Street Smarts

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STREET SMARTS
The Street Smarts opening title.
Airdates:	Syn. September 2000 - September 2005
Host:	Frank Nicotero
Producers:	Telepictures Productions

Gameplay

Two contestants competed. The first round, entitled "Who Knew It?", required players to correctly predict which of the three pedestrians interviewed by the host gave the correct answer to a question they were asked in a pre-recorded segment. At least one pedestrian gave the answer; during the first season, there were occasions where two of the three passersby were right. A total of three questions were played; each correct prediction netted the player $100.

The second round was called "Who Blew It?". In this round, a question had been asked to two of the three pedestrians: one of them got it right, the other got it wrong. Players now attempted to predict which of the passersby gave the wrong answer for $200 a question. In addition, a dunce cap was placed in between the contestants. If a player felt that his opponent did not know the answer to the question, he could hit a buzzer at his podium and place the dunce cap on his opponent, forcing that player to answer the question. If correct, the player earned $200 and the dunce cap was placed on the first player's head, but if the dunced player got it wrong, the cap stayed on and the first player earned the $200. Again, a total of three questions were asked in this round, with a different combination of pedestrians used on each question.

In the third round, known as "Pick Your Pony", each player selected one of the pedestrians as their subject for the next three questions, with the player who was behind getting the first pick. The host would read a question, and the player would try to predict if the bystander had gotten the question right or wrong, winning $300 for each successful prediction. The dunce cap was in play once again during this round, worth $300 this time.

The final round of the game was called the "Wager of Death". Before the break, the host gave the two players the question he had asked to all three passsersby. Each player would then secretly select one of the three bystanders, a prediction of whether or not the answer given was right or wrong, and how much of the player's score he was willing to wager. A correct prediction added the wager to the player's score; a wrong answer deducted it. The player with the highest score at the end of the round won the game and got to keep the money they had earned. If the game ended in a non-zero tie, a tiebreaker question similar in vein to the dunce cap portion of the game was asked to break the tie. If both players ended with no money, the game ended with no winner.

Notes

• On several occasions, the show held "Revenge" weeks, in which previously interviewed passersby were invited back to the show to compete as in-studio contestants.
• In the show's final season, the day's winner was given the choice to walk away with the money they had earned, or give it back for a berth in the show's Tournament of Champions. The tournament itself was a single-elimination affair, in which each match was played for points instead of dollars. The winner of the tournament received $100,000; everyone else left with nothing.