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Schmidiotest • Mind Boggler

Schmidiotest • Mind Boggler

January 11, 2026

Act 1: The Conundrum
Game-show stage lit. Two giant touchscreens. Ben Dweeb bounces out in his mismatched suit, all smirk—zero shame.
BEN DWEEB

Welcome to Schmidiotest, the touchiest game around, and things could get touchy pretty quick! Bronx Bombers versus Whispering Willows. Your first puzzle is up now. Thirty seconds… GO! Find the one that's "shore" to win!

Screens flash a crowded beach photo. Clock ticks. Teams frantically discuss and point. Both teams lock in. Ben slinks over to the Willows while smirking.
BEN DWEEB

Luna, you picked… a seashell? Adorable. Can you tell me why you did that?

Ben waits for her reply, Luna's puzzled.
LUNA

I thought that because it's on the shore that it's shore to win.

BEN DWEEB

Wrong. And since you bombed, I'm just gonna stroll over here for a while.

Tony panics and scrunches his face.
TONY

Did I get it right?

Ben shrugs.
BEN DWEEB

Maybe. What did you touch?

Tony looks at the screen.
TONY

I touched the thing.

BEN DWEEB

Why did you touch the thing?

TONY

Cuz I was runnin' out of time.

BEN DWEEB

Oh, well you got it wrong. The kid building the sandcastle is "shore" to win – s-h-o-r-e, s-u-r-e. Homophones! Homophones. You just got out-punned by a toddler with a shovel and a bucket. Let's get this next Schmidiot test up and running!

Act 2: Bitter Batter
New puzzle loads: kitchen counter, bowl of cake batter, empty bowl, rolling pin, whisk. Clue: "Find the one that's 'batter' than the rest." Timer starts. Both teams scramble. Willows pick the bowl of batter. Bombers pick the whisk.
BEN DWEEB

Ok, Bombers. Why'd you pick that?

RUSS

Cuz, I like to beat it. So, I picked it because I wanted to beat the test—it looked at me funny.

BEN DWEEB

Wrong. Going over here.

Ben slides up to Luna, way too close, voice drops low.
BEN DWEEB

Luna, sweetheart… you got it right! Let's celebrate with a friendly little butt-pat.

LUNA

Jesus Christ, I'm about to start calling you Ben Creep, you frickin' weirdo!

Russ looks at Ben cold. Shock is all over Ben's face.
BEN DWEEB

On second thought, Russ here's a brute from the Bronx, and I like my spine just the way it is.

Ben spins to the camera, arms flung, grinning like Elvis.
BEN DWEEB

Schmidiotest! Where bad choices get roasted, and I tend to cross boundaries and get roasted even harder. Anyway, catch you next time on Schmidiotest!