LIST OF NEWLYWED GAME CONTESTANTS PRO
LIST OF NEWLYWED GAME CONTESTANTS SERIES

Champions competed until they won five shows (at which point they retired undefeated) or until they were defeated. Everyone kept their winnings and the contestant with the most cash (usually not more than $1,000) was champion and got to return the next day. Those who were correct had the amount they wagered added to their winnings however, any incorrect questions or failing to phrase properly lost what they wagered. Contestants had 30 seconds to write what they believed was the correct question.

Fleming announced a category, and the contestants (before seeing the answer) wagered up to everything they had on their ability to answer. At the end of the 'Double Jeopardy!' round, all contestants with at least $1 were eligible to play 'Final Jeopardy!' however, anyone with $0 or a negative score was eliminated and given consolation prizes. After all 30 answers have been revealed (or sometimes, an undefined time limit expired), the game moved into 'Double Jeopardy!' Gameplay was the same in 'Double Jeopardy!' except six new categories were announced and the answers had values of $20 to $100 and two 'Daily Double' spaces were hidden (with contestants able to wager up to $100 if they had less). Hidden behind one of the answers was a 'Daily Double' space, with the contestant selecting that space able to wager up to all his/her current winnings (or up to $50 if he/she had less) on the answer.

Thereafter, the contestant providing the last correct question selected next, and the process repeated. Contestants had to respond in question form ('Who was George Washington?') if correct, they won the value of the question if he/she was incorrect, failed to answer in time or phrase in the form of a question, that amount was deducted (hence, the dollar amount was 'always in jeopardy') and his/her opponents could answer having enough incorrect answers often led to negative scores. The champion chose a category and dollar amount (e.g., 'Presidents for $10'), to which host Fleming reads the answer ('The Father of our country he really didn't chop down a cherry tree').

LIST OF NEWLYWED GAME CONTESTANTS PRO

Six categories are announced (e.g., Pro Football, Presidents, Science and Nature, Famous Bobs, Automobiles and Words), each having five answers ostensibly graded by difficulty, from $10 to $50. Three contestants, including a returning champion, competed.

The classic game show with a twist the answers are revealed, but it's up to the contestants to supply the questions. This show, created by John Dorsey, Bob Eubanks and Johnny Jacobs, scores 6.8 on IMDb. Reruns of 'The Newlywed Game' remains among the highest-rated shows on the Game Show Network. The couple with the highest point total at the end of the game won a bonus prize 'chosen especially for' them usually a trip, furniture or mode of transportation (other than a car or truck). A final bonus question (usually general, answered by the wives) was worth 25 points.

LIST OF NEWLYWED GAME CONTESTANTS SERIES

The process was repeated with the wives answering a series of questions and the husbands taken backstage, correct answers were worth 10 points. Matching answers were worth 5 points each, while not matching usually led to high-pitched arguments much to the delight of Eubanks and the audience. The husbands were first to answer the questions while their wives were secluded offstage many times, the answers involved 'whoopie' (a euphemism for 'sex'). Four couples, each married less than two years, answered a series of questions designed to expose how well the spouses knew (or didn't know) each other. The rules to this 1970s five-day-a-week syndicated series were identical to those in the classic ABC series. The basic premise of the perennial game show 'The Newlywed Game' has been copied and imitated many times, but this original show proved to be the one fans loved (or hated) the most.

List of newlywed game contestants