Jeopardy!/Tournaments & Events

Jeopardy! airs some special tournaments throughout the season. Most of the tournaments start on a Monday and some tournaments started on Wednesday. February, May and November are the common months for the premiere of new tournaments. Eliminated contestants leave with some departing money for participating in the tournament. The longer you stay in the tournament, the more money you're likely to win.

Tournaments

The tournament format was itself devised by Alex Trebek, expanding on a format used during the original series. Each lasts 2 weeks over 10 episodes. In all games bar the finals, the players play for points (though dollar signs are still used for aesthetic purposes); for the finals, they play for cash.

• Quarterfinal (Games 1-5), Day 1 of Recording: 3 competitors from each game. The winner of each game advances to the semifinals, and among those who did not win, the four players in the order of the highest final score advance to the semifinals as wild cards. DJ! in case of a tie, Selections are made in the order of results at the end of the round, and in case of a tie, Jeopardy! Selection will be made based on performance at the end of the round. If there is a game where all 3 players end at 0 or less, there is no automatic semifinalist in that game and a wild card is added. For fairness between wildcards, players who have not yet played a game are isolated in a separate space so that they do not know the outcome of the previous game.
• Semifinal (Games 6-8): Only the winner of each game advances to the next round. Even if all three players end under 0, the tiebreaker will determine the winner.
• Final (Games 9, 10): The cumulative results of the two games will determine 1st to 3rd place. The two games are separate, so you can't bet the prize money you won on the first day in the Daily Double or Final Jeopardy! on the second day. DJ in each game! Competitors with a negative score at the end will receive a $0 grade for that day.

In general, there is a set prize money for each advancement stage, and the finalist gets the greater of the minimum guaranteed prize money or the two-day cumulative performance.

In the original series, each tournament only had nine participants and simply consisted of three semifinal matches and the two-day final, with all players keeping their money at the end of each game, and Grand Champions also receiving the tournament prize.

Tournament of Champions

Featuring champions who won the most games (minimum of three regular-play wins to qualify until the 2021 tournament, minimum of four regular-play wins to qualify effective the 2022 tournament) as well as winners of the College Championship. In the first 19 seasons, all 5-time undefeated champs automatically qualified. Leading up to 2000, winners of the Teen Tournament were guaranteed a spot in the Tournament of Champions. Since 2011, winners of the Teachers Tournament (except Larry Martin, who suddenly and unexpectedly died shortly after winning the 2018 event) were guaranteed spots in the ToC. Effective the 2022 tournament, the winners of the Professors Tournament and National College Championship will be guaranteed a slot in the ToC. Unlike other tournaments (see below), the contestants not playing in their respective quarterfinal game are not allowed to watch from the audience, as the point is to win their quarterfinal game rather than simply beating a wild card score.

Winning the ToC is a great honor for Jeopardy's contestants. The contestants who set the best record in the regular game do not even win the championship, but are eliminated from the preliminary rounds, and there are cases where the Top 3 do not even make it to the finals. So many things happen in the ToC, and in the S22, 19-win champ David Madden and 6-win champ Kevin Marshall even lost to 4-win champ Bill MacDonald in the semifinals.

Also, even for a 10+ time champion, it's really hard to win. In addition, legendary champion Ken Jennings, with 74 wins, continued to lose to Brad Rutter in other tournaments, but ultimately emerged victorious in the Greatest of All Time tournament in 2020. As if to disprove that, James Holzhauer is the only ToC winner among the champions who have won 10 or more games in regular competition so far. He wouldn't have won if it hadn't been for a wide gap with Emma Boettcher in Game 1 of the final. Like the World Cup, ToC has many variables, so it can be said to be an interesting competition for viewers.

Rematches are often held in one tournament. The winner of the group and the wildcard contestant often face off in the final, and in S26, the contestants from group 5 had a rematch in the final. Starting from S21, participants who competed in regular competitions had rematches in ToC, and so far, they have occurred in S22, S29, and S36.

During the Fleming-era tournaments, Grand Champions won a tropical vacation and were presented with a trophy called the Griffin Award, named for Merv Griffin himself.

