I see... Well, since I have that card, I might try to do that on someone next time. Though the next time you will try that again, make sure it doesn't involve any salty treats.]
[Well, that little prank did help her on completing a square, so he might as well do her a favor.]
Well, I was thinking of the "Challenge a stranger to a duel of your choice" and I was wondering if you like to help me complete this square.
Ooh, well, I like history? Do you mind if we do history?
[She feels kind of bad about getting to pick the category after pranking him, but then again, he challenged her, and he was a professor. She probably needed all the help she could get.]
[Well, if he does pick the category, that would mean a big disadvantage to his opponent and he wouldn't want that. With that, he activates the generator and prepares for the first question.]
All right, first one to raise our hands will answer the question. Right answer gets a point while giving the wrong one will let the other player have the chance to answer. Whoever gets 3 points wins the contest.
Sounds good?
[And once Augustine finishes his explanation on the rules, the first question to the trivia contest shows itself on his computer monitor.]
"Who were the first people to separate copper from its ore?"
[At this point, Augustine may raise his hand too late, which may give Tuuri the chance to answer.]
[She is ready. She puts her hands on the desk, drumming her fingers slightly to prepare to shoot her hands up. Once the first question is up, her hand shoots into the air automatically--
--and then she realizes that she's not sure on the answer.]
Uh. [She blinks, her hand raised straight into the air. Copper from ore, so... Copper Age? Uh...] Was it... in Serbia?
[The Ancient Egyptians? Man, they weren't anywhere near there.]
So we're zero-zero, then... [Tuuri hits the button for the next one, hoping it'll be something more promising. The website seems to be going for an Egyptian theme now, though, because their next question is:
In 48 BC, Cleopatra, with the aid of Julius Caesar, overthrew her Egyptian co-ruler who was also her husband and brother. Who was he?]
Uh. [It's... not Antony. Antony is the one at the end. But all she can think of is Antony.]
[Oh! He did remember that question during one of his high-school exams thanks to his friend tutored him on the History subject about Egyptian history. With that, he quickly raises his hand.]
If I can remember, is it Ptolemy XII?
[He then lets Tuuri try to type in the answer in his computer.]
Oh. I really thought you had that one? Maybe... [Did he spell it wrong? She goes back and changes the spelling again to Ptolmy XII, just in case, because it's not like she has a guess of her own. It doesn't work either, and then they get the response--]
--Okay, Ptolemy XIII is so close that I think you should just get that one.
[Geometry... not exactly Tuuri's strong point either, but she at least has the benefit of being fresh out of mandatory math classes, so.]
Wait, okay, length of each side... So 10 by 10 by 10 would go up to 11 by 11 by 11, which means... [She maybe shouldn't be thinking through the math out loud, except it doesn't matter; she falters as she realizes she's not sure what 121 times 11 is off the top of her head.] Umm... Something like 30 percent?
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[Well, that little prank did help her on completing a square, so he might as well do her a favor.]
Well, I was thinking of the "Challenge a stranger to a duel of your choice" and I was wondering if you like to help me complete this square.
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Well, I'd be happy to help you, but I'm not very good at... dueling.
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[She was thinking that she'd get run through with a sword.]
Yes, let's do that!
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And just to be fair, I'm going to use a trivia generator with a category of your choice. Do you have in mind about the category?
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[She feels kind of bad about getting to pick the category after pranking him, but then again, he challenged her, and he was a professor. She probably needed all the help she could get.]
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All right, first one to raise our hands will answer the question. Right answer gets a point while giving the wrong one will let the other player have the chance to answer. Whoever gets 3 points wins the contest.
Sounds good?
[And once Augustine finishes his explanation on the rules, the first question to the trivia contest shows itself on his computer monitor.]
"Who were the first people to separate copper from its ore?"
[At this point, Augustine may raise his hand too late, which may give Tuuri the chance to answer.]
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[She is ready. She puts her hands on the desk, drumming her fingers slightly to prepare to shoot her hands up. Once the first question is up, her hand shoots into the air automatically--
--and then she realizes that she's not sure on the answer.]
Uh. [She blinks, her hand raised straight into the air. Copper from ore, so... Copper Age? Uh...] Was it... in Serbia?
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Guess that's incorrect then. Then I guess that it was the Americans who discovered it.
[It also gives the same cross to his answer before revealing the answer to be "The Ancient Egyptians".]
Well, looks like we're both wrong then.
[Makes sense since he also has no knowledge about that question.]
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So we're zero-zero, then... [Tuuri hits the button for the next one, hoping it'll be something more promising. The website seems to be going for an Egyptian theme now, though, because their next question is:
In 48 BC, Cleopatra, with the aid of Julius Caesar, overthrew her Egyptian co-ruler who was also her husband and brother. Who was he?]
Uh. [It's... not Antony. Antony is the one at the end. But all she can think of is Antony.]
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If I can remember, is it Ptolemy XII?
[He then lets Tuuri try to type in the answer in his computer.]
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[She doesn't want him to end up getting it wrong if she just spells the answer incorrectly, after all.]
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There. I think that's the right spelling.
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[She hits enter, and it... doesn't take.]
Oh. I really thought you had that one? Maybe... [Did he spell it wrong? She goes back and changes the spelling again to Ptolmy XII, just in case, because it's not like she has a guess of her own. It doesn't work either, and then they get the response--]
--Okay, Ptolemy XIII is so close that I think you should just get that one.
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With that, it's now his turn to use his computer to generate a new question. This time, it's a geometry problem.]
If the length of each side of a shoe box is increased by ten percent, then the volume of the box is increased by what percent?
[Well, this is a problem. He doesn't know the answer to this.]
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Wait, okay, length of each side... So 10 by 10 by 10 would go up to 11 by 11 by 11, which means... [She maybe shouldn't be thinking through the math out loud, except it doesn't matter; she falters as she realizes she's not sure what 121 times 11 is off the top of her head.] Umm... Something like 30 percent?
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Good answer, but that's the wrong answer. Although, now that I think about it after hearing your calculation, my guess is that the answer might 33.1.
[This time, the computer screen shows a green check sign to Augustine's answer.]