- Regis Philbin: [on the $2,000 question] "What body part shares its name with a verb meaning "to tease"? Rib, elbow, jaw, finger.
- Daniel Sperry: I know the body biologically, but not...
- Regis Philbin: Wait. Would, would it be, rib somebody? Elbow somebody? You jaw somebody? You finger somebody?
- [audience laughter]
- Regis Philbin: Oh... stop it! You know, you know, honest to God, you try to help around here, and they just turn on you.
- Regis Philbin: [describing the Three Wisemen lifeline] There they are. Take a look, Daniel. From a cave below ABC News, the rarest form of human being: Their minds so precious and delicate, they live in the dark, feeding only on books.