• There was no Tournament of Champions from Season 1, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, 33, 35, and 38.
• The Tournament Player list: Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	2	November 11, 1985	November 22, 1985
2	3	November 3, 1986	November 14, 1986
3	4	November 9, 1987	November 20, 1987
4	5	November 7, 1988	November 18, 1988
5	6	November 6, 1989	November 17, 1989
6	7	November 5, 1990	November 16, 1990
7	8	November 4, 1991	November 15, 1991
8	9	November 9, 1992	November 20, 1992
9	10	November 15, 1993	November 26, 1993
10	11	November 14, 1994	November 25, 1994
11	12	November 13, 1995	November 24, 1995
12	13	November 18, 1996	November 29, 1996
13	14	February 2, 1998	February 13, 1998
14	15	February 8, 1999	February 19, 1999
15	16	May 8, 2000	May 19, 2000
16	18	October 22, 2001	November 2, 2001
17	19	May 5, 2003	May 16, 2003
18	21	September 20, 2004	October 1, 2004
19	22	May 8, 2006	May 19, 2006
20	24	November 5, 2007	November 16, 2007
21	25	March 11, 2009	March 24, 2009
22	26	May 10, 2010	May 21, 2010
23	28	November 2, 2011	November 15, 2011
24	29	February 13, 2013	February 26, 2013
25	31	November 10, 2014	November 21, 2014
26	32	November 9, 2015	November 20, 2015
27	34	November 6, 2017	November 17, 2017
28	36	November 4, 2019	November 16, 2019
29	37	May 17, 2021	May 28, 2021
30	39	November, 2022	November, 2022

Teen Tournament

An annual tournament featured high school students ages 13-17. The format structure was similar to that of the Tournament of Champions. On the current syndicated version, the Teen Tournament started on February 16, 1987. In November 1998, a Teen Reunion Tournament was held at the Wang Center in Boston, bringing back 12 former Teen Tournament contestants to compete in a single-elimination tournament.

At least one similar tournament was held during the original series in May 1967, involving high school seniors and the winner receiving a $10,000 scholarship.

• There was a 2nd Teen Tournament that took place during S23 to start the Summer Games.
• There was no Teen Tournament in Seasons 31, 32, 34, 36-38; and it is possible that the Teen Tournament has already been discontinued.
• In Season 35, two Teen Tournaments were held: The first was held in November 2018, and the second was held in June 2019 in response to the many teens who took the online test and auditioned to get on the show.

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	3	February 16, 1987	February 27, 1987
2	4	February 8, 1988	February 19, 1988
3	5	February 6, 1989	February 17, 1989
4	6	February 5, 1990	February 16, 1990
5	7	February 11, 1991	February 22, 1991
6	8	February 24, 1992	March 6, 1992
7	9	February 1, 1993	February 12, 1993
8	10	February 7, 1994	February 18, 1994
9	11	February 6, 1995	February 17, 1995
10	12	May 6, 1996	May 17, 1996
11	13-A	February 3, 1997	February 14, 1997
12	14-B	November 3, 1997	November 14, 1997
13	15-A	February 22, 1999	March 5, 1999
14	16-B	November 1, 1999	November 12, 1999
15	17	April 30, 2001	May 11, 2001
16	18	February 4, 2002	February 15, 2002
17	19	February 3, 2003	February 14, 2003
18	20	February 9, 2004	February 20, 2004
19	21	January 26, 2005	February 8, 2005
20	22	February 6, 2006	February 17, 2006
21	23-A	February 5, 2007	February 16, 2007
22	23-B	July 16, 2007	July 27, 2007
23	24-A	February 11, 2008	February 22, 2008
24	25-B	November 10, 2008	November 21, 2008
25	26	November 2, 2009	November 13, 2009
26	27	February 17, 2011	March 2, 2011
27	28	April 30, 2012	May 11, 2012
28	29	January 30, 2013	February 12, 2013
29	30	July 21, 2014	August 1, 2014
30	33	November 9, 2016	November 22, 2016
31	35-A	November 7, 2018	November 20, 2018
32	35-B	June 17, 2019	June 28, 2019

Seniors Tournament

The Seniors Tournament, which launched in 1987, featured 15 contestants all aged 50 and older (hence the name); the same format used for the Tournament of Champions and Teen Tournament (the latter of which launched 3 months prior) was used. Since its discontinuation in 1995, players aged 50 and older have appeared in regular games. As always, the winner received an automatic spot in the Tournament of Champions.

