Season 2 • Episode 67
LatestFour contestants compete for up to $100,000 in a hybrid general knowledge quiz-game of chance. They stand on a giant 6-panel roulette board, similar to a chamber of a revolver, where wrong answers could eliminate a player by causing them to drop out of the game – literally.
Production
The actual roulette set design is gloriously unhinged
Editing
Dramatic drop sequences with unnecessary sound effects
Creator
Gunnar Wetterberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's title references Russian roulette but the actual game mechanic is more 'trapdoor trivia' — contestants knew their odds each round.
Russian Roulette arrived during the peak of 'extreme' game shows like Fear Factor, but its trivia-plus-physical-punishment hybrid never found its audience despite the gloriously absurd set.
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