After hearing the funny (horrifying) family stories by Jamie, the Quiz on the Block episode continued with Jamie and Ari introducing themselves, with Ari having to do it once in English and once in French.

└ Oh wow. The introduction was so pretty and melodic. Does anyone know what part of France he's from?

└ Is his French actually good, or is he making things up? Like wth is ouais? Doesn't he mean oui?

└└ Native French speaker here. To me, it sounds like he has a slight Parisian accent mixed with a southwestern French accent from the regions near the Spanish border. It's actually considered a very sexy accent here in France. I love hearing it so much.

└└ Paris resident here. His French is very good. He definitely grew up in France, and he's using slang only the native kids would know.

After their introduction, the hosts continued with their usual talking points of asking contestants what type of questions they preferred.

Jamie proudly stated he was only good at music, causing laughs, but then the laughter stopped when Ari boldly proclaimed that they could ask him anything.

The editing superimposed images of mathematical equations over their confused faces.

"Anything?"

"Anything,"

"Ohhh, you're so confident."

"Yes," Ari replied with a cocky smile.

Naturally, the chat went wild, but this time with complaints.

└ Ugh, here we go again. He's acting cocky because he thinks he's so smart.

└ I can't stand this cocky, fake, smartypants who thinks he's all that just because he's a little bit good at school.

└└ /genq What do you mean? I don't go here

└└└ He's apparently valedictorian (#1 rank student) in his high school, so his cult fans use that to rag on other contestants, but who the hell cares about high school grades when you're not even going to college to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer? You're just a singer.

└└└ Exactly! Is that even a big deal? There are thousands of valedictorians in America every year. He's not special

└└└ I can't wait to see him humbled. The hosts don't even believe him.

Having met a lot of bragging foreigners, Yoo Jae-bong and Choi Soobin naturally didn't believe it, and getting upset at their doubt, Jamie began listing all of Ari's accolades in a praise bomb.

"Don't underestimate him! Ari is super smart! Right?"

"Ouais."

"He speaks 4 languages!"

"3.5 but ouais."

"Memorizes things easily and works through hard problems like it's cake."

"Ouais."

"Ranked first in his school!"

"In my grade, but ouais."

"His only failings are that he can't cook, and if you put him in a kitchen, he might burn it down, set off a powdered sugar bomb, and set all of the sprinklers off."

"Let's delete that part." With a cheeky grin, Ari made scissors motion at the cameramen before sharply elbowing Jamie in the side, and the screen froze with text saying.

[Naturally, we didn't delete it. Please look up the powdered sugar bomb incident for a fun laugh.]

└ Delete it? What is he talking about

└└ We don't speak of the powdered sugar bomb incident.

└ What's the powdered sugar bomb incident?

└└TELL ME!!!

└└└ Well, it all started with a knife failing to chop an onion, and instead breaking a table in half...

└└└└ ????

While the chat was explaining the cooking incident lore, a bit surprised at the passion behind Jamie's defense, Choi Soobin looked at both boys before asking.

"So Ariel is the smart one between you two?"

Ari's face immediately got serious as he pointed at Jamie.

"Not at all. Look at him. Tall and handsome with great hair. James. Jones. The. Third! At Attention."

"Sir, yes, sir!" Jamie immediately stood up straight while saluting.

"He's smart in all things related to music!"

"Yes!"

"Talented!"

"Yes!"

"Guitar genius!"

"Yes!"

"History nerd!"

"Yes!"

"Music Producer Extraordinaire!"

"Yes!"

"Music aficionado!"

"I don't know what that means, but yes!"

"Please put some respect on his name."

"….ah…I see. My apologies."

"You two are quite close. Clearly, you've been friends forever."

"Nope! Only about 3 months!"

"3 months?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, well true friendships can't be measured in time anyway."

"Exactly!"

└Why did it turn into a compliment competition?

└ We get it, the two of you are best friends, let's move on

└ Awww, look at Jamie. If he were a puppy, his tail would be wagging in excitement. He looks so happy being complimented!

└They've only known each other for 3 months? That's kind of crazy, no? They act so close.

└ But seriously, is Ari really that smart?

└└ He is. Several articles have been published by local newspapers in Los Angeles, highlighting his academic accomplishments in high school. You can look it up! He even held a livestream where he was helping people do their challenging homework problems!

└└└ Wow. That's great! A nerdy idol trainee! I can never let my parents see this before they start comparing me to him.

Unlike some of the Western viewers, many Koreans were quite impressed with the educational accomplishment, given their own experience with rigorous schooling.

Especially those who were familiar with how hard the idol system was.

Seeing someone who was clearly good-looking and trying to be an idol, yet not neglecting his education, was quite inspiring.

But almost all of them had no hope that he would actually do well.

There were plenty of foreigners who were intelligent and performed well with the beginner questions, but as the questions became increasingly difficult, they struggled.