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	3	May 4, 1987	May 15, 1987
2	4	May 9, 1988	May 20, 1988
3	5	July 10, 1989	July 21, 1989
4	6	July 9, 1990	July 20, 1990
5	7	July 8, 1991	July 19, 1991
6	8	July 6, 1992	July 17, 1992
7	9	July 12, 1993	July 23, 1993
8	10	July 11, 1994	July 22, 1994
9	11	July 10, 1995	July 21, 1995
10	12	December 18, 1995	December 29, 1995

College Championship

The College Championship has been held annually featuring college students, all full-time undergrad students without prior degrees. The structure is similar to the Teen Tournament and Tournament of Champions. The very first College Championship premiered on May 8, 1989.

• There was no College Championship in Season 31, 35 and 37.
• The first winner, Tom Cubbage, also won the 1989 ToC, with Jeff Stewart runner-up at the 1994 ToC and Cliff Galiher third at the 2007 ToC.

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	5	May 8, 1989	May 19, 1989
2	6	May 7, 1990	May 18, 1990
3	7	May 6, 1991	May 17, 1991
4	8	May 4, 1992	May 15, 1992
5	9	May 3, 1993	May 14, 1993
6	10	May 2, 1994	May 13, 1994
7	11	May 1, 1995	May 12, 1995
8	12	February 12, 1996	February 23, 1996
9	13	May 12, 1997	May 23, 1997
10	14	May 4, 1998	May 15, 1998
11	15	May 3, 1999	May 14, 1999
12	16-A	February 7, 2000	February 18, 2000
13	17-B	November 8, 2000	November 21, 2000
14	18	November 7, 2001	November 20, 2001
15	19	November 11, 2002	November 22, 2002
16	20	November 10, 2003	November 21, 2003
17	21	November 10, 2004	November 23, 2004
18	22	November 7, 2005	November 18, 2005
19	23	April 30, 2007	May 11, 2007
20	24	May 5, 2008	May 16, 2008
21	25	May 4, 2009	May 15, 2009
22	26-A	February 1, 2010	February 12, 2010
23	27-B	November 8, 2010	November 19, 2010
24	28	February 1, 2012	February 14, 2012
25	29	May 6, 2013	May 17, 2013
26	30	February 10, 2014	February 21, 2014
27	32	February 1, 2016	February 12, 2016
28	33	February 13, 2017	February 24, 2017
29	34	April 9, 2018	April 20, 2018
30	36	April 6, 2020	April 17, 2020

Teachers Tournament

The Teachers Tournament debuted in 2011, and features 15 teachers competing in the same 2-week format as the Tournament of Champions, Teen Tournament, and College Championship. The first Teachers Tournament debuted on May 2, 2011. And the last one was held during Season 36. It is presumed that the Teachers Tournament was discontinued in 2020, and subsequently replaced by the Professors Tournament in 2021.

• No Teachers Tournament was held in Season 37, and in Season 38 the Professors Tournament was held instead.
• Larry Martin, the champion for the 2018 Teachers Tournament, suddenly and unexpectedly died January 25, 2019, eight months after winning the tournament, before competing in the 2019 Tournament of Champions.
• Colby Burnett, the winner of the competition, won the 2013 ToC, while Francois Barcomb finished third at the 2019 ToC.

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	27	May 2, 2011	May 13, 2011
2	28	February 15, 2012	February 28, 2012
3	29	November 7, 2012	November 20, 2012
4	30	November 11, 2013	November 22, 2013
5	31	February 2, 2015	February 13, 2015
6	32	May 2, 2016	May 13, 2016
7	33	May 8, 2017	May 19, 2017
8	34	May 7, 2018	May 18, 2018
9	35	May 6, 2019	May 17, 2019
10	36	May 25, 2020	June 5, 2020

Special Tournaments

Super Jeopardy!

Super Jeopardy! aired Saturday nights on ABC in summer 1990 (from June 16 to September 8). It featured 35 former champions from the first six seasons of the current version plus Burns Cameron, a former champion from the Art Fleming era; this tournament awarded a $250,000 top cash prize to the winner and was hence referred to as "The $250,000 Challenge" (worded as "The Quarter-of-a-Million-Dollar Challenge"). As usual, the players played for points, though with increased values (200-1,000 in the Jeopardy round, 500-2,500 in the Double Jeopardy round; the only time where the second round values were not double the first), and there were four contestants in each quarterfinal match; the semifinals and final itself had the usual three. For the quarterfinals and semifinals themselves, there were no wild card spots for the high-scorers among non-winners; it was "win or go home".

