(majestic music) - It's finally here, the Season Five championship.

We have whittled it all the way down to just two schools.

One of which will walk away with $1,000 for their school's Project Graduation.

In our final match of the season, we have the Rams of Bangor High School (triumphant music) taking on the witches of Brewer High School.

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I'm Todd Gutner.

Well, this is it, the Season Five Championship.

One of tonight's schools will take home the $1,000 prize for their school's Project Graduation.

We know everyone is excited to see who wins so let's get right to it.

In today's match, we have the battle of the Penobscot, Season Two Champions, the Rams of Bangor High School, they're taking on the Witches of Brewer High School.

Now let's introduce our players for the final time this season.

For Bangor, we have Simon, Roland, Riordan, and Fallon with alternates Nate, Adam, and Maddy and they're coached by Carl Robbins and Susanna Owen.

Now for Brewer, we have Lindsey, Swaroop, Cooper, and Ryan with alternate, Omer, and coached by Sue Ann Gainings and Andrea Mark.

The competition has three rounds, a toss up, a category round, and a lightning round.

We'll start with the toss up round.

All answers are, of course, worth 10 points.

And this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

Is everybody ready?

Now, what do you guys say is kids like when you're trying to get like pumped up and ready to go.

Isn't it like let's go or something like that.

Can I get a let's go?

- [Everyone] Let's go!

- All right, all right, I'll take it.

That was pretty good, that was pretty good.

All right, guys, here comes the first question.

The Serviceman's Readjustment Act also known as the GI bill was first put into place to help veterans returning from which war to buy homes and pay for college?

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer?

- World War II.

- World war II, yes.

What Swahili word for journey describes a particular type of excursion in Africa to see and photograph wildlife?

(bell dings) Ryan again?

- A safari?

- Safari, yes.

Tinky Winky is the biggest and purplest member of what group that includes Lala, Dipsy, and Poo?

(bell dings) I'm sorry.

(laughing) I think it's Po, Swaroop, you got the answer?

- Is it Teletubbies?

- Teletubbies is right.

Let's keep going.

- Of course, it's the only one I get.

(everyone laughing) - I mean, I had to watch it too with my twins as kid, you know, - I still watch it.

- Right, I still need to.

All right, Phecda is the sixth brightest star in which constellation whose name is Latin for Great Bear?

(bell dings) Simon?

- Ursa major?

- You got it, you got it.

Nice job.

All right, up next we have a picture question.

Players please take a look at your monitor right over here.

And the question is name this Red Sox Hall of Fame baseball player who was the last person to have a batting average over 400 and also served in both World War II and the Korean War as a fighter pilot?

(bell dings) Brian, Brewer.

- Ted Williams?

- Yes, the Splendid Splinter.

All right.

What legal warning that advises a crime suspect of their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights before questioning takes its name from the plaintiff in a 1966 Supreme court case?

(bell dings) Ryan again, - Miranda rights?

- Yep, we can take that.

Miranda is correct.

What is the name for the concave or convex curve formed by tension on the surface of a water in a test tube?

(bell dings) Swaroop, Brewer.

- The meniscus.

- Yes, you got it.

Clary Fray discovers she's part human, part angel in what TV series based on Cassandra Clare's "Mortal Instruments" books?

(buzzer buzzes) "Shadow Hunters".

What name for artistic penmanship comes from the Greek for beauty and writing?

(bell dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Calligraphy.

- Yes, calligraphy.

Up next, we have a video question.

Once again, look at the monitor over here.

- Hi, I'm Governor Janet Mills and here is your question.

There have been 17 US Governors who have gone on to serve as President of the United States including such notable names as Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan.

Who was the last president to serve as a governor before being elected to the highest office?

(bell dings) - Lindsey, Brewer - Bush?

- [Todd] Which one?

- George W. Bush.

- You got it.

Nice job, Lindsey.

All right, what complex nucleotide composed of adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups provides the energy for muscle contractions and other metabolic processes.

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor - ATP?

- ATP is right.

A rudder on a sailboat is mainly used for what purpose?

A communication, B steering, or C raising sails?

(bell dings) Cooper, Brewer.

- Steering.

- Steering, yes.

Math question.

Get your math hats on.

