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>> COSTA: Coming up on season six
of High School Quiz Show, we have Framingham High School!
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Taking on North Quincy High School!
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That's next on High School Quiz Show!
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>> COSTA: Hi, everybody,
and welcome to High School Quiz Show.
I'm your host, Billy Costa.
Now back in November, 120 high school teams
across Massachusetts competed at our Super Sunday
qualifying event to earn one of only 16 spots
in this year's competition.
The goal now is to become
the next High School Quiz Show state champion and take home
this beautiful trophy.
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 Framingham High School
taking on North Quincy High School.
Let's get right to it and meet the Framingham team.
We have Josh, Jack, Priyanka, and Eli.
The team alternate Varun and the coach Robert Langdon.
Nice round of applause, please.
(cheers and applause)
And now the team from North Quincy High School.
We have Joseph, Samuel, Gary, and Zachary.
The alternate is Olivia,
and coaches Mera Kriz and Danielle Fernandez.
(cheers and applause)
The competition has four rounds: a toss-up, a head-to-head,
a category round, and a lightning round.
And we start with the toss-up round.
All answers are worth ten points,
and this is the only round, by the way,
with no point deductions for any wrong answers.
So players, if you're ready, so am I.
Let's play.
Baja, California, and the Yucatán
are peninsulas of what country?
Josh.
>> Mexico.
>> COSTA: Yes.
What river did George Washington famously cross
on Christmas night in 1776, on his way
to the Battle of Trenton?
Yes, Priyanka.
>> Delaware.
>> COSTA: Yes.
In 2014, what Boston-area school won its fifth straight
Beanpot hockey tournament?
Yes, Samuel?
>> Boston College?
>> COSTA: Yes.
The Cretan Bull, which was the father of the Minotaur,
was captured by what mythical strongman
as one of his Twelve Labors?
Joseph?
>> Hercules? >> COSTA: Yes.
Take a look at your screens, right in front of you.
You will see a photograph.
Some of the world's richest fossil beds are found
in the harsh and rugged landscape of what
national park in South Dakota, seen here?
Yes, Eli?
>> Badlands?
>> COSTA: Badlands is correct.
Literally meaning "rebirth," what period of European history
that began in 14th century Italy saw a renewed interest
in classical learning and values?
Yes, Samuel.
>> Renaissance?
>> COSTA: Yes.
Most stalactites and stalagmites are formed in caves made of what
common type of sedimentary rock?
Joseph?
>> Limestone?
>> COSTA: Yes.
On the night of April 14, 2014,
more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped
by what Islamist militant group?
Joseph?
>> Boko Haram?
>> COSTA: Correct.
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense
of liberty is no vice!"
Who said this in his acceptance speech
as the 1964 Republican presidential candidate?
Joseph?
>> Barry Goldwater? >> COSTA: Yes.
Your next question is going to be up on the video screens
in front of you, so take a look and pay attention.
Hi, I'm Dr. M. Sanjayan, and I'm a conservation scientist
and the host of a new PBS series, Earth: A New Wild.
Now here's my question:
also known as Ursus americanus, what is the only bear species
that is native to New England?
>> COSTA: Yes, Joseph?
>> The black bear?
>> COSTA: That is correct.
In the mid-'80s, Paul McCartney was outbid
for the publishing rights to approximately 200 Beatles songs
by what "King of Pop" and former collaborator?
Joseph.
>> Michael Jackson?
>> COSTA: ♪ Woohoo ♪
The "Habanera" and the "Toreador Song" are highlights
from what Georges Bizet opera about a fiery Gypsy woman
in Seville, Spain?
Yes, Eli?
>> Carmen?
>> COSTA: Carmen is correct.
In the summer of 2014, following the breakdown
of U.S.-backed peace talks, what Israeli prime minister
ordered military strikes in Gaza against Hamas?
Yes, Josh?
>> Netanyahu?
>> COSTA: Yes.
Which of the following is a genetic condition
caused by the presence of an extra chromosome?
Is it A, Huntington's disease, B, Down syndrome,
C, sickle cell anemia?
Joseph?
>> Down syndrome?
>> COSTA: That is correct.
Math question: If a baseball and bat cost $110,
and the bat costs $100 more than the ball,
how much does the ball cost?
Yes, Josh? >> Five dollars?
>> COSTA: Five dollars is correct.
A boy trains to become a military commander to thwart
an invasion of insect-like aliens called "buggers"
in what 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card?
Yes, Joseph?
>> Ender's Game?
>> COSTA: That is correct.
The Battles of Bull Run were known by what name
among the Confederates?
Yes, Jack?
