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>> Coming up, season five of High School Quiz Show,
it's Chelmsford High School...
...taking on Rockport High School.
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Back in November, 96 public high school teams
from Massachusetts competed at our Super Sunday
qualifying event to earn one of 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.
Now, our Quiz Show champions will then move on to compete
in the second annual Governor's Cup Challenge,
hosted this year by New Hampshire Public Television.
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Today's matchup is Chelmsford High School
taking on Rockport High School.
So let's get right to it and meet the Chelmsford team.
We have Jeff, Paul, Kate, and Eddie.
Alternates on the sidelines, Tiffany and Tanuj.
And coach Katy Sullivan.
And now for the Rockport High School team.
We've got Corey, Quenton, Oliver, and Mary.
Alternates Nate and Emma.
the coaches Martha Cooney and Neil Dineen.
The competition has four rounds-- a toss-up,
a head-to-head round, a category round,
and a lightning round.
We do 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 to go, let's begin.
The city of Chicago lies on the shores of what lake?
Corey?
>> Lake Michigan.
>> Yes.
On the morning of October 16, 1962, President Kennedy
saw reconnaissance photos of missile bases
in what country?
Eddie?
>> Cuba.
>> Yes.
"It's impossible to sell animal stories in the USA."
A publisher wrote this in a rejection letter
to what author of Animal Farm?
Yes, Mary?
>> George Orwell.
>> Yes.
In 2013, what former Celtics player
became the first active player in a major American sport
to reveal that he is gay?
Eddie?
>> Jason Collins.
>> That is correct.
The human retina contains millions of photoreceptors
called cones.
They detect what three primary colors
of human color vision?
Yes, Oliver?
>> Red, green, and blue.
>> That is correct.
In September 2013 what Junior Senator from Texas
spent more than 21 hours speaking on the Senate floor
against Obamacare?
Yes, Paul?
>> Ted Cruz.
>> Ted Cruz is right.
>> "We are all in the gutter, but some of us
are looking at the stars."
What Irish playwright wrote this in the Victorian drama
Lady Windermere's Fan?
Yes, Mary?
>> Oscar Wilde.
>> That is correct.
During the American Revolution, Spain supported the Americans
because Spain was an ally of what country
though the Bourbon Family Compact?
Yes, Corey?
>> France.
>> Yes.
Random Access Memories set a record in 2013
as the most streamed album in its first week of release
in the US.
The album is by what mysterious French duo
known for dressing up as robots?
Eddie?
>> Ylvis?
>> No.
Rockport, you want to try?
Oliver?
>> Daft Punk.
>> Daft Punk is correct.
They never reveal their identities, by the way.
Okay, your next question is going to be on
your video screens.
We've got a very special guest, so play close attention.
Hello, I'm Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director
of Boston Ballet.
And here's my question.
In Boston Ballet's annual production of Nutcracker,
Magician Drosselmeyer gives a toy nutcracker
to what little girl who is the main character
in the production?
>> Kate?
>> Claire.
>> That is correct, and we move on.
What type of laboratory flask with a flat bottom,
conical body, and narrow neck is named after
the German chemist who created it in 1860?
Yes, Paul?
>> Erlenmeyer flask.
>> That is good.
>> In the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life,
Lionel Barrymore plays what businessman
ranked by the American Film Institute
as the sixth greatest film villain of all time?
Mr. Potter is the answer there.
Which of the following is the only difference
between a cyclone, a hurricane, and a typhoon:
A, location of origin, B, wind speed,
or C, season?
Yes, Paul?
>> A, location.
>> A is correct, location of origin.
Math question.
A volleyball team played 50 games and won
two-fifths of them.
How many games did they win?
Jeff?
>> 20.
>> 20 is correct.
To prove that alternating current
was dangerous, what rival of George Westinghouse
and Nicola Tesla electrocuted an elephant
in 1903?
Paul?
>> Thomas Edison.
>> That's correct.
Barack Obama's 2008 slogan, "Yes, we can" is borrowed
from what three-word Spanish motto
used by labor leader Cesar Chavez?
Paul?
>> "Si se puede."
>> That is correct.
