Players compete against each other to win.
If one player correctly answers more questions than any other player in a game, that player wins first place in that game. If there is a tie among two or more players for first place, the following procedures are applied, in order, to progressively eliminate tied players. This process stops as soon as a single first place winner is identified. If the 10-alternative question is geographic, the distance is between the city in the query and the capital city of the incorrect state or province that the player provided. If a player's difference is greater than any other tied player's difference, that player is eliminated.