Opening Spiels[]
PILOT SPIEL:
"MARTINDALE: Hello, I'm Wink Martindale. Remember when Tonto called The Lone Ranger Kemosabe? Most people thought he was saying trusty scout. Here's a fun piece of trivia, in the Navajo language Kemosabe actually translates as soggy shrub. (laughter) I've got lots more fascinating trivia today so let's begin, come on".
WEST: It's time to test your Trivia IQ, as we play the World's most popular trivia new game, Trivial Pursuit. Today's returning champion is Deborah Varmit, a physical therapist from Virginia Beach, Virginia who has already won over $30,000 in cash and prizes. Today, she will defend her title against Jeff Campbell, a weather stripper from Mission Hills, California and Jennifer Wallace, an opera singer from Reno, Nevada. And here's your host, Wink Martindale!"
INTERACTIVE SPIEL: "Today, these (nine/twelve) players and you at home will test your Trivia IQ, as we play Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game. And here's the star of the show, Wink Martindale!"
CLASSIC SPIEL: "It's time to test your Trivia IQ, as we play/on the World's most popular trivia game, Trivial Pursuit. And here's the star of the show, the man who (insert funny fact), Wink Martindale!"
REST OF SPIEL (Interactive Game): "Thank you Randy West. Hello, everybody and welcome to Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game."
REST OF SPIEL (Classic Game): "Thank you, Randy West. Hello, everybody and welcome to the new/television version of Trivial Pursuit." You know, (insert various quotes of himself, his wife Sandy, or his relatives of the funny fact mentioned by announcer in the opening spiel), so I'm something of an expert of (insert various fact). Did you know, (insert various fact question)? (Insert various answer facts)."
Catchphrases[]
Interactive Game[]
"This show is very unique, because not only the players in the studio compete, but several times during the course of the show, you (folks) at home will have a chance to win prizes by playing the game that's very similar to the one playing here in the studio.
- All you need is your/a touch-tone (tele)phone, and at the end of the day, one home player will win this fabulous vacation to where, Randy? (Randy announcing vacation to the home winner on Friday)." - Wink Martindale (about Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
- (Phone sounds). WINK: All you need is a touch-tone phone. And Playbreak Winners will compete in a Playoff for this car. RANDY WEST: It's a brand-new Ford Explorer. The best selling utility vehicle in America at Ford quality is job one. Have you driven a Ford lately?" - Wink Martindale (about Trivial Pursuit Playbreak winners competing in a playoff for 1994 Ford Explorer during Trivial Pursuit Marathon from January 1, 1994)
- (Phone sounds). All you need is a touch-tone phone, and if you like playing Trivial Pursuit, you'll love The Family Channel's two new interactive games Boggle and Shuffle. Two new games to play, two new games to win. It all starts March 7th right here on FAM." - Wink Martindale (promoting two new interactive games Boggle and Shuffle starting March 7, 1994 during Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game reruns from February to March 1994)
"WINK: So stick around for that. In the meantime, let's say hello to these nine/twelve players in the studio today. Hello/Hi, players! CONTESTANTS: Hi/Hello, Wink!/(Insert various greetings to Wink)!" - Wink Martindale (when he says hello to nine/twelve players)
"Those nine/twelve players will be competing today to become one of the three contestants on Trivial Pursuit (The Classic Game), following this Interactive Game. And we wanna wish you all good luck." - Wink Martindale
"We're about to start Round 1. I'm gonna be asking 5 multiple-choice questions, we always start a question by showing you the four possible choices. For example: (insert four choices followed by a question). Once I start asking you the question, you'll have 10 seconds to punch in your answer by pressing a number on your keypad which corresponds to the answer. For example: (insert correct answer). All you have to do is push this number on your keypad. Each question is worth up to 1,000 points. And the faster you punch in with a correct answer, the more points you score. After I asked 5 questions, the six players with a highest scores will move on to Round 2." - Wink Martindale (explaining how Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game is played)
"There's one question left, and remember, you must have one of the top six scores to move on to Round 2." - Wink Martindale (on the final question in Round 1 of Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
"We have to say goodbye to six/three of our players, but we do have some nice parting gifts and our thanks for playing Interactive Trivial Pursuit." - Wink Martindale saying goodbye to the losing contestants after Round 1 of Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game
"We hope you had fun playing our game at home. All of today's Playbreak Winners will get to compete later in the day for a fabulous vacation getaway. If you didn't get a chance to play at that time for whatever reason, we'll be coming up in another Playbreak right after this round/Round 2." - Wink Martindale (thanks to home players playing Interactive Trivial Pursuit Playbreak before Round 2 of Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
