Second round

What is the highest mountain of North America (6190 metres)? Mount McKinley (Denali). Correct. The Matterhorn is located in two countries, one of the countries is Switzerland. What is the other one? Italy. Correct. What is the second highest mountain in the world (8614 metres)? K2. Corrent. What is the highest African mountain? Mount Kilimanjaro. Correct. How many Eight-thousanders there are? Thirteen. WRONG. Oh, yes! It’s fourteen! Too late.

“Only one mistake, Tim,” Frank announced, “you’re slowing down on your path to bimbofication.”

“I’m maintaining a healthy balance,” the contestant replied with a wink.

“Draw one healthy card then.”

“Height Reduction.”

“We happy?”

“Not really,” Tim replied, “I was perfectly content with my height. But five centimetres isn’t the end of the world, so I’ll keep the transformation.”

“In that case go into The Chamber.”

This time Tim expected the tingling, so even though the sensation occurred all over his body, he withstood it patiently. It was still a bit awkward to experience your entire body shrinking slightly. When the door to The Chamber opened and he saw himself on the large screen he could not see any difference right away, because his clothing had also been perfectly adjusted to the new body. Only when he returned to his panel and stood next to the host he realised that he had to lift his eyes slightly to look at Frank’s face. The change was not necessarily welcome, but it should not shake his confidence or masculinity.

“Welcome back, Tim,” the host said, “are you feeling a little different?”

“Ha! So which one of us is supposed to make the jokes,” the contestant replied with a smile.

“I take it that you’re not upset by the recent change. Ready for the third round?”

“Yes. National Coats of Arms.”