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Revision as of 21:23, 21 September 2006
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Host
Co-hosts
Eggheads: Christopher Hughes, Kevin Ashman, CJ De Mooi, Judith Keppel, Daphne Fowler
Broadcast
12 Yard for BBC1, 2003-4 and BBC2, 2005-present.
Synopsis
Typical 12-Yard fare, five amateur quizzers take on five quiz professionals in a big money quiz.
In the first four rounds the challengers are given a category and must decide which one of them will take it and which of the Eggheads they want to take on. Each Egghead normally has some kind of weakness, so boning up by watching past episodes is a must.
Because there is to be no conferring, the selected players are moved to a separate "question room" and are shown on a large screen behind the rest of the team. Each person is fired three multiple choice questions and whoever gets the most correct wins the duel. In the case of a tie, sudden death non-choice questions are asked until there is a winner. Losing the duel means not being involved in the all important final round.
The prizemoney increases £1,000 every day the Eggheads aren't beaten in the final round. All losing duelists are banished to the "question room" and appear on the large screen behind the rest of the players. The remains of each team are now asked three multiple-choice questions as before but now they can confer with anyone left in the game. (A brief series of 45-minute editions shown in 2005 had five questions per team in this final round, which helps to stretch out the show, but does add to the ever-increasing roster of shows which have this exact format for the final.) Again, ties are broken by non-choiced sudden death questions. If the challengers win then they win the Jackpot. If the Eggheads win then their reputation stays intact.
The production team have come under fire from many in the quizzing community over the vetting of contestants. Anyone who sounds as though they might be a 'professional quizzer' seems to be vetted in favour of the average pub team who doesn't try out for many television programmes. Whilst this does make a slight mockery of the "can nobody beat these Eggheads" idea, it does turn the show into an intellectual version of Gladiators which for some is where its strength lies.
Catchphrase
"Can nobody beat these Eggheads?"
Inventor
12 Yard format
