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>> BILLY COSTA: Coming up on Season 6
of High School Quiz Show,
we've got Advanced Math & Science!
(cheering)
Taking on Central Catholic!
(cheering)
And that's next on High School Quiz Show!
♪ ♪
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Hi, everybody, welcome to High School Quiz Show.
I'm Billy Costa, your host.
Now, back in November,
as many as 120 high school teams throughout Massachusetts
competed at our Super Sunday qualifying event
to earn one of the 16 spots in this year's competition.
So the goal now is to become
the next High School Quiz Show state champion
and take home this beautiful trophy.
Now, our Quiz Show champions will then move on
to compete against the winners
of New Hampshire Public Television's
Granite State Challenge
in the third annual Governor's Cup Competition.
Today's match-up has
Advanced Math & Science Academy from Marlborough
taking on Central Catholic High School from Lawrence.
So let's get right to it
and meet the Advanced Math & Science team,
starting with Shashank, Abhinav, Ani, and Tim.
And the alternate, Ashwin,
and coach Jessica Bowen on the sidelines.
(cheering)
And now from Central Catholic,
we've got Nick, Sreeja, Patrick, and Tim,
with alternate Max and coach Jeremy Hay on the sideline.
(cheering)
And of course, we can't forget our judge from Princeton Review.
Alex Ortiz is here with us.
(cheering)
All right, the competition has four rounds:
a toss-up, a head-to-head,
a category round, and a lightning round,
and we always start with the toss-up round.
All answers are worth ten points,
and this is the only round
with no point deductions for wrong answers.
So if everybody's ready,
let's get the new season started, shall we?
What teacher of the deaf is credited as the inventor
of the first practical telephone?
Yes, Ani.
>> Braille.
>> COSTA: No, we'll give Central Catholic a shot.
Nick.
>> Alexander Graham Bell.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
In a move that provoked the greatest tensions
between Russian and the West
since the height of the Cold War,
Russian annexed what peninsula in Ukraine in March of 2014?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Crimea.
>> COSTA: Yes.
Frogs, toads, and newts belong to what class of vertebrates
that can live both on land and in water?
Yes, Patrick.
>> Amphibians.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What Shakespeare character says in a famous soliloquy,
"To sleep, perchance to dream.
Aye, there's the rub."
Yes, Tim.
>> Hamlet.
>> COSTA: Correct.
And if you look at your screens now,
there is a picture in the screen.
Here's the question:
what luminous atmospheric display pictured here
is caused by solar wind
and can be seen in the night sky near the Earth's North Pole?
Yes, Abhinav.
>> Aurora Australis.
>> COSTA: No, we're gonna give Central Catholic...
Yes, Tim.
>> Aurora Borealis.
>> COSTA: That is correct, and we move on.
What historical drama based on the memoir of Solomon Northup
won an Oscar for Best Picture in 2014?
Tim.
>> 12 Years a Slave.
>> COSTA: Yes.
After Hurricane Katrina,
the U.S. turned to water management experts
from what European country
that has more than 10,000 miles of dikes?
Yes, Shashank?
>> The Netherlands.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What Greek god of revelry
is associated with the Roman god Bacchus?
Yes, Patrick.
>> Dionysus.
>> COSTA: Yes, and now take a look at the screen.
The next question is coming up on video,
so take a look and give a listen, here we go.
Hello, I'm Dr. Robert Ballard, and here is my question.
When I was a little boy, the first book I ever read
was 20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne,
and in that book was a magical captain
who had a wonderful submarine called the Nautilus.
What was the name of that captain?
>> COSTA: Abhinav.
>> Nemo.
>> COSTA: Yes.
Drip-water can form what elongated mineral formations
that hang from the ceiling of a cave?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Stalactites.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In February 2014,
CVS pharmacy announced that it would stop selling
what product at its stores nationwide?
Yes, Nick.
>> Cigarettes.
>> COSTA: Yes.
When George Washington crossed the Delaware River
on Christmas night, 1776, it was his first move
in a surprise attack against Hessian mercenaries
in what New Jersey city?
>> COSTA: Yes, Nick.
>> Trent.
>> COSTA: No, I'm gonna give...
Yes, Shashank.
>> Trenton.
>> COSTA: Trenton is the answer.
Which of the following is a synonym for fastidious?
Is it A. meticulous, B. brisk, or C. ravenous?
Yes, Shashank.
>> A.
>> COSTA: A. meticulous, that's correct.
Math question:
the perimeter of a regular heptagon is 91 centimeters.
