|Contestants answer trivia questions of increasing difficulty to win cash prizes up to $1 million, and they can use three "lifelines" at any time, once per game each, to assist them in their endeavors. Adapted from the British [[game show]] of the same name, this series unashamedly rewards people based on knowledge rather than based on who has the most obnoxious game show persona. The hour-long original ABC version in the U.S. ran from 1999 to 2002, followed by a half-hour version, which debuted in first-run syndication in 2002 and is still airing. | |Contestants answer trivia questions of increasing difficulty to win cash prizes up to $1 million, and they can use three "lifelines" at any time, once per game each, to assist them in their endeavors. Adapted from the British [[game show]] of the same name, this series unashamedly rewards people based on knowledge rather than based on who has the most obnoxious game show persona. The hour-long original ABC version in the U.S. ran from 1999 to 2002, followed by a half-hour version, which debuted in first-run syndication in 2002 and is still airing. |