Example game

Below is a fictitious example game of Venturi, played out to highlight some of the features of the show.

To begin, both contestants are asked random nonsense or “impossible” questions. There are no right answers, but when there is a difference of opinion between the players they each have thirty seconds to defend their answer. Based on these answers, the audience vote who is to become the Contestant and who is to be the Sentinel.

Answering questions

After that, the game commences with 9 questions. The Contestant answers 6 correctly without help, giving 60 points. After each question she uses the virtual panel (see picture) to uncover 10 spheres. She finds 5 winning spheres and 2 losing spheres. She risks an answer ~~on question 7 ~~but is wrong so she receives no points and the Sentinel hides a losing red sphere in the game grid.

She is unsure of the answer to question 8 and asks for a choice between two options. She answers correctly and receives 3 points. She finds no winning spheres and 1 losing sphere. Question 9 she also answers correctly after asking for a choice-of-four answers. The 6 spheres she wins for this question reveal 1 more losing sphere and 2 more winning spheres, taking the total prize money to 50 000.

Walking the studio

The 10 spheres won from the first question are then collected by hand from the studio. The TV audience can see the location of the red and green spheres and can see where the Contestant is in the studio via an on-screen map. After some tense near-misses, she finds a 5th losing sphere and an 8th winning sphere.

At the end of the game she has therefore beaten the Sentinel and the Contestant wins 100 000.