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{{quote|''"Welcome to the richest, most dangerous game in America."''|'''Chuck Woolery''' at the start of each show.}}
FOX's [[Dueling Shows|answer]] to ABC's ''[[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?]]'' Created and produced by Dick Clark, and hosted by Chuck Woolery, it was known for being very confusing.
Okay, more details — the prize is '''''two''''' million dollars. A team of five is to compete for it. There is a ladder of dollar values, just like in ''Millionaire'' (eight questions, worth $25K, $50K, $75K, $100K, $200K, $500K, $1 million and the top prize of $2 million), and there is an option to stop ''before'' you get the question for a level, but it's [[All or Nothing]] all the way up.
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** [[Studio Audience]]
* [[Unexpectedly Obscure Answer]]: Most, if not all, of the higher-level questions involved survey or poll results.
* [[Who Wants to Be Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?]]: One of the first (and most blatant) ''Millionaire'' imitations, FOX ads gleefully bragged that you could win '''two''' million on their show. Emphasis on could, as the questions became so obscure and the penalty for losing so merciless that attempting the two million dollar question was essentially the same as putting your current winnings in a big pile, soaking them in gasoline, and striking a match.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** "Do you feel the need for [[Title Drop|greed]]?"
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** Only a few teams failed to make it to $100,000. About half made it to $200K, but only a few went on to win more than that. The second-to-last question only showed up three times (twice during the ''Super Greed'' special, where teams going for more than a million dollars were [[Consolation Prize|guaranteed $200K even if they lost]]), and the jackpot question only appeared once.
* [[Filler]]: Flagrantly abused to draw out suspense whenever a team was up to the big money questions. The episode leading up to Daniel Avila's $2,200,000 attempt took this [[Up to Eleven]], using most of the hour to repeatedly review and replay the game up to that point before even prompting the players whether they wanted to play on or take their share of $1,000,000 and leave. The show went multiple commercial breaks without advancing the gameplay one inch.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: One of countless big-money quizzes created in the wake of ''[[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?]]''
* [[Notable Commercial Campaigns]]: When GSN bought the rights to rerun the show, they promoted it with a fun series of commercials between Chuck and a frazzled accountant counting out the $2,000,000 dollar by dollar.
* [[Obvious Rule Patch]]: Buzzing-in early during a Terminator originally meant instant elimination; this was soon fixed to where a contestant could buzz-in early, but Chuck would stop reading the question immediately.
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