(bright upbeat music) - It is finally here, the season six championship.

We have whittled it down to just two schools, one of which will walk away with the $1,000 prize for their school's project graduation.

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

(triumphant horn music) That's coming up next on the season finale of "High School Quiz Show Maine."

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(bright upbeat music) - Welcome to "High School Quiz Show Maine."

I'm Todd Gutner.

Well, this is it.

The season six championship.

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

We began the season with 16 schools ranging from Fort Kent to South Burwick.

Tonight's teams have battled their way past some tough competitors and are both eager to claim the crown.

Bangor High School is looking for their second championship.

They were the season two champs and just missed their second one last year, losing to Brewer in the finals.

Cony High School from Augusta has been with us since season four, but this is their first trip to the finals.

They're looking to join Marshwood, Greeley, John Bapst, Brewer, and of course Bangor on the role of champions.

We know everyone is excited to see who's gonna win, so let's get right to it and introduce the teams for the final time.

For Bangor, we have Riordan, Cuddy, Lana and Joey, with alternates Adam and Catherine, and coached by Carl Robbins and Susanna Owen.

And for Cony we have Ted, Saber, Isaac, and Sam, with alternates Claire and Bea, and coached by Steven Scoville.

Now the competition has three rounds, of course.

A tossup round, a category round, and that lightning round.

We'll start with the tossup round.

All answers are 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.

Okay, Rams, are you ready?

See, I didn't play any favoritism there.

You're both Rams.

- A Ram will win tonight.

- A Ram will win tonight.

Good luck to both of you.

Here we go with the first question.

What Disney character made his film debut in 1928, most famously in an animated film called "Steamboat Willie?"

(bell ringing) Isaac, Cony.

- Mickey Mouse.

- Mickey Mouse is right.

The Straits of Mackinaw separate the upper and lower peninsulas of what US state?

(bell ringing) - Sam, Cony.

- Michigan.

- Michigan, also right.

In 2022, England's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her platinum jubilee, marking how many years of her reign?

(bell ringing) Cuddy, Bangor.

- 70?

- 70, yes.

The saying leaves of three leave them be most commonly refers to what climbing vine that secretes an oil that can cause a skin rash?

(bell ringing) Isaac, Cony.

- Poison ivy?

- Poison ivy, yes.

Up next is a picture question.

The monitor is right there.

What is the name of these small fish that use their sense of smell to migrate from the ocean to inland rivers, streams and ponds to spawn between about May 15th to June 15th each year?

(bell ringing) - Cuddy, Bangor.

- Salmon?

- That's incorrect.

Cony, you wanna give it a shot?

(bell ringing) Saber?

- Shad?

- Also incorrect.

Alewives.

Alewives is the answer.

All right, here's the next question.

Multiplying frequency or F by wavelength or lambda gives you what property of a wave?

(bell ringing) Cuddy, Bangor.

- Amplitude?

Nope.

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Cony?

Go ahead, Saber.

- Energy?

- Also incorrect.

Velocity or speed is the answer.

In a series of kids books by Ian Falconer, what's the name of the title pig who forms a band, saves the circus, and helps with Christmas?

(bell ringing) Joey, Bangor.

- Wilbur?

No.

- [Todd] No.

Wilbur incorrect.

Cony?

(buzzer buzzing) Answer's Olivia.

Olivia.

We'll move on.

In 2014, Michelle J. Howard became the first woman to be promoted to what four-star rank in the US Navy?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Ted.

- Admiral.

- Admiral is right.

Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka are cities on what island that is Japan's most populous island?

(bell ringing) Riordan, Bangor.

- Honshu?

- Honshu, yes.

All right, the video question is next, so take a look at the monitor again.

- This is Governor Janet Mills.

Question.

The Micmac, who lived in northeastern Maine, played a ball and stick game that is believed to be the origin of what winter sport popular in Canada and in northern United States?

(bell ringing) - [Todd] Joey, Bangor.

