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A quick-fire question round with a varied time limit ( which depended on the year ).

This final round was conducted using a side shot of the four contestants lit in profile.

A feature of this round was that, as each question was answered, the next question contained either the answer to the last question, a word from the last answer, or a word that sounded like it.

Until 1986, the General Knowledge round was in two stages: the first stage had the contestants answering three general knowledge questions each from the same set of categories with 2 points for each correct answer, then it was on to stage 2 which was the quick-fire stage, which lasted 90 seconds, with one point added for a correct answer and one point deducted for an incorrect response or none at all, and only one player could answer each question.

In 1986 and 1987, the round lasted 100 seconds and each correct answer was worth one point, while each answer cost a point.

In 1988 the values changed to +/- 2 points, and the time was reduced to 90 seconds ( 100 in 1989, and 75 in 1993 and 1995 ).

In 2009, the round lasted 70 seconds, and a correct answer was worth two points while an incorrect answer cost one point.

The player with the highest Krypton Factor won the game, and in the event of a tie, the tied players were asked further questions until the tie was broken.

In the 2010 series, time was increased from 70 seconds to 90 seconds.