>> Battle of Manassas?
>> COSTA: Yes.
In 2014, North Korea threatened retaliation against
the United States over what Seth Rogen film satire
about the assassination of Kim Jung Un?
Yes, Priyanka?
>> The Interview? >> COSTA: Yes.
The number of countries that make up the Balkan peninsula
nearly doubled in 1992 as a result of the breakup
of what country in Eastern Europe?
Yes, Josh?
>> Yugoslavia? >> COSTA: Correct.
Which of the following great thinkers extolled the virtues
of physical education and was a champion wrestler?
Was it A, Plato, B, Euclid, or C, Archimedes?
Yes, Eli?
>> Plato? >> COSTA: Plato is correct.
The World War I poem "In Flanders Fields" mentions
what red flower that grows over the graves of fallen soldiers,
and is a symbol of remembrance?
Eli?
>> The poppy? >> COSTA: Yes.
What dominant Bronze Age culture that invented cuneiform writing
had cities in Kish and Ur in southern Mesopotamia?
Yes, Eli?
>> Sumer?
>> COSTA: Yes, that is correct.
What is the most widely grown crop in the United States,
accounting for more than 90% of total value and production
of feed grains?
Yes, Joseph?
>> Corn? >> COSTA: Corn is right.
Math question: If an object travels two feet per second,
how many feet does it travel in one hour?
Gary?
>> 7,200? >> COSTA: Correct.
Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall in Africa,
is on the border of Zambia and what country to the south?
Yes, Josh?
>> Namibia?
>> COSTA: No, North Quincy?
Yes, Zachary?
>> Zimbabwe?
>> COSTA: Correct.
In 1958, U.S. microbiologist Richard B. Roberts coined
what term that refers to the primary site
for protein synthesis in all living cells?
Priyanka.
>> Ribosome? >> COSTA: Yes.
What acclaimed 1958 Chinua Achebe novel was the first book
about colonialism written from an African point of view?
Yes, Eli?
>> 12 Years a Slave?
>> COSTA: No.
North Quincy, you want to try?
(buzzer)
Things Fall Apart is the right answer there.
In 2009, the Japanese government apologized
to former American prisoners of war who had suffered
in what 60-mile forced march through the Philippines in 1942?
Yes, Joseph?
>> Bataan Death March?
>> COSTA: Yes.
Famous in the West for films like Rush Hour, what Hong Kong
action star joined China's top political advisory board
in 2013?
Yes, Samuel?
>> Jackie Chan?
>> COSTA: Yes.
Leonardo da Vinci painted his masterpiece the Mona Lisa
during the early part of what century?
Yes, Joseph?
>> 14th?
>> COSTA: No. Framingham, you want to try?
Josh?
>> 15th?
>> COSTA: No, the correct answer is 16th century.
(bell rings)
We move on, and there's the bell ending round one.
Take a look at the score, very close!
Framingham High School, 130 points,
North Quincy High, 150 points.
It's a battle.
(cheers and applause)
All right, the head-to-head round is coming up,
but first we'll take a little break.
And the way it works on High School Quiz Show, gang,
is I've got a question.
Each of you will answer the question in his or her own way.
And we're going to start here with Framingham High School,
and Josh, here comes the question.
How much money would you have to be paid to completely
give up the use of a phone or computer for an entire month?
>> I'd have to be paid however much money it costs to go
to camp for a month, because at camp I can't use those anyway.
>> COSTA: Okay, there's a good comparison.
Jack, how about you?
>> I'll probably have to be paid as much as it would cost
to go on a tropical vacation with my family
because I'm not going to use it there.
>> COSTA: All right, Priyanka?
>> Enough money to go to Europe for a month.
>> COSTA: Okay, and Eli?
>> I think enough money to take the entire Framingham quiz team
to Europe and a tropical island.
(laughter)
>> COSTA: To be honest, I don't think there is enough money,
okay, but we'll move on to North Quincy High,
and Joseph, how about you?
>> Well, I kind of have like an old, junky phone,
so I guess maybe like five dollars?
(laughter)
>> COSTA: In the hopes that you'd get
a new phone eventually.
>> Maybe.
(laughter)
Thank you.
>> COSTA: Samuel!
>> I'm becoming a monk, so it won't be needed there.
>> COSTA: Okay, and Gary?
>> $1,000 for a comfortable bed
because of all the extra sleep I'll get.
>> COSTA: And Zachary?
>> I wouldn't need to be paid any money so long
as I had a good reason.
>> COSTA: All right, all right.
Now, here's the way it works, okay.
Head-to-head round is coming up.