- Ice hockey.

- Hockey is right.

Nice job.

The chanter and the drone are parts of what musical instrument that is the national instrument of Scotland?

(bell ringing) Isaac, Cony.

- Bagpipe?

- Yes, bagpipe.

In ancient Greek drama, most notably Oedipus Rex, what six-letter word that begins with H is defined as excessive pride or arrogance that leads to a character's downfall?

(bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- Hubris.

- Hubris is right.

In India during March and April of 1930, what man led an act of non-violent civil disobedience known as the Salt March?

(bell ringing) Ted again.

- Gandhi.

- Gandhi is right.

The next question is, in geology, a cataract is which of these things?

Volcanic eruption, fossilized plant or waterfall?

(bell ringing) Riardon.

- Waterfall?

- Waterfall, yes.

All right, we have a math question now.

First one.

You've got your pen and paper?

What is the slope of a line with the equation 3Y plus 2X equals six?

(bell ringing) Cuddy, Bangor.

- Negative 2/3?

- Impressive.

That's correct.

All right, we move on to the next question.

Hall of Fame coach Don Shula spent 26 seasons and won two Super Bowls with what team in the National Football League's AFC East?

(bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- New England Patriots?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Bangor, you wanna give it a shot?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Lana.

- Giants?

- That's incorrect.

It's the Miami Dolphins.

The Miami Dolphins.

What website that debunks urban legends got its name from a family that appears in novels by William Faulkner?

(buzzer buzzing) Snopes is the answer.

We'll move on.

A 1963 open letter written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. begins with the words, "While confined here."

In what city was he confined when he wrote this letter?

(bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- Birmingham.

- Birmingham is right.

The Chamorro people are the indigenous people of what US territory that is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands?

(bell ringing) Riardon, Bangor.

- Guam?

- Guam.

Good job.

To help reach a resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union agreed to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba and the US agreed to remove its nuclear missiles from what country?

(bell ringing) Sam, Cony.

- Turkey.

- Turkey, yes.

The Maine Lemon Law is a consumer protection statute for purchasers of which of these things?

Farmland, motor vehicles or prescription medications?

Ted, Cony.

- Motor Vehicles.

- Motor vehicles is rights.

"Everybody Loves Our Town" is a book about bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam and the history of what musical genre mostly associated with Seattle in the 1980s?

(bell ringing) Saber, Cony.

- Grunge.

- Grunge, yes.

In 2022, a research team in Antarctica found the remains of the ship Endurance that has been abandoned there in 1915 by what British explorer?

Saber, Cony.

- Shackleton.

- Shackleton, also right.

In March 1610, what Italian astronomer described his observation of four satellites surrounding Jupiter?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Riardon.

- Galileo?

- Yes, that's right.

The vengeful Madame Defarge worked the names of her enemies into her knitting in what novel about the French Revolution by Charles Dickens?

(bell ringing) Saber, Cony.

- "Les Miserables."

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Bangor, you have a chance.

Go ahead, Riardon.

- "A Tale of Two Cities"?

- That is right.

Nice job.

You didn't think it was, did ya?

Nice job.

All right, here's the next math problem.

Employees earn $12.50 cents per hour for the first 40 hours they work in a given week.

Additional time over 40 hours is paid at time and a half, which would be a rate of how much per hour?

(bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- 1875.

- That's right.

Nice job.

Next question.

The country of South Africa has how many capital cities?

(bell ringing) Sam, Cony.

- Three.

- Three is right.

Here is the next question.

From a Spanish word meaning to entrust, what is the name for the system created by Spanish colonizers in the 1500s who believed they were entitled to own both the land and the people of the New World?

Go ahead, Riardon.

- Encomienda?

- That is right.

Nice job.

Neptune, the Mystic and Mars, Bringer of War are movements in what orchestral suite by Gustav Holst?

(bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- "The Planets."

- "The Planets" is right.

Of the four fundamental forces in nature, which is the short range force that holds an atomic nucleus together?

