500 Questions

500 Questions
Genre	Game Show
Created by	Mark Burnett, Mike Darnell
Presented by	Richard Quest
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Burnett, Phil Parsons
Running time	60 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	Mark Burnett Productutions
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	May 20, 2015 – Present
External links
Website

500 Questions is an upcoming American game showon ABC. The show will premiere on Wednesday, May 20th at 8/7c^[1] and will run for nine straight nights. ABC is dubbing the show as an event style similar to NBC's failed Million Second Quiz. The show will feature contestants who try to answer 500 Questions, without getting more than three wrong in a row. The show will be hosted by CNN Journalist Richard Quest'.

Gameplay^[2]

The show is divided up into ten rounds, with 50 questions in each round. Each round has ten categories with five questions each, and each contestant has 10 seconds to answer each question (except on Battle questions). The contestant can choose the questions in any order. However, a challenger stands alongside the contestant. Answering a question incorrectly at any point in the game results in a strike. If the contestant receives two strikes (by answering two questions in a row incorrectly), the challenger must then choose the next category in hopes of knocking out the contestant. Any correct answer at any point in the game resets the strike counter.

There are four types of questions:

• For a regular question, the contestant must provide the correct answer to the question within the ten second time limit, with multiple guesses allowed. Running out of time on the question is treated as an incorrect answer, and as such, results in a strike.
• For a Battle question, the contestant and the challenger face off, going back and forth giving correct answers, with the contestant receiving a strike if he/she gives a wrong answer. If the challenger gets a wrong answer, he or she is not penalized.
• For a Top 10 question, the contestant must provide five correct answers out of a possible ten. The contestant can pass this question; however, passing this question is treated as an incorrect answer, and as such, results in a strike.
• For a Triple Threat question, the contestant must provide three correct answers within the ten second time limit. If a contestant fails to give the required amount of correct answers within the time limit, he or she receives a strike.

If a contestant receives three strikes (by answering three questions in a row incorrectly), he/she is eliminated from the game and is replaced by the challenger. The challenger is changed after each round.

Once a contestant correctly answers the 50th question in the round, the challenger is eliminated from the game.

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