Have you watched Deal or No Deal in America?
Moldova has a version as well. I
enjoy watching it because the host is pretty funny and I can understand close
to 100% of what the host says because he does not mix in Russian while speaking
except for the simple things that I know.
It is interesting because all of the conversations are pretty basic and
the way the host and the participants interact makes it fun to watch and for me
to listen to.
The show itself runs just like the show in the USA. There is a host, participant, participant’s
friends and family and a banker that tries to buy the participant out of the
game by offering different amounts of money throughout the game based on the
odds.
The one difference is in the amount of money given away. This gives you an idea of how far money can
go in Moldova. You have to keep in mind
that since the USA has so many citizens giving away a lot of money is easy if
the show is popular due to commercial income, so you compare the amount like
apples to apples. In the USA you the
most you can win is 1 million US dollars.
In Moldova the most you can win is 250,000 Moldovan lei or a little more
than 12,000 US dollars.
If you want to see some price comparisons, here are a few Moldovan
prices in USD:
Loaf of bread: 0.50
Pack of cigarettes: 0.25 to 1.50
Cheap restaurant meal: 3.00 to
5.00
Half a liter of beer (17 ounces): 1.40
75 mile bus ride: 4.00
Chisinau Inner-city bus: 0.25
Chisinau Inner-city trolleybus:
0.10
Taxi within Chisinau: 2.20 to
7.00
1 Gallon of gasoline: 5.55
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