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Players were equipped with signaling devices ; the first player to ring in on the toss-up earned the right to answer the question.

If the player answered correctly, the question's value was deducted from Stein's bank and added to the contestant's score ; if the answer was incorrect, the other two players could ring in and attempt to answer.

After a player gave a correct answer, Stein would ask that contestant a follow-up question on the same category for an additional $ 50.

Again, if the player answered incorrectly, either of the other two players could ring in and attempt to answer.

If none of the players correctly answered the original toss-up, the follow-up question became a second toss-up on which all three players were eligible to ring in and answer the question correctly for $ 50.

After both questions were asked, a new category replaced the old one and the player who had given the last correct answer got to choose the next category.