1. $100: Twinkle, twinkle, little ____ , How I wonder what you are. shell diamond star tooth

2. $200: When something unexpected happens you might say, 'that's the way the cookie' what? tastes crumbles tangos cries

3. $300: Finish the ad slogan from the commercial in which Mean Joe Green gives his football jersey to a kid: 'Have a coke and a ______.' hotdog smile smoke grimmace

4. $500: Who wrote, 'Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit?' (Lifeline hint: The author is closely connected to a conservation project in Massachusetts, near and dear to Don Henley's heart.) Paul Theroux John Muir F. Scott Fitzgerald Henry David Thoreau

5. $1,000: The HMV logo features Nipper the dog and the phrase 'his master's ______' pillow fibula voice larynx

6. $2,000: What is Madonna's record label? Gaucho Maverick Pampas Cowgirl

7. $4,000: Where would you find spotted dick? in the ocean on a dessert menu on the body in a brewery

8. ($8,000): According to a turn-of-the-century US Department of Agriculture report, how much would food, clothing, shelter and other necessities cost for a child born in Y2K through 17 years of age? $165,630 $516,360 $630,125 $1,000,000

9. $16,000: Einstein said, 'God does not play _____.' (Lifeline hint: these are used in craps.) poker by the rules backgammon dice

10. $32,000: What former president wrote the children's book, 'The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer?' Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter George Bush Ronald Reagan

11. $64,000: What is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere? Triton Titania Titan Umbriel

12. $125,000. What is a solecism? witty remark or dirty trick floor plan of a Christian church ungrammatical usage or breach of good manners two eclipses of the sun in one month

13. $250,000: The term 'Uncle Sam' originated with a real person who was a supplier and inspector of military rations during what war? Korean War Civil War War of 1812 World War I

14. $500,000: In what Shakespeare play do you find the line, 'All the world's a stage...'? As You Like It A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night

15. $1,000,000: Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president of the U.S., was editor, along with her sister, of the magazine 'Woodhull and Claflins Weekly' in the late 1800s. They were the first to publish an English translation of what? Lolita Communist Manifesto Ulysses Mein Kampf