Referring to the city's laid-back pace,
what nickname for New Orleans was popularized
by gossip columnist Betty Guillaud?
Yes, Mary?
>> The Big Easy.
>> That's correct.
What time traveling spaceship that looks like
a British Police phone box is used by
the fictional time lord Dr. Who?
Yes, Mary?
>> The Tardis.
>> That's correct.
"I haven't really the foggiest idea about what the man
is trying to say."
A publisher wrote this in a rejection letter
to what author of Catch-22?
Yes, Oliver?
>> Joseph Heller.
>> That is correct.
Mount Merapi is one of the world's most active
and dangerous volcanoes, located in which
of the following countries:
A, Iceland, B, Japan, C, Indonesia?
Paul?
>> C, Indonesia.
>> That is correct.
Much smaller and less massive than the sun,
what type of dwarf star is the most common star
in the universe?
Corey?
>> A red dwarf.
>> Yes.
According to the Greek author Plutarch, what Roman leader
was warned by a soothsayer to beware the Ides of March?
Oliver?
>> Julius Caesar.
>> Yes.
What Brazilian city has the largest number
of Portuguese speakers in the world?
Paul?
>> Sao Paolo.
>> Yes.
Math question.
The interior angles of a pentagon
add up to how many degrees?
Eddie?
>> 540.
>> That's correct.
In 1964, in one of the most stunning upsets
in sports history, what underdog defeated Sonny Liston
for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship?
Corey?
>> Muhammad Ali.
>> Yes.
Paramagnetic elements are attracted to magnets.
What term defines elements that are repelled by magnets?
Yes, Paul?
>> Diamagnetic.
>> Yes.
The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a mythical king
of what major Bronze Age civilization with cities
in Kish and Ur?
Yes, Corey?
>> Mesopotamia.
>> Yes, Sumerian or Mesopotamian is right.
In 1660 a Jesuit priest from Portugal helped build
the Great Observatory at what palace complex
in Beijing, China?
Corey?
>> The Forbidden City.
>> Yes.
Name the second title of the Lord of the Rings
trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Yes, Corey?
>> The Two Towers.
>> Yes.
On April 14, 1906, who called for honesty
and sanity in political discourse, lashing out
against "the man with the muckrake?"
Yes, Oliver?
>> Teddy Roosevelt.
>> Yes.
Famous in...
(timer sounding)
Oh, wow.
That's the bell, the end of round one.
The score right now, Chelmsford 130 points.
It's close.
Rockport, 160 points.
Applause, applause, please.
Okay, close competition so far.
The head-to-head round is up next.
First we like to take a little break,
get to know the players, the contestants,
just a little bit better.
I've got a question on the card.
I will ask it, each of you will answer, okay?
Okay.
Which element on the Periodic Table of Elements
is the best match for your personality and why?
And we'll start with you, Jeff.
>> I would say aluminum, because like aluminum,
I'm strong, yet lightweight.
>> Good point.
Paul?
>> I would say tungsten, because I lighten up the mood.
>> I haven't noticed.
You do?
Okay, I'm sure... okay.
Kate?
>> Probably osmium, because we're awesome.
(laughter)
Eddie?
>> I would say boron, because I'm not boron at all.
Over to Rockport we go.
Corey?
>> I guess I'd be oxygen, because you can't live
without me.
>> Aww, I'm sure your family and friends in the audience
agree.
Quentin?
>> I'd be gold, because I'm precious.
(laughter)
>> Oliver?
>> I'll be polonium, because all the others
were taken.
>> That's what happens when we get down...
you know, once in a while I should start on that end.
Mary, how about you?
>> I would be mercury, because long exposure to me
drives people insane.
(laughter)
All right, here's the deal with the head-to-head round.
Again, this is a close competition so far, okay?
Each team chooses a member to come forward and go
head to head.
So Chelmsford, who's it going to be?
Paul.
And Rockport, who's it going to be?
Corey.
So Paul, Corey, get set to come on down
and go head to head, yes!
Okay, before we move on to the head-to-head round,
we do have a correction to make.
In round one, Chelmsford answered the video question,
"Claire."
The correct answer is, "Clara."
The judges have ruled it incorrect, so we are subtracting
ten points from their score.
