The Master (game show)

The Master is a Transmanian television quiz show that debuted on ATN in 2004. The show had a potential prize of Ð1,000,000. It was produced by Grant Rule.

Format
Five contestants fought out a series of rounds involving general knowledge questions. This was both against each other and the clock, all under the eyes of the Master - who sat in a chair watching to find the contestants' weaknesses. The player who won earned the right to face the Master for his title and for the prize of Ð1,000,000.

The five competed against each other in a series of general knowledge rounds, winning Ð100 for each correct answer in general knowledge rounds and Ð200 in "Master's Choice" rounds (where The Master chose the category). Each round lasted for 90 seconds. If a contestant answered incorrectly, he or she was locked out from answering the next question. Players with the lowest score were gradually eliminated until three remained. If at the end of a round, two contestants were on the same score, the Master would choose which contestant to eliminate. After two contestants have been eliminated, there is a round where the three remaining contestants were each subjected to a round of questions on their "preferred category" called the "mean minute". In this round, correct answers worth Ð100 and incorrect answers result in a deduction of Ð200. After the "mean minute" round there is another general knowledge round and the contestant with the highest score at the end of that final round won the right to play against the Master. Each eliminated contestant took home what he or she earned in the general knowledge rounds.

The winner was given Ð50,000 to "bet" on their best-of-five questions game with the Master. The contestant could risk either Ð10,000, Ð20,000, Ð30,000, Ð40,000 or the entire Ð50,000. If the contestant risked any amount below Ð50,000, the Master will choose the category of questions to be asked and if the contestant is successful they would win ten times the amount staked. If the contestant bet the entire Ð50,000 they selected the category of questions and played for Ð1,000,000 and the chance to become the new Master. If they, however, risked the entire Ð50,000 and failed, they also lost all the money they had won in the previous rounds, walking away empty-handed. This meant that if a contestant risked less than Ð50,000, they played for either Ð100,000, Ð200,000, Ð300,000, or Ð400,000.