Day #	Episode #
1	June 16, 1990
2	June 23, 1990
3	June 30, 1990
4	July 7, 1990
5	July 14, 1990
6	July 21, 1990
7	July 28, 1990
8	August 4, 1990
9	August 11, 1990
10	August 18, 1990
11	August 25, 1990
12	September 1, 1990
13	September 8, 1990

10th Anniversary Tournament

From November 29, 1993 to December 3, 1993, Jeopardy! held a special one-week 10th Anniversary Tournament to honor the Trebek version's tenth anniversary, featuring one Tournament of Champions-qualified contestant from each of the first nine seasons. Eight contestants were drawn at random and revealed over the course of four episodes. After Tom Nosek won the 1993 Tournament of Champions, he received the ninth position.

The contestants competed for a winner's prize of a combined two-day final score total plus a $25,000 bonus. The event resembled the show's regular tournaments (albeit without a quarterfinal round), with three semifinal matches to determine three finalists, who then competed against each other in a two-game total point match.

• Frank Spangenberg won the tournament.

International Tournament/Olympic Games Tournament

The International Tournament featured contestants from various countries around the world. The very first international tournament, The Olympic Games Tournament, took place at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California from July 15 to 18, 1996 to commemorate the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, which opened on July 19 in Atlanta, Georgia. All the players who participated in the tournament spoke English. There were only nine contestants from nine different countries and the winners of the three semifinal matches got to qualify in a one-day final. From May 5 to 9, 1997, the show traveled out of North America to Stockholm, Sweden for the second International Tournament where Magnus Harenstam was the show's announcer. The categories were revealed in Swedish before being translated into English. It was the only international tournament to still have a three-day semifinal match and a two-day final match. From February 12-16, 2001, the third international tournament took place at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada for another three semifinal matches and a two-day final match.

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	12	July 15, 1996	July 18, 1996
2	13	May 5, 1997	May 9, 1997
3	17	February 12, 2001	February 16, 2001

Million Dollar Masters Tournament

The Million Dollar Masters Tournament was held in May 2002 to commemorate the show's 4000th episode, featuring former champions competing for $1,000,000 in a format similar to that of the regular tournaments. The shows were taped at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.

Ultimate Tournament of Champions

• The Ultimate Tournament of Champions was held from February 9, 2005 to May 25, 2005, featuring former champions from the past 21 seasons, all vying to compete against 74-game champion Ken Jennings in a three-day final for $2,000,000.
• Members of the "Nifty Nine" were selected based on records set in their Jeopardy careers. Only Rutter and Spangenberg advanced beyond their initial round.
• Unlike most Jeopardy! tournaments, in which only the final rounds are played for cash, the winners of every match received their scores as winnings (or the guaranteed minimum for that round, whichever was greater). In addition, in all rounds, there were no "wild card" spots for the non-winners; it was "win or go home".
• Round 4 featured two two-day matches; Round 5 featured a three-day final match.

Round	Airdate	Finale
1	February 9, 2005	April 12, 2005
2	April 13, 2005	May 6, 2005
3	May 9, 2005	May 16, 2005
4	May 17, 2005	May 20, 2005
5	May 23, 2005	May 25, 2005

Battle of the Decades Tournament

The Battle of the Decades Tournament was held from February 3, 2014 to May 16, 2014, to commemorate the show's 30th anniversary in syndication. 45 former champions from the past 30 years, represented by decade—1980s (1984-1993), 1990s (1994-2003), and 2000s (2004-2013) all competed in three separate preliminary rounds, with no wild cards for the high-scorers among non-winners; as it was "win or go home". The 15 winners participated in five quarterfinal matches similar to that of the other tournaments, with the five winners and four wild cards for the high-scorers among non-winners advancing to the semifinals. For the semifinals, only the winners advanced to the two-day finals, where $1,000,000 was paid to the winner.

Round	Airdate	Finale
1980s Preliminary	February 3, 2014	February 7, 2014
1990s Preliminary	March 3, 2014	March 7, 2014
2000s Preliminary	March 31, 2014	April 4, 2014
Quarterfinal ~ Final Match	May 5, 2014	May 16, 2014

National College Championship

• The Jeopardy! National College Championship is airing on ABC Primetime.
• Hosted by Mayim Bialik, 36 of America’s sharpest undergrads will enter this collegiate competition, but only one will claim the $250,000 grand prize, the title of Jeopardy! National College Champion, and an automatic spot in the next Tournament of Champions. Second place takes home $100,000, and third place leaves with $50,000. The remaining contestants will receive the following prizes: $35,000 (fourth place), $20,000 (8 semifinalists eliminated), and $10,000 (24 quarterfinalists eliminated).
• In addition, in all rounds, there were no "wild card" spots for the non-winners; it was "win or go home".
• This could possibly be the successor to the College Championship.

