TriBond

TriBond is an unsold game show pilot, produced in 2002.

Host
Graham Elwood

Gameplay
Three contestants compete in this word association game in which players have to identify the common bond shared by three items.

Round 1
For each question, Elwood displays three items on the game screen. The first player to ring in with the correct bond earns 50 points.

Round 2
For each question, Elwood displays the first two items in a TriBond, followed by three choices for the last. The first player to ring in and correctly complete the TriBond earns 100 points. At the end of this round, the lowest scorer is eliminated, and the two other players advance to the third round.

Round 3
For each question, Elwood displays a pyramid. At the top is the first item in a TriBond, on the middle level are two choices for the second item, and on the bottom are three choices for the third item. The player who rings in selects one item from each level, and tells what they have in common. If correct, she earns 150 points. At the end of this round, the higher-scoring player advances to the bonus round for a chance at $10,000.

Bonus round
In the bonus round, the player is given 45 seconds to complete as many of seven TriBond puzzles as possible. At the end of that time, three of the correctly guessed bonds are revealed as members of another TriBond. Correctly guessing the final TriBond is worth $10,000.

YouTube video

 * Complete pilot