Raid the Cage
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Shy Barmeli Ori Dror |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| Original language(s) | Hebrew |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
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| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | United Studios of Israel Sony Pictures Television |
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| Original network | Channel 2 (Reshet) |
| Original release | January 4, 2013 – June 23, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | reshet |
Raid the Cage or Kluv Hazahav, (Hebrew: כלוב הזהב), is an Israeli game show, where couples complete trivia and physical challenges to haul prizes from a gigantic cage before the doors slam shut. The original version aired on Channel 2 (Reshet), and hosted by Avi Kushnir. The show distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television International.
Contestants in a pair face nine different rounds. One partner answers trivia questions on various topics, each question is worth a certain time in a cage with various prizes. The purpose of the challenger is to answer all nine questions and successfully complete the game, while providing maximum time to the partner each round to get as many prizes as possible.
Existing in a cage with various prizes in different price levels. One constestant answers the trivia questions and the other collects the prizes from the cage according to the time given for each correct answer. The host asks the player the trivia questions, each question has four answers. The player should choose what is the correct answer for the displayed question. If the player is correct, The prize space opens immediately (cage) and the second contestant can run in and start collecting the prizes. He can choose between prizes he can take immediately or those that require more complex challenge than collecting. The player has two options: to answer the question immediately, or use one of the lifelines.
There are two lifelines:
In Certain stages, there is a strategic consultation between the couple, and they can consult the prize to be collected by them and advise the contestant which does a mission on which method to take, but the moment the question is asked, the contestants should not talk or hint each other, until the cage gate opens. To win and earn all the cage, the contestant must answer the nine questions, which will earn prizes, and answer the tenth question with the other contestant (Cage Question) and then win the entire contents of the cage.
From the sixth question the contestants can retire from the game. Both contestants have two options: retire from the game with all the prizes they have gotten to that point or continue the game and answer the next question. Both contestants can consult the option they choose.
There are two situations in which two contestants lose all prizes: one where the contestant answers trivia questions wrong response and the other where the winning contestant who collects the cage does not come out at the end of the time left to him out of the cage.
For great prizes like a new car, tickets to Europe and appliances, the contestants have various tasks (in original version and some foreign versions):
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