Olympia 2017 Final: Difficult questions challenge top contestants

The 17th annual Đường Lên Đỉnh Olympia final, often referred to as the “battle of four gods,” remains notable for several challenging questions that stumped even the most knowledgeable contestants.

During the Acceleration round, a traffic law question involving the correct order of four vehicles at an intersection—a police car, a truck, a passenger bus, and a car—proved impossible for all four finalists to answer correctly. While all contestants identified the police car as the first to proceed, they failed to correctly sequence the remaining vehicles. The correct order was determined to be the police car, followed by the truck, the passenger bus, and finally the car.

Additionally, in the Starting round, champion Phan Đăng Nhật Minh, known as “Google boy,” incorrectly answered a question regarding the decimal value of the Roman numeral MMXVII. He provided the answer 2042, whereas the correct value was 2017. Despite a slow start, Nhật Minh eventually secured the championship after a strong performance in the Obstacle round.