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10 questions · 12 seconds to answer · about 2½ minutes
The lowest scorers face the cut each round. Tied qualifiers stay in. Highest final score wins.

0 live players · 15 Studio Bots fill the bill
12 seconds per question. Correct answers earn 10 points: 13 in under 3 seconds, or 7 after 7 seconds. Each earlier answer in your current correct streak adds 10% before rounding. The server times your answer.
After each round, up to two contestants leave when more than eight remain; then up to one, down to a final three. Score breaks ties first, then correct-answer count. Contestants tied at the qualifying line stay in. The final question settles the remaining places by score and correct answers; exact ties share a place.
After a knockout, choose another show or keep answering Backstage. Backstage answers earn no competitive points or XP.
Your locked answer gets its result as soon as the server confirms it. Scores and cuts settle together at the bell, followed by a three-second break. A round can finish early once all active players have locked in, after at least 8½ seconds to read and answer. Studio Bots are simulated contestants, not live people or historical answer replays.