Here we go.

Three cupcakes and five brownies cost $23.

Five cupcakes and one brownie cost $20.

What is the cost of one cupcake?

(bell dings) Cooper?

- Three?

- [Todd] Incorrect Bangor?

(bell dings) Simon?

- Two?

- Incorrect, $3 and 50 cents.

$3.50.

The Seikan Rail Tunnel connects Honshu with what island that is Japan's second largest?

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor - Hokkaido?

- Hokkaido, yes.

In what non spontaneous Redox process is a current passed through a solution to produce a chemical reaction to which positive ions migrate to the cathode and negative ions to the anode?

(bell dings) (buzzer buzzes) Cooper got in.

- Electrolysis.

- We, yeah, we could take that.

Electrolysis, electrolysis.

Often heard in the fashion world, the French term prêt à porter translates to what in English?

(bell dings) Cooper again.

- Ready to wear?

- Yeah, you got it.

The origin of cuneiform writing can be traced to what ancient civilization of Mesopotamia whose cities include Uruk and Kish?

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Sumeria, Sumer?

Sumerian.

- Yes, we got it, yes.

(team laughing) We got it.

Both of them were pretty much there.

Theseus speaks the first line and Puck speaks the last in what comic play by William Shakespeare?

(bell dings) - Roland?

- Midsummer's Dream?

- That's, we can't take, Brewer?

(bell dings) Cooper?

(buzzer buzzes) I guarantee that one's incorrect.

"A Midsummer Night's Dream".

You missed one word.

It was so close up.

All right.

A choir and a ream are units for measuring quantities of what material?

A clay, B fabric, or C paper.

(bell dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- C paper?

- C paper is right.

In what year did Senator Henry Clay propose a political compromise that included amending the Fugitive Slave Act?

(bell dings) Cooper, Brewer.

- Right here - [Todd] Incorrect, Bangor?

(bell rings) Riordan?

- 1820?

- Close, 1850, it was a good guess.

Serving in the Clinton Administration, who was the first woman to be named US Secretary of State?

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer?

- Hillary Clinton?

- That's incorrect.

Bangor.

(bell dings) Roland?

- Madeline Albright?

- You nailed it.

You nailed it.

(bell rings) And that's the end of the first round.

We have a score Bangor 70, Brewer 100.

Great battle so far.

Stick around, we'll be right back.

(upbeat music) All right, we're gonna take a quick break from the game to chat with our players.

But instead of that usual, slightly off kilter question that we typically ask them, we're actually gonna let 'em take a little break.

We'd like to get to know them better and find out what you guys are planning to do after the school year.

If you're seniors, what are your plans in the future?

If you're not, what are your plans this summer?

We're gonna start over here with Bangor, Simon, go for it.

- Yeah, I think I'm gonna go to Williams College in Western Massachusetts.

- [Todd] Oh, great.

- And I wanna try to make the world a better place.

- You got big aspirations.

I hope you succeed.

Roland, go for it.

- I'm going to the University of Maine Orono to study mechanical engineering and I'd like to build some stuff and make some stuff safe.

- Sounds good to me.

You're staying close by too.

- [Roland] Oh yeah.

- Staying in the Pine Tree State.

I like it, Riordan?

- Probably gonna go to the University of Maine at Orono, as well but probably look into biomedical engineering.

- Oh wow, all right, cool.

Good luck to you.

Good luck to you, Fallon.

- I'll be going to the Air Force Academy to study biochemistry.

- Oh my gosh, now do you plan to fly a little bit too?

- I would like to, yes, definitely.

- Seriously.

- Yes.

- Like a fighter jet or?

- Yes, yes.

- Go for it, all right, Fallon.

We're gonna go over to Brewer now, Lindsey.

How about you?

- I'm a junior, so no college for me yet but I'm volunteering at my local hospital and doing a fellowship with Congressman Golden.

- Oh, that's amazing.

Now do you plan or hope to get into medicine down the line?

- No, not at all.

- No, okay, you're just a good citizen and wanna give back.

All right, Lindsey, Swaroop, how about you?

- I'm gonna be going to U Maine to study electrical engineering.

and the future, I wanna be like Miss Sherand, a science teacher at my high school.