The current score is Chelmsford 120 points,
Rockport, 160 points.
A very close competition.
Now, a reminder-- in this round you get ten points
for correct answers, incorrect ones will cost you
ten points.
And you guys can buzz in as soon as you know the answer.
And if you are ready, the clock is set at 90 seconds.
Here we go.
What county will host the 2014 World Cup
and the 2000...
>> Brazil.
>> Yes.
Oxygen and what other element are the two most abundant
elements in the human body by mass?
Yes?
>> Nitrogen.
>> No, carbon.
In 2003, California voters recalled Governor Gray Davis
and elected what action film star?
>> Arnold Schwarzenegger.
>> Yes.
"Remember the Maine" is a slogan associated with what war?
Yes?
>> Spanish American War.
>> Yes.
Three bright stars form the belt
of what constellation named?
>> Orion.
>> Yes.
What 2012 film about the Iran Hostage Crisis
won an Oscar?
>> Argo.
>> Yes.
The Charles River has its source in what town that is
the starting point of the Boston Marathon?
>> Hopkinton.
>> Yes.
Pumice belongs to which of the three main rock types?
Igneous.
>> Yes.
With more than 14 million weekly listeners,
what conservative host has the most popular...
Yes?
>> Rush Limbaugh.
>> Yes.
What French word for "rotten pot"
refers to a collection of miscellaneous things?
>> Potpourri.
>> Yes.
Lapland is the largest and northernmost region
of what Nordic country?
Yes?
>> Norway.
>> No, Finland.
The story of Heathcliff and Catherine is told
through flashbacks...
>> Wuthering Heights?
>> Yes.
What Russian composer wrote the score for the ballet
Swan Lake?
>> Tchaikovsky.
>> Yes.
In 1831, what British scientist harnessed electromagnetism
by inventing the dynamo, or electrical generator?
>> Michael Faraday.
>> Yes.
(timer sounding)
Right at the buzzer.
That is the end of the head-to-head round.
We check out the score, Chelmsford High School
right now, 150 points, Rockport High, 230 points.
How about some applause for both teams?
Paul, great job, Corey, great job.
Back to your teams you go.
Okay, next up for the contestants here in studio
and for everybody playing at home,
it's the category round.
And we have six categories.
They are:
Each category has five questions with increasing point values,
so there is a lot at stake in this round.
And by the way, teams, you can confer with one another
in this round.
And as a reminder, you will now need to wait
for the complete question to be read before you buzz in.
Once you do, you are no longer able to confer,
and we will need the answer.
Now, Chelmsford, you've got a little ground to make up,
not a big deal.
But you do get to choose the first category.
What's it going to be?
>> Fab Four, please.
>> Fab Four.
Okay, all answers here are four letter words.
And for ten points, what capital city of Ukraine
claims to have the deepest metro station in the world?
Paul?
>> Kiev.
>> Correct.
So you keep the board.
You want to stay with this category or move on?
>> We'll stay with it.
>> We're going to stay with it.
This time for 15 points.
What Hindi word for teacher or guide
refers to a person who has great knowledge
about a particular subject?
Yes, Corey?
>> Guru.
>> Guru is right.
So now, Rockport, you've got the board.
Category?
>> Stay with Fab Four?
>> Sure.
>> Stay with Fab Four.
>> Stay with Fab Four, this time for 20 points.
Meaning home or dwelling, what word refers
to a domed, portable tent used by nomadic peoples
in Central Asia?
Yes, Oliver?
>> A Yurt.
>> Yurt is right.
You keep the board.
Category?
>> Want to keep going?
>> Yeah, let's do that.
>> We're going to keep going.
25 points.
According to Shakespeare's Macbeth, what is
"but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts
and frets his hour upon the stage"?
Yes, Paul?
>> Life.
>> Life is right, and now Chelmsford gets the board.
Category?
>> Let's finish it off.
>> We're going for 30 points.
What conservative Roman statesman was known
for his opposition to Greek influences,
and for his motto, "Carthage must be destroyed"?
Corey?
>> Cato.
>> Cato is right.
Rockport gets it back.
You'll need a new category, though.