That means each team will choose a player to come forward
and go head-to-head.
So Framingham, who's it going to be?
Eli.
And North Quincy?
Joseph.
Eli, Joseph, come on down, we're going head-to-head.
(cheers and applause)
All right, we are set to go head-to-head.
I've got Joseph here from North Quincy High.
Good to see you, Joseph, and welcome to the podium.
And also, Eli, from Framingham High School.
You guys shake hands, and then we'll go head-to-head, okay?
And I want to remind you in this round you get ten points
for correct answers, incorrect ones will cost you ten points.
You can buzz in as soon as you know the answer.
So if you're both ready, we'll just set the clock
at 90 seconds, and here we go.
The ancient practice of acupuncture originated
thousands of years ago...?
>> China? >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the only novel ever published by J.D. Salinger.
>> Catcher in the Rye? >> COSTA: Yes.
Which Constitutional amendment
protects the freedom of the press?
>> First? >> COSTA: Yes.
The Strait of Magellan is off the southern tip
of what continent?
>> South America? >> COSTA: Yes.
Monarch butterflies will only lay their eggs on the leaves
of what plant?
>> Milkweed? >> COSTA: Yes.
In August 2014, boiling lava and ash erupted
from what volcano in Sicily?
>> Mount Etna? >> COSTA: Yes.
What New Englander wrote the popular historical poem
"Paul Revere's Ride"?
>> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? >> COSTA: Yes.
What 2013 Disney title is the highest grossing animated film?
>> Frozen. >> COSTA: Yes.
In 1962, James Meredith became the first black student
to enroll at what Southern university?
>> University of Alabama?
>> COSTA: No, University of Mississippi.
German measles is caused by what virus?
(buzzer)
Rubella.
What dictatorial president ruled the Philippines for 20 years
before fleeing the country in 1986?
>> Marcos? >> COSTA: Yes.
What New Hampshire resident wrote the bestselling novels
Inferno and Da Vinci Code?
>> Brown? >> COSTA: Yes.
Transylvania is a region in what present-day...?
>> Romania?
>> COSTA: Yes, thank you.
Diamonds and other gemstones are measured in what unit of weight?
>> Carats? >> COSTA: Yes.
What part of speech modifies adjectives?
>> Adverbs? >> COSTA: Yes.
Big Sur is a scenic region in what U.S....
(bell ringing)
Ooh, in what U.S. state was the question,
California was the answer, but we didn't have time
to get it in.
That's the end of the head-to-head round.
The score right now, very close.
Framingham High School 210 points,
North Quincy High, 190 points, yes!
(cheers and applause)
Okay, next up is the category round,
and we do have six categories, and they are:
Letter to Brezhnev, First There is a Mountain,
Ship to Shore, Beautiful Ruins, Desperate Housewives,
and Play Ball.
Each category has five questions with increasing point values,
so there is a lot at stake.
And by the way, you can confer with your teammates
in this round.
Once you buzz in, though, you are no longer able to confer.
We will need an answer.
Now, North Quincy High, slightly behind,
so you guys get to choose the first category,
and what's it going to be?
>> Play Ball?
>> COSTA: Play Ball: questions about the physics of baseball.
And for ten points: derived from the Greek meaning "to move,"
what form of energy is transferred when a bat
hits a baseball pitch?
Yes, Joseph?
>> Kinetic energy?
>> COSTA: That is correct, so you'll keep control, category?
>> Beautiful Ruins, please.
(laughter)
>> COSTA: And you said that beautifully, Samuel.
Questions about ancient ruins, and for ten points:
what Incan site in Peru is relatively intact because
it was never discovered by the Spanish conquistadors,
and was unknown to the outside world until 1911?
Yes, Joseph?
>> Machu Picchu?
>> COSTA: That is correct,
and you've still got control, North Quincy, category?
>> Continue with Beautiful Ruins, please.
>> COSTA: Beautiful Ruins, this time for 15 points.
The Parthenon was built in the fifth century B.C.
on what hilltop site used as a citadel
above the city of Athens?
Yes, Eli?
>> The Acropolis? >> COSTA: That is correct.
Framingham, you've got the board, category?
>> Beautiful Ruins for 20.
>> COSTA: For 20 points: what 73-mile-long stone wall
was built by the Roman army across the northern border
of Britain to keep out Scottish invaders?
Yes, Eli?
>> Hadrian's Wall?
>> COSTA: That is correct, you've still got control,
category?
>> Beautiful Ruins for 25. >> COSTA: You got it.
Construction of the Great Wall of China began as far back
as 770 B.C., but much of what is visible today was built
during what dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644?