Additionally, not a lot of foreigners knew a lot about Korea, so once it ventured out of the touristy topics, they inevitably needed to get help from the host and had to forfeit the money.

As for Jamie, they had no hope for him, but surprisingly-

"Ari, please count from 1 through 10 in Korean."

└ Bet he doesn't know that.

└ He's probably lying when he said he's learning Korean. After all, when does he have the time to learn while filming Pop Star Academy?

"Hana, dul, set, net, daseot, yeoseot, ilgop, yeodeol, ahop, and yeol."

To the surprise of the viewers, the answer to the first question came without any hesitation and with perfect pronunciation.

└ eh?

└└ So quick?

└ Whatever, those are the basics that everyone should know when learning a language.

└ you guys are impressed by mid

While discussions were being had, Jamie gave a detailed answer on musical scales and even provided examples for the question he was asked.

└ Is it weird that I find it hot how he gets serious when talking about music

└└ No same. His face gets so manly and stern. To the person who got rid of the cowboy hat, thank you so much!

The questions continued.

"Ariel, when was Namsan Tower built?"

└ bet he won't know this one

└ └ right

A detailed 2-part answer was delivered immediately, with the hosts being surprised that a follow-up question wasn't needed.

└ What the?

Jamie was asked to list traditional Korean music, and a 3-minute answer was given, with parts of it being fast-forwarded due to the lengthy, thorough answer.

Afterwards, the response from the hosts was-

"You're correct!"

└ No, what is going on?

└ Did they memorize an informational booklet before arriving in Korea, knowing they would be selected for the show?

└└ How would they know that?

└└ I've never heard of some of those instruments, and I'm Korean.

└└└ Me too.

└ He's right, but the pronunciation is…

└└ So American lol

The hosts continued to rapid-fire questions at them, and regardless of which subject they asked Ari, he spat out an answer almost immediately, while Jamie began to miss some questions regarding Korean history.

When they got to the halfway mark, the host stared at each other for several seconds before requesting a break.

As peaceful, classical music mixed with birds chirping and harp strings being plucked played in the background, the two boys began eating the kimbap thoughtfully provided by the hosts as a British voice narrated their moves in a nature documentary style.

[To the right, the golden retriever quickly eats the delicious snack and, using his youthful good looks, goes to plead for more food. And to the left, the baby tiger carefully paws at his food, sniffing it for any additional poison before taking delicate bites. After a satisfactory first bite, he takes another, pausing each time to make sure no poison is in the food.]

The scene showed Jamie quickly scarfing down his kimbap and even requesting more while Ari slowly and carefully ate his, pausing at times because he looked full, and then continuing.

[After displaying the healthy appetite of an American youth, the golden retriever circles his tiger friend in an effort to request more snacks. The baby tiger continues taking delicate bites of his food, unaware of the attack that's about to happen.]

The scene showed Jamie eating an additional 4 kimbaps with no remorse before he began circling Ariel like a hawk, his eyes entirely focused on the second kimbap in Ari's lap.

The music slowly began getting more intense as moved while the screen darkened slowly.

[Tired of dealing with the slow-eating tiger and having made the decision to betray his friend for food, the golden retriever pounces, and a fierce battle for dominance and snacks begins.]

As Jamie tried to snatch the kimbap from the sitting Ari, he got several bites in, before he began fighting Ari for his final bite, causing the chat to burst out laughing.

└ Lol, what is going on??

└ My dog steals my food in the exact same way when I'm not paying attention to my plate lol

└ No, why are they suddenly fighting? They were so peaceful 2 seconds ago.

└ Jamie? What happened to your brotherhood? You were defending each other 2 seconds ago. Why did you put him in a headlock? Lol

└ You can tell which one is an only child and which one grew up with 10 thousand brothers by the speed of eating.

└└ Ari is such a slow eater. He looks like he's being forced to eat.

└└ I sympathize with Jamie. He's been suffering under the rule of his brothers for too long. Let my baby eat!

└└└ Your baby is 6'3. I think he's eaten enough!

As the fight continued in the background, Choi Soobin and Yoo Jae-bong, who were squatting in another corner while sipping Americanos, were having a critical discussion.

"Soobin-ssi, at this rate, won't we lose all of our money?"

"I think so too. I've never met someone this good, and we've gone through several of the hard questions we brought. What do we do now?"

"Should we just continue so he wins? But then it will be boring, and we can't use the remaining funds to treat everyone to galbitang."

"Ahhhhh, what should we do??? I don't want to take my first loss like this!"

As the two hosts were trying to figure out what to do to make the competition harder, 2 male students wearing Seoul National University sweatshirts stopped near them.

As four pairs of eyes clashed in mid-air, the eyes of the two students widened in recognition while the eyes of the hosts narrowed as a plan began forming in their minds.

Why not switch the format a little bit and have these students go against each other to spice things up.

"Hello, students from the university that is the pride of our country. Would you like to play a game?"

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