What is the length of one side?
Nick.
>> 13.
>> COSTA: Correct.
After leaving Germany in 1932,
who spent the last 30 years of his life
on a fruitless quest
for a way to combine gravity and electromagnetism
into a fabled Unified Field Theory?
Yes, Tim.
>> Albert Einstein.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In February 2014, what rock band logged
a record-breaking 77th week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
with their hit song "Radioactive"?
Yes, Patrick.
>> Imagine Dragons.
>> COSTA: Yes.
John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
were two early Enlightenment philosophers.
They both lived during what century?
Yes, Shashank.
>> 18th century.
>> COSTA: No, Central Catholic?
Yes, Nick.
>> 17th century.
>> COSTA: 17th is correct.
"Hey, any team can have a bad century."
Manager Tom Trebelhorn said this about what baseball team
that hasn't won a World Series since 1908?
Shashank.
>> The Cubs.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
What bone that begins with the letter "m"
refers to the movable lower jawbone in humans?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Mandible.
>> COSTA: Yes.
Which of the following works was published first?
A. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin,
B. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson,
or C. The Species of Plants by Carl Linnaeus.
Yes, Abhinav.
>> C.
>> COSTA: C. The Species of Plants is correct.
Slaves and masters would switch places
during what carnival-like festival
celebrated by ancient Romans
on December 17 of the Julian calendar?
Yes, Abhinav.
>> Saturnalia.
>> COSTA: Yes.
The Battle of Jutland, the only major encounter
between British and German ships in World War I,
was fought off the coast of what Scandinavian country?
Yes, Nick.
>> Denmark.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In his Broadway debut,
what star of Breaking Bad won a Tony Award in 2014
for his role as Lyndon Johnson in All the Way?
Yes, Tim.
>> Bryan Cranston.
>> COSTA: Correct.
Math question: How many seconds does it take a ball
moving at 120 feet per second to travel 60 feet?
Yes, Abhinav.
>> Half a second.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
In 2013, archaeologists found
the first physical evidence of cannibalism
at what colony site in Virginia
where settlers faced starvation during the harsh winter of 1609?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Jamestown.
>> COSTA: Correct.
What country on the Mediterranean coast
is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab world
by land area?
Nick?
>> Algeria.
>> COSTA: Yes.
The Sun makes nearly all of its energy
by fusing hydrogen.
What element is the product of that fusion?
Yes, Patrick.
>> Helium.
>> COSTA: Yes.
Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso
are the three sections of what epic poem by Dante?
Yes, Patrick.
>> The Divine Comedy.
>> COSTA: Yes.
(buzzer)
All right, there's the bell ending round one.
The score right now, Advanced Math & Science, 150 points,
Central Catholic, 130 points.
This is a close competition!
(cheering)
♪ ♪
>> COSTA: Okay, the head-to-head round is coming up,
but first, a message from a very special guest.
Hello, everyone, I'm Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy!,
and I'd like to extend my congratulations
to all of the teams competing
for the title of High School Quiz Show champion.
You've got a lot to be proud of,
so good luck in this season's competition.
Thank you, Alex,
and now let's get to know the players a little bit better.
What we do is we stop down for a bit.
I've got a question,
each of you will offer your individual answer.
And we'll start with Advanced Math & Science
and with you, Shashank.
What new technology or app
has been the most difficult for you to adopt, and why?
>> Well, I find the app Ask.fm pretty difficult to adopt
because the entire premise
allows people to ask questions anonymously to other people,
so that allows people to say pretty terrible things
to other people without any consequences whatsoever.
>> COSTA: Okay.
Abhinav?
>> Yeah, so for me, it's the app Yo,
because I don't like the whole concept
of a one-click social network.
I mean, as it is,
we communicate so fast with so few button clicks,
and right now, we're trying to simplify that even further.
So that's where I'm at.
>> COSTA: All right, and Ani?
>> The app that I've had trouble with is Pandora,
because it never really plays the music that I like to hear.
Every time I turn on the Kendrick Lamar channel,
it always puts on Iggy Azalea.
>> (Costa laughing)
Tim, how about you?
>> I've had the most problems with Skype
because you can't really have
more than five people on a call at a time,
or else everyone drops out and interrupts your call.
>> COSTA: All right, we'll go to Central Catholic.
We'll start with you, Nick, how about it?
>> I've had lots of trouble with automatic soap dispensers.
I can never find the sensor the first time.
>> COSTA: Okay.
Sreeja?
