Chapter 21
Leo: Hello, and welcome to the Percy Jackson Show! And no, it is not Sports Day- Er, Week! Someone who was fat, lazy and slow decided to skip it!(*Shoots writer a look) So today it is Trivia Contest Day, which Athena and her children will definitely like!
Athena and her children: Yay!
Leo: Now, before we start, we will split into teams. There are only three restrictions. 1. No gods or goddesses allowed, 2. Each team can have up to 5 people, and 3. Each team can only have 1 Athena child, at the most!
After Leo finished, everyone started chatting and making teams.
10 minutes later-
Leo: Here are the teams we split into:
Team 1: Percy Annabeth Grover Tyson Ella
Team 2: Leo Thalia Nico Malcolm Clarrise
Team 3: Jason Piper Will Chiron(yes he is also in the contest) Drew
Team 4: Hazel Frank Calypso Reyna Rachel
Leo: And here are the rules:
Screen: During the first round, everyone writes their answers down on their board. When you are done, ring your bell, and if you are right,your team +1 point. If you are wrong,your team -1 point. The first team to 8 points wins, and when that happens, the team with the least points is out.
Leo: Ready? Go!
Q: 49 x 81 =
Bing.
Annabeth's bell rang. Her board said: 3969
CPU: Team 1 + 1.
Team 1: Yay!
Q: Which country in the world has the longest wall?
Bing.
Frank's bell rang. His board said: China.
CPU: Team 4 + 1
Q: How many syllables are in a haiku's first line?
Bing.
Will's bell rang. His board said: 5
CPU: Team 3 + 1
Q: How many judges of the dead are there?
Bing.
Nico's bell rang. His board: 3
CPU: Team 3 + 1 Harder Q's on the way...
Q: What is Chinese for 'a thousand dumb walnuts'?
Bing.
Surprisingly, Percy's bell rang. His board: 一千个笨核桃(yiqingebenhetao)
CPU: Team 1 + 1
Everyone stares at Percy.
Percy: What? I've been obsessed with Chinese movies, so I simply learned Chinese.
Frank: Look at my board...
一千个笨
Frank: It's only missing 'walnuts'!
Leo: Your board needs walnuts? Ha...
Frank: Hey!
Leo: Anyways, next question:
Q: What is Chinese for 'Walnuts'?
Ding.
Annabeth's bell rang. Her board: 核桃
CPU: Team 1 + 1
Annabeth: Heh, I don't learn Chinese. But Frank just said that he was only missing 'walnuts', so I just had to write was Percy had that Frank didn't.
Others: Smart!
After a team won-
CPU: Final score:
Team 1: 8
Team 2: 3
Team 3: 5
Team 4: 7
Winner: Team 1
Team 2, out!
*Yay! *Nooo!
CPU: The second round will be between the 2nd and 3rd of the last round. You will take turns answering questions, and the first team to not be able to answer a question is out. Team 3 will start.
Q: What is the biggest difference between lightning and electricity?(Note: Old Chinese Joke)
Jason(blurts out): Lightning is free, and electricity isn't.
CPU: Right.
Q: What is the biggest difference between Batman and Superman?(Another old Joke)
Frank: Batman wears his underwear inside, but Superman wears his outside, right?
CPU: Right!
Q: What is the first monster Percy ever defeated?
Drew: Minotaur!
CPU: Wrong! Answer: Fury! But, since Team 3 went first, Team 4 will have to answer the next question correctly in order to win!
Q: A cup falls onto the floor, but no water spills out. Why?
Hazel: It's empty?
CPU: Wrong! Answer: It is filled with milk!(Boo!) So Team 3 is safe!
Team 3: Phew!
Q: What is China's capital?
Piper: Beijing!
CPU: Right!
Q: What starts with 'T', is full of 'T', and ends with 'T'?
After 1 minute, Team 4 loses because time ran out.
CPU: Answer: Teapot! Now, Team 3 wins! Now, Team 1 and Team 3 will be competing against each other in round 3. The winning team will be the winner! It will be a simple, 2-out-of-3 competition. Are you ready? I don't care either way!
Q: What is China's most famous Smartphone?
Annabeth: Huawei!
CPU: Right!
Q: What is the meaning of Mona Lisa?
Drew: My Lisa!
CPU: Right!
Final Q: What was Riptide's original form?
Percy(excited): Hairclip!
CPU: Right! The winner is Team 1, Team 3 came in second, with Team 4 in third, and Team 2 came in last!
Leo: Aww! But We'll still see you next time, with no one hurt or dead. Well, I can't guarantee that. Maybe no one killed or hurt by one of us. But bye!
Something that happened a few times before happened again: The super-spring sprang Leo again, and everyone laughed.