
Minerva & Friends on The Better Sex
[The Better Sex main theme plays]
Gene Wood: It's men vs. women in a "Battle of the Sexes".
Women or men, which is "The Better Sex"?
Never seen the show, watch this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWovuTPGLhA
The Better Sex was hosted by Sara Purcell and country singer Bill Anderson.
The object of the game was one member of the team in control was asked a question, either general-knowledge or survey. The contestant was then handed a card which contained the correct answer and a bluff answer. The player had to choose which answer to use to try to fool the opposing team/sex. After the contestant made his/her choice, up to three members of the other team decided to either agree or disagree on the answer. Only two could agree or disagree and once they did, the correct answer was then revealed. If the two players made an incorrect judgment, they were knocked out of the game. If they made a correct judgment, they stayed in the game and the player offering the answer was knocked out along with a teammate of the opposing team's choice; additionally, that team took control of the next question.
When a team was down to two players and could not agree whether an answer was correct or a bluff, the second player was given a chance to convince the first that he or she was correct. If they still disagreed with each other, the answer given by the first of the two players was taken.
The first team to eliminate the other team won the game, $1,000 and a chance to play for $5,000.
In the bonus round, the winning team faced 30 members of the opposite sex in the studio audience. One at a time, each team member was asked a question, then was handed a card which showed the correct answer only. The contestant could use that answer or come up with a bluff of his or her own. After the player gave an answer, the audience members then voted to agree or disagree on the answer. Each audience member held a paddle-shaped electronic device which displayed their choice. The correct answer was revealed, and any audience members who voted wrong were eliminated and sat down.
Play continued until all six questions were played. If any audience members were left standing, the team lost and the audience survivors split $500. However, if all 30 audience members were knocked out in six questions or less, the winning team split $5,000.
Teams stayed on the show until they lost twice.
Gene Wood: It's men vs. women in a "Battle of the Sexes".
Women or men, which is "The Better Sex"?
Never seen the show, watch this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWovuTPGLhA
The Better Sex was hosted by Sara Purcell and country singer Bill Anderson.
The object of the game was one member of the team in control was asked a question, either general-knowledge or survey. The contestant was then handed a card which contained the correct answer and a bluff answer. The player had to choose which answer to use to try to fool the opposing team/sex. After the contestant made his/her choice, up to three members of the other team decided to either agree or disagree on the answer. Only two could agree or disagree and once they did, the correct answer was then revealed. If the two players made an incorrect judgment, they were knocked out of the game. If they made a correct judgment, they stayed in the game and the player offering the answer was knocked out along with a teammate of the opposing team's choice; additionally, that team took control of the next question.
When a team was down to two players and could not agree whether an answer was correct or a bluff, the second player was given a chance to convince the first that he or she was correct. If they still disagreed with each other, the answer given by the first of the two players was taken.
The first team to eliminate the other team won the game, $1,000 and a chance to play for $5,000.
In the bonus round, the winning team faced 30 members of the opposite sex in the studio audience. One at a time, each team member was asked a question, then was handed a card which showed the correct answer only. The contestant could use that answer or come up with a bluff of his or her own. After the player gave an answer, the audience members then voted to agree or disagree on the answer. Each audience member held a paddle-shaped electronic device which displayed their choice. The correct answer was revealed, and any audience members who voted wrong were eliminated and sat down.
Play continued until all six questions were played. If any audience members were left standing, the team lost and the audience survivors split $500. However, if all 30 audience members were knocked out in six questions or less, the winning team split $5,000.
Teams stayed on the show until they lost twice.
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I remember the tennis racket-like vote indicators during the audience end game. The "Family Feud" face-off ring-in sound effect was used when the votes from the audience members were tallied.
Goodson-Todmans' "Mindreaders" used a similar men vs. women game play with a team of 3 male contestants and one male celebrity guest captain battled a female team of the same make-up in predicting "yes or no" answers from team members for cash. Short run in 1979 on NBC.
Goodson-Todmans' "Mindreaders" used a similar men vs. women game play with a team of 3 male contestants and one male celebrity guest captain battled a female team of the same make-up in predicting "yes or no" answers from team members for cash. Short run in 1979 on NBC.
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