(energetic music) (drum roll) - Welcome to the quarter finals of "High School Quiz Show: Maine," where we're down to eight schools, who are competing to be this year's champion and take home $1,000 for their school's Project Graduation.

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I'm Todd Gutner.

We're into the quarter finals and are down to eight teams who are battling it out to take home the $1,000 grand prize for their school's Project Graduation.

And a reminder, that you still have the chance to enter the Quiz Show Conundrum Contest, and win $500 for the school of your choice.

That's coming up later in the show.

In today's quarterfinal match, we have Wells High School, hoping to knock out our season two champion, Bangor High School.

Let's get things started by meeting the players.

(upbeat music) Now for Wells, we have Grady, Sam, Indie and William, with alternate Nolan and coached by Ann Bechin.

And for Bangor, we have Simon, Nate, Riordan and Fallon, with alternates Adam and Mattie, and they're coached by Carl Robbins and Susannah Owen.

The competition, of course, has three rounds.

A toss up round, a category round and a lightning round and we'll start with the toss up 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.

All right, teams, are you ready to roll?

(participants mumble) That was a little shaky.

Are you ready to roll?

- [Participants] Yeah!

- (laughs) All right, cool.

All right, here comes the first question.

The French, Spanish and Italian names for Wednesday are based on the name of what Roman messenger god?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor?

- Mercury?

- Mercury, yes.

Sodium chloride is an example of what kind of chemical compound that results from a neutralization reaction between an acid and a base?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Ionic?

- That's incorrect.

Wells, want a shot?

(signal buzzes) Salt.

What aviator who disappeared in 1937 was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?

(signal dings) Grady, Wells.

- Amelia Earhart.

- That's right.

Yes.

Up next, we have a picture question.

So check out this monitor right here.

Name this Oscar-winning British actor who was knighted by the Queen of England for his contribution to cinema.

(signal dings) Grady, Wells.

- Michael Caine.

- That's correct, yes.

In 1985, Marine archeologist Robert Ballard found the wreckage of what ocean liner that sank about 400 miles from Newfoundland in April, 1912?

(signal dings) Indie, Wells.

- The Titanic.

- Yes, the Titanic.

The Willamette and the Kootenay are major tributaries of what Pacific Northwest river?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Columbia.

- Columbia, you got it.

What animated title character lives in Beach City with the Crystal Gems, Amethyst, Garnet and Pearl?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Steven Universe?

- You got that one, yes.

From the Latin for eyelash, what hairlike projections act as sensory receptors and allow cells to move?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Flagella?

- That's incorrect.

Wells?

(signal dings) Sam.

- Cilia?

- Cilia.

That's the one.

Frida Kahlo's home in Mexico City was called La Casa Azul, which means what in English?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- The Blue House?

- Did you take Spanish?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

All right.

Up next, we have a video question.

So again, take a look at this monitor right here.

- Hello.

I'm Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.

Using the congressional district method, Maine is one of only two states that can split its electoral college votes in a presidential election.

Name the other state that can also do this.

(signal dings) - Grady, Wells.

- Nebraska.

- You got it.

Nebraska.

Which of the three main rock types is formed when heat or pressure changed the structure or composition of existing rock?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Metamorphic.

- Metamorphic rock is right.

In March, 1979, a serious nuclear accident occurred when a core reactor melted down at what nuclear facility in Pennsylvania?

(signal dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- Three Mile Island.

- That's correct.

Someone who expresses ambivalence is most likely feeling what?

A, doubtful, B, enthusiastic or C, angry?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- A, doubtful.

- A, doubtful is right.

Now this is a math question, so get ready.

A car traveling at 60 miles per hour is traveling at how many feet per second?

(pencils scratch) (signal buzzes) (Todd chuckles) I saw a lot of heads shake like this.

The answer's 88.

88.

What flower is associated with the House of York, the House of Lancaster and the wars they fought against each other in the 15th century in England?

(signal dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- Roses.

- Yes, you got it.

William Shakespeare was a part owner of what theater, where most of his plays were performed?

(signal buzzes) It's The Globe, The Globe Theater.

What mammal of the genus didelphis is the only marsupial found in North America?

(signal dings) Riordan.

- The possum.

- Yes, that's right.

Known as The Liberator of South America, what man led independence movements in Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, and the country named in his honor?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Simon Bolivar.

- That's correct.

Nice.

In the names of two business simulation video games, the words zoo and roller coaster are followed by what word that means Great Lord in Japanese?

(signal dings) Grady, Wells.

- Tycoon.

- You got it, tycoon.

What salad dressing shares its name with an archipelago in the St. Lawrence River?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Thousand Island.

- Thousand Island, yes.

In 2016, element 117 on the periodic table was officially named for which US state?

A, California, B, Indiana, or C, Tennessee?

