Hurdles (pricing game)
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Hurdles was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. It was played for a large prize worth more than $1,000, and used grocery items.
Gameplay
The contestant was shown a grocery item and its price, which was displayed next to a mechanical hurdler; as such, the price was called the "hurdler's price."The contestant is then shown three groups of two grocery items. Each group contains one item that is priced below the "hurdler's price," while the other was more expensive. The contestant had to guess which of the two was the less expensive item from each group; flags marked each item the contestant chose.
After all three pricing questions were played, host Bob Barker (or sometimes, the contestant) fired a gun into the air, which started the hurdler across the gameboard. If the chosen item from each group was indeed lower than the "hurdler's price," that hurdle was cleared.
The game ended in one of two ways:
- Clearing all three hurdles – i.e., guessing all three pricing questions correctly – and winning the game.
- Choosing an item from any group whose price was higher than the "hurdler's price." This caused the hurdler to crash (denoted by a "CRASH" or "OOPS" graphic flashing across the TV screen) and immediately ending the game in a loss.
Trivia
- Hurdles's music cue was the "William Tell Overture."
Retirement
- Hurdles was played from 1976 to 1983. While played frequently throughout its time in The Price Is Right rotation, the game was prone to mechanical failure. Often, the hurdle components were not in sync with the runner, and sometimes failed to work at all. These constant breakdowns led to Hurdles's demise.
See also
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