Each section of game play featured an identical first and second round. The first round had the two teams looking at a cartoon drawing of some random scenario. The host would then read four clues describing an object drawn into the picture (but hidden.) The first team to buzz in and correctly circle and name the hidden object was given the chance to participate in the second round. (Later in the series, teams were given a board with the hidden objects drawn onto plastic laminates so that they already knew what they looked like. When the clue was read, they had to buzz in, pull a laminate off of the board, and stick it where it appeared in the giant picture.) For each correct answer the team would also recieve a miniscule amount of money ($25 or $50.)

For each correct find in the first round the teams were awarded with a chance to search a room in the "Finders Keepers" house. The house consisted of six rooms that were whimsical versions of real rooms in a typical home. Examples included "Dad's Study," "Ali-Baba's Bathroom" or "Frankenstein's Laboraory." For the second round, the teams would then be lead into the house where the host would read a clue describing an object hidden in the room. They then had thirty seconds to tear apart the room (quite literally) to find the object. If they located the object, they won an additional amount of money. If they did not find the object, that amount went to the other team.