The Rich List is a TV One New Zealand television game show, which debuted on June 12 and aired on Tuesday at 8:30PM. The show is hosted by Jason Gunn and is produced by Imagination Television.
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. Listing three correct answers wins $5000, six items gives $10,000, nine items is worth $15,000, twelve items gains $25,000 and the top level is fifteen items for $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
June 12, 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
June 19, 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
June 26, 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
July 3, 2007
Cities which have hosted the Olympic Games
[...] 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 150kms (Rich List)
5
July 10, 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
July 17, 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 Best Picture Oscar between 1970 and 2007
International airlines whose planes land in New Zealand (Rich List)
7
July 24, 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
July 31, 2007
Actors who have won the 'Best Picture' 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
August 7, 2007
Current member states of the British Commonwealth
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
August 14, 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
August 21, 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
August 28, 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
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
September 4, 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)
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.
