Challenge: [Shot Put] Category: Physical Ability Participation requirements: Register within thirty minutes of the Challenge appearing. Participants: Groups of at least three. (For groups of four or more, three members may register to participate.) Registration closes once six groups have signed up. Victory condition: The combined throwing distance of three members is calculated. Reward: First place, 10 points; second place, 5 points; third place, 3 points. All groups may choose one gift as a participation prize. Challenge: [Fishing] Category: Other Participation requirements: Register within 120 minutes of the Challenge appearing. Participants: Groups of at least two. (For groups of three or more, two members may register to participate.) Registration closes once eight groups have signed up. Victory condition: The student who catches the largest fish within one hour wins. Reward: First place, 15 points. (Challenges may appear at any time from 7:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. On the first day of the exam, they will begin appearing at 10:00 a.m.; on the final day, they will end at 3:00 p.m.)
"Of the Challenges the school has set up on Uninhabited Island, 40% test academic ability, 30% test physical ability, and the remaining 30% test other abilities. The same Challenge may be held multiple times, and some Challenges in the other category will involve a great deal of luck."
Quite a few people had actually guessed this exam format long ago. After all, the school itself had said that any ability could be useful in this exam, and the only places on Uninhabited Island where academic ability could be put to use were Challenges specially set up by the school.
Still, this distribution left many people disappointed. Academic Challenges only accounted for 40%, while physical ability ran through the entire Uninhabited Island Exam. It was useful for