accumulate $1,000 or more. This time, in addition to the five dollar amounts one of the letters in STUMPER hid a space marked “WIN”. That space was added first, then the rest of the dollar amounts. If the team managed to accumulate $1,000 or more or find the WIN space, their bonus total was augmented to $2,000. This time, finding one of the stop signs cost the team all of their bonus winnings. Bonus round #2 In the second bonus round, the team was given 30 seconds and up to five plates to solve. They were required to solve four of them before time ran out. If they did so, they were rewarded with ; otherwise, the round ended there and they won nothing additional. If the team did correctly solve the necessary four plates, they were presented with a chance to take their winnings and quit or risk the money to try and double it by solving another plate. If they decided to take the risk, they were shown the plate and given seven seconds to solve it. Up to three additional plates could be played, and the team could win up to for correctly solving all three. They could also stop at any time and take their winnings, and the same double-or-nothing principle was in play for every word. Bonus round #3 The third Bumper Stumpers bonus round consisted of a series of five plates connected to a subject, with each plate serving as a clue to the subject's identity. This time, only one player from the winning team played the first half of the round. That player was given 30 seconds to decipher the plates, with given for each. Unlike the previous bonus round formats, Dubois did not give out clues to the plates. After the time was up, the player was given a choice: either stop with whatever money he/she had accumulated, or risk it to see if the other player, isolated backstage, could come up with the owner of the plates. If the team took the risk and the second player was able to identify the subject using the solved plates, the team's winnings would be tripled. Thus, the maximum amount a team could win was . Winning teams could stay on the show until defeated or winning five matches. Under the original format, where the bonus round was played after each game rather than