Chapter 58: I have bad teammates in the semi-finals
In the semi-finals, each school sent two contestants to compete in the same quick-answer format.
But this time the question types are mixed, and both people can rush to answer, but only the one who gets the first chance can answer the question.
Five points will be added for a correct answer and five points will be deducted for an incorrect answer.
There are sixty questions in total, each worth five points.
Five schools participated in the competition, five were selected into four, and one school was eliminated.
Then you gesture and I guess, and the ones we guess are all idioms.
The school with the fewest correct guesses within two minutes is eliminated.
Finally, three schools were left to enter the finals.
The tables and flags were the same as in the preliminary round, except that the person next to Tang Xueli was replaced by Tang Limei.
Tang Limei was noisy as usual, "Don't rush to answer questions you don't know how to answer."
Tang Xueli: "Mind your own business."
"I won't grab things randomly. I'm very organized." Tang Limei warned, "If I extend my hand, don't grab it from me."
Tang Xueli looked at her like she was a lunatic.
Do you know how fast the answer is?
I don't have time to put on so much drama with you.
"I don't care about that. Whoever can answer should raise the flag."
Tang Limei rolled her eyes, "What nonsense are you talking to me about."
Tang Xueli: "..."
I don't know who is talking nonsense.
"Wow, No. 6 Middle School's competition uniforms are so pretty! We should wear skirts too."
"The school uniform of No. 11 Middle School is also nice. It's a beautiful blue color and looks very energetic."
"Have you seen that tall boy from Tiezhong? He's so handsome. Why isn't there such a handsome boy in our class?"
The host came in and the room fell silent.
"It's over. Why am I so nervous?"
"Sydney, are you nervous?"
"Do you think my hair is messy?"
Tang Xueli didn't even look at her.
"Come and take a look!" Tang Limei poked Tang Xueli's waist.
Tang Xueli glanced at her helplessly and said, "It's as messy as a chicken coop."
"Ah?!" Tang Limei hurriedly raised her hands to tidy up her hair, "No way, no way, how could it be messed up!"
Some people in the audience laughed, and the host noticed Tang Limei's abnormality, so he joked, "It seems that the contestants are getting nervous. This semi-final is indeed very exciting..."
Tang Limei realized that she had been fooled and was so angry that she wanted to twist Tang Xueli's arm.
Tang Xueli dodged and grabbed her wrist, "Don't move. If your wrist is broken, you won't be able to hold up the flag."
Tang Limei curled her lips, "Who are you trying to scare?"
Having said that, he still kept to himself.
She was really nervous. Why were there so many people under the stage? It felt like everyone was looking at her.
Soon the competition officially began.
An oversized glass box contained hundreds of questions covering astronomy, geography, Chinese studies, history, mathematics, and various general knowledge. The judging panel randomly selected sixty questions and gave them to the host.
"Let's not waste any more time talking and get straight to the point." The host said, holding the question in his hand, "The competition has officially begun. Contestants, get ready. First question!"
"How old is the weak crown?"
With a whoosh, Tang Limei raised the flag.
Referee: "One answer."
Tang Xueli raised her eyebrows, feeling a little surprised.
Not bad, your hands are so fast, it’s surprising.
Tang Limei smiled proudly and answered confidently: "Weak crown means..."
She even paused for two seconds to pretend to be mysterious before giving the answer: "Twelve years old!"
Tang Xueli: "..."
It turned out not to be a surprise, but a shock.
Host: "Wrong answer, other schools continue to answer!"
The contestant who got the first place in the sixth grade answered, "Twenty years old."
Host: "If you answer correctly, you will get five points."
Tang Limei: "...Oops, I said it wrong, I know it's twenty years old."
Tang Xueli sighed silently.
Next, she will not only have to compete in speed with players from other schools, but also in hand speed with her teammates.
"Question 2: How many pieces are there in chess?"
Tang Xueli raised the flag with her hand like a shadow.
Referee: "One answer."
Tang Xueli: "32 flags."
Host: "If you answer correctly, you will get five points."
Tang Limei later grabbed another question, a very simple one, what are the four great inventions of China?
Tang Xueli thought that she would definitely answer this question wrong, but Tang Limei answered, "Compass, gunpowder, printing... and... and abacus!"
