- Nintendo Hard / Brutal Bonus Level: The Smart Money Round.
- One of the winning contestants appears on the stage, while the other is offscreen. They have 30 (later 40) seconds to answer the same test. If they pick different answers and one of them is right, an extra $1,000 would be added to their winnings. But if they both pick the same answer and get it right, they win $10,000. Sound easy, right? Wrong. It was actually very difficult for two reasons.
- The "test" in question is almost always a Moon Logic Puzzle taken up to eleven. For example: A map of the United States with the caption: "Touch the state that includes a six-letter state." The answer is Arkansas; Ar-KANSAS.
- The second contestant does not get 30/40 seconds to answer; they get whatever time the first contestant had left. So if the first contestant dawdles too long and leaves only 10 seconds...
- One of the winning contestants appears on the stage, while the other is offscreen. They have 30 (later 40) seconds to answer the same test. If they pick different answers and one of them is right, an extra $1,000 would be added to their winnings. But if they both pick the same answer and get it right, they win $10,000. Sound easy, right? Wrong. It was actually very difficult for two reasons.
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