Cash Cab

A quiz show on the Discovery channel set in New York City where people who hail the Cash Cab get a chance to win money by answering a series of trivia questions as they move toward their destination.

The questions are first worth $25 apiece then doubled to $50 and then to $100. A missed question results in a strike. Three strikes, and all money is lost as well as the players being evicted on the spot.

If the players are stumped, they have two "shout-outs" similar to the lifelines of Millionaire. One involves calling someone for the answer, and the other is asking someone on the street.

If the players make it to their destination, they are either given a choice to either take the money or risk it all for double on a video question.

Broadcast
Discovery Channel 2005-Present

Hosts
Ben Bailey

Inventor
Based on the British version by Adam Wood