Chapter 168 - 168: I Choose The First Way

The second way was to call a friend. But the contestants only got fifteen seconds. As soon as the contestant finished talking the question, the time was up, and there was no time to listen to the answer.

The third way was more like a joke. "Trust the majority" meant that the contestant had to follow the audience's choice no matter whichever they chose. One contestant applied this way, but the audience chose the wrong answer. It was no better than choosing by himself.

After the second round, Molly was still second. The gap with Charles was not big. But she couldn't catch up with him.

Two contestants were eliminated in this round. Then the game entered the third round: a quick response.

In this round, the right answer meant getting one point, while the wrong answer meant losing one point. It was challenging. After two contestants were out, only Molly and Charles left.

As the decisive fourth round was about to begin, it was getting tense.

To ease the atmosphere, Clarence interacted with Nicole.

"Nicole, if you're a contestant, in which round do you think you will be out?" Asked Clarence.

Nicole laughed, "The first round. Because I only know the answers to five questions, I had learned these things, but I forgot."

"I'm better than you. I can answer seven questions."

"Well, so what? You'll be out anyway."

There was another burst of laughter from the audience, which eased a little.

The game had to go on.

The fourth round was "Rob Your Score."

The regulation was that the player chose a question with a score. If the player gave the right answer, the score would be deducted from the opponent and added to the player. Rather, if the player gave the wrong answer, the player would lose the score, which would be added to his or her opponent. Each player had three questions. When they finished answering them all, the one with a higher score would be the winner.

It was the most exciting part of the Super Quiz.

Molly had thirty-seven points, and Charles had thirty-nine points. The difference was so small that Molly could catch up with Charles with one question.

According to the rules, Molly, who scored low, could choose questions first.

The questions with points from one to five. Correspondingly, the higher the score, the more difficult the question.

Molly hesitated and chose a question with four points. She was at a disadvantage, and if she chose a question with a low score, she would not be able to catch up.

Clarence exclaimed, "A question with four points! You are so brave, Molly. Now lets' see the first question is…"

The question tested the player's visual acuity. Two identical videos played on the screen. The player had to find out the differences between them.

It was like finding the differences between two pictures. Since they were dynamic videos and only played once, it was far more difficult than pictures.

Molly watched the video once and found no difference. The question said that there were three differences, but she found not even one. It played too quickly.

This question had four points. If she could not answer it, she would lose four points. That meant her score would be ten points less than Charles'. Then Charles could just choose easy questions to win.

"I choose to ask for help," said Molly.

Clarence walked up and said, "It was too hard. It's a test of eyesight and memory. Since a four-point question is so hard, I don't know what a five-point question would be like? Molly, how do you ask for help? Just relax. You got three chances. You can use them all on this question."

If she could answer it, her score would be six points higher than Charles, and she would have an advantage. In that way, Charles could not choose low score questions if he didn't want to lose. Once he took the risk of choosing a high score question, he was likely to get it wrong.

"I choose the first way," said Molly.

For this question, she could only use the first way. The second way only gave her fifteen seconds, which was not enough to finish telling the answers. And the third way was only available in multiple-choice questions.

Clarence asked his assistant to bring a small ball and give it to Molly. "Molly, you have to throw this ball to the audience. Good luck!"

Molly looked at Sophia. She knew Sophia was her only chance. If Sophia could catch the ball, she might help answer the question. But if she couldn't catch it…

Instead of thinking about it, she picked up the ball and threw it hard at Sophia.

Sophia knew how important the ball was to Molly, and she knew that if she could not catch the ball, Charles would be the winner.

Her eyes followed the ball. Molly threw it a little high. When it flew over her head, she jumped up and caught it.

Molly was relieved and felt like in the air.

Clarence had walked to the audience. The camera was on Sophia.

"You're…" Clarence recognized her. "Sophia! The talent! You are so good, Molly. Well, please answer this question for Molly, Sophia."

Sophia took over the microphone and said, "There are three differences. The first one is the vase on the cupboard near the door. In the first video, there are two flowers in it. While in the second video, there are three flowers. The second one is the headdress flower on the girl's head, which is jasmine in one video but rose in the other. The third one is the color of the boy's socks. They were blue in one video but blue with black stripes in the other."

The room fell silent. These differences were so subtle that no one noticed them.

Clarence got on the stage, "Well, please show us the answer. Let's see if Sophia answers right."

Screenshots from the two videos showed on the screen. The differences were the same as Sophia's answer.

"Correct!" Clarence got excited, "All of them are right."

The audience also got excited. The applause rang like thunder. Several people sitting around Sophia could not help but come over to ask her how she did that.

On the stage, Charles was upset. He lost four points, so he had thirty-five points. While Molly got the four points, she had forty-one points.

He gritted his teeth and chose a question with five points.

When the question showed on the screen, Charles could not help laughing.