>> I'm gonna have to go with automatic paper towel dispensers
just because it's really stressful
when they all start coming out.
>> COSTA: Here we go, I smell a theme.
Patrick?
>> Well, it's good that you smell something,
because mine is actually the automatic toilet
because it's so scary when you go and it doesn't flush,
and you can't leave the stall, so...
>> COSTA: I know what you mean.
Tim?
>> I have the automatic bathroom sink
because I'm waving my hand like a lunatic,
it's not picking me up,
and then I realize it's not actually automatic.
>> COSTA: All right,
now that we've gotten to know you guys a little bit better,
here's the way the head-to-head round works.
One of you from each team
will come forward and go head-to-head.
So Advanced Math & Science, who's it going to be?
Shashank.
How about you, Central Catholic?
Nick.
Shashank and Nick, come on down, let's go head-to-head.
(cheering)
♪ ♪
>> COSTA: All right, we're about to go head-to-head.
I've got Nick to my left, Shashank to my right.
Why don't you guys shake hands and then we'll start the round?
As a reminder, in this round,
you get ten points for correct answers.
Incorrect answers are going to cost you ten points.
And by the way, you can buzz in as soon as you know the answer.
If you're ready, the clock is set at 90 seconds,
and here we go.
Auckland is a major city of what island nation...?
Yes.
>> New Zealand
>> COSTA: Yes.
Early Greeks believed that earthquakes
were caused by what god...?
Yes?
>> Physis.
>> COSTA: No, Poseidon.
In 1791 in Vienna, who premiered his opera The Magic Flute?
Yes?
>> Mozart.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What U.S. state from the western...
rather, forms the western border of New Mexico?
Yes?
>> Arizona.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In 1513, what Spanish conquistador claimed...?
Yes.
>> Juan Ponce de Leon?
>> COSTA: No, Balboa was the answer.
Congress passed the National Prohibition Act
after overriding a veto from what U.S. president?
Yes?
>> Woodrow Wilson.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
Once Upon a Mattress is based on what fairy tale?
Yes?
>> "The Princess and the Pea."
>> COSTA: Yes.
Which planet is only slightly larger
than the Earth's moon and has almost no atmosphere?
Yes?
>> Mercury.
>> COSTA: Correct.
Name the author of the popular young adult novel
The Fault in Our Stars.
Yes?
>> John Green.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What light-colored volcanic rock
is so porous, it can float?
>> Pumice.
>> COSTA: Yes.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769
on what Mediterranean...?
Yes?
>> Corsica.
>> COSTA: Correct.
Name the Irish author of Finnegan's Wake.
>> James Joyce.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Madagascar and Sri Lanka
are island nations in what ocean?
Yes?
>> Indian Ocean.
>> COSTA: Correct.
What city on the Danube
was once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire?
Yes?
(buzzer)
>> Cologne?
>> COSTA: No, Vienna.
And that is the buzzer signaling the end of round two.
So we look at the score.
Right now, Advanced Math & Science, 190 points.
It's close!
Central Catholic, 170 points.
Make some noise here!
(cheering)
♪ ♪
>> COSTA: All right, next up, it's the category round.
We've got six categories:
Irony Alert, What about Bob?, Above the Rim, Temple Run,
Everything Counts, and White Coat Notes.
Each category has five questions with increasing point values,
so there is a lot at stake in this round.
And by the way, you can confer with your teammates,
but once you do buzz in, you are no longer allowed to confer
and we will need the answer right away.
Now, Central Catholic, slight bit of ground to make up,
no big deal, but you do get to choose the first category.
So what's it gonna be?
>> Everything Counts.
>> COSTA: Everything Counts,
questions about math.
And for ten points,
find the measure of the third angle of a triangle
if the other two angles are 35 and 70 degrees.
Tim.
>> 75.
>> COSTA: Correct, so Central Catholic, you keep the board.
Category?
>> We'll stay.
>> COSTA: We'll stay for 15 points, Everything Counts.
A police department has 65 officers.
If 80% are male, how many officers are female?
Abhinav.
>> 13.
>> COSTA: 13 is correct.
Advanced Math & Science, you get the board.
Category?
>> Above the Rim.
>> COSTA: Above the Rim, questions about basketball.
For ten points, after four years with the Miami Heat,
what NBA superstar announced in 2014
he would return to his home state of Ohio
to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers?
Ani.
>> LeBron James.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Category please, Advanced Math.
>> Stay.
>> COSTA: We're gonna stay, Above the Rim for 15 points.
