# I won Ben Stein's Money! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510 "2000-12-07T17:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djbdjb2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@djbdjb2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb2)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/1 "2000-12-07T17:54:34Z")
I am Doug. The show will air early in the next season (April 2001). ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/2 "2000-12-07T17:59:16Z")
WOW THAT KICKS ASS! CONGRATS! ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/3 "2000-12-07T18:08:02Z")
Congrats! I hope you kicked his ass on the politics questions, too. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/4 "2000-12-07T18:13:08Z")
Coincidentally, I just watched this show last night for the first time in a long while. If you find out an exact (or close to it) air date, let us know (otherwhise I’ll forget to watch). ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/5 "2000-12-07T18:22:16Z")
Awesome! Make sure you remind us when its going to air. ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/6 "2000-12-07T21:25:23Z")
just so i’m clear on this… you won ALL the money [winning the best of 10 test of knowledge], or made it to the final round and walked away with a hefty sum of money… not that i’m doubting your smarts or anything 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/7 "2000-12-07T21:27:34Z")
djb[sup]2[/sup]2, So dish already! Who were your co-contenstants, what was it like? Gotta give us more clues so we can spot you next season! ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/8 "2000-12-08T01:16:47Z")
I like the cut of your jib, djbdjb2! ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/9 "2000-12-08T01:37:54Z")
Congrats! Did you choose to go first or second in the final round? By the way, on the topic of game shows, I believe I am one of only 2 people in the world (my oldest brother being the other) who have had both a parent and a sibling be contestants on Jeopardy. Alas, I haven’t been on…yet. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/10 "2000-12-08T01:52:15Z")
Good for you. Where is **EJsGirl?** [She almost did it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38132) ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/11 "2000-12-08T03:03:16Z")
I wouldn’t think he’d be allowed to even say the outcome of the game. Most game shows don’t let you do that. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/12 "2000-12-08T03:18:48Z")
Yay hooray! Congrats! I hope you gave em what for! Rats. Now I have to wait till April. ---
**Author:** ![djbdjb2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@djbdjb2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djbdjb2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/13 "2000-12-09T00:15:40Z")
I do mean that I won the $5000 in the final round. I did choose to go second. The contestant coordinators pointed out to us the benefits to going second, and 2 of the 3 finalist on my tape day did go second. I was on Jeopardy! last year, but unlike there WBSM did not ask us to keep the results secret until the air date. Maybe they are more realistic than Jeopardy. Thus I will post the questions from the final round. Spoiler alert… Ben got only 4 right. It was pretty good to hear that low number, as in the two previous games, I think he got an 8 and a 9. here goes… 1. How many jurors are traditionally seated for a criminal trial in a federal court? 12 2. What 16-year old British queen was beheaded at the order of Mary Tudor? Lady Jane Grey 3. On the Internet, what three-letter domain is used by learning institutions? .edu 4. What left-wing American linguist wrote "The New Military Humanism: in 1999? Noam Chomsky 5. In the New Testament, which is the shortest of the four Gospels? Mark 6. Who hosts the Bravo network’s celebrity interview show “Inside the Actor’s Studio”? James Lipton 7. What mountain range is the source of the Ganges? Himalayas 8. What 4-letter M-word is slang for a gangster’s girlfriend? Moll 9. What was the real first name of astronaut “Gus” Grissom? Virgil 10. In science, what liquid is considered the most commonly used solvent? Water ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-won-ben-steins-money/44510/14 "2000-12-09T03:42:28Z")
Damn, I got 4 right too. The easy ones 😛 Vis