(signal dings) Simon, again.

- A?

- A is incorrect.

Wells?

(signal dings) Got a 50/50 shot here, William.

- Tennessee.

- Yeah, you got it.

Nice job.

What theory named for a medieval English scholar essentially states that the simplest explanation is usually the right one?

(signal buzzes) Occam's razor is the answer.

The ability of copper to be stretched into wire without losing its strength, is an example of what property of metals?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Tensile strength or malleability.

- That is incorrect.

Wells, would you like to steal?

(signal dings) Indie.

- Malleability.

- Nope, that is also incorrect.

The answer is ductility.

Ductility.

"The Golden Compass," "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass" comprise what Philip Pullman trilogy?

(signal buzzes) "His Dark Materials."

Another math question.

Get ready.

In cubic centimeters, what is the volume of a pyramid with a base area of 42 square centimeters and a height of seven centimeters?

(pencils click) (Todd chuckles) (signal buzzes) Another math stumper.

98 cubic centimeters.

What German word is defined as taking pleasure in other people's misfortune and doesn't really have an English equivalent?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Schadenfreude.

- That's right.

Nice job.

What ancient artifacts were found inside clay jars in the Qumran Caves in the 1940s?

(signal buzzes) Answer, Dead Sea Scrolls.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the Goldberg Variations to be performed on what keyboard instrument that resembles a piano, but operates in a different manner?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Organ.

- That's incorrect.

(signal dings) Grady?

- Harpsichord.

- That's right.

Europe's highest peak is Mount Elbrus in which mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Caucasus.

- You got it this time.

Nice job.

"We lurk late, we strike straight," are lines from what Gwendolyn Brooks poem?

(signal buzzes) Answer is, "We Real Cool."

What Jacobin revolutionary creator, the Cult of the Supreme Being, and led the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?

(signal dings) Sam, Wells.

- Robespierre.

- Robespierre, yes.

Members of the US Congress have franking privileges, which means they're generally allowed to do what for free?

(signal dings) Simon, Bangor.

- Send mail.

- That's right, yep.

Named for a Swedish physicist, what unit of length used to measure wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is equal to one 10 billionth of a meter?

(signal dings) Nate, Bangor.

- Nanometer?

- Nope, not right.

Wells?

(signal dings) Indie, you got it in.

- Hertz.

- Hertz is incorrect.

Angstrom, angstrom.

Formal meetings to establish the Canadian Confederation were held in 1864 at the Charlestown Conference in which Canadian province?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Ontario?

- Incorrect.

Wells?

(signal dings) Go for it, William.

- Quebec?

- Incorrect.

Prince Edward Island.

(bell trills) All right.

That's the end of round one, and we have a score of Wells, 110, Bangor, 120.

This is a dog fight.

Great first round with lots more to come and we'll meet the teams when we get back.

(energetic music) We are back and it's time for some people's favorite part of the show.

Our slightly silly question that has no wrong answer, but isn't worth any points, either.

Here's today's questions, teams.

What's something that's not an Olympic sport that you think should be?

And we'll start with Wells.

And Grady, you are up first.

- Well, the Olympics need something relaxing, so I guess sleeping, probably.

(Todd laughs) - I like that.

I would be a pro at that.

As you guys probably would be, too.

Sam, your turn.

- I'm gonna say kite flying.

- Kite flying?

Do you like doing that?

Is it a little hobby of yours?

- Yeah, I like kite flying.

- All right, cool.

Nice.

Indie, you're up.

- I'd say parkour.

- Parkour.

Well, I don't even know if this is a thing.

Are you a parkourist?

Is that what a person who takes part in it?

- Not really.

Like, I enjoy doing it when I get the chance and I just think it's a really cool, competitive sport.

Like being able to move around that fast around all those obstacles.

It's a really cool thing.

- Absolutely, and you could put your own twist on it at any point too, right?

It's all kind of off the cuff.

William, why don't you wrap up your team?

- I definitely believe that there should be a trivia section in the Olympics because it fits right in and it's gonna be highly competitive between the countries.

- Absolutely.

- And you get the best of the best there.

- Oh my gosh.

I mean, you guys would have to try out for the US quiz team, Olympic quiz team, for sure.

We're gonna move to Bangor, now.

Simon, your turn.

- I think endurance hula hooping should be an Olympic sport.

- (laughs) Well, I mean, are you good at it?

- I've dabbled.

(laughs) - Like, the whole waist thing and everything?

- [Simon] Yeah, just keep doing it for a long time.

- Do you do it on the arms and neck and all that?

- No, no.

- Okay, you're just a waist guy.

Torso.

Got it.

All right, Nate, your turn.

- I think juggling would be fun to see as an Olympic sport, just 'cause there's a ton of opportunity for variety and stuff.

