Jacpot
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Revision as of 18:43, 18 January 2010
Synopsis
Popular nightly quiz show with varying cash prizes of £5,000 to £10,000 on offer. Two contestants chose one person from a panel of fifteen who had the answers to questions with varying cash amounts, but one of these panelists said Jacpot, meaning that if they answered their question correct, the panelist and the contestant would go on to play for the big cash prize. The Jacpot question could only be asked after five ordinary questions (worth £50 each) but each question answered after the Jacpot had been found was worth £100. An incorrect answer meant that the player asking and the answerer swapped places.
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Inventor
The show was a Welsh version of the popular 1980s US game show Jackpot.
Trivia
The title translates as Jackpot.
Catchphrase
Jacpot!
