The algorithms find the people out there whose answers best correspond to yours-how yours fit their desires and how theirs meet yours, and according to what degree of importance.
The correct answer to each corresponded to a colour, which they were to then give to John and Michael.
But the answers do not necessarily correspond with reality.
If the incorrect answer to a question corresponds to level A, the participant does not earn any amount and you lose the right to continue participating.
If the incorrect answer to a question corresponds to level B, the participant wins the amount associated with question 5, and lost the right to continue participating.
If the incorrect answer to a question corresponds to the level C, the participant wins the amount associated with question 10 wing, and you lose the right to continue participating.
We can think of this being done by a sort of game of "Twenty Questions," in which each answer corresponds to the investment of a single bit to a yes/no question.
The two remaining Thinkers had to answer seven multiple choice brain teasers; each answer correspond with multiple options of GPS coordinates where a bottle was located.
In some games each answer corresponds to a specific question or hint from a list, and in many such cases they must be answered in order unless the user explicitly skips to a different question.
Not all the answers that we have found, however, fully correspond to this final aim.