For the Preliminary Round, all four members of the team will take identical written tests in separate rooms. Each competitor will be asked to identify 70 different individuals in 30 minutes. The test is written so that competitors write down a written response on an answer sheet, so it's not multiple choice. Last names are sufficient unless otherwise prompted in the question.

The seventy questions are divided into five sets of 14 questions each. Each set is further subdivided by question difficulty and alloted a point-value as follows:

• Two points (questions 1 to 6)
• Three points (questions 7 to 10)
• Four points (questions 11 to 14)

The maximum number of points possible per set is 40 points, making the entire test worth 200 points.

In the Team Match, all four members of the team will identify 44 individuals. The questions are given simultaneously to all teams. Each team will submit one written answer to each question for the appropriate number of points.

The 44 questions are divided into three sets of questions as follows:

• Ten points (questions 1 to 20)
• Twenty points (questions 21 to 32)
• Thirty points (questions 33 to 44)

The maximum number of points possible is 800 points. Each of these sets is further subdivided into sections of questions related by a common category or theme.

Each team will have ten seconds to provide a written answer to the proctor, who will award the appropriate number of points for each correct answer.

There will be "progressive" or "multi-clue" questions as well during the Team Match worth 20 or 30 points. For these questions, two or three clues pertaining to the same person will be read. Teams can submit an answer on an early clue to get more points, but a miss yields nothing. Note that each team only has one chance to answer a multi-clue question! This may change however... stay tuned.

The Category Relay will involve identification of 40 individuals, separated into eight categories of five questions:

• Academic Categories have five questions related to each other by an academic theme. All answers will be worth 10 points each.
• Potluck Categories have five questions related to each other by a miscellaneous, not-necessarily academic theme. Point values for each question increase (10, 20, 30, 40, 50).

Each team will select one member to answer questions for any one Academic Category and any one Potluck Category. Once that person has answered a category, he/she cannot represent the team in subsequent categories of that type (Academic or Potluck).

If you want to know what Categories we will be using, sorry. The Celebrity Shoot Organizers will withhold revealing those categories until just prior to the start of the Relay. We may opt to just announce categories as they come up in the Relay, making it more critical for coaches and team to make up their strategies.

The maximum number of points possible 800 points.

Each team foursome will be required to split themselves up into two groups of two persons. 42 questions on individuals will be asked to everyone in this configuration. Each group submits a written response to each question. For every correct answer, each group will receive the appropriate number of points.

Here's how the questions are organized:
The 42 questions are separated into four major sections.
The first two sections are each made up of 9 questions worth 5, 10, or 15 points. The team score is increased by the appropriate number of points the question is worth.
The last two sections are each made up of 10 questions organized into categories and worth either 10 points each per correct answer (first two category sets) or 20 points each per correct answer (last two category sets).
At the end of each section is a progressive 30/20/10 identification question.

With this arrangement, the total number of points possible in the Masters Team Match is 600 per group, or 1200 possible points for each team.

Note that since this is the only section that is not played at the high school level, the questions in this section should be a bit more difficult than any of the other sections.

Each match will consist of at least 2 sets of 10 questions organized as follows:

• Two points (questions 1, 2, 6, 7)
• Three points (questions 3, 4, 8, 9)
• Five points (questions 5, 10)

The maximum number of points possible is 60 points. These scores will not carry over to subsequent matches. None of the questions sets is organized into categories.

Ah, but what if there's a tie? Additional questions will be read until the tie is broken (i.e., you advance when you get the answer right).

The format of the Individual Finals will depend on the number of participants and our staff, but in general, individuals are seeded based on their performance in the written test.