Questions 1-2: Single Points with 4-9 possible answers for each question. Very rarely to never would it extend to 10-12
Questions 3-4 (or however many it'll take to get to $200): Double points. Q3 usually has 4-6 possible answers, while Q4 (and up) has 4 (or 3 if the preceding one had only four).
Since you needed 200 points to win, there were no Triple $ value questions. That would start in 1977-1978.
From Circa 1977-1982
Questions 1-2: Single Points with 4-9 possible answers for each question. Very rarely to never would it extend to 10-12
Questions 3-4: Double Points with 4-8 possible answers for each question. Very rarely to never would it extend to 9. By Q4, it was only 4-5 answers.
Questions 5 (or however many it'll take to get to $300): Triple points. Question 5 would only have 3-4 answers (maybe 5 as many as two times during the entire series), and everything after that would have only 3 (many 4 as many as two times during the entire series).
From Circa 1982-1984
Questions 1-3: Single Points with 4-9 possible answers for each questions. Very rarely to never would it extend to 10-12.
Question 4: Double Points with 4-5 possible answers for each question.
Question 5: (or however many it'll take to get to $300): Triple points. Question 5 would only have 3-4 answers (maybe 5 as many as two times during the entire series), and everything after that would have only 3 (many 4 as many as two times during the entire series).
From Circa 1984-1985
Questions 1-4: Single Points with 4-9 possible answers for each question. Very rarely to never would it extend to 10-12.
Question 5: Double Points with 4-5 possible answers for each question.
Question 6: (or however many it'll take to get to $400): Triple points. Question 6 would only have 3-4 answers (maybe 5 as many as two times during the entire series), and everything after that would have only 3 (many 4 as many as two times during the entire series).
The SYN version was about the same, except there were no commercials between Q1 and Q2. Also, the 82-84 format started off shortly after the SYN started in 1977.