Strike It Rich (1986 game show)
1986-1987 television game show
Strike It Rich is an American game show that aired in syndication during the 1986–87 television season. It was hosted by Joe Garagiola with Theresa Ring as prize model (who only displayed the prizes in taped segments) and Bob Hilton as the announcer. The show was produced by Kline & Friends in association with Blair Entertainment.
Main game
Two couples, one usually a returning champion, competed to move across a bi-level archway by answering trivia questions. Both levels had nine television monitors spanning from one end of the stage to the other, and seven of these monitors had buttons below them. Those monitors were always in play, as was the monitor at the end of each archway. The first monitor in each archway served as the starting position for the couples.
Play started with the couple on the bottom level (usually the returning champions), who were shown a category and five items related to it. Each of the five items were potential answers to questions asked by Garagiola, and the couple chose how many questions they wanted to answer, up to a maximum of three. If they answered all of those questions correctly, they would take control of their monitors.
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