>> Pitch Perfect.
>> Pitch Perfect.
Questions about music.
For ten points, what is the only major key
with no sharps or flats?
>> Quentin?
>> C major.
>> That is correct.
C major, C natural.
And you've still got the board.
You want to stay here?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay, for 15 points, the glockenspiel and marimba
belong to what family of instruments?
>> Paul?
>> Percussion.
>> Yes, and now you've got the board, Chelmsford.
>> Let's stay with it.
>> Pitch Perfect for 20 points.
Italian for "in the manner of the chapel,"
what term describes music that is sung
without any instrumental accompaniment?
Kate?
>> A capella.
>> Yes, you keep the board.
Category?
>> Stick with it.
>> Pitch Perfect, for 25 points this time.
What Italian word is an indication to play
very loudly, and is abbreviated FF on a music score?
Corey?
>> Fortissimo.
>> Fortissimo.
And Rockport, you've got it back.
Category?
>> Stay with it.
>> Pitch Perfect.
30 points.
The Dies Irae, or "day of wrath,"
is often the most dramatic element of what
musical composition also known as a mass for the dead?
Yes, Quentin?
>> A requiem.
>> Requiem is right.
You keep the board.
You'll need a new category, though.
>> Yeah, let's go To Boldly Go.
>> To Boldly Go.
Questions about space exploration.
And for ten points, on May 25, 1961,
who urged Congress to appropriate
the necessary funds to safely land
a man on the moon before the end of the decade?
Corey?
>> John F. Kennedy.
>> That is correct.
You keep the board.
Staying here or moving?
>> To Boldly Go.
>> For 15 points, in 1998, at age 77,
what US Senator returned to space
aboard the shuttle Discovery 36 years after he became
the first American to orbit the earth?
Eddie?
>> John Glenn.
>> John Glenn is right.
Chelmsford gets the board back.
Category?
>> To Boldly Go.
>> Let's go for 20 points, then.
In 1986, the Soviet Union launched the first module
of what modular space station that supported
human habitation for more than 14 years?
Yes, Corey?
>> Mir.
>> Mir is right.
And now Rockport has it.
>> To Boldly Go.
>> We're going for 25 points this time.
In September 2013, NASA announced that what probe
launched in 1977 became the first spacecraft
to travel beyond our solar system?
Oliver?
>> Voyager.
>> Voyager is right.
>> Stay with it.
>> You want to stay here or move, guys?
All right, 30 points.
Astronomers were devastated in May of 2013
when what planet-hunting telescope launched by NASA
became disabled in space?
>> Corey?
>> Kepler.
>> Kepler is right.
You'll need a new category.
You do have control of the game right now, though.
>> From Page to Screen.
>> From Page to Screen, questions about
film adaptations of books.
And for ten points, the filmmakers of
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire eliminated the character
Darius, a young peacekeeper from what district
that Katniss also calls home?
Yes, Quentin?
>> District 12.
>> Yes, and you've got the board, Rockport.
>> Stay with it.
>> 15 points.
To take advantage of the new Technicolor film process,
Dorothy's shoes were changed to ruby in the 1939 film
The Wizard of Oz.
What color are they in the original book?
>> They're silver.
>> Silver is right, Quentin, and you've got control.
You going to stay here?
>> Stay with it.
>> Okay, for 20 points, what snake is a friend
and mentor to Mowgli in the original version
of The Jungle Book, but is a villain
in the 1967 Disney version?
Kaa is the answer there.
Rockport, you've still got it.
>> Page to Screen.
>> We're going to go for the 25 points here.
In the book The Lightning Thief, Percy receives magic pearls
from a sea nymph called a Nereid.
In the film, he gets them from what Greek Goddess
of the Underworld?
Yes, Quentin?
>> Persephone.
>> Yes, that's correct.
Category?
>> Stay with it.
>> 30 points.
In his 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby,
what Australian film director removed racist
and anti-Semitic elements from the original book?
Corey?
>> Baz Luhrmann.
>> That is correct.
Category?
>> Give Me an S.
>> Give Me an S.
All answers begin with the letter S.
For ten points, 15 of the 19 hijackers
who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks
were citizens of what country?
