The game begins when the moderator begins to read the first toss-up question. The match is played until either the time expires or all the toss-up questions have been read. Then the 2-minute break occurs. Each half begins with a toss-up question. The only acceptable answer to a multiple-choice question will be one of those read by the moderator.
Timing begins after the moderator has completed reading the toss-up question.
Once a question has been read entirely, it will not be re-read. A participant who has buzzed in on a toss-up question must answer the question promptly after being verbally recognized by the moderator. On bonus questions, the team will have 20 seconds to begin to give its answer to the bonus question. Each team will have at least 90 seconds to come up with their answer on paper. The amount of time given to answer a team challenge question is relative to the difficulty and complexity of the question and will be announced by the moderator prior to time being started.