932 contestants compete in the most elaborate and expensive game show to be produced for American Television in 1981. The game begins on the field in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium where several competitions are conducted to eliminate the majority of players and establish 84 survivors. Those contestants then meet at LAX and play one more game to decide who will board a chartered TWA 707 and fly around the world, landing in six cities (Little Rock, Arkansas; Washington, D.C.; London, England; Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Athens, Greece) competing until there are only two finalists. Those two final contestants are returned to Los Angeles to compete on a live segment, while the losing contestants are sent home from each of the cities in which they lost. Craig Powers, from La Canada-Flintridge, California became the Ultra Quiz champion, winning $100,000.