Brain Game shows consist of the following segments:
Pop-Up Culture
10 questions about pop culture, worth ten points up or down
Headliners
10 questions about current events, worth ten points up or down
Word Power
teams buzz in to fill in a crossword puzzle based on clues, worth ten points up or down
Connections
ten questions about civics and world history, worth ten points up or down
Name Game
each team gets one minute to answer ten directed questions about people, worth ten points up or down
Crunching Numbers
ten math questions, worth twenty points up or down
Rocket Science
ten questions about science, worth twenty points up or down
Globetrotting
ten questions about an area of the world that varies from show to show, worth twenty points up or down
Back Home in North Carolina
ten questions about some aspect of North Carolina that varies from show to show, worth twenty points up or down