Yok Siam Year 1 Explained

Yok Siam Year 1 (th|ยกสยามปี 1) is a Thai quiz show television program. It encouraged Thai people in each province using their ability joyfully about knowledges and being proud in their hometown. It broadcast on Monday – Friday 6:30 – 6:55 p.m. on Modern Nine TV. It had begun airdate on February 18, 2008, before ended on January 9, 2009. It was produced by Workpoint Entertainment.

In addition, Maha Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand gave certificates with his signature to the province that is the winner.[1]

After Yok Siam Year 1 had ended airdate, Yok Siam Year 2 began airdate.

First round

In the first round, there were 76 provinces. Teams are divided into 19 groups, four provinces per one group. In each group, there were two matches. (two provinces per one match) In each team, there were 10 competitors with different jobs, and header of each team was well-known people in that province.

Competitors of each team had to answer the questions about knownledges in Thailand, by choosing two choice, ก (A) or ข (B). Which team reached three or five scores first, was the winner, and the winner would meet another winner team in the group final. Which team won, was the Winner of the group, advanced to the Second round.

Note:

red number means all competitors of each team answered wrong.

Seeding

Teams are divided into 19 groups, four provinces per one group.

Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8
Group 9Group 10Group 11Group 12
Group 13Group 14Group 15Group 16
Group 17Group 18Group 19

Group 16

Group 19

Second round

In the second round, there were 18 provinces advancing from the first round. (except group 16 without winner) Which team reached three scores first, was the winner, and advanced to the Third round.

Seeding

Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 and Pot 2.

Matches

Note:

red number with x means all competitors of each team answered wrong.

Third round

In the third round, there were ten provinces advancing from the second round. Which team reached 2 in 3 sets first, be the winner and advance to the fourth round.

Matches

Note:

red number with x means all competitors of each team answered wrong.

Fourth round

In the fourth round, there were five provinces advancing from the third round. They played a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for four matches against other teams. This means that a total of ten matches are played within a round. The top two teams advanced to the final.

Standings

RankingTeamPlayedWonLostPoints
- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"1 Ranong province4404
- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"2 Nonthaburi province4313
- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"3 Ang Thong province4131
- align=center style="background:#ffffff;" Chiang Rai province4131
- align=center style="background:#ffffff;"5 Prachin Buri province4040

Matches

Note:

red number with x means all competitors of each team answered wrong.

Final

The final was divided into three set: set 1, set 2 (one point each set), and set 3 (two points each set). Which team has more points, will be the winner.

Special airdates

Yok Siam Trivia

The Yok Siam trivia special airdates took place before the final match between Ranong and Nonthaburi. There were 11 episodes.

No.AirdateTrivia about
1November 12, 2008Galyani Vadhana, the Princess of Naradhiwas
2November 13, 2008How is the name from?
3November 18, 2008Galyani Vadhana's books
4November 19, 2008Galyani Vadhana's egg dishes
5November 20, 2008Klai Puen Thiang, Chue Siang, Tee Tra Chong
6November 21, 2008Hell and heaven
7November 24, 2008Thai beliefs
8November 25, 2008What is black bean from?
9November 26, 2008Pig
10November 27, 200810 Quizs – I
11November 28, 200810 Quizs – II

See also

Notes and References

  1. Yok Siam airdate on September 22, 2008