Nikki’s methodical questioning

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Nikki is tasked with replying “Really? You promise?” every time David gives an answer. She is methodical with her questions, ruling out types and colours of shoes, instead of asking about individual pairs. By using this method, she is able to quickly narrow her search down to ballet flat shoes. She clears the rest of the shoes away, and places a pair of such shoes on the pedestal, asking David if she has displayed the correct ones. When David hesitates, she realises that the task dictates that she is looking for a single shoe, and so narrows her choice down to the right one. After David asks if any other shoes are visible, Nikki says that the only shoes left are the ones that she and David are wearing. She says that they don’t count, though, as they weren’t part of the “decorative shoes”. Still, she eventually removes both her own and David’s shoes, and her time is stopped. She completes the task in 12 minutes and 35 seconds, and earns third place.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)