(bell ringing) Ted, again.

- Strong nuclear force?

- Strong, that is the right answer.

And that's the end of round one.

We have a score of Bangor 90, Cony 160.

A great start to this final.

We'll meet the teams when we get back.

(bright upbeat music) We're back, and as usual we'll pause the game for a bit of chat with the players, but for the championship final, we'll forego our silly question and find out a little more about the students that have been with us all season.

What grade they're in, plans for the future, anything else like that.

We'll start over here with Bangor.

Riardon, what grade are you, first of all?

- I'm a junior.

- You're a junior.

Have you started thinking about what's gonna happen after high school?

- Yeah, a bit.

I'm probably gonna go to college.

- [Todd] Yeah.

- Probably somewhere around here.

Maybe the University of Maine.

- Oh, cool.

Great.

Staying local.

Good choice, good choice.

All right, Cuddy.

How about yourself?

What year are you?

- I'm a senior.

- [Todd] You're a senior?

What's happening next year?

- I'm gonna be going to Brown University in the fall.

- Oh, Rhode Island huh?

- Yeah, to study probably linguistics and computer science.

- Oh, well, good luck, Cuddy, good luck.

Lana, yourself?

- I'm a sophomore right now.

- Okay, so a couple more years of quiz show, hopefully, right?

- Yeah, hopefully.

- Do you have any idea what you want to do after high school?

- I definitely wanna go to college and hopefully get my major in aerospace engineering.

- Aerospace engineering.

Do you wanna be an astronaut or do you just wanna like help out at NASA or something?

- That's the dream job.

- [Todd] Really?

- Yeah, astronaut.

- [Todd] Awesome.

- Go to Mars, yeah.

- Go to Mars.

The first woman on Mars.

First human on Mars, perhaps.

Who knows?

Joey, how about yourself?

What year are you?

- Sophomore.

- [Todd] Sophomore, okay.

So you guys are gonna be teammates for a while.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

- Pretty good.

Oh, great thing.

- [Todd] Wow.

- Pretty good?

- Sorry.

- Pretty good?

You both said it.

- I thought you were gonna say bad.

- No.

- Oh my gosh.

You know what?

Let's just stop and move to Cony.

Ted, how about yourself?

What year are you?

- I'm a senior.

- [Todd] You are?

What are you doing next year?

- Gonna go to college and study political science.

- [Todd] Where?

- Not sure yet.

I'm still waiting on some acceptance letters.

- Do you want to stay in cold climate or do you want to get outta here and get somewhere warm?

- I'd like to stay in New England.

- New England.

Good choice.

Stick around.

All right, Saber.

Yourself?

- I've been accepted to the University of Montana and I'm going there for natural resources journalism and mountain studies.

- That's big sky country, right?

- [Saber] Big sky country.

- [Todd] And mountain studies?

That's what you're gonna go for?

- Yeah.

- [Todd] What would you do with mountain studies?

- Well, I wanna be a photographer for National Geographic.

- [Todd] Oh, cool.

- Yeah.

I wanna take photos of climbers and ski mountaineers.

- Awesome.

And you'll be all over the world probably if you get something like that.

Oh, good luck, Saber.

- [Saber] Thank you.

- Isaac, how about you?

- I'm a senior.

- [Todd] - Senior.

- And next year I aspire to join the military.

- Good for you.

Do you know the branch yet?

- Yeah, Army National Guard.

- Army National Guard.

Awesome.

My hat's off to you.

I couldn't do it.

You're a much better human than me.

Sam, you're last in line here for Cony.

- I'm a senior and I'm planning on attending college to study history next year.

- History.

How about something in New England or somewhere else?

- Somewhere in New England, yeah.

- Yeah, I'm sure your parents will like ya sticking around a little longer.

All right, the category round is next.

We'll be right back with that.

(bright upbeat music) Welcome back.

Next up is the category round with the following choices.