Who helped lead the Boston Celtics
to three NBA championships in the 1980s
in jersey number 33?
Yes, Abhinav?
>> Larry Bird.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Category, please.
>> Same.
>> COSTA: Above the Rim for 20 points.
According to the NBA rulebook,
the upper edge of the basketball hoop
must measure exactly how many feet above the floor?
Yes, Tim.
>> Ten feet.
>> COSTA: Ten feet is correct.
So Central Catholic, category?
>> Above the Rim.
>> COSTA: All right, we'll stay there.
Above the Rim for 25 points.
What East Coast college won both the Men's and Women's
Division I NCAA championship in 2014?
Yes, Tim.
>> UConn.
>> COSTA: That is correct, and Advanced Math,
you've got the board.
Category?
>> Same.
>> COSTA: Above the Rim for 30 points.
In 1891 what physical education teacher
in Springfield, Massachusetts, invented basketball
as a way for athletes to keep fit during the winter?
Yes, Tim.
>> Naismith.
>> COSTA: That is correct,
and now Central Catholic, you've got control.
You'll need a new category.
>> Everything Counts.
>> COSTA: Everything Counts, questions about math.
For 20 points, in Cartesian geometry,
the y-coordinate of a point is called the ordinate.
What term is used for the x-coordinate?
Yes, Ani?
>> Abscissa.
>> COSTA: That is correct, and now you've got the board.
Advanced Math, category?
>> Temple Run.
>> COSTA: Temple Run, questions about churches and temples.
And for ten points, on April 18, 1775,
on the orders of Paul Revere, two signal lanterns were hung
in the steeple of what Boston church?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Old North Church.
>> COSTA: That is correct, you keep the board.
Category?
>> Same.
>> COSTA: Temple Run for 15 points.
With a capacity of 60,000,
what church in Rome has the largest interior
of any Christian church in the world?
Yes, Tim.
>> St. Peter's Basilica?
>> COSTA: That is correct, you keep the board.
Category?
>> Same.
>> COSTA: Temple Run for 20 points.
Nearly all English monarchs since William the Conqueror
have been crowned in what London church
that stands just west of the houses of Parliament?
Yes, Patrick?
>> Westminster Abbey.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Central Catholic, you've got it.
Category?
>> Irony Alert.
>> COSTA: Irony Alert, questions about things that are ironic.
For ten points, what Soviet leader
who oversaw the deaths of millions of his own people
was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
in 1945 and 1948?
Tim.
>> Stalin.
>> COSTA: Stalin is correct,
and now you've got the board, Advanced Math.
Category?
>> Temple Run.
>> COSTA: Temple Run for 25 points.
Antonio Gaudi's magnificent unfinished church,
the Sagrada Familia, is located in what Spanish city?
Shashank.
>> Barcelona.
>> COSTA: That is correct, you keep the board.
Category?
>> Finish up.
>> COSTA: For 30 points.
Located in the modern-day city of Luxor,
the Great Temple of Amun is part of what large temple complex
that was the most important religious center
in all of ancient Egypt?
Yes, Abhinav.
>> Abu Simbel.
>> COSTA: No, Central Catholic, you want to try it?
(buzzer)
>> COSTA: Karnak, or Al-Karnak, was the answer there.
Advanced Math & Science, you keep the board.
Category?
>> Irony Alert.
>> COSTA: Irony Alert, this time for 15 points.
Despite being used in baseball stadiums,
political rallies, and patriotic events,
what 1984 Bruce Springsteen song is actually a harsh criticism
of America's involvement in Vietnam?
Tim.
>> Born in the U.S.A.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Central Catholic, you've got the board.
Category?
>> Everything Counts.
>> COSTA: Everything Counts, for 25 points.
The number sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and so on
is created by adding the last two numbers
to produce the next number.
This famous sequence
is named after what Italian mathematician?
Yes, Nick.
>> Fibonacci.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
You've still got the board, Central Catholic.
>> Everything Counts.
>> COSTA: Everything Counts for 30 points.
If the function of x is equal to the cosine of x,
what is the function of pi?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Negative one.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Advanced Math & Science, you get the board.
Category, it'll have to be a new one.
>> White Coat Notes.
>> COSTA: White Coat Notes, questions about diseases.
For ten points, during the 18th and 19th centuries,
what infectious disease once known as consumption
was the leading cause of death
for all age groups in the Western world?
Ani.
>> Tuberculosis.
>> COSTA: That is correct, you've still got it.
Category?
>> Same.
>> COSTA: We'll stay with White Coat Notes for 15 points.