Tang Xueli: "..."
She shouldn't have had any hope.
Host: "Wrong answer, other schools continue to answer."
No. 6 Middle School grabbed the ball again and scored five points.
Tang Limei never touched the flag again after that. Tang Xueli would reach out for questions she didn't know how to answer, but she would only block Tang Limei's way to touch the flag.
"Are you sick? Why are you stopping me?" Tang Limei complained in a low voice: "I know the answer to this question. If I get it, we can get five more points."
Tang Xueli pretended that she couldn't hear anything.
She had to protect the points she had earned and not let Tang Limei waste them.
What Tang Limei calls "knowing" is just her own assumption that she knows, and nine times out of ten she will give the wrong answer.
In the end, No. 1 Middle School ranked fourth and entered the next round in a very thrilling way.
Tang Xueli walked off the stage expressionlessly.
Yan Shouzhen looked at her and said comfortingly, "Thank you for your hard work. It's not easy."
Tang Limei looked at Yan Shouzhen eagerly.
Did Teacher Yan forget about her? Tang Xueli worked hard, but wasn’t she also working hard? She even got two questions!
It was just bad luck that I answered wrong.
Yan Shouzhen was stared at for a minute and felt that he had to say something.
"Tang Limei, in the next round, you must cooperate with Tang Xueli and don't make any rash decisions."
Tang Limei: "...Oh, I see."
Yan Shouzhen is indeed biased.
There's definitely something wrong with both of them.
Isn’t this another Lao Cui!
After a fifteen-minute break, the contestants returned to the stage.
The referee also came on stage this time, standing in front of the blackboard with an idiom dictionary as big as a brick in his hand.
The order of guessing the idioms has been decided by drawing lots.
The first one is Railway Middle School.
The teacher in charge of the Tiezhong team held a piece of chalk in his hand and wrote the idiom that the referee randomly turned over on the blackboard.
The contestant facing the blackboard on the stage immediately started gesturing, while the contestant with his back to the blackboard needed to guess which idiom it was.
After one minute, the players swap positions.
After another minute, count the number of correct guesses.
Tiezhong guessed 6 idioms correctly in the first half and 5 in the second half, for a total of 11 idioms, earning 11 points.
Next is No. 1 Middle School.
Tang Limei had to guess first, and Tang Xueli stood facing the blackboard.
Yan Shouzhen held the chalk and moved his wrist.
The referee randomly opened a page, and Yan Shouzhen immediately wrote the first idiom on that page on the blackboard.
"Same as—"
Before she finished writing the last two words, Tang Xueli had already started to gesture.
She pointed at herself, then at Tang Limei, then waved her hands and feet.
Tang Limei responded for a full five seconds, "Pointing fingers."
The host said: “No.”
Tang Limei: "Use your hands and feet together."
Host: “No.”
Tang Xueli pointed at herself and Tang Limei again, making some emphasis.
Tang Limei looked confused, "I'm tired of seeing both."
The host couldn't help laughing: "Not right."
There was more and more laughter from the audience.
If you can’t guess the answer within fifteen seconds, move on to the next question.
Yan Shouzhen wrote "single-minded", and Tang Limei guessed "two-minded".
Yan Shouzhen wrote "wolf down" and Tang Limei guessed "eat voraciously".
Yan Shouzhen wrote "love at first sight", and Tang Limei guessed "one sword to the throat".
In the end, in the first half, one guess was wrong and the points were zero.
The audience burst into laughter.
The two exchanged positions.
Tang Limei had a sour face and complained to Tang Xueli as they passed by: "What the hell are you gesticulating?"
She couldn't understand any of it.
The second half begins.
Tang Limei observed Tang Xueli's appearance, pointed at herself, then pointed at Tang Xueli, and then wiped her neck.
Tang Xueli said at the same time: "The situation is tense."
Host: “Correct!”
Tang Limei: “!!!”
Look at what she gestures, it’s easy to guess!
Tang Limei pointed at herself again, then pointed at Tang Xueli, and then nodded.
Tang Xueli: "It's like talking at cross purposes."
Host: “Correct!”
Audience: Is this possible? How did you guess this? How come it is completely different from the first half!
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