Cover Up (pricing game)
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Cover Up is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. It is played for a car.
The game debuted on the Season 22 premiere on September 13, 1993. However, the episode was never seen in most of the United States; it was pre-empted by a CBS News Special Report. The show was broadcast in a small number of East Coast markets that were airing The Price Is Right an hour early at the time. CBS considered it officially aired and never reran it, and Game Show Network never reaired this episode when it reaired TPIR episodes throughout December 1996-April 2000. This leads to the fact that most viewers refer to it as the first playing on its second playing, and very few viewers know the Season 22 premiere.
[edit] Gameplay
A false price for a car is given on a gameboard, each digit being incorrect. Alternative digits are provided above each incorrect digit - two options for the first digit, three for the second, up to six options for the fifth digit. The contestant must choose an alternative for each digit and cover up the original digit.
Once all five digits are covered up, the host asks if the price given is correct. If answer is negative as signified by a buzzer, any digits that are right are lit up, and the contestant is directed to cover up each of the remaining incorrect digits. This sequence then repeats as necessary. The game ends when the contestant either wins by having the entire price correct, or loses by having no new correct numbers in a round of guessing.
On the May 21, 2008, $1,000,000 Spectacular, Cover Up was chosen as the Million Dollar Game. To win the bonus, the contestant had to correctly set the price of the car in one attempt.
[edit] Strategy
A possible strategy is to save the first or second digit, usually the easiest to guess, by intentionally guessing it wrong in the first round. This allows the player to guess that number correctly in a later round, and ensures the game continues one more round.
