Genesis: The Family Bible Game Show

Genesis: The Family Bible Game Show was a religious-themed quiz that only aired once, on Easter Sunday in 2000, on PAX (now Ion Television). It was hosted by former Celebrity Sweepstakes host Jim McKrell (going by "Jim MacKrell" on this show) and announced by Biff Manard.
Two teams of four members of a church competed to test their bible knowledge (two of the contestants featured in the episode included actresses Charity Allen and Susan Seaforth Hayes) through five rounds of gameplay. 14 categories were used on the show (playing one category per round).
Rounds one and three were "team" rounds, where everyone had a chance to buzz-in to answer questions with four choices. A right answer earned points, a wrong answer gave the opposing team a chance to steal the points. Pount values were as follows:
*First question - 100 points
*Second question - 200 points
*Third question - 250 points
*Fourth question - 300 points
*Fifth question - 400 points
*Sixth question - 500 points
*Seventh question - 600 points
*Eighth question - 700 points
*Ninth question - 750 points
*Tenth question - 1,000 points
After ten questions, or, when the time's up bell sounded (each round was about five minutes long, except for the Lightning Round), the team with the most points after the round won a bonus prize. The scores were reset back to zero for the next round.
Rounds two and four were played the same way, but this time, individual team members competed against one another. As before, whichever team had the most points won a bonus prize.
In the final round, the "Lightning Round", each team nominated one member to answer ten questions over a two-minute period. Scores would then be revealed when the round was done, and the team with the most points won the game and a grand prize package, as well as a spot in the "Holy Land Challenge" (to have been played at the end of the week's worth of shows). All teams got a copy of a CD-ROM game and a board game based off of the show (both versions are extremely rare to find nowadays).
At the end of the show (or on Fridays, before the Holy Land Challenge), McKrell would present a clip of the show donating to charities and helping special-needs people, much like the same way shows such as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition do nowadays. Also at the end (and after the Holy Land Challange), McKrell would show a music video by a Christian rock artist (in the case of the only episode, Rebecca St. James with Pray).
The five winners of the show throughout the week would return on Friday to play the Holy Land Challenge. Here, the round was played in a similar fashion to the four main rounds, only correct answers were worth one point, and the first to get three points (indicated by parts of the buzz-in light, a la Hollywood Showdown) won the game for the week and a trip to Israel for the entire church.
The episode has never re-aired since its only airing.

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