US Game Shows

I'm getting the impression that there is a line in the constitution that anyone who appears on an American game show can't go away empty handed.

Every show I've watched follows the same format:

1. Person walks on.

2. Audience realise person is an idiot.

3. Person answers 1-3 questions correctly

4. Questions get harder, person gets one wrong

5. Person gets annoyed, but continues with the game show anyway

I swear that I person won $10,000 without getting a single question right.

It's very disturbing, but not as disturbing as the people they find to be on the shows.