His dad dumped them on the table without ever looking through them, but he did. When he was nine, his father went to a bicycle trade show and brought home a bag of flyers. Long before he was a TV game show star, Rasmussen was a triathlete. 'It's right up there with racing in Montreal,' he says. Junior even made it across all four balls, which is a triumph of the human spirit and a high point of his athletic career. Seven years ago, the Ancaster native and his dad - also John - travelled to Argentina to compete in the Canadian version of the game. 'I like to think I'm a little more grown up since then,' he says. Especially the parts where the commentators teased him about his then-skinny physique and his allegedly sputtering love life. John Rasmussen bursts out laughing despite his dream being shattered that this part of his past wouldn't be remembered. Was he once a contestant on that rather silly TV game show, 'Wipeout'? Y'know, the one with the mud and the water and the big red balls? If they succeed, they win the game and a car.Before launching into a deep discussion about what he's up to today, one thing needs to be sorted out. The player has 30 seconds to find all six correct answers. The Bonus round has 12 answers, 6 correct and 6 incorrect. The winner who wins the two Challenge rounds moves on to the Bonus round. The one winning the bid must answer the number of questions he or she has bid. The players take turns bidding on the number of of answers that they believe that they can choose correctly until they are challenged. A wipeout will cause all their money to be lost including any money won on the 'Hot Spot'.Įach Challenge round has 12 answers, 8 correct and 4 incorrect. There is a 'Hot Spot' prize behind one of the correct answers which adds additional money to the player's winnings. The objective is to choose all 11 correct answers ($25 increments) without choosing a wipeout (incorrect answer). There are 16 answers displayed on the board, 11 correct and 5 incorrect. Wipeout is based on an American TV game show of the same name, televised during the late 1980's.

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