The following are the three regional finalists for 2006:
A second-round winner gets $750,600, and the eight regional finalists will get $1,000,800.
The 2009 edition had these cities as the five regional finalists:
The men's soccer team was a regional finalist in 2006 & 2007.
They were regional finalists in the 2010 competition.
Twice regional finalist in Independent bookshop of the year.
Each committee then interviews each of the regional finalists prior to making the final decisions on the year's awards.
The successful regional finalists then played for the 2008 National Championship.
If there was only one person who answered all five questions correctly in a region, they were automatically the regional finalist.
All qualifiers per region will play down to one regional finalist.