- Yeah, I mean you could throw like a knife in there, you know, a fire, something on fire.

Yeah, get a little wild.

It sounds a little dangerous too, eventually.

Riordan, what do you got?

- Air hockey.

- Love air hockey, yes!

Yes.

I mean, I'm sure you're a huge fan then, right?

I mean it requires very little athleticism, right?

And anyone could win.

(hands clap) (Todd laughs) Fallon, your turn.

Why don't you wrap this up for us.

- I think lacrosse should be an Olympic sport because, I don't know why it's not.

- Are you a lax player?

- [Fallon] Yes.

- You are?

- Yes.

- How's your team doing this year?

- We've won a couple games so far.

- [Todd] Nice.

Good.

What's your position?

- I play basically everything, midfield attack, defense.

- [Todd] Okay, you're all over the place?

- Yeah.

(laughs) - All right, keep up the- - Not goalie.

- Not goalie, okay.

You stay out of the net.

All right, nice.

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- Next up, the category round.

Here are the following choices.

A Little Country, Friends in Low Places, that's my best Garth Brooks.

I Fall to Pieces, Achy Breaky Heart, I Hope you Dance and King of the Road.

Now each category has five questions with increasing point values.

Players, listen up.

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're no longer allowed to confer and we'll need your answer.

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

Wells, you are up first.

You're trailing right now, so you have control of the board.

Where would you like to start?

- [Contestant] Could we start with a little country for 10?

- A Little Country, we sure can.

These are questions about some of the world's smallest countries.

Mauritius was the only native habitat of what flightless bird that was driven to extinction in the 1600s?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Dodo.

- Dodo, yes, you got it.

You have control.

- [Riordan] Let's go with King of the Road for 10.

- All right.

King of the Road for 10.

These are questions about books that involve road trips.

What Beat Generation novelist wrote "On the Road," about a cross-country trip with his friends?

(signal dings) Grady, Wells.

- Jack Kerouac.

- Kerouac is correct.

Nice job.

You have control now.

- [Grady] Let's go King of the Road again.

- King of the Road for 15.

Sarah Vowell's book, "Assassination Vacation" includes a road trip to what city where both Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield were assassinated?

(signal buzzes) Answer is Washington, D.C. Wells, you still have control, though.

- [Grady] Achy Breaky Heart for 10, please.

- Achy Breaky Heart for 10.

Questions about the human heart.

What name is used for the two upper chambers of the heart?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Atriums.

- [Todd] Yes.

You got it.

What would you like?

- [William] A Little Country for 15.

- A Little Country for 15.

Vatican City is the only nation of the world with bank ATMs that display instructions in what ancient language?

(signal dings) William, again.

- Latin?

- Latin is right, again.

Your turn.

- [William] A Little Country for 20, please.

- A Little Country for 20.

Malta is a small country where big productions are filmed, including the wedding of Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo on what TV series?

(signal dings) Grady, Wells.

- "Game of Thrones".

- "Game of Thrones".

You're a fan, right?

- Yeah.

- [Todd] You excited for the new show coming out later this summer?

- I'm pumped, yeah.

- I am, too.

- Right on.

- [Todd] All right, your turn Grady.

What do you want?

- We'll catch up.

A Little Country for 25, please.

- All right, A Little Country for 25.

Athletes from the small, mountainous country of Lichtenstein have won 10 Olympic medals, all in what winter sport?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Skiing?

- Skiing.

Yeah, you got it.

Your turn again, Riordan.

- Let's go with, I Fall to Pieces for 10.

- I Fall to Pieces for 10.

Questions about things that have collapsed.

What famous bridge didn't actually fall down, but was taken apart in the 1960s and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?

(signal dings) Sam, Wells.

- London Bridge.

- London Bridge, yes.

All right, Sam, it's yours.

- [Sam] We'll do Achy Breaky Heart for 15.

- Achy Breaky Heart for 15.

The biggest artery in the human body is which artery that connects to the heart's left ventricle and circulates oxygenated-rich blood?

(signal dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- The aorta?

- [Todd] Yes, that's right.

All right, Fallon, it's yours.

- [Fallon] Let's do Friends in Low Places for 10.

- Friends in Low Places for 10.

These are questions about geographical low points.

Half the city of New Orleans is situated below sea level, which is one reason for the severe flooding caused by what 2005 hurricane?

(signal dings) Grady, Wells.

- Katrina - Katrina, yes.

All right, Grady.

Where do you wanna go?

- [Grady] Let's go I Fall to Pieces for 15.

- I Fall to Pieces for 15.

Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia were part of what Socialist Federal Republic that formed in the 1940s and came apart in the 1990s?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Yugoslavia?

- Yes, you got it.

Your turn.

- [Riordan] I Hope you Dance for 10.

