Want more chances at piles of cash? Here are nine contests you can enter today, ranked by how much money you can win.

Of course, other contests - like eating competitions and extreme ironing - are just downright fun. Some of the world’s coolest inventions in history were motivated by payouts like the $100,000 Fredkin Prize, which inventors of IBM’s Deep Blue won in 1997 after their computer beat world champion Garry Kasparov in a chess match. While some contests promote a particular brand or product, others are used to find smart solutions to different problems or challenges. Or maybe you could snag that much just by baking your famous apple pie? Hundreds of contests with winnings of up to $2 million are ripe for the picking right now - and all you have to do is use your genius to win big. For example, if you sometimes play with your food, you must be the perfect contestant for a Cheetos sculpture contest - that pays $50,000. You might not realize how valuable just a pinch of creativity can be.

Online quiz contest to win cash prizes