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What is … something new and something blue?
However, its a bit tricky and requires some foresight from those behind the lectern.
Heres how it works: There are three correct responses, with each contestant required to contribute one.
If the team completes every step, terrific, they now get a lot of points.
For example, lets say the clue requires a team to name the threeInvisible Touchera Genesis members.
You got all that?
We really felt that we needed to introduce one new feature for this show,executive producer Michael Daviesexplained.
So we decided, Okay, why dont we open it up?
Another team can steal, and that way itll have a longer life.
Then its a great reward, Dorman added, if all three people get it.
What Davies and Dorman didnt anticipate, however, was how the contestants responded in real time.
It was immediately clear that teams didnt have a strategy for this, Dorman said.
(Nobody has turned to their teammates to shout no!
just yet, which would, in our opinion, be a swiftly effective strategy.)
Davies sees a correlation between Triple Plays success and the competitions subsequent champions.
It had a motivational effect for the team that got it right, he noted.
And no one is objecting to the boards newest rectangle.
I must say, before Triple Play was selected the first time, I was terrified.
But it was broadly accepted and enjoyed.
I didnt hear anyone complaining.