Round	Airdate	Finale
Quarterfinal	February 8, 2022	February 16, 2022
Semifinal	February 17, 2022	February 18, 2022
Final	February 22, 2022	February 22, 2022

Jeopardy! Second Chance Tournament

TBD

Events

Celebrity Jeopardy!

A special edition of the show featuring celebrities competing for their favorite charities. Premiering in 1992, these games are usually week-long events, and occasionally are called Power Players Week featuring personalities in politics and journalism. The difficulty of the material is significantly reduced, and because of that, it was parodied several times on Saturday Night Live. Unlike regular play, where a player finishing Double Jeopardy! with zero or a negative score is disqualified from playing in Final Jeopardy!, celebrities who finish the second round with zero or negative are guaranteed a positive score to work with in the final round.

Here, even if everyone is under $0, nobody loser, Double Jeopardy! The winner is determined by score.

It has not been held for a while since the Power Players Week held in Washington in 2016, but it is expected to resume in the fall of 2022 with the Primetime version after 6 years.

Road Trips

• Starting in 1997, some of these tournaments and events were taped at venues outside Culver City. For instance, from 1997 to 2008, the College Championship was taped at a college campus (the 2000-A College Championship, however, was taped in Culver City).
• Power Players Week was always taped at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. The Million Dollar Masters Tournament and 2006 Celebrity Jeopardy! games were taped at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.
• The Tournament of Champions was taped on the road twice, in 2000 and 2009 respectively; the 2009 ToC was taped at the Consumer Electronics Show, NV.
• Seasons 26, 29, 30, 31, 34 or later were during this time span that didn't have any road shows, probably because it was the first season with the current set.

Kids Week/Back to School Week

It began on September 6, 1999 at the start of the show's 16th season and featured 10–12-year-old children (except for Season 30). Like regular play, winners kept whatever they have won at the end of the game while the second and third place finishers received consolation prizes. However, there were no returning champions for this event. A Kids Week Reunion was held during the second week of Season 25 bringing back 15 Kids Week alumni from 1999 and 2000. The games have been discontinued after a Season 31 Kids Week contestant who was eliminated before Final Jeopardy! ran backstage crying to her mom upon hearing the bad news.

In case of a tie, the game is decided by a tiebreaker issue just like in a tournament (September 20, 2002).

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
1	16	September 6, 1999	September 10, 1999
2	17-A	October 2, 2000	October 6, 2000
3	17-B	December 25, 2000	December 29, 2000
4	18-A	September 24, 2001	September 28, 2001
5	18-B	December 24, 2001	December 28, 2001
6	19-A	September 16, 2002	September 20, 2002
7	19-B	January 6, 2003	January 10, 2003
8	20-A	September 22, 2003	September 26, 2003
9	20-B	May 3, 2004	May 7, 2004
10	21-C	October 18, 2004	October 22, 2004
11	22	October 10, 2005	October 14, 2005
12	23	October 2, 2006	October 6, 2006
13	24	October 8, 2007	October 12, 2007
14	25-A	September 15, 2008	September 19, 2008
15	25-B	July 13, 2009	July 17, 2009
16	26	July 5, 2010	July 9, 2010
17	27	July 4, 2011	July 8, 2011
18	28	July 30, 2012	August 3, 2012
19	29	July 29, 2013	August 2, 2013
20	31	December 1, 2014	December 5, 2014

The IBM Challenge

An exhibition match was held February 14-16, 2011, featuring Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter competing against the Watson supercomputer for $1,000,000. Second place won $300,000 and third place won $200,000. All three players donated their winnings to a charity of their choice.

All-Star Games

• The JEOPARDY! All-Star Games aired from February 20 to March 5, 2019; six teams of three competed for a chance at $1,000,000. Only one member per team can participate in each round of play.
• Each preliminary tournament match consists of two games spread out over three nights and the three highest-scoring non-winning teams will play in the Wild Card match.
• The two winning teams, and the highest-scoring Wild Card team play in a two-day total point final match, where the winning team wins $1,000,000. Second place splits $300,000, and third place splits $100,000.

