Week review]] | ||
[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | [[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]] | ||
[[Category:12 Yard Productions]] | [[Category:12 Yard Productions]] | ||
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Current revision as of 22:03, 28 August 2024
Synopsis
A quick-fire quiz involving eight giant sand-timers.
Apparently, it works like this: One player plays against the clock, there are six timers of various lengths, a correct answer upends a timer. Whichever timers are still running at the end of time earn money. Best player of four plays the final with eight timers, and the money's hidden behind one of them.
Inventor
Josephine Brassey, Liz Gaskell, Chris Greenwood and John Lomax
Theme music
Will Slater
Trivia
The show went out in the 5pm slot as a summer replacement for The Chase in 2013.
Voted the Worst New Show in this site's Poll of 2013… but voted, without irony, Format of the Year by international television website C21.
