The Fastest Finger

To get into the Hotseat, you must pass the Fastest Finger Question. You are asked to arrange four items in order according to the question, and be the fastest one to do it out of your 10 competitors. An example of a fastest finger question Could be this:
Put the Following Kevin Costner Movies in order they were released, starting with the most recent.
A: Bill Durham B: Dances With Wolves
C: Tin Cup D: The Bodyguard

If you're the one with the correct order, in the fastest time, you are on your way to One Million Dollars!

To the left is a Fastest Finger Screen and Keypad. The Buttons are A, B, C, and D to enter your choices, and "Delete" and "OK" keys.

In The Hotseat

You've won the Fastest Finger, and Now You're standing next to Regis Shaking his hand. You climb into the hotseat, and the game begins.

The rules of the show are simple but complex at the same time. When you get into the hot seat, you have to answer 15 multiple choice questions correctly in order to win the million dollar jackpot. The questions, however, get harder as the game goes on. When you win $1,000 or $32,000 you are guarenteed to leave with at least that much money, no matter what happens.
The Dollar Values are as Follows:

This Money Ladder is commonly known as the "money tree." Once a Player wins $1,000 or $32,000 they are guaranteed to leave with that much money. Therefore, the 5th and 10th questions are important ones. Generally Speaking, the contestant and Regis breeze through the first 5 questions or so, then the pace slows down as the questions get harder.

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Video Clips of How the Show Works

Qualifying for the Show

Old Show Introduction

Current Show Introduction

Meeting The Contestants

The Fastest Finger

The Rules of the Game

50:50 Lifeline

Ask the Audience Lifeline

Phone A Friend Lifeline

Lifelines

50:50

The 50:50 lifeline takes away two wrong answers leaving one wrong answer and the correct one. If you absolutely don't know an answer, 50:50 is probably the best lifeline to use. It is also the only lifeline guaranteed to give useful information.

Ask The Audience

If you decide to ask the audience, the audience will vote on their keypads using A, B, C, or D what they think the answer is. The results of that poll will be listed in percentages. Usually, contestants ask the audience in the earliar rounds since they are a cross section of everyday people.

Phone A Friend

With this lifeline, you can phone one of your 5 alloted phone a friends to get their help with a question. Contestants are encouraged to pick people who are knowledgable in a lot of subjects, from the color of the tellitubbies to the singers names in Limp Bizkit. The Phone a Friend lifeline, arguably, is the least effective lifeline. Why? Pressure.