"I have five more questions for the studio players. After that, we'll be down to our three winners who will get to compete on Trivial Pursuit: The Classic Game which follows this Interactive Game. Okay, all of our players' scores are back to zero. (It's like starting all over again/from scratch.) Here's the first of our five questions." - Wink Martindale (at the start of Round 2 of Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
"Here's the final/last question of the contest. This will determine the three winners, who will go on and play (Classic) Trivial Pursuit (, The Classic Game)." - Wink Martindale (on the final question in Round 2 of Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
WINK: "Our computer is [now] adding your scores to determine who will get to play on Trivial Pursuit (The Classic Game). Our qualifiers are… (insert three Interactive Game winners' name, occupation and state). Congratulations to all three of you. We have to say goodbye to the other three, but we do have some nice parting gifts for you and here's Randy what you're gonna get." RANDY: "(Insert prize for the three Interactive Game losers)." - Wink Martindale (to reveal the top three Interactive Game qualifiers for Trivial Pursuit: The Classic Game after saying goodbye to losing contestants after Round 2 of Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
WINK: "We hope you had fun playing our game at home. All of today's Playbreak Winners will get to compete later in the day for a fabulous vacation getaway. And to (insert three Interactive Game winners), Congratulations, you'll get to play Trivial Pursuit (The Classic Game)/Classic Trivial Pursuit following this program. And for winning the Interactive Game, you'll get this prize. Randy?" RANDY: "(Insert prize for the three Interactive Game winners)." WINK: "Watch for (insert three Interactive Game winners) when they compete for (even) more cash and prizes on Trivial Pursuit (The Classic Game) coming up later. We'll be back with another game for those of you at home right after this." - Wink Martindale (thanks to home players playing a second Interactive Trivial Pursuit Playbreak before recapping the three Interactive Game winners who will play Trivial Pursuit: The Classic Game later)
"We hope you had fun playing our game at home. All of today's Playbreak Winners will get to compete later in the day for a fabulous vacation getaway. And if you haven't played today, there are (even) more Playbreaks coming up." - Wink Martindale (thanks to home players playing a third Interactive Trivial Pursuit Playbreak before the closing of the first half of Trivial Pursuit)
"Don't forget to watch our three studio winners as they get to compete for cash and prizes on Trivial Pursuit (The Classic Game) coming up a little later. I'm Wink Martindale, thanks for being with us, and we'll see you next time. Goodbye, everybody." - Wink Martindale (saying goodbye to the first half of Trivial Pursuit)
Classic Game[]
"Here's how we play the game. Throughout the game, you'll be answering questions in six categories. Every time you answer a question, you'll earn money and light up a wedge in the pie in front of you. Light up all six wedges, and you'll get a chance to double your money with a Bonus Question. The player with the most money at the end of the game wins, and gets to play the Ultimate Trivia Challenge for (insert trip). In this round, correct answers are worth $200. All incorrect answers will cost you $200. The Round is over when the time's up buzzer sounds." - Wink Martindale (explaining how the game of Trivial Pursuit in the 1993 Pilot is played)
"We have lots more trivia to cover today, and to help us we have three contestants, who'll be answering questions and competing for chance to play our Bonus Game for our fabulous vacation/trip to (insert Trip). Here's how we play: Each of our players has a game pie in front of them. The object of the game is the first player to light up all six colors of their pie (just like that). They do that by answering questions from categories that match those colors, and it takes two questions to fully light up a color. Our Round 1 Questions will be General Trivia and the categories are Geography, Entertainment, History, Art & Literature, Science & Nature, and Sports & Leisure." - Wink Martindale (explaining how the game of Trivial Pursuit is played)
"(Name), you're going to start us off by choosing/selecting the first category. After that, I'm gonna ask you a question. Get it right, you'll light up a wedge in your pie. Get it wrong, and your opponents/either (insert opponents) can steal that wedge with a correct answer." - Wink Martindale
"We're out of categories, which means that's the end of our First Round/Round 1. Before we take a break, let's find out more about our contestants." - Wink Martindale (to interview contestants before going into a commercial)
"We'll be back with Round 2, where the categories change, but the trivia keeps on coming. (Don't go away/Right after this.)" - Wink Martindale (at the start of commercial break before Round 2)