Shore Thing, You Deserve a Metal, Halls of Fame, Lay of the Land, Crossing the Finish Line and Lit in Latin.

Each category has five questions with increasing point values.

Each team will alternate control of two categories.

With each question they can choose to answer, they can choose to skip if they don't wanna take a chance on a wrong answer, or once per category they can toss it to the other team and force them to answer the question.

Players will have five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

Bangor, you're trailing slightly, so you have control of the board.

Which category would you like to start with?

- [Riardon] We'll take Lay of the Land, please.

- Lay of the Land for 10.

The following are questions about land transactions.

What US Secretary of State signed the 1867 agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia?

- We'll skip.

- You're gonna skip?

Okay, the answer is William H. Seward.

Lay of the Land for 15.

Written in 1854, the Ostend Manifesto was a secret agreement for the US to purchase what island from Spain?

Spoiler alert, the purchase didn't happen.

(students whispering) What do you think, Cuddy?

Answer, skip or toss?

- We'll skip.

- You wanna skip that one as well?

It's Cuba.

Cuba is the answer.

Lay of the Land, 20.

The Torrijos-Carter Treaties of 1977 brought an end to US control of what body of water and the land around it?

(students whispering) Answer, skip or toss?

- We'll skip.

- You wanna skip that one, too?

The answer is the Panama Canal.

The Panama Canal.

Lay of the Land, 25.

What 1854 land acquisition defined the southern boundaries of Arizona and New Mexico?

(students whispering) - The Gadsden Purchase.

- That's right.

Nice job.

All right, the Lay of the Land for 30.

Last one in the category.

What two word legal term describes the right of a government to take private land for public use with just compensation to the property owner?

The 2005 case of Kelo versus City of New London challenged this at the Supreme Court level.

(students whispering) Answer, skip or toss?

- Toss.

- You wanna toss it?

Okay, we're gonna go over to Cony.

I'll read it one more time.

What two word legal term describes the right of a government to take private land for public use with just compensation to the property owner?

The 2005 case of Kelo versus City of New London challenged this at the Supreme Court level.

- Eminent domain.

- Eminent domain is correct.

Nice job.

All right, that's the end of Lay of the Land.

We're now going to Cony for your first category, which will be?

- [Ted] Shore Thing.

- Shore Thing for 10.

These are questions about shorelines.

The first question.

The Canaveral National Seashore is on the Atlantic Coast of which US state?

(students whispering) - Florida.

- Florida is right.

We'll do Shore Thing for 15.

At the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts, there's a beach named for what Italian physicist who developed the wireless telegraph?

(students whispering) (tone beeping) - Skip.

- You wanna skip that?

The answer is Marconi.

Marconi Beach.

Shore Thing for 20.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin is located on the shore of which Great Lake?

- Superior.

- Superior.

- Superior.

- Superior.

That is right.

Shore Thing for 25.

Seattle is a port on the eastern shore of what sound that is a deep water inlet of the Pacific Ocean?

- Puget Sound.

- Puget Sound is right.

- Shore Thing for 30.

Last one.

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is on the north shore, and New Orleans is on the south shore of what lake in Louisiana?

- Toss.

- Toss.

- You wanna toss?

Okay, Bangor, I'm gonna read it again for you.

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is on the north shore, and New Orleans is on the south shore of what lake in Louisiana?

(students whispering) - Panahawk?

- Incorrect.

Close.

It's Lake Pontchartrain.

Lake Pontchartrain.

That's the end of Shore Thing.

Next category goes to Bangor.

What do you guys wanna do?

- [Riardon] You Deserve a Metal.

- You Deserve a Metal.

These are questions about metals.

And the first question is, the country of Argentina got its name from the Latin name for what metallic element with the chemical symbol Ag?

- Silver.

- Silver, nice.

You Deserve a Metal for 15.

What metal has the highest melting point of any pure metal is used to make filaments for light bulbs and darts used by professional dart players?

(students whispering) - Tungsten?

- Tungsten is right.

