Do jeopardy contestants keep their winnings?

Prior to 1984, all contestants kept their winnings, and contestants who finished with scores below $0 received consolation prizes. see related link Read More

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Generally, contestants will have to wait 90-120 days to receive their winnings. However, the amount of time can vary, and is only an estimate. Read More

No but they are given consolation prizes Read More

No, the second place contestant gets $2,000 and the third place contestant gets $1,000. Though, in the Art Fleming version of the show, all contestants kept their winnings regardless of outcome. Read More

Only the winner gets to keep the amount that he wins. Read More

Unlike Jeopardy contestants keep the money won or get theminimum$1000 Read More

The winner keeps the winnings and comes back to play again. Second place pays $2000 and third $1000 Read More

A game of Jeopardy has three contestants. Read More

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Of the three contestants, the one who finishes with the most money wins the game and gets to keep the money. The contestant who finishes in second place receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. The winner of the show gets to return to play two new challengers. If the returning champion wins, that day's winnings are added to his previous winnings. If he finishes in second place, he receives $2000 for that… Read More

He was never tied. The next person has way less Jeopardy winnings Read More

The contestants dress themselves. Read More

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no Second place gets 2000 dollars and third 1000 dollars Read More

Jeopardy has had over 9,200 episodes and almost 20,000 contestants and even the Syndicated show has had over 6,200 episodes and over 10,000 contestants Read More

The winner keeps what he/she has won, the second place finisher receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. When the defending champion does not win a match, he/she gets to keep what he/she won in previous games, as well as the consolation prize for second or third place for that match. Read More

It takes up to 120 days to get your winnings. Read More

Of the three contestants, the one who finishes with the most money wins the game and gets to keep the money. The contestant who finishes in second place receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. The winner of the show gets to return to play two new challengers. If the returning champion wins, that day's winnings are added to his previous winnings. If he finishes in second place, he receives $2000 for that… Read More

"If two or three contestants tie for first place, they are declared co-champions; each keeps his or her winnings and comes back on the following episode. Three contestants have each finished two consecutive games as co-champions" see related link Read More

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Of the three contestants, the one who finishes with the most money wins the game and gets to keep the money. The contestant who finishes in second place receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. The winner of the show gets to return to play two new challengers. If the returning champion wins, that day's winnings are added to his previous winnings. If he finishes in second place, he receives $2000 for that… Read More

No they get only $1,000 for 3rd place and $2,000 for 2nd and it might not cover there costs for being on the show if they had to fly and stay somewhere Read More

Yes, any winnings over $600 are taxable. Contestants are responsible for paying taxes on prizes that they win. Read More

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The Final Jeopardy bets are revealed after the 30 seconds of writing time ends. Before then, the contestants don't know how much the other contestants bet. Read More

These were the Jeopardy Contestants for February 2 2011: Mike Huijon, a medical student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Fred Cofone, a copy editor from Old Greenwich, Connecticut Molly Rosenbusch, a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,601 Fred Cofone became the new champion although all of the contestants missed the final Jeopardy question Read More

Jeopardy needs 400 new contestants per year. The original Jeopardy show hosted by Art Fleming came on the air from March 30 1964 until January 3 1975. A new syndicated Jeopardy Hosted by Alex Trebek has aired continuously since September 10 1984. That would mean under 15,000 contestants for USA Jeopardy with over 10,00 of them from the Alex Trebek Jeopardy episodes. This estimate does not even include the large number of international contestants from… Read More

Of the three contestants, the one who finishes with the most money wins the game and gets to keep the money. The contestant who finishes in second place receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. The winner of the show gets to return to play two new challengers. If the returning champion wins, that day's winnings are added to his previous winnings. If he finishes in second place, he receives $2000 for that… Read More

Of the three contestants, the one who finishes with the most money wins the game and gets to keep the money. The contestant who finishes in second place receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. The winner of the show gets to return to play two new challengers. If the returning champion wins, that day's winnings are added to his previous winnings. If he finishes in second place, he receives $2000 for that… Read More

For contestants of the show they tell you the final category and then you must decide on the amount of your wager. They are various methods that contestants have used in the past to make this decision and they all take into account the other contestants score before final Jeopardy. Read More

They have had a few and will again. Travel to Jeopardy to audition is at a person's own expense. Read More

During the commercial break after they find out the category. Read More

When you watch the show they show you what they get. Wheel of Fortune is not Jeopardy. You keep your winnings and if you don.t have any they give you $1,000. Read More

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On episode #5791 of Jeopardy!, which aired on Monday, November 16, 2009, the contestants were Melisa Paye-Mose, Scott Wells and Chris Rodrigues. Read More

Contestants are given thirty seconds to answer a Final Jeopardy! question. Read More

The TV show Jeopardy asks the contestants a final question that they write out the answer for at the end of the show. The questions on the show are divided into categories or subjects. The Final Jeopardy category would be the subject for the final question to be answered by the contestants. Read More

Of the three contestants, the one who finishes with the most money wins the game and gets to keep the money. The contestant who finishes in second place receives $2000 and the third place finisher receives $1000. The winner of the show gets to return to play two new challengers. If the returning champion wins, that day's winnings are added to his previous winnings. If he finishes in second place, he receives $2000 for that… Read More

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Only the player who wins keeps their winnings. The second place contestant gets $2,000, and the third place contestant gets $1,000. On the Art Fleming versions, all players kept their winnings regardless of outcome, which was changed on the current version of the show to only the first place contestant doing so. Read More

Wheel of Fortune is not Jeopardy and does not give a contestants name. The contestants on Wheel of Fortune are only known by there first names Read More

Contestants who successfully pass the tests play a short version of jeopardy. See the related link. Read More

There are no answers to the Jeopardy TV Show as they do new questions each time the contestants want a question. Read More

Yes, there have been over ten thousand contestants on the show since the Alex Trebek version started over 25 years ago on September 10 1984. The number of contestants is even greater and the original contestants much older if you include all Jeopardy games from the Art Fleming versions of Jeopardy which began over 45 years ago on March 30 1964. Read More

Wheel of fortune does not identify the contestants. They provide only first names. You are thinking of Jeopardy with the following contestants : Sean Priest, a high school vice principal from San Francisco, California Daniel Cohen, an actor from Astoria, New York Paul Wampler, a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,401) Wheel of fortune does not identify the contestants. They provide only the first names for the 6 contestants on… Read More

Contestants are human and they make mistakes, but they sometimes do not know how to pronounce a name as they have only read it. Read More

Names of the Jeopardy Contestants are available at the Jeopardy archive. See related link and look for that date under the season for the episode Read More