The Rich List (New Zealand game show)


The Rich List was a New Zealand television game show, which debuted on 23 June 2007 and aired on TV One. The show was hosted by Jason Gunn and produced by Imagination Television.
Three seasons aired before it was cancelled in 2008.

How the game works

Two teams containing two players, who are unknown to each other, play from inside sound proof pods. Then they can discuss and deliberate over answers and tactics with their team mate, without their opponents hearing what their game strategy may be, or how many answers they actually know.
The two teams bid upwards against each other while predicting how many examples of a particular subject they will be able to list. If a team fails to list as many answers as they predicted, the other team wins the round.
The winners of the best of three lists move on to play The Rich List, a new game of list-making where increasing amounts of money are up for grabs, like this:
Right AnswersWinnings
3$5,000
6$10,000
9$15,000
12$25,000
15$50,000

However a wrong answer at any stage means all money for that rich-list is lost. Regardless of whether they win any prize money, as the reigning champions they will return to face new opponents.

Episodes

Episode #Air DateLists
112 June 2007
  • All Black test captains
  • Feature films that Tom Cruise has appeared in
  • Prime Ministers of New Zealand since 1900
  • Streets and stations in classic Monopoly
  • Celebrities that have appeared on New Zealand Dancing with the Stars
  • Gifts given in The Twelve Days of Christmas
  • ABBA singles that have reached top 40 in New Zealand, Australia or United Kingdom
219 June 2007
  • NZ Towns and Cities that Air New Zealand flies to
  • Titles of James Bond feature films
  • National parks of New Zealand
  • Celebrities who have presented an episode of the television series Intrepid Journeys
  • Songs written and released by Crowded House
  • Novels written by Charles Dickens
  • Animal characters that appear in the 'Hairy Maclary' series
    • 326 June 2007
  • Feature films that Julia Roberts has appeared in
  • Teams that competed in the 2007 Wellington Sevens
  • States of the United States of America ending in the letter 'A'
  • Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash singles that have reached Top 50 New Zealand singles chart
  • Capital cities in the European Union
  • Feature films that Russell Crowe has appeared in
    • 43 July 2007
  • Cities which have hosted the Olympic Games
  • Murder weapons, rooms, and characters in the game Cluedo
  • Characters in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • First five-eighth All Blacks since 1980
  • Beatles singles which made the Top 40 charts
  • Plays written by William Shakespeare
  • Rivers in New Zealand longer than 150 km
    • 510 July 2007
  • Nations of the world beginning with 'M'
  • Characters from the Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Stage musicals composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Feature films Robin Williams has appeared in
  • Rugby league teams competing in the 2007 NRL competition
  • Grape varieties grown commercially in New Zealand
  • Hosts of the Academy Awards since 1978
    • 617 July 2007
  • Elvis Presley Billboard top 40 hits
  • Traditional wedding anniversary gifts
  • Teams competing in the 2007 America's Cup
  • Subjects of the New Zealand This Is Your Life television show
  • Books of the New Testament
  • Films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture between 1970 and 2007
  • International airlines whose planes land in New Zealand
    • 724 July 2007
  • Feature films that Brad Pitt has appeared in
  • New Zealand batsmen who have scored over 1000 runs in test cricket
  • New Zealand lakes over 20 square kilometres
  • New Zealand celebrities that have appeared on Treasure Island
  • Songs recorded by Split Enz
  • New Zealand ministers of the Crown
    • 831 July 2007
  • Actors who have won the 'Best Actor' Oscar since 1970
  • New Zealand daily newspapers
  • Letters in the British game of Scrabble worth one point
  • The top 15 new car makes in New Zealand in 2006
  • Countries ending in the letter 'A'
  • Wimbledon men's and women's singles champions since 1970
  • Feature films that Tom Hanks has appeared in
    • 97 August 2007
  • Current member states of the Commonwealth of Nations
  • Elements on the periodic table
  • Maria's favourite things from the song in The Sound of Music
  • Members of Split Enz
  • Feature films directed by Steven Spielberg
  • Countries that played in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
  • Novels written by John Grisham
    • 1014 August 2007
  • Present day countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea
  • Varieties of pasta
  • All Blacks who have played 50 tests or more
  • Animated Disney feature films
  • Current ranks in the New Zealand army
  • Sovereign states with flags that are red, white and blue
    • 1121 August 2007
  • Characters from the original Star Wars trilogy
  • Countries in which New Zealand has diplomatic representation
  • The first twelve people in the line of succession to the throne
  • Finalists from New Zealand Idol
  • Songs by Elton John that have made the Billboard Top 40
  • Mr. Men characters from the children's book by Roger Hargreaves
  • The top 20 grossing movies of all time
    • 1228 August 2007
  • Feature films that Clint Eastwood has appeared in
  • New Zealand bowlers who have taken 50 wickets or more in Test cricket
  • North Island train stations on the main trunk line that the Overlander stops at
  • Countries with the letter 'Z' in their name
  • Flavours of chocolate blocks currently made by Cadbury plc
  • Principal villains from the Batmanmovies and the '60's TV series
  • Tracks on the original Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
  • The top 20 Whitcoulls best books as voted by New Zealanders
    • 134 September 2007
  • 30 countries of the world with the largest land mass
  • Winners for best actress in a leading role at the Academy Awards between 1970 and 2007
  • Characters in the movie
  • Cities that have hosted a Commonwealth or Empire games
  • Michael Jackson hits that made the Billboard Top 10
  • Feature films that Kevin Costner has appeared in
  • Individuals or teams that have won the Halberg Award since 1980
  • Top 18 largest urban centres in Australia by population

    • Controversy

    The episode which aired on Tuesday 8 July 2008 and repeated on Boxing Day 2012 contained an error in the final Rich List which caused the winners to lose the list. The list was "Polygons with up to 20 sides". The list as approved by the show excluded all quadrilaterals except quadrilaterals itself, so triangles and quadrilaterals were the only 18 acceptable polygons that did not end in 'gon'.
    The vagueness of the list as aired on TV1 should have included trapeziums, squares, and other specific polygons.