The groups are made for contest management purposes only - all groups get the same questions at the same time. There will be 10 questions at the top of the hour on general pop culture topics valued from 1 to 10 points, increasing in difficulty. One question from the general topic group, either the 9 or 10 point question, will be an audio identification. Teams get pledges for donations to charity based upon points scored.
Teams are eligible for door prizes and top score prizes every hour of competition.
The format for questions in the would be in two sets, with one set of 10 questions given at the top of the hour, which will be general trivia among the categories of music, television, sports, film, and misc. The general questions would have one question each with a value of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 points, and the hourly them topics would have one question each with a value of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 points. Thus there would be 100 points available in any given hour of competition. Questions will be posted on an internet website, emailed, and read on KVCU radio station for broadcast and webcast. The format for answers will be in written form via email, posting on website forms database, fax, telegram, carrier pigeon, or any other means that get to the contest headquarters by the end of the hour that the questions are asked.