The Cardiac Zone

***The Cardiac Zone*** is a Transmanian television hybrid quiz/game show which combined elements of *The Weakest Link*, *Greed*, *The Chair* and *Russian Roulette*. The format features a team of five contestants working together by answer trivia questions while keeping their heart rates under control at a constant level in order to share prize money that rises with each correct answer standing within "The Cardiac Zone" but in the end of the game, only one of them will have the chance to walk away with a top prize of up to Đ100,000 in the final round. It's the only thing they can truly trust is their own wits, knowledge, courage, mind, body, greed and and their heart.

## Gameplay

Before the game, prospective contestants underwent extensive medical examination before appearing. They were given intelligence tests and had their heart monitored for two hours, among other diagnostic procedures to see how they would react to sudden surprises. If they were declared fit, they moved on to the contest.

Each episode features a team of five contestants, one being a team captain, who compete to win a maximum jackpot.

The main game is played in several rounds and a bonus round. The As captain of the team, he or she must have responsibilities to whether they can keep their team's heart rate under control to take his or her team during the game. The host will pull the lever of the mechanism to start the game and the team of contestants are given Đ1,000. There are also displays of the contestants' heart rates on the screen during the game. The team's heart rate was continuously measured throughout the game and compared to a "Danger Cardiac Zone" threshold. This value started at 70% above the team's resting heart rate, and it will be reduced by 5% of the team's resting heart rate (with a maximum redline threshold of between 110% for the final round). For example, a team member with a resting heart rate of 80 would have an initial redline threshold of 136 (170% of the resting rate, respectively), which would drop by 5%. In the first round, there are five contestants who will attempt to answer multiple-choice trivia questions. The host first reads the question and then follows with the three answers. Money was subtracted from the team's total for every second that their heart rates exceeded the "Danger Cardiac Zone" value. In addition, they were ineligible to give an answer during this time; only while the heart rate was no higher than the threshold number could an answer be given. Between questions, or while a question was being asked, mostly carried no penalty; the penalty went into effect after the whole question had been read.

Contestants take turns to decide between two choices: Play or Challenge. Should they choose to Play, and will then have to answer the question within the time limit, every time the contestant exceeds the team's danger cardiac zone, the contestant will not answer the question until their heart rate slows down. Should they choose to Challenge, they may select one of the other teammates, who will then answer the question within the time limit and may not answer the question until their heart returns back to the Cardiac Zone. The process is then repeated with three additional questions. The first question is worth Đ500, with subsequent questions increasing by that amount, up to Đ2,000 for the fourth question. The second round is conducted in the same manner, with each question having three possible answers. Question values begin at 2,500 dollands and increase by that amount, up to 7,500 dollands for the third question. If there was tie for the lowest score, a tiebreaker determined which contender will be eliminated. The lowest scoring contestant who ran out of money for exceeding the danger cardiac zone at the end of each round will be eliminated.