$20,000 for the fifth question and $50,000 for the sixth question) to end the game and split equally among the team. After revealing the third correct answer the host offered the captain a cash incentive (one-tenth the value of that question i.e. After all answers had been selected the captain could change any one answer if he or she desired. If there were fewer than four additional team members the captain could elect to give a response or require a teammate to give an additional response. The Freebie could only be used BEFORE contestants began provided their answers as the captain could not use the Freebie once answers had already been provided.Įach of the four team members other than the captain were required to give one answer. The Freebie eliminated one incorrect answer from the question for which it was used. The number of possible answers varied depending on the value of the question: the $200,000 question had six possible answers (four correct answers and two bluff answers), the $500,000 question had seven (four correct and three bluffs), and the $1 million question had eight (four correct and four bluffs aka a 50/50 split).Īfter the $200,000 question as well as all six of its possible answers were revealed, the captain of the team was given a "Freebie" that he or she could use on any one question from that point onward. The Terminator was played prior to the $200,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 questions.įace off time! Higher-level questions īeginning with the $200,000 question, each question contained four correct answers.
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Once Greed became a regular series (beginning with the Decemepisode) contestants were allowed to buzz in at any time if they knew the answer for the remainder of the show's run, though Chuck would immediately stop reading the question at that point. Originally, contestants were required to wait for the question to be completely read before buzzing in buzzing in too early immediately eliminated the contestant, just as if a wrong answer had been given. Otherwise, the showdown winner kept his/her original seat. If the captain was eliminated, the contestant who won the challenge became the new captain. However, if the player eliminated was the same player who originally accepted the Terminator challenge, they kept their $10,000. If the player provided an incorrect answer or didn't answer within five seconds, they were eliminated and their teammate gained control of their share. If the player who buzzed in correctly answered the question, they would claim their opponent's share of the collective team winnings and their teammate was eliminated. The player selected could accept $10,000 in cash (that was not at risk should the contestant lose the Terminator or the team missed a future question) in order to challenge another team member to a one-question showdown for their share of the collective winnings. If the captain decided to continue playing, the "Terminator" was activated and selected one team member at random. The qualifying round was also not played during the show's last five episodes.Īfter the fourth question the host provided the team with the category for the next question and the opportunity to leave the game with $100,000. The qualifying round was not played during Greed’s Tournament of Losers episode and was largely eliminated during the five-episode Super Greed era (beginning with the Apepisode) as a result, the positions of the show's five contestants were determined via a backstage draw.
If two or more players were tied or of equal distance from the right answer, those players were ranked based on who locked in first. The player whose guess was furthest away returned to the contestant pool with the possibility of being back for another qualifying round. The second closest player sat in position #1, the third closest in position #2, the fourth closest in position #3, and the fifth closest in position #4. Once all players were locked in, the answer was revealed, and the player whose guess was closest to the correct answer became the team captain. Six contestants were asked a question with a numerical answer between 10 and 999, and then locked in their answers using a keypad in front of them.