- That's a shout out to your science teacher, right?

- [Swaroop] Yep.

- All right, Swaroop, good luck.

Cooper.

- Okay, I'm going to Maine Maritime for marine systems engineering.

I'm hoping to continue doing track and hopefully Coach Huber from the Bangor Track Team will notice me.

- Okay, Coach Huber.

You better notice Cooper.

You got it, Ryan, your last up.

- I'm going to University of Maine Orono.

I'm gonna be studying biology and philosophy.

And I also got into the Honors College with the help of Mrs. SueAnn Gainings.

- Another teacher shout out.

- [Ryan] Yeah.

- Ryan, good luck to you and congratulations.

The category round is up next and we're gonna be right back.

(upbeat music) Next up, it's the category round with the following choices, Psyched Out, Weird Sports Words, This Means War, Trail Mix, Playing in the Band, and Last Lines.

Now, each category has five questions with increasing point values.

Players, these are the rules.

You must wait for me to finish the question before you buzz in.

You can confer with your teammates, but once you buzz in, you can't do that and we'll need your answer.

And like in the toss up round, if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given the chance to answer.

Now Bangor, you are trailing right now so you have control of the board and you can start us off.

- [Simon] Yeah, let's go with this means war for 10, please.

- You got it.

This Means War for 10.

These are questions about events that led to war.

One of the precursors to World War II was the Munich Conference, agreeing to Germany's annexation of what region in Czechoslovakia?

(bell dings) Simon, Bangor.

- The Rhineland.

- That's incorrect, Brewer, would you like?

(bell dings) Cooper?

- The Sudetenland?

- That is correct.

Yes, Brewer, you have control now.

- [Cooper] All right, we'll stick with it.

- Stick with it, This Means War for 15.

Great Britain and China engaged in two 19th century wars over the smuggling of what highly addictive narcotic substance?

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Opium?

- [Todd] Yes, you nailed it.

It's your turn.

- [Riordan] Let's go with Last Lines for 10.

- Last Lines for 10, questions about famous final words.

What are the last four words of the pledge of allegiance?

(bell dings) Simon, Bangor - Liberty and justice for all.

- Yes, yes, okay, you got it.

That was, yeah.

You got 'em all in there.

There was an extra one.

You still have control Bangor.

- [Simon] Let's go to This Means War for 20 please?

- Okay This Means War for 20.

In 1797, a political and diplomatic affair that became known as the XYZ Affair led to an undeclared three year quasi war between US and what country?

(bell dings) Swaroop?

- Russia?

- [Todd] Incorrect Bangor?

(bell dings) Riordan?

- France.

- [Todd] France is right.

It's still your board.

- [Riordan] Let's continue with This Means War for 25, please.

- This Means War for 25, a dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh Region of Central Asia caused Armenia and what other country to engage in military action in 2020?

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Azerbaijan?

- [Todd] That's correct.

It is still yours, Riordan.

- Let's stick with This Means War for 30, please.

- We'll wrap up the category.

A war between Britain and Spain was triggered in 1739 when what man displayed his own severed ear to the British Parliament and told them a Spanish ship commander had cut it off.

(buzzer buzzes) Robert Jenkins.

Still Bangor's board.

- [Riordan] Let's go with Psyched Out for 10, please.

- Psyched Out for 10.

These are questions about psychology.

According to Sigmund Freud, the human psyche consists of id, the ego, and which component that acts as a moral conscience to stop you from doing criminal or unethical things.

(bell dings) Riordan?

- The super ego?

- [Todd] Super ego, yes, still your board.

- [Riordan] Let's stick with Psyched Out for 15, please.

- Okay, for 15, classical conditioning is associated with what Russian Nobel prize winner who studied the way dogs salivate when they think they're about to be fed?

(bell dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Pavlov?

- [Todd] Pavlov, yes.

Still Bangor's board.

- [Simon] Let's continue with Psyched Out for 20, please.

- For 20, which American behavioral psychologist is known for operant conditioning boxes and teaching pigeons to play ping pong?

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer.

- BF Skinner?

- [Todd] Yes, you nailed it.

Your turn.

- Stick was psyched out for 25.

- Psyched Out for 25.