You Deserve a Metal for 20.

In chemistry, an amalgam, like those once used for dental fillings, is an alloy of a metal such as silver or gold and what toxic liquid metal?

- Mercury?

- Mercury, yes.

You Deserve a Metal, 25.

Alkaline metals like sodium and cesium react strongly with water, creating a metal hydroxide and releasing what gas?

(students whispering) (tone beeping) Answer, skip or toss, Cuddy.

What do you wanna do?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

The answer's hydrogen.

Hydrogen.

You Deserve a Metal for 30.

The last one in the category.

What is the name for the process in which industrial steel is coated with a thin layer of zinc to keep it from rusting?

(students whispering) (tone beeping) Answer, skip or toss again?

- Toss.

- You wanna toss over to Cony.

All right, I'll read the question one more time.

What is the name for the process in which industrial steel is coated with a thin layer of zinc to keep it from rusting?

- Galvanization.

- That is right.

Nice job.

That's the end of You Deserve a Metal.

Cony, your last category will be?

- [Ted] Halls of Fame.

- Halls of Fame.

All right, these questions are about halls of fame in various fields.

The National Aviation Hall of Fame is in Dayton, Ohio, hometown of what pair of brothers who were the first Aviation Hall of Fame inductees?

- Wright Brothers.

- Wright.

- Wright is right.

(chuckles) Halls of Fame for 15.

Colorado Springs is home to a hall of fame museum for what sport that includes barrel racing and steer roping events?

- Rodeo.

- Rodeo.

- Rodeo is correct.

Halls of Fame for 20.

In 2017, the Television Academy Hall of Fame inducted what woman who created, wrote and produced Grey's Anatomy, the longest running medical drama in TV history?

(students whispering) - Toss.

- We're gonna toss over to Bangor.

I will read it one more time.

In 2017, the Television Academy Hall of Fame inducted what woman who created, wrote and produced Grey's Anatomy, the longest running medical drama in TV history?

- Ellen Page?

- That's incorrect.

It's Rhimes.

Rhimes is the name.

Hall of Fame for 25.

Back to Cony.

The first group of inductees in the Internet Hall of Fame included what English computer scientist who invented the worldwide web?

(students whispering) - Skip.

- Skip.

The answer, Tim Berners-Lee.

Berners-Lee.

Hall of Fame for 30, the last one.

The 2022 class of inductees to the Global Business Hall of Fame includes Marcos Galperin, who founded the largest e-commerce platform in Latin America.

That company has what name, which is Spanish for free market?

- Skip.

- So you'll skip.

The answer is Mercado Libre.

Mercado Libre.

And that's the end of our category round with a score of Bangor 110, Cony pulling away a little bit at 300.

Anything can happen though in the lightning round.

Stick around.

We're gonna crown the season six champion when we get back.

(bright upbeat music) Okay, this is it.

We're heading into the final 90 seconds of game play, the lightning round and the season six championship.

Players, you can buzz in at any time.

You get 20 points for each correct answer, and incorrect answers will cost you 20 points.

The other team will not be given a chance to answer the question.

The clock is set.

Take a deep breath.

Good luck, both teams.

Here we go.

A bicameral legislature has how- - Two.

- Cuddy, Bangor.

You got it.

Who is the main female character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"?

(buzzer buzzing) Hester.

Which continent is smallest by land area?

(bell ringing) Riardon.

- Australia.

- [Todd] Yes.

In the US, Flag Day is observed on the 14th day of what?

Ted, Cony.

- June.

- [Todd] Yes.

Vinegar is a combination of water and what acid?

(bell ringing) Riardon, Bangor.

- Acidic.

Acidic?

- [Todd] Yep, we'll take it.

To astronomers, object M104 is what galaxy That looks like a Mexican hat?

Lana.

- Sombrero.

- [Todd] Yes.

What's the first name of Kaley Cuoco's character on the Big- (bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- Penny.

- [Todd] Penny, yes.

