First in the Cab tonight: Dina & Mike. Destination: 122nd & Amsterdam. Objective: dinner. The first five questions are worth $25. They get their first, but they get their first strike afterwards: Named for a town in Scotland, what breed of horse is also the mascot for Budweiser Beer? Their answer: stallion. Correct: Clydesdale. They get their remaining 25ers for $100 as we go into the $50-round. First question: What is the shaky science of earthquakes called? Dina & Mike use their street shoutout at Columbia University to get seismology... and the $50 that go with it. They get another $50 at the first red light, and since they have $200 (or more) at the first red light, it's time for a Red Light Challenge! Ben will ask a question with multiple answers. You have 30 seconds to answer. Get it right, and it's $250. Get it wrong, you don't get a strike, but you don't win any more money.

This Red Light: name the first five books of the Bible. Correct: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. All five under the wire means Dina & Mike are up to $450. They get another $50 as they reach dinner for a total of $500. That's theirs to keep...

BUT Ben has one more offer: take the money, or go for double or nothing on one final Video Bonus. After much musing, they decide... to walk. So that's $500 from the Cash Cab.

Next in the Cab: Colin Smith. Destination: 81st & CPW. Objective: a visit to the museum. Short ride gets even shorter as Colin gets struck with "What Olympic sport features a reverse 2 1/2 somersault with a half-twist pike?", "What screen queen became true royalty when she married Monaco's Prince Rainier in 1956?", and "What government agency do the initials FAA represent." Correct answers: diving, Grace Kelly, and Federal Aviation Administration, and Colin is left to walk the rest of the way to the museum.

Next: Becky. Destination: Seventh & 29th. Objective: picking up pictures. She has to use the mobile shoutout on this: Gitmo is the nickname of what US Marine base in Cuba? Becky calls her husband... who doesn't answer. But she gets Guantanamo Bay anyway. But Becky gets her first strike with this: with its geographic center at 65 degrees latitude, what is the US's northernmost state? Becky's answer: Washington. Correct: Alaska. And the strikes keep on coming: incarcerated in 1999, what Michigan doctor has assisted in 100 suicides? Correct: Jack Kevorkian. One block to go, and questions are worth $50. Getting to their destination with one question to go: after Neil Armstrong, who was the second person to set foot on the moon? She uses her street shoutout in Chelsea. The strangers... don't know. Good news: she's at her destination. Bad news: she has as much money as she came in with.

Next: Jean-Marie. Destination: 81st & Fifth. Objective: meeting for drinks at the Met. She storms through the $25 questions. Jean-Marie gets to $275 at the first red light. Time for another Red Light Challenge: name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. She gets speech and religion, but forgets press, assembly, and petition. She storms through the rest of the $50ers, though. Onto the $100 questions. She gets strike 1 when she has to translate "catorce" into English. She says 40. Correct: 14. But she arrives at the Met with $875, which she can either keep or go onto the Bonus. She takes the Video Bonus question... What acronym describes using a parachute to jump off of fixed objects? "Base Jumping?" ... is right for $1750!

And we've got another episode in the Cab. Also in the Cab: Lisa. Destination: Bryant Park. We're in broad daylight, so she can't see the lights whizzing above her head. She sweeps her $25 questions. Lisa's got $275 as she approaches the Red Light Challenge: from 1907 to 1959, the US grew from 45 to 50. Name the last five states to join the Union. She gets Alaska and Hawaii, but she forgot New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. Lisa still sweeps her $50 questions though. She strikes on the first of her $100 questions: What British rock band had the late great Keith Moon on as drummer? Correct: The Who. Lisa's answer: The Beatles. Next question: in the US Marine Corps, what is the lowest rank a soldier can have. She asks for her street shout out. The guy says Private, and we have a successful shout-out! She makes $575 on her trip, BUT will she go for the Video Bonus? She goes for it! Question: Moscow is the home of St. Basil's Cathedral and the official residence and workplace of Russian President Vladimir Putin. By what name is this complex called? The Kremlin.... right for $1150!

Next: Al. Destination: Bryant Park ... again. Al almost chokes on his lunch. It's a short trip, but he strikes on the first question when he named "the most trusted name in news" as CBS. It's CNN. Al uses his mobile shout-out for help from his ex-wife to name the pig from Charlotte's Web. She can't. He can't. It's Wilbur. He finally gets one. And the third strike: "What company released its Game Boy video console on its 100th anniversary?" He says Atari. Correct: Nintendo, and Al has to walk the rest of the way to Bryant Park.

Next: Jonathan & Molly. Destination: Greenwich & Jane. They sweep the $25 meter, but have trouble here: What handsome 2005 St. Andrew's graduate is second in line to the British throne? "Prince Harry." Wrong prince. It's William. They have $275 and they're at a Red Light Challenge: besides lust & gluttony, name the other five of Dante's deadly sins. They get avarice, sloth, and pride, but forget wrath and envy. They make it to their destination with $425 banked, but will they go for the Video Bonus? "Why not?" Here we go... what international body building title did Arnold Schwarzenegger win an amazing seven times? "Mr. Universe," they say. Correct... Mr. Olympia. Ouch! So they leave the Cash Cab empty-handed.