To answer a question, a contestant pressed a button on a device that resembled a TV remote control.
The series was created by Michael Geddes of Lone Eagle Entertainment in Toronto, Ontario, who producers of two other Canadian game shows, You Bet Your Ass and Inside the Box.
4 categories (5 in season 2) were announced, each with a column of four questions, each one valued incrementally more than the previous, ostensibly by difficulty.
A correct answer earned the point value of the question and the opportunity to select the next clue from the board.
There is a special show at the end of the season in which the three highest-scoring champions play for a grand prize.