What Swiss American psychiatrist outlined the five stages of grief in her book "On Death and Dying"?

(buzzer buzzes) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.

Brewer's board still.

- [Simon] Let's go Weird Sports Words for 10 - Weird Sports Words for 10, questions about sports terminology.

The name of what spice that people sprinkle into eggnog is also a term used in soccer when a player kicks the ball between an opponent's legs.

(bell dings) Riordan?

- Nutmeg?

- [Todd] Nutmeg, yes, your board.

- [Riordan] Let's go with, yeah let's stick with Weird Sports Words for 15 please.

- Okay for 15, what word that comes from the Norwegian for sloping track was coined to describe skiing that involves zigzagging down a mountain.

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer.

- Slalom?

- [Todd] Slalom is right, now your turn with the board.

- [Ryan] Weird Sports Words for 20.

- For 20, Dick Fosbury introduced the head first Fosbury Flop in which track and field event at the 1968 Summer Olympics?

(bell dings) Cooper.

- High jump.

- [Todd] High jump, yes, your turn.

- [Cooper] All right, let's go for Psyched Out for 30.

- Wrappin' up that category.

20th century psychologist, Abraham Maslow proposed what so-called hierarchy that begins with food and shelter and ends with self-actualization?

(bell dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Hierarchy of needs?

- [Todd] That's correct, your turn.

- [Simon] Let's go with Last Lines for 15 please.

- Last Lines for 15.

In 1993, what TV series about a bar in Boston ended its 11 season run with the line, "Sorry we're closed."

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer.

- "Cheers".

- [Todd] Yeah, I was sorry to see it end too.

Ryan, your turn.

- [Ryan] Weird Sports Words for 25 - Weird Sports Words 25.

Alan Gelfand is credited with inventing what hands free skateboarding jump that carries a skater onto or over an obstacle.

(buzzer buzzes) It's an Ollie.

Brewer, you still have control.

- [Ryan] Finish it off for 30.

- Weird Sports 30.

What name that might have come from the name of a Canadian golfer in the 1920s is commonly used for a do over in a casual game of golf?

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer - A Mulligan?

- [Todd] Mulligan, yes, your control.

- [Ryan] Let's go with Last Lines for 20.

- Last Lines for 20.

"Any way the wind blows" are the last words of what epic six minute long song released by Queen in 1975.

(bell dings) Roland, Bangor.

- "Bohemian Rhapsody".

- [Todd] Yes awesome tune, right?

- [Roland] Love it.

- [Todd] Your control there.

- [Roland] Let's go for Playing in the Band for 10, please.

- These are questions related to marching band music.

If you played in the band on the 4th of July, or if you watched "Monty Python's Flying Circus", you know the "Liberty Bell" written by what famous composer of march music?

(bell dings) Roland, Bangor.

- Sousa?

- [Todd] That's correct, Sousa.

Still your control there.

- [Roland] Let's go for Trail Mix for 10, please.

- These are questions about historic roots, roads, and trails.

The ancient trading route that connected China to the west is commonly known by what name for the valuable fabric that traders brought from Asia to Europe.

(bell dings) Lindsey, Brewer.

- The silk road?

- [Todd] Yes, you got it, your turn.

- [Lindsey] Trail Mix for 15.

- For 15, dating back to ancient times, trade routes that connected the Baltic Sea to Southern Europe and North Africa are most associated with what gem like substance formed from tree resin?

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Amber?

- [Todd] Amber is right, your turn.

- [Riordan] Let's stick with Trail Mix for 20, please.

- Trail Mix for 20, the Mountain Route and the Cimarron Route were alternate branches of what pioneer trail that started in Missouri and went through Kansas on its way to the American Southwest?

(bell dings) Roland, Bangor.

- The Oregon Trail?

- Incorrect, Brewer?

(buzzer buzzes) Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe Trail.

We still have Bangor with control.

- [Riordan] Let's go with, let's stick with Trail Mix for 25, please.

- Okay for 25, along the 40 mile stretch of US Route One between Presque Isle and Houlton plus a recently added extension to Topsfield, you will encounter a three dimensional model of what, built at a scale of one mile to one astronomical unit?

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer.

- The solar system.

- Yeah, you got it.

Your turn.

