The Rich List (New Zealand game show)

The Rich List
Genre	Game show
Created by	12 Yard
Presented by	Jason Gunn
Country of origin	New Zealand
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	TVNZ
Picture format	576i 16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	23 June 2007 – Present
External links
Website

The Rich List is a TV ONE New Zealand television game show, which debuted on 23 June 2007 and screens at 8:30PM. The show is hosted by Jason Gunn and is produced by Imagination Television. A second season has screened and a third season screened in November 2008.

How the game works

Two teams containing two players, who are unknown to each other, play from inside sound proof pods. Then they can discuss and deliberate over answers and tactics with their team mate, without their opponents hearing what their game strategy may be, or how many answers they actually know.

The two teams bid upwards against each other while predicting how many examples of a particular subject they will be able to list. If a team fails to list as many answers as they predicted, the other team wins the round.

The winners of the best of three lists move on to play The Rich List, a new game of list-making where increasing amounts of money are up for grabs, like this:

Right Answers	Winnings
3	$5,000
6	$10,000
9	$15,000
12	$25,000
15	$50,000

However a wrong answer at any stage means all money for that rich-list is lost.

Regardless of whether they win $50,000 or nothing at all, as the reigning champions they will return to face new opponents.

International versions include Who Dares Wins presented by Nick Knowles in the UK. Contestants can win up to £50,000+.

Episodes

Episode #	Air Date	Lists
1	12 June 2007	All Black test captains Feature films that Tom Cruise has appeared in Prime Ministers of New Zealand since 1900 (Rich List) Streets and stations in classic Monopoly Celebrities that have appeared on New Zealand Dancing with the Stars Gifts given in the The Twelve Days of Christmas (Tie breaker) ABBA singles that have reached top 40 in New Zealand, Australia or United Kingdom (Rich List)
2	19 June 2007	NZ Towns and Cities that Air New Zealand flies to Titles of James Bond feature films National parks of New Zealand (Tie breaker) Celebrities who have presented an episode of the television series Intrepid Journeys (Rich List) Songs written and released by Crowded House Novels written by Charles Dickens Animal characters that appear in the 'Hairy Maclary' series (Rich List)
3	26 June 2007	Feature films that Julia Roberts has appeared in Teams that competed in the 2007 Wellington Sevens States of the United States of America ending in the letter 'A' (Rich List) Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash singles that have reached Top 50 New Zealand singles chart Capital cities in the European Union Feature films that Russell Crowe has appeared in (Rich List)
4	3 July 2007	Cities which have hosted the Olympic Games Murder weapons, rooms, and characters in the game Cluedo Characters in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Tie breaker) First five-eighth All Blacks since 1980 (Rich List) Beatles singles which made the Top 40 charts Plays written (and co-written) by William Shakespeare Rivers in New Zealand longer than 150 km (Rich List)
5	10 July 2007	Nations of the world beginning with 'M' Characters from the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Stage musicals composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Rich List) Feature films Robin Williams has appeared in Rugby league teams competing in the 2007 NRL competition Grape varieties grown commercially in New Zealand (Tie breaker) Hosts of the Academy Awards since 1978 (Rich List)
6	17 July 2007	Elvis Presley Billboard top 40 hits Traditional wedding anniversary gifts Teams competing in the 2007 America's Cup (Tie breaker) Subjects of the New Zealand This Is Your Life television show (Rich List) Books of the New Testament Films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture between 1970 and 2007 International airlines whose planes land in New Zealand (Rich List)
7	24 July 2007	Feature films that Brad Pitt has appeared in New Zealand batsmen who have scored over 1000 runs in test cricket New Zealand lakes over 20 square kilometres (Rich List) New Zealand celebrities that have appeared on Treasure Island Songs recorded by Split Enz New Zealand ministers of the Crown (Rich List)
8	31 July 2007	Actors who have won the 'Best Actor' Oscar since 1970 New Zealand daily newspapers Letters in the British game of Scrabble worth one point (Tie breaker) The top 15 new car makes in New Zealand in 2006 (Rich List) Countries ending in the letter 'A' Wimbledon men's and women's singles champions since 1970 Feature films that Tom Hanks has appeared in (Rich List)
9	7 August 2007	Current member states of the Commonwealth of Nations Elements on the periodic table Maria's favourite things from the song in The Sound of Music (Tie breaker) Members of Split Enz (Rich List) Feature films directed by Steven Spielberg Countries that played in the 2007 Cricket World Cup Novels written by John Grisham (Rich List)
10	14 August 2007	Present day countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea Varieties of pasta All Blacks who have played 50 tests or more (Rich List) Animated Disney feature films (including Pixar) Current ranks in the New Zealand army Sovereign states with flags that are red, white and blue (Rich List)
11	21 August 2007	Characters from the original Star Wars trilogy Countries in which New Zealand has diplomatic representation The first twelve people in the line of succession to the throne (Tie breaker) Finalists from New Zealand Idol (Rich List) Songs by Elton John that have made the Billboard Top 40 Mr. Men characters from the children's book by Roger Hargreaves The top 20 grossing movies of all time (Rich List)
12	28 August 2007	Feature films that Clint Eastwood has appeared in New Zealand bowlers who have taken 50 wickets or more in Test cricket North Island train stations on the main trunk line that the Overlander stops at (Tie breaker) Countries with the letter 'Z' in their name (Rich List) Flavours of chocolate blocks currently made by Cadbury plc Principal villains from the Batmanmovies and the '60's TV series Tracks on the original Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (Tie breaker) The top 20 Whitcoulls best books as voted by New Zealanders (Rich List)
13	4 September 2007	30 countries of the world with the largest land mass Winners for best actress in a leading role at the Academy Awards between 1970 and 2007 Characters in the Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale movie (Tie breaker) Cities that have hosted a Commonwealth or Empire games (Rich List) Michael Jackson hits that made the Billboard Top 10 Feature films that Kevin Costner has appeared in Individuals or teams that have won the Halberg Award since 1980 (Tie breaker) Top 18 largest urban centres in Australia by population (Rich List)

Controversy

The episode which aired on Tuesday 8 July 2008 and repeated on Boxing Day 2012 contained an error in the final Rich List which caused the winners to lose the list. The list was "Polygons with up to 20 sides". The list as approved by the show excluded all quadrilaterals except quadrilaterals itself, so triangles and quadrilaterals were the only 18 acceptable polygons that did not end in 'gon'. The vagueness of the list as aired on TV1 should have included trapeziums, squares, and other specific polygons.

Winners

This is a list of all contestants who have won the preliminary round and have played the Rich List. This also includes any contestants who failed to win any prize money from the Rich List.

Number	Contestants	Appearance	Total winnings	No. of Rich Lists played

Total prize money given away: $315,000

External links

• http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1040251