Two team, one with three members over the age of thirty and the other with three team members under the age of thirty, competed against each other in this trivia quiz show, Trivia Trap.
The first team to earn $1,000 won the game. In round one, four possible answers to a question were shown. Players had to eliminate all the wrong answers. They earned $50 for eliminating the first wrong answer, $100 for eliminating the second, and $300 for eliminating all three. If they chose the answer that was correct, they lost control of the board to their opponents. In round two, teams chose trivia-related categories and tried to answer questions for $50.
The winning team played the trivia ladder for a possible $10,000. The members of the team then played against their own teammates. Four possible answers were shown and a player could play, or pass the first question to his or her partners. A correct answer was worth $1,000. If any of the three players survived the first part of the bonus game, they could try to answer one more trivia question for a possible $10,000.
During its six-month run, some of the trivia games during the main portion of the show were changed.
