Which word is missing in the idiom: "Dài lưng tốn ..."?
⬥ A: Áo
⬥ B: Vải
⬥ C: Gạo
⬥ D: Cơm
This idiom means "describe a lazy, clumsy, useless person".
₫600,000 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the official name of a country called?
⬥ A: Quốc kỳ (National flag)
⬥ B: Quốc ca (National anthem)
⬥ C: Quốc hiệu
⬥ D: Quốc huy (Coat of arms)
₫1,000,000 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
The verse "Đi đâu mồng một ba mươi/ Để đêm tối quá không ai thấy gì" (Go to where on the first and thirtieth / Let the night be too dark to see anything) of poet Xuân Quỳnh talks about what?
⬥ A: Moon
⬥ B: Sun
⬥ C: Venus
⬥ D: Mars
The host Đinh Tiến Dũng joke that on the first and thirtieth day of a lunar month, there is no moon.
₫2,000,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
According to the ancient Vietnamese system of measurement, how many square meters is one sào of Tonkin?
⬥ A: 50
⬥ B: 100
⬥ C: 360
⬥ D: 500
₫3,000,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
The proverb "Ra trông sao, vào trông núi" (Go out look stars, go in look mountains) talks about folk experience in what? "50:50" lifeline used
⬥ A: Go to the forest
⬥ B: Go on beach
⬥ C: Farming
⬥ D: Choose land to build a house on
Văn Thu followed the experience of seafarers "must keep the sea, but if you don't look at the sky, the earth and the clouds, it's dangerous", and the remaining options do not mention having to look after the sky and the earth. But instead of determinating to lock that option, he used 50:50 lifeline because the Hot Seat was very hot and went to the studio was more psychological so he couldn't be reckless as younger contestants.
₫6,000,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these ancient villages is famous for its laterite walls?
⬥ A: Đường Lâm Village
⬥ B: Cự Đà Village
⬥ C: Bát Tràng Village
⬥ D: Đông Ngạc Village
By the method of elimination, he locked in A because he went to the remaining three, and they aren't made by laterite.
₫10,000,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
Megalodon is an extinct giant fish, which species of fish do they belong to? "Ask Two Experts" lifeline used
⬥ A: Whale
⬥ B: Shark
⬥ C: Dolphin
⬥ D: Crocodile
The two experts' (Trần Thành Nam and Hà Việt Hoàng) answer: B. He knew that crocodile hasn't extinct yet and maybe so does shark, but when the experts gave option B, he changed his mind because if he chose A, he would have left with ₫2,000,000. Expert Trần Thành Nam said he hadn't watch the movie about Megalodon but he had read the information about that species, while the host Đinh Tiến Dũng had.
₫14,000,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
Which city in Brazil renamed a street to pay tribute to King of Football Pele? "Phone-a-Friend" and "Plus One" lifelines used
⬥ A: Sao Paulo
⬥ B: Rio de Janeiro
⬥ C: Brasília
⬥ D: Manaus
Phone-a-Friend partner: Lê Lan Anh (she said Maceió but Văn Thu couldn't hear well); Plus One partner: Nguyễn Thị Minh Châu (her answer: B). After the Phone-a-Friend lifeline, he leaned towards B and D but heard that was B, and needed the help from his wife. Minh Châu said if Văn Thu didn't strongly followed her, he would leave with ₫2,000,000, which was called "insurance" according to the host Đinh Tiến Dũng. After locking in B, he said that could be A before commercial break. And when the answer was annouced, he happily said "determined not to listen to Cao Cao".
₫22,000,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
Which product of the ancient land of Đoài are still preserved to this day?
⬥ A: Sài Sơn flying fox
⬥ B: Cấn Xá carp
⬥ C: Khánh Hiệp yellow green samurai crab
⬥ D: Linh Chiểu water spinach
Văn Thu decided to walk away and won ₫14,000,000. If he had gone with D, he would have won a cheque of ₫22,000,000. He said this was the first time he had heard about this information, but he leaned towards option D because his hunch heard there was only one vegetable that was used to advance king. But because he wasted the 50:50 lifeline at the 6th question and the knowledge is limitless so he decided to walk away and then his hunch turned out to be the right answer. He knew that his life can't be reckless as the previous contestant and the host Đinh Tiến Dũng said if whenever he have a chance, get a bunch of water spinach to eat to relieve anger.
Trivia[]
Usually young people will call each other "ông xã, bà xã" (husband and wife), but Văn Thu and his partner still call "anh xã, bà xã" although they are old. The host Đinh Tiến Dũng said that's what young people need to learn.
In the waiting time of deciding to either continue or walk away at the 10th question, the music cue up and down.