Yes, Samuel?
>> The Ming Dynasty? >> COSTA: That is correct.
North Quincy, you get the board back. Category?
>> Beautiful Ruins again, please.
>> COSTA: Okay, for 30 points: what ancient mountaintop
fortress in Israel is the site of the Jews' last stand
against the Romans after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.?
Yes, Josh?
>> Masada?
>> COSTA: Masada is correct.
You've got control, you'll need a new category, though.
>> Play Ball, please.
>> COSTA: Play Ball, this time for 15 points.
Unlike wooden bats, aluminum bats compress
upon impact with the ball.
And this is known as which of the following:
A, the ping effect, B, the trampoline effect,
C, the transfer effect?
Yes, Samuel?
>> The transfer effect?
>> COSTA: No. Framingham, you want to try?
(buzzer)
The answer would be B, the trampoline effect.
Framingham, you're still in control of the game. Category?
>> Play Ball, please.
>> COSTA: For 20 points: the impact between bat and ball
is an extremely violent one.
You can calculate the impact
using Newton's second law of motion,
which states that force is equal to mass times what?
Yes, Priyanka?
>> Acceleration.
>> COSTA: Correct, you've still got control, Framingham.
>> Play Ball.
>> COSTA: Play Ball for 25 points.
Two important factors in a ball's trajectory are lift,
which acts perpendicular to the motion, and what other force
that acts in a direction opposite to the motion?
Yes, Josh? >> Drag?
>> COSTA: Drag is correct. You've got the board. Category?
>> We'll finish Play Ball. >> COSTA: 30 points.
Named for a Swiss physicist, what principle that allows
a curveball to curve also allows an airplane to fly?
>> Bernoulli effect?
>> COSTA: That is correct.
And North Quincy, you get the board back. Category?
>> Desperate Housewives.
>> COSTA: Desperate Housewives.
Questions about desperate housewives in literature.
And for ten points: A housewife named Emma
dreams of romance and luxury, but instead leads a boring life
in provincial France in what novel by Gustave Flaubert?
Yes, Joseph?
>> The Count of Monte Cristo?
>> COSTA: No. Framingham, you want to try?
(buzzer)
Madame Bovary is the answer,
and North Quincy, you've got the board, so category?
>> Ship to Shore, please.
>> COSTA: Ship to Shore, questions about ships.
For ten points: In May 2014, underwater explorer
Barry Clifford discovered what might be the wreck of what ship
that sank off the coast of Haiti in 1492?
Yes, Joseph?
>> The Santa Maria?
>> COSTA: Correct, and you've still got control. Category?
>> Ship to Shore, please.
>> COSTA: Ship to Shore for 15 points.
In 1789, first mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny
against William Bligh, the captain of what British ship
bound for Tahiti?
(buzzer)
The Bounty.
And we move on, North Quincy, category?
>> First There is a Mountain, please.
>> COSTA: First There is Mountain.
Questions about mountains, and for ten points:
what country is home to famous Alpine peaks
like the Eiger, the Jungfrau, and the Matterhorn?
Joseph?
>> Switzerland?
>> COSTA: Yes, you've still got control. Category?
>> Mountain again, please.
>> COSTA: Okay, this time 15 points.
What mountain range is the source of the Amazon River
and most of its tributaries?
Yes, Zachary?
>> The Andes.
>> COSTA: Yes, and you've still got control, North Quincy.
>> Mountain again, please.
>> COSTA: For 20 points: located between the Black
and Caspian Seas, what mountains dominate the landscape
of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia?
Yes, Samuel?
>> The Caucus Mountains?
>> COSTA: No, Framingham, you want to try?
(buzzer)
The Caucasus Mountains, it was very close, North Quincy,
but you've still got control, category?
>> Mountains again, please.
>> COSTA: Mountains again, for 25 points.
Used for centuries as a gateway to invasions,
what historic mountain pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan
did Rudyard Kipling call
"a sword cut through the mountains"?
Joseph?
>> The Sudova Pass?
>> COSTA: No, Framingham?
Yes, Priyanka?
>> The Khyber Pass?
>> COSTA: Yes, and now you've got the board, Framingham.
>> First There is a Mountain?
>> COSTA: Okay, this time for 30 points.
In 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition barely survived
crossing what mountain range that extends 300 miles along
the border of Idaho and Montana?
Yes, Samuel?
>> The Rocky Mountains?
>> COSTA: No. Framingham, you want to try it?
(buzzer)
The Bitterroot Mountains is the right answer there.
Framingham, you've still got the board.
You'll need a new category, though.
>> Letter to Brezhnev?
