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| Singapore's Brainiest Kid | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Cheryl Fox |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 Minutes (Incl. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | MediaCorp Channel 5 |
| Release | 12 August 2003 – 2005 |
Singapore's Brainiest Kid was a TV show based on Britain's Brainiest. The show was held once a year, with 6 heats and 1 grand final.
Game Format[edit]
Round 1[edit]
The host asked the players 12 questions, each worth a point. The top 6 would advance to the next round. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker game (see below) would be played.
Round 2[edit]
There were twelve categories: Current Affairs, Geography, History, Languages, Literature, Music, Natural World, Science, Sports, The Arts, Pot Luck and Maths. The 6 players then took turns to choose a category, and answer as many questions as possible within 45 seconds. The host allowed the contestant to answer the last question that was being read when the time ran out. Only the first answer provided was accepted. All players played twice, meaning all the categories were played. The top three scorers move on to the final round. The starting order was determined by a codebreaker.
Round 3[edit]
Once again, the starting order was determined by a codebreaker. The three remaining contestants would then have to introduce their specialist subjects. They will be then given a board of 36 questions, 5 questions for each of the three specialist subjects, and the remaining 21 were General Knowledge. Additionally, they could only memorise the questions for 10 seconds. Then, according to the starting order, they would then pick one question and had to answer it in 10 seconds. 1 point was awarded for a General Knowledge question, 2 for the contestant's own specialist subject, and three for the other contestant's specialist subject. After five questions, the top two would advance to the final. In the case of the final, they were only looking for one clear winner. If there was a tie here, further questions will be asked until somebody wins.
Tiebreaker match[edit]
The tiebreaker is known as "Matching Pairs", in which there will be three words, with the centre word missing. This is fairly similar to the "Before and After" in the gameshow Wheel of Fortune. For example, Racing ____ Porch would be given to the contestants. In this case the answer was car, to form Racing Car, and Car Porch.
Codebreaker[edit]
This would determine the starting order. The contestants were given a keypad with 2 to 3 matching alphabets to a number, similar to a handphone keypad. They were then given a series of numbers, with a category. The first to crack the code would go first, and so on.
History[edit]
2003[edit]
The show debuted on 12 August 2003 (Tuesday), and 36 boys and 36 girls played for a set of World Book Encyclopedia, a trip to Tokyo Disneyland sponsored by Qoo, and a $10,000 educational trust. In the preliminaries, three sets of 12 boys and 3 sets of 12 girls were played, meaning that the finals were even with 6 girls and 6 boys.
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