Eiger, Mönch and Maier

Eiger, Mönch and Maier was a game show on SF 1 . It ran under the name Eiger, Mönch and Kunz with the moderator Susanne Kunz from February 2001 to February 2005 and was then moderated as Eiger, Mönch and Maier until November 2006 by Anna Maier . The show replaced the Monday evening show Risk .

Sven Epiney worked as an outside reporter from 2001 to 2004 and then Marco Fritsche until 2006 .

game

There were three candidates . All questions had to do with Switzerland . The candidates received starting capital of 500 points.

Swiss map

A location ( town , village , lake , mountain ...) in Switzerland was chosen by random generator . This had to be found within a short period of time using a joystick on a contour map of Switzerland. If the candidate hit the spot accurately, there were 100 points; if it was close, it was 50, 30 or 10 points. If it was too far away, there was nothing.

Swiss connoisseur

A reporter interviewed a passerby somewhere in Switzerland. The film paused before the person replied. The candidate was given four options for the passer-by to answer. If he chose the right one, points were awarded; if he chose the wrong one, points were deducted.

Picture album

A distorted image was seen. This picture was slowly unraveling. If a candidate knew what it was about ( object , celebrity , animal , plant ...), he was allowed to buzz . If his answer was correct, he was allowed to answer a supplementary question in order to receive further points. There were 6 pictures in total.

Where's Sven? / Where's Marco?

The outside reporter was somewhere in Switzerland and gave some tips about his whereabouts. The candidates had to find out where the reporter was. 100 points were awarded for the correct answer, 100 points were deducted for an incorrect answer. Then there were some additional questions about this place.

Celebrity Round

A celebrity was in the studio and asked the candidates five questions about themselves. In the early days of the show, the celebrity had to solve a task and the candidates had to guess whether he could do it or not.

After several rounds, the candidate with the fewest points was eliminated with a sponsorship award. The two remaining candidates played the final.

final

The two candidates were given five subject areas. There were two easy and two difficult questions on each of these topics. The candidate who could achieve more points was allowed to choose a topic for the opponent. He, in turn, could decide whether he wanted an easy or a difficult question. If he could answer his question correctly, he received one or three points. If the answer was wrong, the opponent was allowed to take over. Whoever scored ten points, later twelve, won 10,000 Swiss francs . The loser received 1,000 francs. The winner was allowed to compete again as champion in the next broadcast .