>> COSTA: Letter to Brezhnev,
questions about the Soviet Union.
And for ten points: what political theorist founded
the Russian Communist Party and was the architect
of the Soviet state?
Yes, Samuel?
>> Lenin?
>> COSTA: Yes, and now you're in control, North Quincy.
>> Brezhnev again.
>> COSTA: Letters to Brezhnev, this time for 15 points.
The Soviet Union was also known as the U.S.S.R.,
an acronym that stands for what?
Joseph?
>> United Soviet Socialist Republics?
>> COSTA: No, Framingham, you want to try it?
Yes, Eli?
>> The United Socialist Soviets Republics?
>> COSTA: No, the correct word
is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
North Quincy, you're in control.
>> Brezhnev again, please.
>> COSTA: Brezhnev for 20 points.
At a 1956 reception for Western ambassadors in Moscow,
who famously said, "We will bury you,"
which many Americans interpreted as a nuclear threat?
Joseph?
>> Nikolai Khrushchev?
>> COSTA: No, Framingham?
(buzzer)
Nikita Khrushchev is the correct answer.
North Quincy, you've got the board still.
>> Desperate Housewife, please.
>> COSTA: Desperate Housewives for 15 points.
In Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Anna is cast out from society
and driven to suicide because of her affair
with what dashing military officer?
Gary?
>> Vronsky? >> COSTA: Vronsky is correct.
And you've got the board, North Quincy.
>> Ship to Shore, please.
>> COSTA: Ship to Shore for 20 points.
In 1941, the British navy relentlessly chased and sank
what ship that was one of Nazi Germany's largest
and most powerful battleships?
Joseph?
>> The Bismarck?
>> COSTA: Yes, you've still got the board.
>> Ship to Shore again, please.
>> COSTA: For 25 points: what battleship became famous
after its crew rebelled against their oppressive officers
and threw them overboard, during the Russian Revolution of 1905?
(buzzer)
The Potemkin is the answer there.
North Quincy, you still have the board.
>> Ship to Shore again, please.
>> COSTA: This time 30 points at stake.
Although Magellan himself did not survive the voyage,
in 1522, what ship went down in history as the first
to successfully circumnavigate the globe?
(buzzer)
The Victoria.
(bell ringing)
Okay, there's the bell, ending the category round.
The score right now, Framingham High, 330 points,
North Quincy High, 210 points.
Let's hear it for both teams.
(cheers and applause)
Okay, we are headed into the final 90 seconds of game play.
We call it the lightning round.
You get 20 points for correct answers.
Incorrect answers, though, will cost you 20 points.
The clock is all set and here we go.
What medical specialty deals with diseases of the hair,
nails, and skin?
Yes, Zachary?
>> Dermatology. >> COSTA: Yes.
In 1962, what American actress became the first woman to run
a major television studio, Desilu?
Yes, Zachary?
>> Lucille Ball. >> COSTA: Yes.
In what war did Edward the Third of England proclaim himself
king of France?
Yes, Joseph?
>> The Hundred Years' War? >> COSTA: I'm sorry?
>> The Hundred Years' War? >> COSTA: Yes.
What country has the largest coastline in the world?
Joseph?
>> Canada. >> COSTA: Yes.
Silica, also known as silicon dioxide,
has what chemical formula?
Joseph?
>> CI2?
>> COSTA: No, SiO2.
What Neil Simon play is about mismatched roommates Felix Unger
and Oscar Madison?
Yes, Joseph?
>> Rent?
>> COSTA: No, The Odd Couple.
The Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail
were famed wagon trails that departed
from what Missouri city?
Joseph?
>> Independence? >> COSTA: Yes.
What prominent physicist turned down the offer of becoming
president of Israel-- yes, Eli?
>> Albert Einstein? >> COSTA: Yes.
The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 was a violent uprising against
British rule in what country?
Jack?
>> India? >> COSTA: Yes.
Name the only U.S. president who spoke English
as a second language... yes, Eli.
Van Buren? >> COSTA: Yes.
In Greek myth, what beautiful nymph could only repeat
the last... yes, Zachary?
>> Echo. >> COSTA: Yes.
What South American country... (bell ringing)
Ooh, wow, that's the bell.
That's the end of the game.
The winner of High School Quiz Show this week:
Framingham High School.
(cheers and applause)
With a total score of 390 points.
North Quincy High, 290 points.
Congratulations to both teams.
Let's go, make some noise!
(cheers and applause)
Okay, Framingham High now moves on to play in the quarterfinals,
so be sure to tune in.
Once more, a lot of noise for both teams this week
on High School Quiz Show.
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