Chapter 186 - 186: The Show Is Not Yet To Come

Number five couldn't think of a name for a while. Then time was up. He was disqualified from continuing to answer questions.

After some time, there were only two people on the stage, Sophia and Ada.

"Pythagoras," said Sophia.

"Monk Yixing," said Ada.

"Dai Xu," said Sophia.

They just met one question about this Mathematician, and Ada gave the wrong answer.

Ada was annoyed to hear the name, but she immediately thought of what she was doing. "Chen Gua," she said.

"Goldbach," said Sophia.

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They did not stop until the time was up.

Ada had paused a second after contestant number three. Sophia gave twenty-one names, and Ada gave twenty. And the scores of other contestants, however, were much lower than theirs.

At the end of the round, contestant number three and number four were eliminated, leaving only four contestants on the stage.

The score gap between Sophia and Ada was still small, with only three points.

The second round was short, without a break, the third round started.

Clarence said, "This round is Quick Response. When I started reading the question, you can press the button on your desk to answer it at any time. But I have to remind you… if you answer wrong, you'll lose one point. You have to think about it before you answer it. Okay, here we go."

Then he began to read the question, "The first question is, in snooker, what color ball has the lowest score?"

As soon as he finished reading, Sophia quickly pressed the button.

"Red," said Sophia.

"Right answer. One point for Sophia. The next question is a multiple-choice question. Which of the following pots is the most beneficial to the human body? A. stainless steel pot. B. iron pot…"

Sophia hit the button as soon as he read the correct answer, "iron pot", and said, "B, iron pot."

Ada was worried. She knew the answers to these questions, but she couldn't be quicker than Sophia. What if Sophia answered all the questions like this?

She made up her mind that as long as the host read a word of the correct answer next time, she would press the button.

Clarence continued to read the question, "A multiple-choice question. Which of the following elements caused Minamata disease?"

As soon as he finished reading the question, Sophia pressed the answer button.

Clarence smiled, "I haven't read the choices yet. Do you know the answer?" 

"Mercury," said Sophia.

"Right answer," said Clarence.

Ada was stunned.

That worked? Sophia didn't even hear the choices. How could she score? Ada thought.

Contestants number five and number six were close to each other. They pulled their chairs closer to each other and began to… talk!

For them, the result of the game didn't matter anymore. With their scores, even if they won this round, they would still be eliminated.

Clarence began to read the question, "Doufu…"

As soon as he said a word, Ada couldn't wait to press the button.

Clarence was shocked, "Do you know what I want to ask?"

Ada said proudly, "I guess you must want to ask who invented tofu legend? It is Liu An, the king of Huainan State."

Clarence nodded. "Number one is really smart. You're really… one point for you."

Under the stage, Molly could not help swearing, "Shameless bitch! She knows the questions. But Boss doesn't know. She can't score without hearing the question."

She could not help stand up, "I have to expose her."

Albert grabbed her by the coat and pulled her back to her seat. "Don't worry. The show is yet to come."

Ada was a bit anxious. The audience was no fool. The host only said "tofu," and she immediately guessed that he wanted to ask the inventor of the tofu legend?

Maybe he wanted to ask how to make tofu.

The audience around Molly believed her when she said that Ada knew the questions. People began to talk about whether Ada had known the questions in advance.

But it was also possible that she had guessed it. She rushed to answer the question, so she made a bet, and she might happen to win the bet. Anyway, when it came to the question of tofu, the possibility of asking its inventor was pretty good.

However, if she could always guess the question, then there would be something wrong. They had to look at the situation before they could be sure.

Melissa was so mad that she would have stormed the stage if Kevin hadn't pulled her.

What a shameless person!

On the stage, Clarence continued to read the question, "The next question, in the following historical battles, what has nothing to do with Germany is…"

As soon as he had finished, Ada couldn't wait to press the answer button.

Clarence stayed still, "I haven't read the options yet."

The answer came to Ada when she heard "Germany" in the question. But she didn't realize until she pressed the button that she had to look for the right answer from the given options. Even though she knew what the answer was, she couldn't guess if Clarence did not read the options.

Ada hurriedly said, "I pressed it by mistake. Excuse me."

"But rules are rules," Clarence said. "You get it, you answer it. It is a multiple-choice question with four options. You have to say one, or you'll lose one point."

Ada was five points lower than Sophia. If she lost one more point, it would be six points lower. The gap of six points was not so easy to catch up with. If she could answer it right, she would earn one point, and the four-point gap would be much easier to catch up with.

Quick Response was her last chance. She had watched the first episode and knew the strength of Sophia. If it came to the last round, Sophia had the strength to answer all the five-score questions. She could also do that, but she would not be able to get Sophia's points.

She thought about it and said, "Then I have to make a guess. Although I don't know the options… I choose C. Let's see if I'm lucky."

Clarence said, "All right. Let's see… C is the attack on Pearl Harbor.. C is the right one."