| The lottery: 615 (29.5%) |  |
| A Nobel Prize: 574 (27.5%) | |
| A Wonka Golden Ticket: 161 (7.7%) | |
| An Ig Nobel Prize: 101 (4.8%) | |
| A Knuth reward cheque: 86 (4.1%) | |
| A Pulitzer Prize: 75 (3.6%) | |
| An Academy Award: 61 (2.9%) | |
| A Rhodes Scholarship: 59 (2.8%) | |
| World's Greatest Parent: 54 (2.6%) | |
| Time Person of the Year: 48 (2.3%) | |
| A distinguished military service medal: 46 (2.2%) | |
| A Darwin Award: 40 (1.9%) | |
| The World Cup (any sport you wish): 33 (1.6%) | |
| A distinguished civilian service medal: 32 (1.5%) | |
| A Booker Prize: 30 (1.4%) | |
| An Olympic gold medal: 27 (1.3%) | |
| A Palme D'Or: 20 (1.0%) | |
| A Grammy Award: 18 (0.9%) | |
| Miss/Mr Universe: 6 (0.3%) | |
