Patent ID: 7244180

Claim:
A multi-media geography game show providing educational credit allowing real time participation of: contestants, live show audience participants and remote TV viewers connected to Internet, comprising: a. a central projection screen visible to said contestants and audience participants posing a posted question; b. two side screens projecting information relevant to the question, said projected information having in the form of video clips, still images or staged drama; c. timing means for determining time lapsed, to ascertain that a contestant indicates readiness within 4 seconds, and that a question is answered by said contestant, live audience participants and the remote TV audience viewers within 30 seconds; d. recording means for recording the answers provided by said contestants, live show audience participants and remote TV viewers; e. validating means for evaluating the correctness of provided answers; f. rewarding means for providing monetary rewards to said contestants and material rewards to said live show audience participants and remote TV viewers; g. credit issuing means for issuing learning credits to contestants, live show audience participants and remote TV viewers, respectively, wherein said learning credits qualifies a contestant, live show audience or remote TV viewer to sit for an additional examination, to obtain college credits; and h. wherein the participation of each: contestant, live show audience participant and remote TV viewer connected to Internet, collectively, is in real time.