Ive had an idea for the as live briefing.
It would be similar to mastermind, in that each contestant would pick a specialist subject. These specialist subjects are then put into a hat and drawn out at random by the contestant who's turn it is.
There would be three rounds, the first of which would be a general knowledge buzzer round, and at the end of the round "lifelines" (such as phone a friend, ask an expert.. i havent thought about all of them just yet) would be awarded to the players, with the person with the lowest score getting more.
Not really got an idea for the second round.
The third round would then be the "specialist round" where, one by one, contestants would answer questions to do with the specialist subject that they pulled from the hat, against the clock. If the contestant gets a question wrong, the clock stops and the question is handed over to the other contestants to answer on a buzzer. The lifelines that have been aquired throughout the show would be used in this round, ie, the contestant uld ask an expert if they do not know the answer.
As with all good quiz shows, the winner would be the person with the highest score at the end of the quiz.
I like the idea of people being forced to choose someone else's specialist subject and - as we discussed - this could mean you need to develop some sort of system by which they can 'buy' the expertise of the contestant whose specialist subject they have chosen! Game shows need real clarity in their structure and you need to explore all of the potential pitfalls with the idea e.g. that the specialist subject is so utterly 'niche' that no-one else would have a clue as to the answer! Possibly you could involve an overall expert who sits with research tools at their disposal a la Countdown? Keep working at this and talk through with me any time
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