Operation (game) around the United States. It consists of an "operating table", lithographed with a comic likeness of a patient (nicknamed "Cavity Sam") with a large red lightbulb for his nose. This could be a reference to classic cartoons, where ill characters' noses turn red. In the surface are a number of openings, which reveal cavities filled with fictional and humorously named ailments made of plastic. The general gameplay requires players to remove these plastic ailments with a pair of tweezers without touching the edge of the cavity opening. "Operation" includes two sets of cards: The "Specialist" cards are dealt out evenly
The Edge (game show) one (where, if a rival rolled off the Edge, a player could remain in the game with a deliberately short roll); the cash values have also been altered, now going up to £1300, with landing the Edge in round one now being worth £1500. The concept of requiring two, three and four-part answers in the later rounds has been dropped; all quiz questions are now in a straight one-question-one-answer form. Players also no longer choose their own lane at any point - all quiz rounds allow the first player to release their ball to take the shortest available lane, and