Chico, Harpo and Groucho were comedian brothers with what last name?

Cuddy, Bangor.

- Marx?

- [Todd] Yes.

Chevre is a French cheese made from what milk of what animal?

(bell ringing) Ted, Cony.

- Goat.

- [Todd] Yes.

The Galapagos Islands are a province of what country?

Riardon.

- Ecuador?

- [Todd] Yes.

LASIK is a kind of corrective surgery.

Go ahead, Joey.

- Eye.

- [Todd] Yes.

A US social security number has how many digits?

- 10.

- [Todd] Cuddy.

- 10.

- [Todd] Incorrect, nine.

What mountain range has a Sanskrit name that means a bode of snow.

Saber?

- Himalaya.

- [Todd] Yes.

The McMurdo research station is located on what con- (tone beeping) Someone chimed in.

Cuddy, go for it.

- Antarctica?

- Antarctica is right.

We're gonna adjust the score quick.

And the finale here.

The winning team is Cony with 380 points.

They are the season six "High School Quiz Show Maine" champion.

Runner up, Bangor.

You guys had 250 points.

You played great.

You made your school, your community proud, and you're not going home empty-handed either.

We'll take a quick break.

We'll come back.

We're gonna present the prizes, so don't go away.

(bright upbeat music) - [Announcer] Production support for "High School Quiz Show Maine" is provided by: Energy is about more than just keeping the lights on.

It's about living life as parents, friends, and teammates.

Unitil is proud to support "High School Quiz Show Maine."

Unitil, more than a utility.

Part of your community.

- [Announcer] Safety Insurance is committed to environmental sustainability and supports many local charities.

You can ask an independent agent about auto, home and business coverage from Safety Insurance.

Safety insurance, we'll help you manage life's storms.

- [Announcer] And by viewers like you.

Thank you.

- We're back for the prize presentation.

The alternates and coaches have joined their respective teams.

We'll begin with our runner up, Bangor.

Cash and a check for $500.

Our coaches, Coach Robbins.

Two years in a row you've been runner up.

Not easy to get here, obviously.

What does it take?

- Well, it's a lot of teamwork.

Everybody has their niche, their strengths, and every time we'd meet every week it was just a lot of fun.

So when we're enjoying ourselves and then we're on the spot here, we've loved it.

- Yeah, and we've loved having you, too.

Coach Owen, five of the six seasons of "High School Quiz Show Maine" you've been a part of.

How about season seven?

You gonna make it?

- Oh, absolutely.

(Todd laughing) Have you noticed how young our contestants are?

- Absolutely.

Yeah, I gotta feel you're gonna be here for a few more years.

Again, Bangor, congratulations.

You get the $500 for your school.

I think they'll be really proud of you.

Let's head over to Cony and to, you know, you've been here for three seasons, never made it to a final.

Coach Scoville, you made it to the final and you won your first final.

How proud are you right now of your guys?

- Oh, it's just, it's bonkers.

These guys are so phenomenal.

Every single one of 'em is just great.

It's so much fun working practices with 'em and everything, so.

- [Todd] yeah.

- I really, I couldn't be prouder.

- Well, you seem like a really tight team, too.

Like, you guys love each other a lot.

- Yeah, I think it helps in terms of knowledge flow between the kids.

- [Todd] Sure.

- And so it's, yeah, it's huge fun.

- Well, congratulations.

Thousand dollars for your school's project graduation.

We hope you make it back next year, too.

You've been a lot of fun throughout the season.

So that wraps up season six, folks.

Thank you, and congratulations to all the teams that took part this year.

We'd love for your school to be part of our season seven.

Check out our website, mainpublic.org/quizshow later this summer for information on how to try out for the show.

Maybe your school will be crowned the season seven champion.

Thank you to our sponsors for helping us celebrate academic achievement in the great state of Maine.

And thank you for watching.

I'm Todd Gutner.

I'll see you next season on "High School Quiz Show Maine."

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