Now, don't look! Who or what is pictured on the back of a penny?

Abraham Lincoln

The Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Bedroom

The Lincoln Continental

Now that you're on a roll (or not), what's on the back of a dime?

A torch

A candle

A sconce

A scone

Pennies are made up of only 2.5 percent copper. Which other metal makes up the bulk of these little suckers?

Bronze

Brass

Zinc

Nickel-brass alloy

Hot off the presses: The Massachusetts Bay Colony issues the first paper money in the Americas -- and the year is:

1660

1690

1776

1793

Maybe money's green because it rarely lives past its salad days. What's the average life span of a dollar bill?

A pitiful six months

A pathetic nine months

A paltry 12 months

A poignant 18 months

When economists use the term ''debasement,'' they refer to:

The reduction in coins' precious metals.

The reduction in workers' self-esteem, due to loss of "real" spending power.

The reduction of meaningful jobs in these high-tech times.

The part of a business or residence that is below street level.

Only one of these is an example of bullion. Obviously, it is:

A Treasury note.

An aggressive company's stock.

A silver ingot.

Chicken.

The Federal Reserve System issues currency through its 12 districts. Which of these fine American cities is not the headquarters of one such district?

New York

Cleveland

Los Angeles

Kansas City

All paper money has imprinted on its face an initial and a letter that indicates its ''birthplace.'' Which historic city can claim bragging rights to number ''1,'' letter ''A''?

Boston

Williamsburg

Charlotte

Philadelphia

Most of the currency, or currency-related paper, in circulation in the United States is in the form of:

Federal Reserve notes.

IOUs from co-workers (take a moment and glare at yours now).

Silver certificates.

$20 bills.

In addition to the Treasurer of the United States, who else has his or her signature appearing on U.S. currency?

The president

The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board

Katherine McPhee from American Idol (part of her consolation prize)

The Secretary of the Treasury

If you have what's colloquially referred to as a ''C-note,'' you:

Sing for your supper.

Have a promissory note -- you should live so long as to collect.

Have a certificate of deposit.

Have a $100 bill.

She was the only woman whose portrait ever appeared on U.S. paper money -- a silver certificate, specifically. She was:

Mary Lincoln.

Martha Washington.

Mamie Eisenhower.

Dolly Madison -- which greased the way to her still-thriving cake business.

Who makes the final decision as to whose portrait appears on our currency?

The vice president (you knew he had some official role)

The president

No one person -- it's done by committee

The Secretary of the Treasury

Which term describes the rate at which each dollar changes hands, as it circulates hither and yon, and then yon and hither?

Gallup

Turkey Trot

Altitude

Velocity

The top 25 billionaires in this country could:

Pay off a whopping 50 percent of our entire national debt.

Pay off 10 percent of our entire national debt -- still pretty decent, you must say.

Reach halfway to the moon, if placed atop their money, stacked in single dollar bills.

Kiss your big (fill in colorful adjectives of your choice) bee-hind.

It is not legal for U.S. currency to bear the portrait of someone who is:

A known philanderer.

Tone deaf.

A graduate of clown college.

Not dead.

The ridges on the sides of coins are called:

Spilts or stokes.

Splits or spikes.

Reeding or milling.

Ridges (duh!).

Something happened to paper money in 1997. Bills issued since that time:

Are crisper.

Have a fresher ''new money'' smell.

Smell like teen spirit.

Have larger print and portraits.

To deter counterfeiting on newfangled, high-tech copiers, which security measure was added to $50 and $100 bills in 1990?

Microprinting

Microchipping

Micro minis (look closely on background figures)

Micronized dyes activated by digital devices

Coins and paper which must be accepted as payment for debts are known as legal:

Recourse.

Tinder.

Tender.

Tarmac.

The term that refers to the relative ease of converting various assets into cash is:

Mobility.

Morbidity.

Liquidity.

Infinity.

Finish this famous old jingle: ''Shave and a haircut...''

''Two pence.''

''Two bits.''

''Two bucks.''

''No tipping permitted.''

Without pulling that wad of fifties from your pocket, do tell who or what is depicted on that denomination, front and back.

Andrew Jackson and the White House

Harry Truman and his daughter on the piano (um, Harry's on the front, his famous daughter and her piano are on the back -- you did read it that way, right?)

Ulysses S. Grant and the U.S. Capitol

Tina Turner and the Ikettes