In Type I Diabetes, the body does not produce
what hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches,
and other food into energy needed for daily life?
Yes, Patrick.
>> Insulin.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Central Catholic, you get control.
Category?
>> We'll stick with White Coat Notes.
>> COSTA: White Coat Notes, this time for 20 points.
According to the Centers for Disease Control
and the National Institutes of Health,
what is the leading cause of death for women
across all age groups in the United States?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Breast cancer.
>> COSTA: No, Central Catholic, you want to try?
(buzzer)
Heart disease is the correct answer there.
And Central Catholic, you've got control.
Category?
>> We'll stay.
>> COSTA: We'll stay with White Coat Notes,
this time for 25 points.
Also known as whooping cough, what respiratory disease
that is often fatal to young babies
is on the rise in the United States,
even though it's preventable with a vaccine?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Pertussis.
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Advanced Math, you've got the board back.
>> We'll stay.
>> COSTA: We're gonna stay with White Coat Notes.
For 30 points, what viral respiratory disease
that was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012
is known by the acronym MERS?
Abhinav.
>> SARS.
>> COSTA: No, Central Catholic, you want to try?
(buzzer)
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is the answer.
Advanced Math & Science, you've got control.
>> Irony Alert.
>> COSTA: Irony Alert, this time for 20 points.
What U.S. president created the Secret Service
on the same day that he was shot?
Nick.
>> Abraham Lincoln.
>> COSTA: That is correct, you've got the board.
Category?
>> We'll stay.
>> COSTA: Irony Alert for 25.
Despite its name, none of the situations
mentioned in the mid-'90s hit "Ironic" are actually ironic.
The song is by what Canadian singer?
Yes, Patrick.
>> Elise Mortiz.
>> COSTA: No, Advanced Math.
(buzzing)
Alanis Morissette is the answer there.
Central Catholic, category?
>> We'll stay.
>> COSTA: We'll stay, Irony Alert for 30 points.
What British naval admiral
who defeated the French at the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
suffered from chronic sea sickness?
Yes, Nick.
>> Nelson.
>> COSTA: Yes, Horatio Nelson.
(buzzer)
Oh, and there's the bell that ends the category round.
The score right now: Advanced Math & Science, 320 points,
Central Catholic, 330 points.
We've got ourselves a competition here!
(cheering)
♪ ♪
>> COSTA: Okay, we are headed
into the final 90 seconds of game play,
and this competition is as close as it gets.
This is the lightning round.
You get 20 points for correct answers.
Incorrect ones will cost you 20 points.
The clock is set.
Good luck, and here we go.
A leukocyte is what color blood cell?
Yes.
>> White.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In 1974, Isabel Perón
became the first woman president...?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Argentina.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What type of short-wave light
is between the visible spectrum and X-rays?
Yes, Abhinav.
>> UV.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What country is the largest producer of corn?
Yes, Ani.
>> The United States.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In Tolkien's The Hobbit,
the main antagonist is a dragon named what?
Yes, Shashank.
>> Smaug.
>> COSTA: Yes.
The Balearic Sea and the Ionian Sea
are both part of what larger sea?
Yes, Nick.
>> The Mediterranean.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In astronomy, a nebula is a dark cloud
composed mainly of dust and what gas?
Yes, Ani.
>> Hydrogen.
>> COSTA: Yes.
How old was Theodore Roosevelt
when he assumed the presidency...?
Yes, Shashank.
>> 42.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What large desert along the border
of India and Pakistan is also known as...
Yes, Shashank.
>> The Thar Desert.
>> COSTA: Yes.
If an atom contains 11 protons and 12 neutrons,
its atomic number will be what?
Yes, Ani.
>> 11.
>> COSTA: Yes.
The 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded
to what American author of Travels with Charley?
(buzzer)
John Steinbeck.
What was a district of Massachusetts
until it became our 23rd...?
Yes, Abhinav.
>> Maine.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In 1970, what DJ and radio personality
launched the original American Top 40 countdown?
(buzzer)
Oh!
Casey Kasem.
And that is the end of the game.
The winner this week of High School Quiz Show,
Advanced Math & Science Academy,
with a final score of 520 points.
Central Catholic, 350 points.
This was a great competition.
Congratulations to both teams, yes!
(cheering)
Now, Advanced Math & Science
will move on to play in the quarterfinals,
so be sure you're here and tuned in.
So let's hear it one more time for both teams.
This was a great way to start the season.
That's it for this week.
Again, congratulations to both teams.
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