Olympia question makes it difficult for candidates

After each broadcast Road to Olympiathe audience gained another basket of knowledge in various fields from the questions and challenges of the program.

There are knowledge that many people realize when watching the program that they have never known.

A question in the second quarter competition of the 22nd year, with the appearance of Champion Vu Bui Dinh Tung.

The problem has the following content: “People usually do a ceremony to see off Tao Quan on December 23 and welcome Tao Quan on New Year’s Eve.

If we have a ceremony to see off Tao Quan at 12 noon on the 23rd and welcome on New Year’s Eve on the 30th; and the time of 1 day in Heaven is equal to one year on earth, then the time period in Heavenly Court time that Tao Quan goes to worship the Jade Emperor is a few minutes and a few seconds long (the result is rounded to seconds and takes a worldly year of 365). day)?”.

Source: Road to Mount Olympia

Candidates after listening to the question quickly give the answer in 8 minutes 30 seconds. Song MC Ngoc Huy announced that this answer is not correct, the right to win points belongs to 3 players. At this time, another contestant rang the bell and got a completely wrong answer, so the MC refused to give the score.

Finally, MC Ngoc Huy evaluated it as a very difficult question in the second quarter contest. Accordingly, the time that Tao Quan went to earth was 7 days and 12 hours (ie 7.5 days), the time Tao Quan went according to Heaven’s time was:

(7.5 : 365) x 24 = 0.49315068 (hour)

Rounded out will be: 29 minutes 35 seconds

This question has fooled many people because of its simple thinking, not excluding other possibilities. Therefore, for every question, it is necessary to have a multi-dimensional and sophisticated look to be able to give the most accurate answer.

According to the Law & Readers