The Greatest of All Time

This tournament lasted from January 7 to 14, 2020, and consisted of the top three winners in Jeopardy! history in Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings, and James Holzhauer, all in a contest to determine who truly is The Greatest of All Time. Like Super Jeopardy!, Rock & Roll Jeopardy! (first two seasons), Sports Jeopardy!, and Jep!, scores were kept in points and not dollars, though using the exact same values as the parent show. Each episode was played as a two-game total point match similar to a regular tournament's final match: whoever has the highest total at the end of the episode wins a match, while three matches wins $1,000,000 and the Greatest of All Time trophy. The runners-up each received $250,000. Ken Jennings won the tournament, not only notching his first ever tournament win, but also handing his primary opponent Brad Rutter his only human loss (remember the IBM Challenge does not count).

Money Guarantees

Tournament of Champions

Period	Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
			2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
Tournament #1 (1985; Season 2)	$1,000	$5,000	Kept two-day total winnings		$100,000
Tournament #2 (1986; Season 3)			$5,000
Tournament #3 to #12 (1987–1996; Season 4–13)			$7,500	$10,000
Tournament #13 to #16 (1998–2001; Season 14–16, 18)	$2,500		$10,000	$15,000
Tournament #17 to #18 (2003–2004; Season 19, 21)	$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$250,000
Tournament #19 onwards (2006–present; Season 22, 24–26, 28–29, 31–32, 34, 36–37)			$50,000	$100,000

Teen Tournament

Period	Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
			2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
Tournament #1 to #11 (1987–Winter 1997; Season 3–13)	$1,000	$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	$25,000
Tournament #12 to #14 (Fall 1997–Fall 1999; Season 14–16)	$2,500		$10,000	$15,000
Tournament #15 (2001; Season 17)					$50,000
Tournament #16 to #17 (2002–2003; Season 18–19)			$15,000	$20,000
Tournament #18 to #19 (2004–2005; Season 20–21)				$25,000	$75,000
Touranment #20 to #29 (2006–2014; Season 22–30)	$5,000	$10,000
Tournament #30 onward (2016-present; Season 33, 35)			$25,000	$50,000	$100,000

Seniors Tournament

Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$1,000	$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	$25,000

College Championship

Period	Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
			2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
Tournament #1 to #9 (1989–1997; Season 5–13)	$1,000	$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	$25,000
Tournament #10 to #11 (1998–1999; Season 14–15)	$2,500		$10,000	$15,000
Tournament #12 to #15 (Winter 2000–2002; Season 16–19)					$50,000
Tournament #16 (2003; Season 20)			$15,000	$25,000
Touranemnt #17 onward (2004–present; Season 21–30, 32–34, 36)	$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$100,000

Super Jeopardy!

Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$250,000

10th Anniversary Tournament

Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
	2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	Two-game total + $25,000

International Tournament/Olympic Games Tournament

Period	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
Tournaments #1 & #2 (1996–1997; Season 12–13)	$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	$25,000
Tournament #3 (2001; Season 17)		$10,000	$15,000	$50,000

Kids Week/Back To School Week

Period	2nd Runner-Up	1st Runner-up	Winner (Minimum Guarantees)
1999-2000 (Seasons 16-17)	Prizes		$5,000 ($5,000 to the week's highest Winner) + Prizes
2001 Back To School Week (Season 18)	$5,000 (minimum guarantees)		$10,000
Miscellaneous Kids Weeks (2001-2009; Seasons 18-25)	Prizes in Season 18, but changed to $2,000 for 2nd Place and $1,000 for 3rd Place in Season 19.
2008 Kids Week Reunion (Season 25)	$2,500	$5,000	$25,000
2010-2014 (Seasons 26-29 and 31)	$1,000	$2,000	$15,000

Million Dollar Masters

Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$100,000	$1,000,000

Ultimate Tournament of Champions

Round #	2nd Runner-up	1st Runner-up	Winner (minimum guarantees)
Round 1	$5,000		$15,000
Round 2	$10,000		$20,000
Round 3	$15,000		$30,000
Round 4	$20,000 (minimum guarantees)	$30,000 (minimum guarantees)	$50,000
Round 5	$250,000	$500,000	$2,000,000

Teachers Tournament

Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$100,000

Battle of the Decades

Preliminaries	Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
			2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$100,000	$1,000,000

All-Star Games

First-eliminated team	Wildcard-eliminated team	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$50,000	$75,000	$100,000	$300,000	$1,000,000

National College Championship

Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
		3rd runner-up	2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
$10,000	$20,000	$35,000	$50,000	$100,000	$250,000