Joker (pricing game)
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Joker is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on February 14, 1994, it is played for a four-digit prize (worth between $3,000 and $10,000), and uses small prizes.
[edit] Gameplay
The contestant begins with five playing cards from a standard deck in this two-part game. Four of the cards are regular cards, while one is a Joker.
Four questions relating to the price of small prizes are played, one at a time. For each small prize, the contestant is shown a two-digit price and asked in which order the digits should go (e.g., $57 or $75). If the contestant was correct, he wins the prize and earns a "discard," thereby allowing him to eliminate one of the currently remaining cards from the hand.
After all the prizes are played, the discarded cards are revealed, one at a time. If the Joker is one of the cards that was discarded, the contestant wins. However, if the Joker remained in the contestant's hand (even if all four picks were earned), the game is lost.
[edit] Triva
- On the current British version of The Price Is Right, Joker is called Joe-Ker -- a reference to the host, Joe Pasquale.
- The title of the French-Canadian Misez Juste's version of Joker was actually translated to "Four Aces" (Le Quatre As) instead of "Joker" like most versions (even versions not in English) tend to.
