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Wipeout

Produced at Paramount Studios, Wipeout combined elements from several game shows and merged them into one new program for syndication. The host was Peter Tomarken, who had hosted Press Your Luck for CBS and had recently been part of ABC's failed Bargain Hunters. Wipeout was divided into three sections. The first round pitted three contestants, who were given a question and a computerized board with sixteen possible answers. Eleven answers were correct; the five others were " Wipeout s." Each contestant had to select an answer for an increasing dollar amount. If a correct answer was revealed, he or she had the option of playing on for another answer or passing to the next contestant. Any " Wipeout s" chosen would end his or her turn. Embedded behind one of the correct answers was a "Hot Spot" bonus prize (it would go behind another correct answer should the contestant who gained the prize later wiped out). Values for correct respons

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  • LisaBreeB

    LisaBreeB says

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    Mon, Sep 7, 2009

    everyone already knows the rules, captain obvious
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  • Adenator

    Adenator says

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    Sun, Sep 6, 2009

    Go to abc.com/wipeout/beacontestant. You have to be 18 or over and living in the U.S. to be a contestant.
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  • LisaBreeB

    LisaBreeB says

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    Thu, Aug 13, 2009

    go to the abc website
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  • sweets411

    sweets411 says

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    Thu, Aug 6, 2009

    GO TO ABC/WIPOUT WOOO LUV THIS SHOW
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  • Paul

    Paul says

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    Sun, Jul 12, 2009

    How do I register as contestant for Wipeout?
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