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Win Ben Stein's Money is an American television game show created by Al Burton and Donnie Brainard that aired first-run episodes from July 28, 1997, to January 31, 2003, on Comedy Central. The show features three contestants who compete to answer general knowledge questions to win the grand prize of $5,000 from the show's host, Ben ...
Jul 1, 1998 · Here's the first half of one VERY historic and amazing episode of Win Ben Stein's Money, from the middle of the second season; but we'll get to the fun later...
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Win Ben Stein's Money: With Ben Stein, Jimmy Kimmel, Nancy M. Pimental, Sal Iacono. Contestants compete against each other and host Ben Stein for a chance to win money from Stein himself.
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The First Two Rounds
In these rounds, the contestants involved faced a board of five categories inside five picture frames (in the first season they appeared as cards, but from Season 2 onward, the cards were replaced with monitors). Each category was a pun hinting at the question's content, similar to Pyramid or the JD Roberto era of Shop 'Til You Drop. Even Jeopardy!had pun-laden categories, but only on occasion. The controlling player picked a category, and then a dollar amount was revealed behind it after whi...
Final Round: Best of 10 Test of Knowledge
This round was so-called because the last contestant and Ben were both asked the same 10 questions, but they played individually/one at a time. To start, the contestant had a choice to go first or second, and then they sat in their own isolation booths (the contestant sat in a dirty plain wrap booth with a hardwood stool and a bare hanging light bulb, while Ben sat in a beautifully decorated one with a leather-wing back chair and other lavish furnishings). Whoever played second wore headphone...
"Ben Stein's Cup" episodes
On two occasions in Season 4, three of the show's best contestants (who had already won $5,000) returned for a special "Ben Stein's Cup" episode, for a chance to win five times the amount ($25,000). The question values in the main game were multiplied by four; so in Round 1, the values were $200, $400, and $600 (with follow-up questions worth $200), and in Round 2, the questions were worth $800-$2,000 in increments of $400. The winner attempted to beat Ben for the entire $25,000.
Various pieces of classical music were used throughout the show, and consisted of the following: Ben Stein's Intro – "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" ("Awake, the voice is calling us") by Johann Sebastian Bach Open – "Ode to Joy" by Ludwig Von Beethoven 1st Commercial Intro – "Water Music" by George Frederic Handel 1st Commercial Outro – "Spring" ...
At one time during the third season, Ben & Jimmy traded jobs for one episode up to the Best of 10 Test of Knowledge.A second season episode was one of the most talked about, for on that show, Ben was forced to strip. At first during the second round, Ben took off his shoes, but the Best of 10 Test of Knowledge w...Ben & Jimmy (as well as the contestants) would participate in special themed episodes, including a flashback to the sixties.From 1997-1999, the Ben Stein statue from the top of the ceiling is shown in between the Best of 10 Test of Knowledge, and during the closing credits. It was replaced with a oval projection screen...WBSM Interactive
GSN's website once had a live interactive game where you can play along with the show.
An unsuccessful Australian version called Win Roy & H.G.'s Moneyhosted by "Rampaging" Roy Slaven (John Doyle) and H.G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver) aired on the Seven Network for eight episodes in 2000. The grand prize for this version was also $5,000 (won only once [on the series finale]). An equally unsuccessful British version called Win Beadle's Mo...
Learn about the game show where contestants competed against Ben Stein and each other for $5,000 of his money. Find out the rules, categories, questions, and trivia of this comedy quiz show.
On this 1998 episode of Win Ben Stein's Money with Ben Stein and Jimmy Kimmel, Ben is putting another $5,000 at stake, this time against bankruptcy attorney ...
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