It's Not What You Know (game show)

Infobox Television
show_name = It's Not What You Know


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format = Game Show
picture_format = 16:9
runtime = 60 mins (including adverts)
creator = Kevin Ball
presenter = Chris Tarrant
channel = Challenge
first_aired = 28 April 2008
last_aired = present
num_series = 1
num_episodes =
country = UK
producer = Granada Television
location = BBC Television Centre
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"It’s Not What You Know" is a game show, hosted by Chris Tarrant, which began airing on the British digital channel Challenge on 28 April 2008. The show is unusual as Challenge tends to air repeats of classic game shows that have been commissioned by other broadcasters, very rarely producing original content.

Gameplay

Part one

The game is played by a team of two (friends, relatives, etc). First of all, they are given three games to play: A, B or C. To help them, one celebrity "expert" and his/her splecialist subject from each game is shown. The players must choose one of the games and, once they have, the other four celebrities and their specialist subjects in the chosen game are revealed. Each game contains 15 questions with each question being specific to one of the celebrity's specialist subject.

Questions and answers

The first question comes up with four possible answers. The specialist celebrity did not receive the four options, the other celebrities did. We then see the correct answer (it does not matter if the players got it right or wrong). The players then have to decide on which celebrity they think got the question wrong (in other words, which celebrity was "stumped"). There were at least four occasions of the specialist celebrity being stumped. Once the players have chosen, their chosen celebrity gets "locked in". We now find out which celebrities got the question right and which celebrities were stumped. Finally, we have a look at the players' chosen celebrity to see if he/she was stumped. If he/she was one of the non-specialist celebrities and was stumped, the players’ jackpot increases to £1,000. If he/she was the specialist celebrity and was stumped, the players progress up a level with a potential for winning higher amounts of money and the studio changes colour (level 1 is purple, level 2 is yellow, level 3 is blue, level 4 is green and level 5 is unknown). They will now be playing for £5,000. Subsequent correct guesses by the players will go up to £10,000, then £15,000, then to the maximum £25,000.

Back to zero

If the players make an incorrect guess (meaning that their chosen celebrity, specialist or non-specialist, got the question right), they lose what they have accumulated so far. They will still be allowed to continue playing at their current prize level, re-starting their jackpot from zero. However, if they make an incorrect guess twice in a row, they go down a level (unless they are still on the first level).

Passing

If, at any point, the players are uncertain of correctly guessing a stumped celebrity, they can pass on the question they are on and keep their winnings safe (they are only allowed to pass on a question once, though), but they cannot pass on Question 15 (the last question) because "that would be too easy", stated by Chris Tarrant.

Final part

At the end, we have a good look at how the players had done up to this point. The players then get offered between 20% and 50% of how much they had amassed on Question 14. If the players accept the offer, they take home with them the amount of money offered and still go on to Question 15, just to see what would have happened (did they make the right decision or the wrong decision)? If the players reject the offer, they go on to Question 15 and try to make a correct guess. If they choose a stumped celebrity, their jackpot goes up by £1,000, £5,000, £10,000, £15,000 or £25,000 (depending on which ever level they were on) and they take home with them whatever they have banked. If they choose a celebrity that got the question right, they leave empty-handed.

External links

* [http://www.ukgameshows.com/page/index.php?title=It's_Not_What_You_Know "It's Not What You Know"] at UKGameshows.com.