Problem: (CNN) -- Hope Murray thought her prayers had been answered.

Hope Murray, left, was desperate to find affordable health care for her daughter Meredith.

Her daughter, Meredith, desperately needed to see a doctor after suffering a brain injury in a car accident, but health insurance companies wouldn't sell her a policy because of her pre-existing condition.

So Murray was relieved to find Direct Medical Network Solutions Inc. while surfing the Internet. It wasn't insurance but a program that advertised deep discounts at doctors' offices and hospitals.

Murray immediately signed up for the program, which she says advertised $30 doctor visits and $50 visits to specialists.

"It was pretty phenomenal," Murray said. "They promised me everything was included," including doctor visits, vision, dental and hospital stays. "They even mentioned the Mayo Clinic."

Murray paid $314 for the card up front and then $179 each month after that.

Her daughter made an appointment to see Dr. Robert Epsten, a San Diego, California, gastroenterologist, to get treatment for her Crohn's disease.

Epsten was listed on Direct Med's Web site as being part of its network, but when Meredith arrived at Epsten's office, his staff said they didn't accept the Direct Med card. In fact, they said they'd never even heard of Direct Med, Hope Murray says.

According to Murray, this same scene played out with several other doctors and hospitals.

"I have never been more angry, more furious about anything in my life," Murray said. "It is a bogus scam that hurts people. It should be a crime for people to do that."
1. Who fell for a scam?
2. What did she sign up for?
3. What was it called?
4. Is it insurance?
5. Who required medical help?
6. Named?
7. Could she get insurance?
8. Why?
9. What did the program say it offered?
10. For how much?
11. And per month?
12. Who did she try to visit?
13. Why?
14. Did they take it?
15. Did other places take it?
16. Was it legit?
Answer: 1. Hope Murray
2. a program that advertised deep discounts
3. Direct Medical Network Solutions Inc
4. No
5. her daughter
6. Meredith
7. No
8. because of her pre-existing condition
9. $30 doctor visits and $50 visits to specialists
10. $314 for the card
11. $179
12. Dr. Robert Epsten
13. to get treatment for her Crohn's disease
14. No
15. No
16. No

Problem: Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book: they want you to fund their dreams.

A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise money from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars to fund anything that catches the imagination of Internet users with a little money to spare.

It worked for Emily Richmond, a 24-year-old living in Los Angeles who plans to sail solo around the world for two years. She's raised $ 8,142 from 148 people who'll receive gifts such as photos from the trip or a telephone call when she crosses the equator .

"This was a perfect learning experience for my daughter," Landon Ray said, adding that he also dreamed of sailing the world himself.

Jason Bitner's plan for $ 7,500 to pay for a film about the small Midwestern town of La Porte, was so popular that it raised $ 12,153. It's about a record of pictures by a photographer who died in 1971. About a third of his supporters were friends and family. Others include people of La Porte but also people from as far as Australia.

"It's a creative marketplace," said Jonathan Scott Chinn, who is collecting $16,500 to make a short film. "You're given the opportunity to make yourself known, and if it's really interesting, it'll take off."

Independent singer & songwriter Brad Skistimas, 26, has been using the Internet for eight years to promote his one-man band Five Times August. He used Kickstarter to raise $ 20,000 to help his new album Life As A Song.

"It's a great way to get in touch with fans," Skistimas said. "I was marketing to my own fans, so I said 'If you want more music from me, now's a great time to help me out'" .
1. Chris Waddell wants to climb what?
2. Using what assistant?
3. What does George Del Barrio want to do?
4. What did Jeff Edwards want?
5. What website allows people to raise money?
6. How much did Emily Richmond raise?
7. For what purpose?
8. How much was Jason Bitner attempting to raise?
9. How much did he raise?
10. What was the money raised for?
Answer: 1. Kilimanjaro
2. a wheelchair
3. to make a film
4. to write a book:
5. Kickstarter
6. $ 8,142
7. to sail solo around the world
8. $ 7,500
9. $ 12,153.
10. to make a film

Problem: London (CNN) -- If your mother is one of the world's best-loved children's authors who has written more than 70 books and sold well in excess of 11.5 million copies, you might think about taking a different career path.

Not Clara Vulliamy.

Undaunted by the success of her mother Shirley Hughes, whose creations include Dogger and the Alfie series, Vulliamy has followed her lead.

She has written and illustrated 25 children's books and -- like her mother -- wrote her first book soon after having children of her own.

Now the mother-daughter team have collaborated for the first time on a new series called "Dixie O'Day", written by Hughes and illustrated by Vulliamy, with the first book to be published in September 2013.

It will be the first time in a career spanning 53 years that Hughes, 85, has had her words illustrated by someone else.

She said it was "absolutely marvelous" to work with her daughter.

"I loved it," said Hughes. "Clara's illustrations surprised as well as delighted me. She put things into the book I would never have dreamed of doing myself."

Vulliamy's influence is immediately apparent: Hughes's books are known for their realistic portrayal of everyday family dramas, from lost toys to days at the seaside.

But, at Vulliamy's suggestion, the heroes of Dixie O'Day are two dogs in suits. She is used to writing about animals, while her mother never before has.

"I just can't put into words how much I have enjoyed it," said Vulliamy, 50, of working with her mother.
1. Who was Clara influenced by?
2. What's her mother's name?
3. Give me the name of one of her creations?
4. How many children's books has Clara written?
5. Did she start writing after having her own kids?
6. Is it the very first time that both are teaming up together?
7. What's the name of the book?
8. When's the first book going to come out?
9. How old is Shirley?
10. And what about Clara?
11. What was Hughes reaction towards working with her daughter?
12. What are Hughes books representing mostly?
Answer:
1. Her mother.
2. Shirley Hughes.
3. Dogger.
4. 25
5. Yes.
6. Yes.
7. Dixie O'Day.
8. September.
9. 85.
10. 50.
11. She loved it.
12. Everyday family dramas.