"Welcome back to Trivial Pursuit, everybody, we're gonna start Round 2 and all of the questions in this round related to the Movies/Television/T.V., and the categories are Settings, Titles, Off Screen, On Screen, Productions, and Portrayals/Classics, Sitcoms, Drama, Kids & Games, Stars, and Wild Card. Also, there are three Bonus Questions in this round, where players can earn some extra cash/money, as well as an extra piece of the pie/wedge." - Wink Martindale (about Round 2 questions)
"That's the last of our Movie/Television/T.V./Round 2 questions. Let's move on (to Round 3) with six new categories and they are…/Our next set of questions (in this round) all related to (insert decade of the Century). And the categories are… Personalities, Entertainment, In the News, Around the World, Sports & Leisure, and Wild Card/People and Places, Entertainment, History, Science & Nature, Sports & Leisure, and Wild Card/Personalities, Entertainment, Headlines, Music, Sports & Leisure, and Wild Card/People & Places, Good Times, Science & Technology, Art & Culture, Natural World, and Games & Hobbies/World of Places, World of Music, World of People, World of Fantasy, World of Science, and World of Leisure/Products & Progress, Sports & Leisure, History, Personalities, Entertainment, and Wild Card." - Wink Martindale (about the second half of Round 2 questions [usually Round 3])
"You picked a Bonus Question. Get this right, you'll get a chance to pick up an extra wedge plus $100." - Wink Martindale (when a contestant gets the Bonus Question category)
"That's the end of Round 2/3. Let's recap the scores. (Insert three contestants' scores based on how many wedges needed to win). Anything can happen in our Final Round/Round 3. I'll explain it to you right after we take this break." - Wink Martindale (at the start of the commercial break before the Final Round)
"Welcome back to Trivial Pursuit, everybody. We've come to our (Third and) Final Round, and once again, we'll be playing our Basic Categories, the ones from Round 1/the First Round. I'm gonna start this round by asking a question to all three of you (insert three names). The first player to answer correctly takes/gets control of the board/game. Which/That means you can keep picking/choosing/selecting categories and answering questions until you get one wrong/miss one, at which point either of your opponents can jump in and take control of the board/game away. The first player to fill his/her pie wins the game, along with $500, and a chance to play our Bonus Game for an additional $1,000 and a trip/vacation to (insert trip)." - Wink Martindale (explaining how the Final Round is played)
"That sound means we have one minute to play in the game. When that minute is up, if no one has yet completely filled their pie, the player with the most lighted wedges wins. Good luck to everybody/all." - Wink Martindale (whenever there's one minute left during the Final Round)
"Congratulations to you. You've won the game, $500 and this prize, Randy West?" - Wink Martindale (when a contestant wins the game of Trivial Pursuit)
"(Insert losing contestants), we have to say goodbye to you, we do have some nice parting gifts and our thanks for playing Trivial Pursuit." - Wink Martindale (saying goodbye to the losing contestants after the Final Round of Trivial Pursuit)
"I have six questions in each of the six basic categories. I'll ask the first question, get it right, you'll light up a wedge, win $100 and we'll move on to the next category. Get it wrong (or pass), we simply move on to the next category. When we've gone through the first six questions, we'll then go back to questions from the categories you've missed (even if you missed any). (We'll keep asking questions until you light up all six wedges or until the time runs out.) If you light up all six wedges in 45 seconds, you'll win $1,000 and a trip." - Wink Martindale explaining how the Trivial Pursuit Challenge Round is played.
"All you have to do is answer six of these questions correctly in 45 seconds or less. Every time you answer a question we light up a wedge of your pie." - Wink Martindale (shortened variation of Trivial Pursuit Challenge Round rules)
"Let's put 45 seconds on the clock and here is your first question. (Good luck.)" - Wink Martindale at the start of the Trivial Pursuit Challenge Round
Audience Game[]
"WINK: Now we have some extra time to play the game. So we've invited a member from our studio audience to join us on stage and play the game for a couple of minutes. Randy, who do we have as our player? RANDY: Wink, we're looking for (insert audience member)! (Insert audience member), you've been selected to play Trivial Pursuit! - Wink Martindale (whenever there's extra time left, an audience member comes up on stage to play Trivial Pursuit)
"Now (insert audience member), I have a bunch of/five trivia questions. I'll show you four possible answers, and then I'll ask you a question. For each correct answer, I'll give you $20. I'll keep asking questions until I reached (a maximum of) five, or until we run out of time." - Wink Martindale (explaining to the audience member about multiple choice questions, much like the Interactive Game portion of the show)
Playbreak[]
"(phone sounds) Take a Trivial Pursuit Playbreak with Wink Martindale!" - Randy West (when it's time for the Trivial Pursuit Playbreak during the Family Channel game block in 1993)
