“Ladies and gentlemen!” The host called out, signifying the start of the show. “We have seven brave contestants this time around. Now that’s a problem you see, because we only have five podiums, so that means the first round will be the obstacle course!” A portion of the set rose up from the floor to reveal the obstacle course arena. “Unlike our quiz portion which requires speed and cunning the obstacle course needs power and luck.” The host explained. The course was built to let ten people run it at the same time. Each obstacle was divided into ten identical sections, meaning the contestants could run the obstacles at the same time without being able to see or effect the performance of the others. Of course the course had a theme, each obstacle resembled a different cooking utensil. “Contestants will run the course one challenge at a time. Each challenge will have several ways to conquer them, but be warned one of them will be sabotaged. For this round the first two to fall will be eaten by the last two standing. Contestants please take your marks at the first obstacle.”<br/><br/>The first challenge was a pit of water dressed up to look like a deep fryer. The pit was deep enough so that if a person fell in they would not be able to climb out on there own. Lined up along each starting position were three identical ropes per person. “Welcome to the fryer fling. Each one of you has to choose between three ropes to use to swing over the fryer. One of each of your ropes will not carry you across the gap. Tugging and testing are not allowed, you have to pick and flick for this challenge. Remember contestants, this is endurance, not speed, when and if you reach the next side wait for everyone else to finish.”<br/><br/>((How to play: Simply pick a rope, left, right, or middle then swing. I’ve written down which rope will fail for each of you. Once each of you have swung I’ll post the results. Good luck.))