2015-05-21 【Aiden in English】
Family Feud is a fun game show that the school's gifted teacher, Mr. Hinz, hosts on Olympic Day every year. The 6th graders are privileged to play, while the lucky 4th and 5th-grade classes have the opportunity. So now, I announce that we're welcoming Montgomery's Olympic Halftime Show! At halftime, the Mountaineers were in a solid second place out of four teams. Yet, after the first round, it didn't seem so anymore. People could say we were lucky, but for the most part, the Mountaineers demolished the Scouts. The game works because the classes are selected from two teams each, and they play, followed by another from the same team. Family Feud is a game where a survey asks a certain number of people a question. Soon, each family member walks to a desk in the center to hear the question. Once the question is answered, both people must grab the bean bag in the center, and whoever holds it first answers it. There are hundreds of answers, but only the ones that the surveyed people said are correct. If you grabbed the bean bag, the goal is to get the answer that most people answered in the survey. If it gets right, your family can play and answer the other answers, but if not, the opposing team can steal and play. Once playing, the team has three strikes before the survey is turned over to the other team. The team can steal by just giving one correct answer. If neither family can complete the study, the points (i.e., the total number of people who answered the same as your answer) are awarded to the original team. Opinion and judgment also play an essential role in the outcome of this game. For example, one survey asked, "What Would You Give to a wannabe cowboy as an 'ift?" Someone said a lasso, but a strike mark appeared. During the revealing stage, "rope" appeared as the number five most picked answer. It's a unit for torture; a rope is a lasso. Oh boy, at the time, if that team had known the results, they would have become the unhappy campers. (Get it? Theme?) The Olympics are supposed to measure a person's physical prowess, not their mental capacity. Family Feud was worth more to the Mountaineers than any other team because we dominated, especially when we were the underdogs. The halftime show looked like a cure for an incurable disease. The Mountaineers collected the most points, giving our opponents no points at all. This is the beauty of a school: you're not athletically inclined, but there's always another route. Everyone must contribute; the only reason the Mountaineer is still in the game is because of Family Feud. 【紅霞譯】
“家庭問答”是一個極其有趣的遊戲比賽，每年我校智優班老師杭茨“家主”先生都要在奧林匹克節上親自主持這個節目，初中一年級學生實力最佳，而小學四五年級的師弟學妹們也有幸同台較量，我宣布蒙哥馬利“巨人山”小學奧林匹克運動會中場休息表演現在開始！
中場休息時，登山者隊成績名列全校四個代表隊中的第二，可是經過頭一輪“家庭問答”交鋒之後，排名大有改觀。你可以說我們運氣好，不過大多數情況下，登山者隊依據實力勇克童子軍隊。比賽在兩個隊之間進行，每隊各選兩名隊員相互比試，然後再各派一對選手進行較量。“家庭問答” 根據公眾對某個問題的普遍看法而確定答案對錯，雙方推出一名代表到台中央搶答問題，發問後，誰先抓住沙包，誰才有權回答問題，其正確與否視普查結果而定，百分比越高的答案，得分的可能性越大。如果答對了，你的隊可以繼續回答下面的問題；如果答錯了，對方可以偷過來回答問題。比賽中，一個隊有三次這樣的機會，一旦三次都沒有答對，那麼該輪到對方回答。無論兩方哪一方答錯，便給對手增加得分的可能；倘若雙方都沒有答對，原隊得分（看法迥異不分伯仲）。
觀點和評判在本場比賽中起到了重要作用，譬如：有這麼一個調查結果涉及到，“如果你要贈送給牛仔一件禮物，那麼它是什麼？”有人回答說套索，但被打上了叉號，直到謎底揭曉時方才恍然大悟，原來第五號“繩索”是大眾公認的正確答案。這不成心跟人過意不去，繩索就是套索。天呀，假如當時回答問題的那個隊得知這樣一個結果，肯定會變成一幫被氣瘋了的營員。（明白嗎？奧林匹克節的主題？）
當今奧運會應該只衡量個人的體能素質而非才智素質， “家庭問答” 顯然讓登山者隊占了便宜，而對其他隊卻無關宏旨，因為這是我們克敵制勝的法寶，尤其當初身處劣勢的情況下，中場比賽讓我們發揮出自己的優勢。登山者隊幾乎控制了賽場局勢，使對手喪失得分手段。 這就是校園文化的美德之所在，即使沒有運動天賦，你仍可另闢蹊徑發揮一技之長。登山者隊之所以取得傲人的成績，靠的是“家庭問答”。
Today in History(歷史上的今天): 2015: 2015 Olympic Day Part-3(2015年奧林匹克節之三) 2015 Olympic Day Part-1(2015年奧林匹克節之一)
2015 Math24 Tournament(2015年口算24點錦標賽) 2014: Mont ES Band Spring Concert(蒙小春季管樂會) 2010: 寫給光華中文學校家長的一封信(A Letter to GHCS Parents) 2009: 浪漫(Romance)  Frisbee @ Montgomery ES
(蒙哥馬利小學·飛盤 05-21-2015)  Family Feud (《家庭問答》 益智遊戲)
Crosslinks(相關博文): Fifth Grade Olympic Day(五年級奧林匹克節) Trivia over the Indian Ocean(印度洋上百科知識問答) 6th Grade(初中一年級)
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