"(phone sounds) That sound means now it's time to play at home. Those of you at home." - Wink Martindale (when it's time for the Trivial Pursuit Playbreak during Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game)
WINK: "(Well,) we're counting down to another exciting Trivial Pursuit Playbreak, where you can win (some great/fabulous/terrific) one of these prizes. (Randy?) (RANDY: "(insert prizes for home viewer) or today's Featured Prize (insert prize for home viewer). Today's Playbreak Winners will compete in the Playoff later today for our grand prize, (insert trip for home viewer)). And to/So join in the fun, pick up your phone now and call the number on your screen, (it's) 1-900-933-9988 before the/our call-in countdown reaches zero. It (only) costs $4.98 to play, now it's your turn to be on a game show/and if you ever want to be a game show contestant, now you (can) play right from your own home/den or your own living room/why not now? (Play from your own home.) Call now, it's easy. I'll ask you five multiple-choice questions (, just like I did for our studio players,), you'll have 10 seconds to (enter your) answer by pressing the correct number on your touch-tone phone. The caller with the highest score combining the most correct answers in the shortest amount of time is the winner/wins." RANDY: "Today's Featured Prize (insert prize for home viewer). Today's Playbreak Winners will compete in our weekly Playoff for (insert trip for home viewer). (And all Playbreak winners will also get to compete in our special car playoff to win a 1994 Ford Explorer. Have you driven a Ford lately?/If you're having fun playing Trivial Pursuit, be sure to watch for our new interactive games, Boggle and Shuffle. Coming to you/soon on FAM.)" WINK: "(Hey,) it's (a lot of) fun and you can be a winner (too) and there's still time to call, but don't forget, you do need a touch-tone phone, (and) you you've got to be at least 18 (to play). Call now. (Well,) our call-in countdown is almost over, (but don't forget, you (do) need a touch-tone phone, (and) you must/you've got to be at least 18 (to play). We'll be right back to play our game (with you [at home]) (right) after this)." - Wink Martindale (telling home viewers about the Trivial Pursuit Interactive Playbreak during the Family Channel game block commercial in 1993)
"Well, our players are on-line/Okay, our phone players are all ready, (so) let's get started/begin the game. (Here we go. Good luck.)" - Wink Martindale (when the players are on the phone line at the start of the Trivial Pursuit Interactive Playbreak during the Family Channel game block in 1993)
"(Hey,) thanks (to all our) players. And (by the way, stay tuned,) the winner of this Playbreak will be announced in just a few minutes. And don't forget/remember, there are lots of/10 daily Playbreaks (daily) where you can (really) play and win. (We'll see you later./So stay tuned.)" - Wink Martindale (when the Playbreak winner is announced in just a few minutes at the end of the Trivial Pursuit Interactive Playbreak during the Family Channel game block in 1993)
Playoff[]
"It's time for Trivial Pursuit Playoff with your host Wink Martindale!" (when it's time for Trivial Pursuit Playoff on Fridays after Monty Hall's Let's Make a Deal)
"Thank you, Randy (West). Hello/Hi, everybody. All this week/week long, our home players competing for prizes in our daily Playbreaks. Now, the winners of the Playbreaks are on the line and ready to play/compete for a grand prize vacation getaway for two. Randy, tell us where will be flying today's winner and their guest? RANDY: (insert vacation to the home winner for Friday's Playoff). WINK: Here's how we play. The Playoff game is very similar to Playbreaks. I'll be asking our players five multiple-choice questions. They'll answer by pressing the correct number on your touch-tone phone. The player with the highest score combining the most correct answers in the shortest amount of time will be this week's Trivial Pursuit Playoff Champion and the winner of this fabulous grand prize vacation getaway. So players, get ready, and good luck to all of you. Let's begin/get started." - Wink Martindale (explaining the Playbreak home winners how Trivial Pursuit Playoff is played on Fridays after the Family Channel game block has ended)
"WINK: Everybody at home punched/locked in, and let's see how well they are doing thus far? COMPUTER: (recapping the scores after each question in the Playoff)" - Wink Martindale (telling the Playbreak home winners how well they played the Trivial Pursuit Playoff after each question)
"WINK: That's it. Our computer is now adding your scores and find out who today's Trivial Pursuit Playoff winner is. COMPUTER: Congratulations to (insert Playoff winner; from [City, State]) You've won (insert grand prize vacation getaway)! WINK: Congratulations to our Playoff winner. Remember, keep watching Trivial Pursuit Playbreaks to win prizes like this. I'm Wink Martindale, thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time." - Wink Martindale (when the Trivial Pursuit Playoff winner is announced on a Friday Playoff)
Tagline[]
"We hope you had fun playing Trivial Pursuit. I'm Wink Martindale, thanks for being with us, and we'll see you next time. Good-bye everybody." - Wink Martindale (saying goodbye)