Format
The quiz begins with six players. In the first round each must declare how much money (up to £25,000) they would like. This is important as a lot of money is needed to bet on questions during the show. The person who asks for the largest amount is removed from the show before getting the chance to answer a single question.
Then the remaining five contestants are asked incomplete questions that they must bet on. After all players have placed their bets on each question it is completed, and whoever staked the most money can answer it. If their answer is correct, the amount they had bet is added onto their score; if they answer incorrectly, the money is taken away. After one question has been asked for every player still in the game, the person with the most money chooses a player to remove from the game. Then all the contestants are given the same amount of money as the leader, and the process continues until there are two contestants left.
The final round takes the form of a type of Prisoner's Dilemma. The two remaining players stand behind podiums opposite each other; they are playing for the amount of money the leading player had at the end of the previous round. Each of the players is asked if they wish to "share" or to "shaft". If both players decide to shaft, both players walk away empty-handed. If one decides to share and the other to shaft, then the person who shafted wins all the prize money; if they both decide to share the money is divided equally between the two players.
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