Challenges may only be from the youth team members. If a coach or a member of the audience disrupts the contest, they will be asked to leave. Each are worth 10 points with no deduction for incorrect answers. No teammate assistance may be offered or received . Questions will not be repeated.
Contestants have five seconds to answer the questions.
Other teams will remain in isolation until the team in action completes the question. Teams consisting of only 3 members will only receiver 9 of the 12 phase 1 questions. The moderator will skip every fourth question in this circumstance. A contestant wishing to answer any toss-up question must activate the signaling device. The first contestant to signal must answer within 5 seconds after being acknowledged by the moderator or lose 10 points.