Outline
NEW GAME SHOW: YOU BET YOUR SWEET ACRONYM
The game where your daily shortcuts in texting may actually pay off for you. The Shortest Way to BIG $$$$$$
Concept
This game show is based on acronyms, abbreviations, and texts. Contestants must decipher acronyms to win money.
Examples
- ASAP - As Soon As Possible
- BTW - By The Way
- LOL - Laughing Out Loud
- HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Format
1. Contestants:
- 3 contestants are chosen from the audience.
- The host displays an acronym on an oversized phone display.
- The category is announced (e.g., ENTERTAINMENT).
- Contestants have 6 seconds to respond. If they need a hint, they have an additional 6 seconds.
- Contestants compete to win a cash jackpot, with the two lowest scoring players being eliminated with no cash winnings
2. Gameplay:
- Audience members input their answers via monitors on their chairs or tablets.
- The fastest 3 correct answers light up, and those contestants move to the stage.
- The correct answer is displayed (e.g., CBS - Columbia Broadcasting System).
3. Contestant Seating:
- Contestants sit in oversized gaming chairs.
- For each wrong answer, the chair rises. After 4 incorrect answers, the contestant is ejected onto a slide.
- Correct answers lower the chair.
4. Audience Help:
- Contestants can ask the audience for help with a letter.
- Audience answers are displayed, and the contestant selects the correct one.
- Audience members with correct answers share the cost of the letter.
- Audience wants the contestants to buy as many letter hints as possible to increase audience winning bank.
- Audience suggests tough final category in hopes contestant will buy more letters to increase audience bank
-Regardless of contestant winning or losing, audience splits amount accumulated in their bank at the end of the show
Rounds
1. Categories:
- Contestants pick categories for rounds 1-2.
- The computer randomly picks abbreviations from a wide variety of categories for round 3 called The Tumbler of Fate.
- Contestants pick categories for rounds 4-5.
- The audience picks the category for the last round.
2. Answer Timeframe:
- Contestants have 6 seconds to answer starting in round one, increasing to 10 seconds by round 3.
- If time runs out, they can buy a hint for $250, which gives them another 6 seconds.
- Additional letters can be bought from the audience for increasing amounts, starting at $350.
Scoring
- Correct answers increase winnings by $250.
- Each round has higher stakes, with round winnings increasing from $500 to $2,000.
- Hints and letters reduce the total winnings.
Example Categories
- **SOCIAL MEDIA:** LOL - Laughing Out Loud
- **WORLD WIDE:** WTO - World Trade Organization
- **LEGAL DOCUMENTS:** NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement
- **COMPUTER:** WWW - World Wide Web
Additional Categories
- GOVERNMENT
- CORPORATE WORLD
- MEDICAL
- FINANCIAL
- ENTERTAINMENT
- EDUCATION
- INDUSTRIAL
- SPORTS
- AUTOMOTIVE
- AVIATION
- MILITARY
- FUNNY
- ABBREVIATIONS
- TEXTS
- MISCELLANEOUS
Progression
- Rounds start with easier categories (2-letter acronyms) and progress to harder ones (6-letter acronyms).
Final Round
- Each contestant starts with $5,000.
- After the 5th round, the remaining contestant can either leave with half their winnings or risk doubling them in the final round.
- Correct answers in the final round allow them to qualify for the $1,000,000 Tournament of Champions.
Example Gameplay
1. Government Category:
- Acronym: FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
- Time starts: 6 seconds
- Hint: Confidential Student Education Records ($250)
- Buying letters:
- F - Family ($350)
- E - Educational ($450)
- R - Rights ($550)
- P - Privacy ($650)
- Last letter cannot be purchased
2. Timing:
- 1st round: 6 seconds
- 2nd round: 8 seconds
- 3rd round: 10 seconds
- Each round increases by 2 seconds.
Winning and Advancement
- The contestant with the least amount of winning is eliminated after 2 rounds, leaving only one final player to advance to the bonus game
- They can choose to leave with half their winnings or risk doubling them.
- Winning the 6th round doubles their winnings and qualifies them for the next show.
- Winning 3 games in a row qualifies them for the year-end Round Robin Championship.
Championship Prizes
1. 1st place: $1,000,000
2. 2nd place: $750,000
3. 3rd place: $250,000
4. 4th place: $125,000
5. 5th place: $50,000