(C-Note: Due to technical issues with the DVR recorder, tonight's show comes with help from Tom)

DEDE BRADLEY Pittsfield, MA
Last time, Bobb returned to the hot seat with $20,000 in tow. $980,000 later, he walks after seeing the first every $2.5 million question, having no clue where Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. Wouldn't you? Then we get Dede, who still has all three lifelines and $3000. Can she go any higher? We'll see tonight.

For $4000:

Dede gets $4000 from scent, but that's as far as she'll go, as she gets thrown out for this question...

Regis says he used to play with his erector set every night.  She thought that it was the erector set. But it's Tinkertoys. Dede could've used a lifeline, but she leaves with only memories and laughs from Regis. It's heartbreaking, especially since she called Regis "Dude." Okay, ten new players, one Fastest Finger Question.

Correct order: CDAB. And in the hot seat next at 4.20 is Bengt Pedersen! His name is Scandinavian, which means his sixth lifeline is Ricola. Coughing up the first question for $1000...

He coughs up the right answer of B for $1000. Now to $2000...

It was hand-knit by his mother, as Bengt gets $2000 from Mr. Rogers. To the $3000 question.

Looks like C for $3000. Because otherwise, they'd be Raisinettes. For $4000...  

That would be B, or "Donald Trump". For the guaranteed $5000.

D's the right answer... and impossible for AOL to spellcheck that one, just in case. Bengt not heads to the next level for $10,000.

Bengt has to ask the audience for help here. Two-thirds, or 67 percent, go with four of a kind. We want to play poker with the other 33 percent, but Bengt won't have to, as he gets $10,000 from the quads. Now for $20,000.

The other three are Jean Claude van Damme movies, but Bengt gets MyDoom for $20,000. For $30,000...

Contestant says the phrase should have an exclamation mark in it. And we'll take his word for it. P!nk gets him $30,000. Now to $50,000.

He calls Rob via AT&T since they're not promoting text messaging. He's almost positive, thinks about it a little bit. He cheats using Google and is now $100% sure of "Why". Okay, he's an English major and cheated using Google.  Bengt took his answer without a doubt to get it right. Now for the $100,000 milestone...

Pulling out the 50/50, we're left with A and D. Bengt takes a huge chance and goes for Roosevelt....and he goes off into the next dimension with two lifelines added to his quest! Tonight's 3 Wise Men are...

David Goodman - youngest player to reach the top of the money tree
Dr. Tracy Caldwell - NASA astronaut with a doctorate in physical chemistry
Michael Starr - author, journalist, and highly respected columnist writing for the New York Post

Next up for $500,000...

Talking himself out of the 3 Wise Men, he Double Dips. His first guess is iron... Wrong. His second guess is sodium... Wrong again. It was aluminum. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, as Bengt leaves with $100,000 and a 3 Wise Men lifeline he can't use once he makes the exit. So we'll just give it to the next qualifier from this Fastest Finger.

Order, DCAB. And at 4.32, Clinton Smith is up to bat next! He doesn't remember how long he has been engaged, nor does he realize that his pool business isn't perking up because it's winter. Hopefully his chances of winning a million or ten are far greater. Starting with $1000.

He's a brick... house, for $1000. Next for $2000...

Mounds don't have nuts, but Clinton has $2000. Now to $3000.

He's a brick... no, he's a stick. A brick was earlier. He "sticks" to B for $3000. Now to $4000.

If you got split, you're halfway there. And so is Clinton, by way of the 50/50. Split between A and D, he goes for D and gets $4000 and a look at the one for guaranteed $5000.

He doesn't succumb to the Curse of the Black Pearl (meaning that not only is he not bone and, well, more bone, he wins $5000). His fiance doesn't think its a good sign he cant remember when they were engaged. But then again she's probably pissed they had to miss sex in the city to fly to NYC. The wedding is in July. And so far, he's only got enough for wedding night, whenever he remembers where it is.

He's panicking and likes to make fun of the contestants while at home, which means he'll not only be beaten up by the audience but the fastest finger circle as well. In any event, he gets the $10,000 from surfing. Now let's see the $20,000 from this.

Clinton uses the audience lifeline. A whopping 87 percent goes for B. He wants to go with anise, as the audience jeered his choice... but it's a good one, netting him $20,000. Next on the rung is $30,000.

Regis suggests that Clinton thinks out loud. He gets to $30,000 from North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia. That's five. And here's five. With four zeroes.

Clinton knew that in the US (and Canada), music companies customarily release music CDs on a Tuesday. And so would anyone who visits the Best Buy on a regular basis (C-Note: guilty). And WHOOOO! There it is. Clinton goes for the $100,000 and the key to the next dimension tomorrow.