Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Chinese game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Chinese game show)

Infobox Television
show_name = 百万智多星


caption = Nowadays logo of "百万智多星"
format = Quiz show
runtime = 80 minutes
creator =
host = Lǐ Fán
country = China
network = GuiZhou TV (贵州电视台)
first_aired = 29 September 2007
last_aired = Present
website = http://www.bwzdx.com/index.html

百万智多星 (transliteration: "Bǎi Wàn Zhì Duō Xīng", English translation: "Who deserves to be a millionaire?", sometimes called "百萬富翁") is a Chinese game show based on the original British format of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". The show is hosted by Lǐ Fán (李凡). The main goal of the game is to win ¥1,000,000 by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are 3 "lifelines" - fifty fifty ("50:50"), phone a friend ("打電話問老友") and ask the audience ("問現場觀眾"). The game show is broadcast from 29th September 2007 to today. It is shown on the Chinese TV station GuiZhou TV (贵州电视台). When a contestant gets the fifth question correct, he will leave with at least ¥8,000. When a contestant gets the tenth question correct, he will leave with at least ¥60,000. There was one total prize winner. New episode is shown on every Saturday at 20:40 (UTC+8).

Characteristics of the Chinese version

The Mainland China version differs from all other versions of the show for the fact that it doesn't feature civil contestants taking home the money won during the game, but celebrities playing for money which is given to charity [Article on the Chinese language Wikipedia] . This is because the Chinese Government issued a decree that television programmes need to be uplifing and inspiring [ [http://www.tv.com/the-apprentice/show/20528/story/8303.html Article on TV.com] ] .

Translation of the name

The name of the show cannot be translated literally. It consists of two parts: 百万 (read Bǎi Wàn) which means million(s) or millionaire and 智多星 (Zhì Duō Xīng) which refers to "someone who is especially clever and unbeatable, and usually very energetic" [ [http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=943150 Thread on a language forum explaining the show's name] ] .

Money tree

:* 1. question • ¥1,000:* 2. question • ¥2,000:* 3. question • ¥3,000:* 4. question • ¥4,000:* 5. question¥8,000 (guaranteed sum):* 6. question • ¥10,000:* 7. question • ¥20,000:* 8. question • ¥30,000:* 9. question • ¥40,000:* 10. question¥60,000 (guaranteed sum):* 11. question • ¥80,000:* 12. question • ¥150,000:* 13. question • ¥250,000 :* 14. question • ¥500,000 :* 15. question¥1,000,000

References

External links

* [http://www.bwzdx.com/index.html Official website of 百万智多星]


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