Jeff?
>> Syria.
>> No.
Rockport?
Corey?
>> Saudi Arabia.
>> Saudi Arabia is right.
You've got the board, Rockport.
>> Stay with it.
Give Me an S for 15.
From the Latin meaning, "to place in safe keeping,"
what term refers to the automatic
federal spending cuts that went into effect
March 1, 2013?
Paul?
>> Sequestration.
>> That is correct, and now you've got the board,
Chelmsford.
>> Stay with it.
>> For 20 points.
A nervous impulse passes from one neuron to another
at what structure?
Yes, Mary?
>> A synapse.
>> Synapse is right.
Now Rockport, you've got it back.
>> Stay with it.
>> Give Me an S for 25 points.
What type of female prophets of Greek and Roman mythology
were painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel?
Yes, Oliver?
>> Sisters.
>> No.
Chelmsford, you want to try?
There's the buzz.
Sibyls is the answer on that one.
And Rockport, you've still got it.
>> Stay with it.
>> 30 points this time.
What great Ottoman Sultan who ruled from 1520 to 1566
was known as The Magnificent?
Corey?
>> Suleiman.
>> Suleiman is right.
Now just the one category.
This is Queen for a Day, and questions about,
well, queens.
For ten points, what unpopular queen
known for her lavish spending was called Madame Deficit
during the French Revolution?
Mary?
>> Marie Antoinette.
>> That is correct.
I'll move on to the next question for 15 points.
Egypt fell under Roman rule immediately after the death
of what Egyptian queen?
Corey?
>> Cleopatra.
>> That is correct.
Now for 20 points...
(timer sounding)
Oh!
We won't go there, because that is the bell
ending the category round.
The score right now, Chelmsford 240 points,
Rockport 585 points.
Applause, applause.
Both teams.
Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds
of gameplay.
This is the lightning round, and you get 20 points
for correct answers.
Incorrect answers will cost you 20 points.
The clock is set, and here we go.
A 1964 publication called The Little Red Book
is a collection of quotes from what Communist...
Yes, Corey?
>> Chairman Mao.
>> That's correct.
Lightning produces what gas that helps protect the Earth
from the sun's... Corey?
>> Ozone.
>> Right.
In September of 2013, who admitted
that the triple key login control-alt-delete
was a bad idea?
Eddie?
>> Bill Gates.
>> Yes.
What second book of the Old Testament
is commonly used as a cinema...
Yes, Eddie?
>> Exodus.
>> Yes.
The Arabian Sea and the Andaman Sea
are a part of what larger ocean?
Paul?
>> The Indian Ocean.
>> Yes.
In the film Kill Your Darlings,
Daniel Radcliffe plays what author
of the epic poem Howl?
Yes, Mary?
>> Allen Ginsberg.
>> Yes.
Mount Sharp and Gale Crater are located on what planet?
Mary?
>> Mars.
>> Yes.
The renowned portrait artist Rembrandt was born in 1606
in what country?
Jeff?
>> France.
>> No, the Netherlands.
"Propaganda and Organization" is a chapter from what 1925
political manifesto by Adolf Hitler?
Corey?
>> Mein Kampf.
>> Yes.
Derived from the Greek word for fathers,
what term refers to the ruling class
of Ancient Rome?
Corey?
Patricians.
What 1992 film starring Whitney Houston
had the best selling movie soundtrack... yes, Corey?
>> The Bodyguard.
>> Yes.
What US President signed the Indian Removal Act,
which led to... yes, Corey?
>> Andrew Jackson.
>> Yes.
What artery in the neck is commonly used to measure
a person's pulse?
Quentin?
>> Carotid.
>> Yes.
Around the year 1200, what branch of Buddhism
became popular in Japan, especially...
(timer sounding)
Oh, did he get it?
Paul you just got in.
The answer?
>> Zen.
>> Zen is the correct answer, but that is the end
of the game.
And the winner this week, Rockport, with a score
of 725 points.
Chelmsford this week, 300 points.
Congratulations to both of our teams
for a great game.
Now, Rockport is going to move on to the quarterfinals.
But that's it for now, and we will see you
next week right here on High School Quiz Show,
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