John Adams Krypton Factor DVD Board Game

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In the 2009 revival, each contestant was asked one individual question, then four further questions were asked on the buzzer. If a player answers incorrectly, one more player can buzz in, but there are no penalties for a wrong answer. Contestants are ranked on how many correct answers, and if two or more players are tied they each receive the same number of points. The exception to this is when there is a tie for the most correct answers. In this case, an extra question is asked to break the tie. In the 2010 version, each player is asked two questions in turn, and the contestants are awarded two points for a correct answer; however, like General Knowledge, one point is deducted away for a wrong answer, and the next player to jump in has a chance to steal. The point totals for this round are then used to rank each player. For at least some series (around 1986-8), the fastest man and fastest woman on the assault course both received a special trophy. That was a nice touch that should have been kept in. Winners include: Barbara Murray and Stuart Worthington (1986), Marian Chanter and Ted Daskerwicz (1987), Elizabeth Hayward and Alan Robbie (1988). No Fair Cheating: In the 1995 version, a contestant broke the rules of the "Response Revolve" in the Super Round and got DQ'd immediately after "finishing" it. Related to...

Mundane Made Awesome: When the Observation round switched to specially made comedy sketches, some of their punchlines involved this trope. Several other champions had also been highest scoring losers in at least one of their heats - these included David Lee, Mike Berry, Tony Hetherington, Andy Wilbur, Aaron Bell and Pete Thompson. This also occurred a number of times on Mastermind. A deleted scene from the ITV variety series It'll Be Alright on the Night made it to many compilations; it showed Ben Shephard biting his tongue, after he accidentally said "two points for second", instead of fourth. It was subsequently referenced on the game show Tipping Point (which Shephard also presented) as a question. Apparently, the course was so dangerous up to eight stand-by contestants were on call in case anything went wrong. When Gordon Burns tried it for himself for the experience, it took him over five minutes to complete (more than twice the usual time) and he ended up with minor injuries. In fact, that wasn't the only round that he tried for himself - on another occasion, he stated that he had tried out the flight simulator and that they were still clearing the debris resulting from his crash landing.Gordon Burns to step down from BBC North West Tonight". BBC News. 15 April 2011 . Retrieved 31 May 2021. Have to admit to have been waiting for this moment for ever. The simple format of this show was what made it good, plus the fact that the challenges were actually difficult made it compelling as a viewing. As for presenter, has to be Gordon Burns, though Jeremy Paxman would be pretty decent also. The New Zealand version, introduced by veteran newsreader Dougal Stevenson, proved more successful - infact, it featured the same titles and theme from the UK original as well as some of the sketches from the Observation rounds. The Response round was omitted - presumably to incorporate the two commercial breaks per show. Only Smart People May Pass: Skip to 1:15 of this video for the first round of the 2009 revival. The old version was harder.

The series was also referenced in the ITV documentary Come On Down: The Game Show Story, with current Krypton Factor presenter Ben Shephard and former presenter Gordon Burns both hinting that it was a mistake on ITV's part to end the programme. Explorers and action people were the subject of specials in 1978, 1982 and 1983; Ranulph Fiennes entered in 1978, and his companion on the first polar circumnavigation of the globe, Charles R. Burton, competed in 1982. The 1983 edition included future Survival Challenge host Richard Crane.

In the 1991 series, both Tony Hetherington and Paul Evans scored a maximum Krypton Factor of 50 in the first five rounds of their heats. Hetherington went on to set an all-time record of 62 after the general knowledge round. They were in the same group final, in which Evans managed to win most of the rounds again, but they both reached the grand final, as Hetherington was the highest scoring runner up and the latter won the series. Prior to that year, the record was probably held by Alan Morris in his first round during the 1987 series: 54, although two 1989 contestants, Mike Berry (in the Grand Final) and Phil Smith (in his first round) came close by both scoring 50.