The franchise of You Don't Know Jack began with popular CD-ROM-based trivia games for computers in 1996.

After up to three questions were played, round one ended with a mini-round called the "DisOrDat", which had a similar format to the computer games.

During this time, the value continued to decrease; it would typically be under $200 when he finally finished reading the question.

Always popping up in this round was a question worth $3,000 under the category of "Things That Sound Dirty but Aren't."

They had 30 seconds to solve the problem using a dry-erase board and marker; during their thinking time, they would be distracted by such things as a crying baby, a mariachi band, and children poorly playing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star on violins.

At the end of this question, the contestant with the lowest cash score was eliminated from the game, while the other two moved onto the "Jack Attack".

The eliminated contestant received a consolation prize and would usually be seen on camera disappearing via a CGI effect (often exploding in a cloud of flames).

The show received a mixed review from Tom Jicha of the South Florida Sun Setinel, who wrote, "The goal is clearly summertime fun, and Jack hits the mark.

Nevertheless, it's hard to imagine a show so slight becoming this off-season's Millionaire or even impressing enough to win a berth in the regular season lineup.