Win Ben Stein's Money

Himself - Host (44 episodes, 1997-2002)

Himself - Guest Co-Host / ... (19 episodes, 1997-2002)

Contestants who answer in the form of a question, as though they were on Jeopardy! (1984), are given a warning. After a repeat offense, they are required to wear a dunce cap.

The official disclaimer during the credits read: "'Ben Stein's Money' is the prize budget furnished by the Producer. Ben Stein keeps the money in the prize budget not won by the contestants at the end of each production period. If during the production period the winnings exceed the prize budget, Producer pays the overage."

'Stein, Ben' originally wanted the prize pot to be $10,000, but it wasn't clear at that time how often he would win. The powers that be chose a more conservative number, $5,000.

In the episode with Jon Scieszka and other authors, during their introduction, there's one shot with the scores at the first break (instead of all zero).