2 Minute Drill

A show on ESPN based on a popular UK game show.

Season 1 Three players competed. The show featured a four athlete/celebrity panel.

For each contestant's turn, they would be given 2:00 to answer sports trivia questions and would have a choice of 4 categories (each represented by a member of the panel), each containing 5 questions. If a contestant got a question right in any category, they could continue to play it or pick another category, but an incorrect answer or a pass forced them to pick another category (although they could go back to it at any time, provided there were still questions left in it). Each correct answer was worth one point, and one bonus point was awarded if the contestant swept the category (got all 5 right), for a maximum of 24 first round points.

The lowest scorer at the end of the first round was eliminated.

Seasons 2 and 3 Two players competed as opposed to three.

For each contestant's turn, again, they would be given 2:00 to answer sports trivia questions from 4 categories. This time, however, contestants would pick an athlete/celebrity, and they would read all of their questions (in their entirety), regardless of whether or not the contestant missed one along the way. The contestant could only select another celebrity after the current celebrity's questions were completed. In addition, each category had only 4 questions in it as opposed to 5, but bonuses were still awarded for sweeping a category; 20 points was the maximum possible first round score.

Because there were only two players, nobody is eliminated at the end of the round.

Round 2 This time, the categories and picks were eliminated, and the questions were originally fired off by the panel and Kenny Mayne, from left to right (Mayne being in the middle); from Season 2 on, however, only the panel asked questions (once again, contestants had to listen to the questions in their entirety before answering). The same 2:00 was given.

Whoever had the highest score after this round won $5,000, an "ESPN Experience", and advanced to the bonus round.

Bonus round The winner would get a question (usually with more than one part) in a category that they chose as their area of expertise. In the second and third seasons, Mayne called it the "Question of Great Significance." Answering it correctly doubled what they won in the front game.

Also in the second and third seasons, to heighten the dramatic effect for the question, every light in the studio was turned out except for those focused on Mayne and the contestant, and the panel's table was moved off to the back of the set so the contestant would only be focused on the host.

Broadcast
ESPN 2000-2001

Host
Kenny Mayne

Inventor
Based on the UK game show Mastermind by Bill Wright