Tic Tac Dough Categories
Bonus Category: The player could take another turn after the category shuffle by answering a three part question. ("In 'The Wizard of Oz,' who played the Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion.") Kit Salisbury made wonderful use of the Bonus as well as Double-Nothing by never allowing his opponents to play, thus winning a blitz game.
Challenge Category: After the category was revealed, the selector could answer, or force the opponent to. The square was won a la Hollywood Squares rules, even if it meant a win.
Double-Nothing: After answering a random question, the player could win that box and another box on the board by answering that question.
Jump-in Category: Introduced in 1983, the two contestants listened to Wink read an excruciatingly long question and whoever buzzed in could answer. If one contestant missed, the opponent could hear the rest of the question, which usually allowed that player to answer.
Number Please: The first player gave a numerical answer to the question, ("How many points did the San Francisco 49ers score during their last season?") and the opponent had to decide if the real answer was higher or lower.
Play or Pass: The contestant could answer the first question read from a category, or could pass that one, but had to answer the next.
Secret Category: The first special category. The pot would double on a correct answer from a predetermined category (not one in the game).
Seesaw: A question is read with multiple parts. (Like the Auction questions.) The players alternate giving acceptable answers until all the answers are given (no one wins the box), someone gives an unacceptable answer, repeats an answer, or takes too much time. The opponent wins the box. This was the tiebreaker used in the Tournament of Champions.
Showdown: A two part question is asked. ("What are the titles of the second and third 'Star Wars' films?) Whoever buzzes in first and answers a part is "safe." To continue play, the opponent must provide the other answer. This goes on until someone fails to provide a correct answer.
Three to Win: Same as Jump-in Challenge, except the first to win three questions gets the box, and all questions come from the same category.
Top Ten: A question is read, and both players try to give an answer that placed on the list. ("What films earned the highest box office gross last year?") Whoever gave the higher ranking answer wins the box.
Trivia Challenge: A tweak on the Challenge Category. The selector listened to the question, and decided to answer, or force the opponent to. If the answerer messed up, the opponent could choose from the remaining two choices.
Trivia Dare: Like Trivia Challenge. The player who picked was read the question and three choices. He or she could then answer, or dare the opponent to. If the first one missed, the opponent chose from the remaining two answers.