There are 48 questions that can be answered during a twelve month period. Participants are required to indicated the source of their answer, i.e. Encarta, encyclopedia, a friend, teacher, parent, etc. No single source can be used more than 6 times per annum except there are no limits to how many times used if the source is a book, map, internet or whatever impersonal research source the participant uses. The year 2000 was a short year with 17 questions asked. For 2001, the first twelve questions are on History, the second on World Geography, the third twelve are on Science and the final twelve are on Arithmetic, Current Events and Economics.
Questions are more or less difficult depending on the age of each grandchild.