John Adams Krypton Factor DVD Board Game

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Parody Assistance: The first Observation sketch from 1989 featured a spoof of Treasure Hunt UK in which Anneka Rice (appearing as herself) seems to keep finding new ways to get distracted or annoy the locals while trying to follow directions from Kenneth Kendall (appearing as himself). The first series from 1977 featured a Personality round in which the contestants' creativity and imagination were tested by having them perform such tasks as re-writing a nursery rhyme as a news story and reading it on camera; a focus group would vote on which one they liked best. This round was replaced by Mental Agility in 1978. QuoteThe theme tune used between 1986 and 1993 was performed by Art of Noise, and is perhaps the programme's best-known theme. In the early series, the Intelligence round had a rather strictly enforced time limit, with some contestants failing to complete the test in the time given and instead being ranked based on how far along they were. In the very earliest series, it was also the first round to be played, and some Intelligence tests were more similar to what would become Mental Agility tests. Sixteen contestants competed in this five-week series, with four contestants competing in each of the first four matches and the winners of those four matches returning for the Krypton Final at the end of the series. In this adaptation, a player's score was called their "Krypton Factor," as was the case on the original UK version.

Intelligence: Apparently "the test many contestants have sleepness nights over", this was a 2D or 3D spatial awareness test where the contestants would be asked to construct something using the pieces given. Invariably there would only be one correct answer and Mr Burns provides a "ha, that's not quite right" commentary using a sportsman's voiceover microphone.

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When the show returned, it stayed the same except there were four rounds and the contestants were now teenagers. Two girls and two boys competed in each episode. This was similar to the British spin-off Young Krypton. Several other champions had also been highest scoring losers in at least one of their heats - these included David Lee, Mike Berry, Tony Hetherington, Andy Wilbur, Aaron Bell and Pete Thompson. This also occurred a number of times on Mastermind. Only Smart People May Pass: Skip to 1:15 of this video for the first round of the 2009 revival. The old version was harder.

In the 1991 series, for two weeks in a row, contestants Tony Hetherington and Paul Evans won all of the first five rounds in their heats, scoring 50 points; in addition, Hetherington set an all-time record of 62 points. They both later met in the same Group Final, in which Evans won and Hetherington qualified as the Highest Scoring Runner-up, and went on to win the Grand Final. Bob-a-Job" from the 1988 series starts out as a game show, with banter between the host and the contestant, a tense round of questions, and presentation of the prize... and then the "host" and "contestant" are revealed to be a manager and his employee, and the prize is her weekly paycheque. Her last line ("Do we have to go through this every Friday?") suggests he has been applying Making Mundanity Awesome to handing over her paycheque for some time. Mundane Made Awesome: When the Observation round switched to specially made comedy sketches, some of their punchlines involved this trope.

Two series of Young Krypton (would you believe, a Junior Krypton Factor) were held in the late 80s, hosted by Ross King. The show had a similar structure to its adult brethren in terms of groups and finals and each show had only five rounds (the Intelligence round being saved for the group and main finals and replacing another round). The response round involved moving shapes from one box to another whilst balancing on a tilty-thing with time penalties added for letting the tilty-thing tilt too much. The physical agility round was a race around a special course constructed at the American Adventure Theme Park in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, rather than an army assault course, but otherwise it was a pretty close approximation of the format.

Burns was born in Wellington Park, in Belfast. When he was a child his family moved to Kent where he attended the local primary school and then went to Dulwich College in London. [3] The family then returned to live at Belfast's Belmont Road, where Gordon attended Campbell College. [3] [4] Career [ edit ] In the early series, as well as the 2009 revival, a time limit was placed for completion and after the time runs out, the contestants who have not finished are ranked according to the progress they have made on the puzzle. This round was removed (again) in the 2010 series. Gordon Burns on life in the hot seat". how-do.co.uk. 10 July 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011.

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The Krypton Factor had several Champion of Champions episodes; the first edition aired in December 1980, featuring the winners of the first four series. which was won by Philip Bradley (1980) and the trophy was presented by Ian Botham. This was followed by another Champion of Champions edition of the show in 1985, featuring the winners from the previous four years: John McAllister (1981), John Webley (1982), Chris Topham (1983) and Paul Smith (1984), with McAllister winning the game and trophy. The next Champion of Champions episode aired in May 1989, featuring four star contestants: Marian Chanter and Alison Heath (1987), David Lee (1988) and Andrew Gillam (1985). This match was won by Alison Heath. The music to the 2009 revival was created by Paul Farrer. In their review, UKGameshows asked "can anyone actually remember the new theme "tune"?". [7] [ importance?] Merchandise and commercial representations [ edit ] The Krypton Factor had several Champion of Champions episodes; the first edition aired on 22 December 1980, featuring the winners of the first four series which was won by Philip Bradley (1980) and the trophy was presented by Ian Botham. This was followed by another Champion of Champions edition of the show on 22 July 1985, featuring the winners from the previous four years: John McAllister (1981), John Webley (1982), Chris Topham (1983) and Paul Smith (1984), with McAllister winning the game and trophy. The next Champion of Champions episode aired on 27 March 1989, featuring four star contestants: Marian Chanter and Alison Heath (1987), David Lee (1988) and Andrew Gillam (1985). This match was won by Alison Heath. [9]

The series was also referenced in the ITV documentary Come On Down: The Game Show Story, with current Krypton Factor presenter Ben Shephard and former presenter Gordon Burns both hinting that it was a mistake on ITV's part to end the programme. This section may contain irrelevant references to popular culture. Please remove the content or add citations to reliable and independent sources. ( September 2022)On 28 March 1988, an International special was broadcast in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand as part of Australia's bi-centennial celebrations. Made in the UK and presented by Gordon Burns, the episode featured Marian Chanter and Alison Heath, winner and runner-up respectively of the UK Krypton Factor Grand Final 1987 and John Cargill and Christopher Connolly, winner and runner-up respectively of the Australia & New Zealand Krypton Factor 1987 final. The International title was won by Alison Heath, and the trophy was presented by Fatima Whitbread. Each player was shown a picture pertaining to a specific category, and had ten seconds to identify the subject of the picture for ten points. Afterward, three toss-up questions were asked pertaining to the set of four pictures, and all players used the buttons on their chairs to buzz in, but only the first player to do so could answer. A correct answer was worth five points, but an incorrect answer cost a player two points. Two sets of pictures were played in this manner. From Gordon Burns: "Are you all ready, contestants? The test starts... now," (at the beginning of Intelligence) and "That's it - the end of the round, the end of the contest..." (or "That's it - the end of the round, but not the end of the contest!" if two or more contestants were level at the end of General Knowledge). Sound Proof Booth: Only headphones were used in Burns' run, it is replaced by a booth known as the Kube in the Ben Shephard version. The Krypton Factor is a British game show produced by Granada for broadcast on ITV. The show originally ran from September 7, 1977 to November 20, 1995, and was hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on Mondays at 7pm.