Patent ID: 8303413

Claim:
In a live broadcast game show managed by a live host, a method for allowing the live host to alter the game play, comprising the steps of: (a) presenting a first round of trivia questions to a featured player and other players competing against the featured player, said first round of trivia questions are associated with a first subject matter; (b) monitoring periodically throughout the first round of trivia questions the total number of other players participating in the live broadcast game show; (c) displaying to the live host the total number of other players participating in the live broadcast game; (d) determining that the other players are losing interest in the live broadcast game show, said determining includes determining that a predetermined reduction in the total number of other players participating in the game show has occurred; (e) transmitting a notification to the live host by the processor indicating that the other players are losing interest in the live broadcast game show in response to determining that the predetermined reduction in the total number of other players has occurred; (f) displaying a second round of trivia questions to the live host when the predetermined reduction in the number of other players participating in the game show occurs, wherein the second round of trivia questions are associated with a second subject matter different than the first subject matter associated with the first round of trivia questions, wherein step (f) of displaying the second round of trivia questions comprises the steps of: (i) displaying to the live host new trivia question groups when the predetermined reduction in the number of other players has occurred; and (ii) prompting the live host to choose one of the new trivia question groups displayed in step (f)(i); (g) selecting by the live host at least one of the second round of trivia questions displayed in step (f); and (h) providing the at least one trivia question selected by the live host in step (g) to the featured player and the other players.