On March 17viewers of the 24th season of Road to Mount Olympiawatched four contestants from different regions climb the mountain: Chu Đức Mạnh from Lang Son, representing Chu Van An High School; Phan Hoàng Nguyên from Nghe An, representing Thanh Chuong 3 High School; Lê Phạm Minh Toàn from Ho Chi Minh City, representing Le Thanh Tong School; and Trần Phan Quân from Hanoi, representing Phan Dinh Phung High School.
The four contestants of the Week 2 March edition of Road to Mount Olympia 2024.
WARM UP
In the Warm-up round, contestant Đức Mạnh was the first to perform. In the first 6 questions, the student from Chu Van An High School, Lang Son,answered 4 out of 6 questions correctly, earning him the first 40 points.
Contestant Chu Đức Mạnh from Chu Van An Specialized High School, Lang Son, during the Warm-up round.
Meanwhile, as the second contestant, Hoàng Nguyên from Thanh Chương 3 High School, Nghệ An, did not have a smooth start like Đức Mạnh. Out of the six questions presented, Hoàng Nguyên answered only one question correctly, earning 10 points in the Warm-up round.
Contestant Phan Hoàng Nguyên from Thanh Chương 3 High School scored 10 points in the Warm-up round with 6 personal questions. Hoàng Nguyên seemed unhappy with the unfavorable start.
As the third contestant, Lê Phạm Minh Toàn from Lê Thánh Tông High School, which includes primary, secondary, and high school levels, gave quick answers after hearing the questions read by the hosts. After finishing the Warm-up round with 6 personal questions, Minh Toàn scored 50 points. He was missing only one question - "Which provinces does Ho Chi Minh City border?" - Toàn scored half of the correct answer by naming Đồng Nai but failed to mention Tiền Giang province.
Contestant Lê Phạm Minh Toàn from Lê Thánh Tông School in Ho Chi Minh City.
Contestant Phan Quân from Phan Đình Phùng High School in Hanoi was the last contestant in the Warm-up round. Although he didn't provide the correct answer to the first question, Phan Quân maximized his performance for the remaining questions. With 5 correct answers, the contestant from Phan Đình Phùng High School gained 50 points out of 6 questions, tying with Minh Toàn from Lê Thánh Tông School.
Contestant Phan Quân from Phan Đình Phùng High School, Hanoi.
Thus, at the end of the individual Warm-up round, the scores were as follows: Minh Toàn (50), Phan Quân (50), Đức Mạnh (40), and Hoàng Nguyên (10).
In the collective Warm-up round, Minh Toàn experienced the most dramatic score changes. He swiftly gained 2 correct answers, raising his score to 70, but then dropped to 65 after an incorrect response upon buzzing. Despite this setback, he correctly answered an English question, raising his score to 75. However, another incorrect ranswer on the buzzer brought his score down to 70, only to quickly climb up back to 80 on the next buzzer.
Hoàng Nguyên earned an additional 10 points for one correct answer, bringing his total to 20. He then got another correct answer, bringing his score up to 30, but it dropped to 25 after his last answer.
Meanwhile, Phan Quân lost 5 points for an incorrect answer on his first buzz, bringing his score down to 45. However, he gained 10 points with a correct answer on his second buzz, bringing his score to 55.
Đức Mạnh lost 5 points for buzzing in with an incorrect response, causing his score to drop to 35.
At the conclusion of the collective Warm-up round, the scores were as follows: Minh Toàn (80), Phan Quân (55), Đức Mạnh (35), and Hoàng Nguyên (25).
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES
In this round, two contestants earned the first 10 points, Minh Toàn and Phan Quân. With the correct answers, Minh Toàn's score increased to 90, and Phan Quân's to 65.
And right after that, in the next question, Phan Quân found 9 letters of the segment "Obstacle Overcoming" with the answer "Binary System." In fact, Minh Toàn also found 9 letters, but he was not the fastest to answer. With his outstanding performance, contestant Phan Quân from Phan Đình Phùng High School has risen to the top with a score of 125, becoming the contestant with the highest score after round 2.
At the end of this round, Minh Toàn regretted that he had rung the buzzer after Phan Quân. The reason for the delay was that Toàn was torn between choosing the word "Binary System" or "Binary Code."
