Celebrity Squares

Celebrity Squares is a game of "Noughts & Crosses" with celebrities based on the American hit, Hollywood Squares. It is referred to as "The Big Box Game".

Main Game
The two contestants competing takes turns picking off each of the nine celebrities seated in a great big game board. On each star, the host asked a question to that star afterwhich the star would usually give a crazy answer (classified as a zinger) followed by his/her real answer. After hearing the real answer, the contestant in control decided to either agree, meaning the star is correct, or disagree, meaning the star answered with a bluff. If the contestant's judgment/answer was correct, he/she gets the square and money for that square (hence the phrase "nought/cross gets the square"); if the contestant's judgment/answer was wrong, his/her opponent gets the square but no money unless it would mean a win; when that happens nothing would be placed in that square because a win had to be earned by the contestant in control.

The first player to get three-in-a-row or five squares wins the game and more money for that game.

Scoring
In the first half, correct judgments are worth a minimal amount and game wins were worth more. In the second half, the values are doubled.

While the scoring for the old 70s version is currently unknown, here are the values for the other two versions:

Secret Square
In certain games, one of the squares would be dubbed the "Secret Square". The contestant who picked that square would usually have sounds going off to let the contestant, the star, and everybody else know. Then the star would be asked a special question (usually multiple choice). The star gave an answer but without a zinger and if the contestant can correctly agree or disagree with the star's answer, he/she won a holiday. If the secret square was not revealed in that round, the prize is carried over to the next round, and the secret square is repositioned to a different celebrity.

When time is up, the player with the most money went on to the final round.

Central
In the final round, the winning contestant and Bob stood in front of a display of five cars. He/she was asked a question, the question has at least nine correct answers. His/her job was to give the nine correct answers in 30 seconds or less. If the contestant did that, he/she won one of the five cars. The car won was selected by a randomizer on the game board; the stars' names were replaced by car names. From the second series in 1994, the choice of their car was selected before the final round started and they got a pick of three different categories for their question. On some occasions, if the contestant failed, their cash winnings were doubled as a consolation.

Inventor
Based on the American game show Hollywood Squares.