(bell rings) Oh, that is the end of the second round now.

Our score is, oh boy, this is a great final.

Bangor 220, Brewer 225.

Everything can change in the lightning round.

You better sit tight.

We'll be right back.

Great job teams.

(upbeat funky music) It's time to announce the winners of the High School Quiz Show Conundrum contest!

And our first winner is... Cathy Knox Turner, who won $500 for Lawrence High School in Fairfield.

And our second winner is... Randolph Chaloux, who won $500 for Katahdin Middle and High School in Staceyville.

Thanks for playing and... Congratulations!

We've got an incredible match.

We're heading into the final 90 seconds of gameplay.

It's the lightning round.

Here are the rules, players.

You can buzz in at any time.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers though will cost you 20.

And the other team will not get the chance to answer.

The clock is set.

Are you guys ready?

Here we go.

In Hans Christian Andersen's story, the Ugly Duckling grows into what kind of bird?

(bell dings) Riordan?

- Swan?

- [Todd] Swan, yes.

What is the atomic number of oxygen?

(bell dings) Riordan again?

- Eight.

- [Todd] Eight, yes.

What term is defined as a whole number greater than one that is.

(bell dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Natural.

- Incorrect, prime number.

What New Jersey city comes last on an alphabetical list of US State Capitals?

(bell dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Trenton.

- [Todd] Yes, in an embryo, myogenesis is the formation of what kind of tissue?

(bell dings) Ryan, Brewer.

- Muscles?

- Muscles is correct.

The Kennebec and Androscoggin rivers come together at what cheerful sounding tidal bay?

(buzzer buzzes) Merrymeeting Bay.

The 17th Amendment provides for the direct election of which US government official?

(bell rings) Simon Bangor.

- Senators.

- Senators, yes.

The Hippocratic Oath is a pledge traditionally made by people entering?

(bell rings) - Medical field.

- Cooper, yes, you got it.

Medicine.

What Norwegian composer wrote the Peer Gynt?

(bell rings) Ryan, Brewer?

- Edvard Grieg?

- Edvard Grieg, yes.

What is the largest scientific research station in Antarctica?

(bell rings) Riordan, sure, Bangor?

- Amundsen Scott Research Center?

- That's incorrect.

It's McMurdo Station.

Don't cry for me, Argentina.

(bell ringing) That is the end of the final round.

and our winning team is Brewer at 285.

Go wild Brewer.

That's a great match.

They are the Season Five High School Quiz Show Maine champion, our runner up Bangor.

You guys were awesome.

It was great hanging with ya all season.

You had 240 points.

You both played great.

You made your communities proud and you will not be going home empty handed.

We will take a quick break.

And when we come back, we'll do our prize presentation.

So don't go away.

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- It's time for what we've all been waiting for.

It's the prize presentation.

And we're gonna start with our runner ups, Bangor.

You get $500 for your school.

You must be so proud of yourselves.

You've been past winners.

You came oh, so close.

How do you feel right now Coach?

- Oh, I feel great.

What a great team.

We've had a great time the whole year.

They've enjoyed the, every time we've met and had a lot of fun.

It's a testament and a celebration of what they know and how much fun they, how, what a great bunch of friends and students.

- Yeah, I mean the comradery that they've had throughout the season.

It's been incredible.

It's been great to see.

I've had a blast with you guys.

Well, well done.

All right, now we move over to our champions from Brewer High School, a thousand dollars.

You guys worked so hard through the season.

This is your first championship.

You've been on the show before, but your first championship.

You must be so proud bringing that back to your high school.

Coaches, how do you feel about your team?

- Oh, we feel wonderful.

This has been really exciting.

This team, we're very proud of this team and they're full of delightful humor and perseverance.

(team laughing) - I can attest to that.

You are correct.

They were fun the whole season long.

Lot of humor in there, running jokes all the time.

Had a blast with both of your teams.

Congrats to both of you.

All right, that wraps up High School Quiz Show Maine Season Five.

Our champion once again, Brewer, our runner up, Bangor.

We'll be back next season, 16 new teams will go at it.

Hey, maybe one of them will be yours.

Thanks for watching High School Quiz Show Maine.

Take care.

(upbeat funky music) (teams and audience cheering and clapping)