Mental Samurai

• Factfinder: The contestant must decide which
• Initial Impression: The contestant must combine two people to make
• Reality Check: The contestant must figure out which
• Snapshot: The contestant must figure out a person/place by combining two/three images.
• Special Equation: The contestant must count the number of two things together to make an equation and say the answer.
• Spellbound:
• Toss Up: The contestant must decide which
• True Lies:

• Compound Fracture: The contestant must identify the word that completes two compound words.
• Double Crossed: The contestant must complete a crossword puzzle to
• Gridlock:
• Match Box:
• Mirror Mirror: The contestant must identify the mirror image of the image above.
• Missing Piece: The contestant must complete a puzzle by locating the missing piece that
• Oddball: The contestant must identify the image that's not identical to the others.
• Picture Perfect:
• Wordnado: The contestant must combine letter fragments to make a word.
• Wordplay:

• Alpha Order: The contestant must list the names of people/things in alphabetical order from first to last, or vice versa.
• Back Order: The contestant must list the
• Measure Up: The contestant must measure three measurements shown from shortest to longest, or vice versa.
• Record-Breaker: The contestant must calculate the
• Striking Distance: The contestant must arrange the places
• Time Warp: The contestant must arrange

• Blackout: The contestant must study a clip carefully and
• Chat Attack: The contestant must study a text message and
• Echo Chamber: The contestant must repeat a pattern that
• Hear Say:
• Mind Field: The contestant must study six images carefully and locate the one image shown.
• Name Dropper: The contestant must memorize the names featured in an image and identify the name of the person shown.
• Pay Attention: The contestant must listen to
• True Colors:

This round consists of up to four questions, one at each tower, in the same manner; 90 seconds are allowed, plus any time remaining from the first round (rounded to the nearest second). The first correct answer increases the contestant's winnings to $25,000, and each subsequent answer adds a further $25,000, for a maximum of $100,000 if the contestant answers all four questions correctly. A miss at any time ends the round, but the contestant leaves with whatever money they have won to that point.

The best-performing contestants in a season, including some who fail to win the $100,000 on their original episode, returned in the final episode of the season to compete in a tournament for a grand prize of $250,000.

In the tournament final, much like the preliminary episodes, the finalists will complete a Towers of Samurai round. However, unlike previous shows, the finalists will each face the same 12 questions in the same order. (All contestants are sequestered away and are not aware of the proceedings until it is their turn to play.) The top three finishing players (determined by most questions answered correctly and ties being broken by fastest time) will advance the Circle of Samurai final.[5]

Again, unlike previous episodes, each of the contestants will face off answering the same set of questions (in the same order). Each contestant is sequestered backstage and unaware of the proceedings. Unlike the regular episodes, each contestant is only given 90 seconds to complete the four questions. The contestant who answers the most questions correctly, in the shortest amount of time, will be deemed the champion And Wins The $250,000.[5]