The Diamond Head Game

Aside from special weeks of various game shows taped in Hawaii, "The Diamond Head Game" remains the only game show based in the 50th state (the show was actually shot on the island of Oahu) ; the show itself took place on a specially constructed set, complete with four "islands" and a "Money Volcano." Eight contestants competed, each island having two contestants. In a series of four best-of-three rounds, Eubanks asked the contestants general knowledge questions; the first contestant to get two points, earned through correct answers or opponents' incorrect answers, won a prize and became that island's "representative" to "climb Diamond Head" (the on-stage "volcano"), played after all four islands' representatives were determined. The contestants stand at the foot of the three-step Diamond Head; Eubanks reads a question with 12 possible answers. The contestants alternate giving answers until either an incorrect answer is given, an answer is repeated or someone doesn't answer; that ...