TRIVIA TRACK

'Trivia Track' was an interactive live game show that premiered on March 17, 1997 and was shown on the Game Show Network. It ended its run on October 2, 1998. The show's first host was Larry Anderson, who hosted for six months and was later hosted by Marianne Curan. It was announced by Gene Wood, one of his last announcing duties.

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Game play

Triple Crown

The Game board

Trivia

Game play

Contestants compete in a question-and-answer game using telephone keypads to enter numerical answers on this live, interactive series.
Five contestants are randomly selected to play in each game with 2 games featured on each show.
Each game is a 10-furlong race, with each player using their telephone keypad to select one of the answers on the screen. The 1st question was worth 1 furlong for a correct answer, the 2nd was worth 2, etc. up to 5 furlongs for the 5th and all questions after that. The 1st player to reach the finish line won the race and went on to the ''Triple Crown''. In the event of a tie, they would have a photo finish. A game would then be played (similar to The Price Is Right's Contestants' Row) with a numerical ##. A question would once again be asked, and the player coming closest to the answer won the game.

Triple Crown

The object of the "Triple Crown" round is to be the 1st player to accumulate 3 crowns by answering questions. Players alternate hitting the number "0" on their keypads to stop a random sequence (similar to the big board on ''Press Your Luck'').

The Game board

The game board had 9 squares, with each containing 1 crown, 2 crowns, a free crown, and a LOSE-A-TURN space that lost you your turn without taking away your crowns. After the 2nd time around, the center square, "TRIPLE CROWN", was activated, and if hit would mean an automatic win for either player. If neither player managed to reach 3 crowns by the time the bell rang, the player with the most crowns won. In the event of a tie, they would go into a sudden death showdown. Whoever got the last question right had an option to either answer the question or force their opponent to answer the question. If the player selected to answer gets the question right, they win. If not, the opponent won.

Trivia

★ Substitute hosts included Dave Nemeth, Nancy Sullivan and Peter Tomarken.

★ The show was taped in Culver City, California.

★ On the premiere episode, the computer which controlled the electronic display crashed during the Triple Crown round; because the show aired live, Larry Anderson was forced to cover while the problem was dealt with; in the end, they finally went to commercial and upon returning, the winner was decided by having the two finalists choose numbered envelopes, w/the player who got the higher number declared the champ.