Contestants who " Whammy out " in this way cannot return on the next show, even if all other contestants end with a score of $ 0.

Contestants faced questions fired at them by a panel of four sports and entertainment celebrities for two minutes ; like Mastermind, there were two rounds of questions, however slightly different: The 1st round had each panelist's questions representing a different sports category pertaining to their area of expertise, and the 2nd round had no categories and the contestant couldn't control who asked the questions ; they were fired at random.

Contestants launch themselves from the end of the pier ; a prize being awarded to the one who glides the furthest distance.

Contestants who became champions of the Tyne would often challenge the corresponding champions of the River Thames, and the race would be arranged to take place on one of the two rivers.

Contestants who used such calculators were often called " Curta-crankers " by those who were limited to paper and pencil, or who used computers linked to the car's wheels.

Contestants " in the house " who did not make the final five were Geoff Brown, Tere Joyce, Sean Kent, Dave Mordal, and Rob Cantrell.

Contestants who score well will " break " out of preliminary rounds and continue to advance through octo / quarter / semi / final rounds if they continue to score well.

Contestants who were successful at their challenges were rewarded with the coveted " GamesMaster Golden Joystick " trophy.

Contestants who do complete a challenge earn one or two points for their team ( maybe even more ).

Contestants who failed to reach 101 were then invited to " come and have a look at what you could have won ", by Jim.

Contestants who won three times earned cash prizes, scholarships, or participation in a traveling stage show associated with the program.

Contestants who chose this option were often invited to take an unofficial spin to see if the Devil would have come up next.

Contestants drew numbers to determine who spun the wheels first — and, in the $ 1, 000, 000 tournament, also which game of each round the contestant would play ( odd numbers spin first, even second ).

Contestants who successfully negotiated seven ( later four ) rounds of targets won a reasonable prize ; those who missed got a negligible prize.

Contestants who successfully answer the second question have the option to play the third.

Contestants who receive spins passed to them must play those spins, unless they land on a Whammy, at which point the remaining passed spins are combined with that contestant's total of earned spins ( if any remain ).

Contestants do not have to play a question and wrong answers eliminates all those who give them.

Contestants with their markers set to " I know " but who don't get to answer get a point regardless of the actual answer.

Contestants on each season of The Big Break include professionals on mini-tours as well as amateurs who aspire to play golf professionally.

Contestants who made it to the bonus round in season two later returned to compete in a tournament with a top prize of $ 250, 000.

Contestants who identified the song but not the face it corresponded to did not score any points, but were not penalized.

MTV could only afford one square instead of nine, but otherwise the rules were unchanged: Contestants still had to get the X across, down, or diagonally.

Contestants would win a new car as a consolation prize if they had reached the $ 8, 000 question.

Contestants may answer a question before the reading of it is completed ; however, a correct, anticipated guess does not earn extra points.

Contestants then secretly chose the question they wanted to face using buttons on their podiums.

Contestants buzz in to answer the question.

Contestants had to buzz in to answer the question.

Contestants were placed in twin isolation booths and asked questions ranging in value from one to 11 points — the higher the point value, the more difficult the question.

Contestants are asked to choose, in turn, one subject on which to receive a question.

Contestants are awarded points for every question answered correctly, and there are four rounds: the first and third consist of 15 toss-ups and the second and fourth contain 10 toss-ups with the potential for bonus questions on a correct toss-up response.

Contestants alternated choosing a category and answering a general interest or trivia question in that category.

Contestants buzzed in to answer questions ; each right answer moved the contestant up one step while a wrong answer eliminated that contestant from the next question.

Contestants are ranked on how many correct answers, and if two or more players are tied they each receive the same number of points.

" Contestants not appearing on stage " receive a T-shirt.

Contestants buzzed-in to answer and were required to phrase their response as " You are ..." to receive credit ( although the contraction " You're " also was accepted ).

Contestants were asked to predict how many of those 100 people responded in a specific manner.

Contestants were later awarded a prize for solving the puzzle, in addition to the 100 points.

Contestants were awarded $ 100 for each number removed from the board.

Contestants accumulate a number of points over the course of the year ( often " season ") and their cumulative total after all meetings have been concluded determines the world champion.

Contestants may not wear head pieces, or points will be taken off or the contestants may be disqualified.

( The now celebrity ) Contestants can win £ 10, 000 for getting over 200 points in " Big Money ", increased to £ 30, 000 for getting all five top answers.

" Contestants answered a series of questions from those subjects to earn points.

* Contestants competed for points, not dollars.

Contestants won points by pressing the correct button quickly ; at the 1, 000 and 32, 000-point levels the game was paused briefly to show the top ten scores.

Contestants count points earned in competition to qualify for the Women's National Finals Rodeo formerly each October at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.

Contestants may bet in the range of 6 to 15 numbers, out of 60, and scoring 4, 5 or 6 points will grant prizes.