In round three (titled "One-on-One"), each of the 5 remaining players would individually answer a series of questions while their opponents were isolated off-stage.
The three highest scorers would advance to the next round, while the others left with a 7-day family cruise vacation for four to Florida and the Bahamas in addition to the digital camera, the computer and the savings bond.
The other received a trust fund valued at $50,000 in addition to the cruise trip, the digital camera, the computer and the savings bond.
The kids were asked a series of questions from six categories (Science, Math, Literature, History, Spelling, Geography), each one randomly selected.
The first to score five points won the top trust fund prize of $300,000 in addition to the cruise trip, the digital camera, the computer, the savings bond, and the title of "The Smartest Kid in America".
The other player left with a $25,000 trust fund and a trip to Hawaii for four in addition to the big screen television, the digital camera and the computer.
The first to score five points off of their opponent's missed questions won the top trust fund prize of $150,000 in addition to the trip to Hawaii, the big screen television, the digital camera, the computer, and the title of "The Smartest Kid in America".
The other finalist received a $75,000 trust fund in addition to the trip to Hawaii, the big screen television, the digital camera and the computer.
India's Child Genius is an Indian game show based on the Fox format of the original American version.
[3] The contest provided a platform for the brightest pre-teen academic achievers in the country, who were tested not just on general knowledge, but also on verbal and non-verbal reasoning, and subjects from their school curriculum that are aged 10–13.
Genius - Il campionato dei piccoli geni was the Italian version of the game show aired to Rete 4 and presented by Mike Bongiorno and Alessandro Cecchi Paone in the pilot episode.
[4][5] Pequeños grandes genios was the Spanish version of the game show aired to La 1,[6] presented by Carlos Larrañaga in the first edition and by Ángel Llàcer[7] from 2002 to 2003.