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the border on the outside of the corresponding monitor and the screen illuminated. Once six monitors were lit, the champion ran and hit a buzzer to lock in the answers. If there were less than six correct, Tomarken told the champion how many he/she had correctly chosen and the champion made changes. The process repeated until all six correct answers were found or time ran out. If the champion managed to find all six answers within the time limit, he/she won the car and retired undefeated. Otherwise, the champion returned until beaten.
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