Quizfire: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Five candidates sat next to each other in a semi-circle on chairs, which, when a candidate was eliminated, were automatically lowered into the basement of the studio after a visible "buzzer" press from the presenter, thus "sinking" the candidate. The questions came from a wide variety of subject areas and were mostly of a solvable nature.

First, each of the five candidates was asked two open questions, with which they could earn one light for the main round for each correct answer. This began with an open question for everyone, which the fastest candidate was able to answer. If they answered correctly, they were allowed to choose a teammate who then had to answer the next question. Three possible answers were then given, one of which was correct. This round was played until one of the candidates answered incorrectly. One of their lights then went out, or if all the lights went out, the contestant was eliminated. The round then continued with an open question to the remaining candidates.

If three candidates were eliminated within a certain time, the final was held between the last two remaining candidates. Otherwise, the main round was ended and open questions were put to everyone. The first two candidates to answer a question correctly then played the final.

This was played in best-of-five mode with open questions, i.e. the first person to answer three questions correctly won the final.

Series details

• Title: Quizfire
• Format: Game Show
• Language: German
• Premiere date: 2001-04-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-04-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sat.1
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Joyn
• Network country: Germany
• Typical episode runtime: 23 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 85773
• IMDb ID: tt1173675

Cast and credited roles

• Meinert Krabbe — Host
• Sebastian Deyle — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-04-02; final listed air date 2001-04-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from Quizfire on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.