- I Hope you Dance for 10.

These are questions about dancing.

What energetic dance named for a South Carolina city was all the rage among flappers in the 1920s?

(signal dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- The Charleston?

- [Todd] The Charleston, you got it.

All right, where do you want, Fallon?

- [Fallon] Let's go with, I Fall to Pieces for 20.

- I Fall to Pieces for 20.

A series of droughts and monsoons in the 14th and 15th centuries contributed to the fall of what empire that was based in the city of Angkor in Cambodia?

(signal dings) It looks like Riordan, Bangor.

- The Khmer Empire.

- [Todd] Yes, you got it.

Okay, your turn again.

- [Riordan] Let's stick with it.

- [Todd] I Fall to Pieces for 25?

- Yes, please.

- Okay.

An earthquake in 1692 caused most of Port Royal to sink into the sea, about five miles from Kingston, on what island in the West Indies?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Jamaica.

- Jamaica, you got it again.

Your turn again.

- [Riordan] Let's stick with it, I Fall to Pieces for 30.

- All right, we'll wrap up that category.

I Fall to Pieces for 30.

The collapse of the Bronze Age in the 12th century BC, marked the end of what empire that fought the Egyptians at the Battle of Kadesh?

(signal dings) Riordan, again.

- The Hittites - [Todd] This is your category.

You got it right.

All right, you gotta pick a new one now, though.

- [Riordan] Friends in Low Places for 15.

- Okay, Friends in Low Places for 15.

Which national park in California lays claim to being the hottest, the driest, and the lowest national park in the US?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Death Valley.

- [Todd] Death Valley is right.

Okay, Wells, your turn.

- [William] A Little Country for 30.

- A Little Country for 30.

What small Pacific Island Nation receives much of its gross national income from marketing its top-level internet domain name, .tv?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- Tuvalu.

- [Todd] Yes, you got it.

Nice job.

Okay, you're up again.

- [Riordan] Achy Breaky Heart for 20.

- Achy Breaky Heart for 20.

Developed by a French physician who named it for the Greek word for chest.

What medical instrument does a doctor use to listen to your heartbeat?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Stethoscope.

That's right now it's your turn.

- [William] Let's go Friends in Low Places for 20.

- Friends In Low Places, 20.

Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is about 36,000 feet below the surface of which ocean?

(signal dings) Riordan, Bangor.

- The Pacific.

- [Todd] That's right.

Your turn again.

- [Riordan] Let's stick with it, Friends in Low Places, 25.

- Friends in Low Places for 25.

Yep.

Three times deeper than the Grand Canyon in the US, The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon was formed by the Yarlung Tsangpo River.

The longest river in what autonomous region of China?

(signal dings) Reardon, again.

- Tibet.

- [Todd] You got it again.

All right.

Your turn again.

- [Reardon] Friends in Low Places for 30.

- Wrapping it up.

Baku is the world's lowest capital city.

The most populous city located below sea level and the capital of what former Soviet Republic?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Is it Azerbaijan?

- [Todd] It is nice job.

And it's your turn?

- [William] Achy Breaky heart for 25.

- Achy Breaky Heart for 25, between the endocardium and the pericardium is what thick layer of cardiac muscle that pumps blood through the heart.

(signal buzzes) The answer is myocardium.

Myocardium.

It's still yours Wells.

- [Wells] Can I go I Hope you Can Dance.

- Sure.

I hope you can dance for 15.

In ballet, pas de deux is a dance for how many people?

(signal dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- Two.

- Yes, that's right.

And it's your turn.

- [Fallon] Let's go with, I Hope You Dance for 20.

- I Hope You Dance for 20.

If you're practicing your shuffle and your flat ball change, you are learning what form of dance.

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Square dance.

- Incorrect.

Bangor you wanna try?

(signal buzzes) Tap dance, tap dance.

It's still Bangor's board.

- [Fallon] Let's go with King of the Road for 20.

- King of the road for 20.

What 2016 novel by Matt Ruff is the basis for a new TV series that involves Atticus and his friend let Leticia on a treacherous road trip through 1950s Jim Crow America.

(signal buzzes) "Lovecraft Country".

Bangor you still have control though.

- [Fallon] Let's go with, I Hope you Dance for 25.

- I Hope You Dance for 25.

Frankie Yankovic and Jimmy Sturr are known for playing music for what lively folk dance, whose name come from a Czech word that means half step.

(signal buzzes) Answer's polka.

(bell trills) And that's the end of round two.

We have a score of Wells at 230, Bangor, 360.

Everything can change in that lightning round.

So sit tight.

We'll be right back.

(energetic music) Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds of game play.

It's the lightning round.

Players, you can buzz in anytime.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers, though, will cost you 20 points as well.

The other team though, will not get the chance to answer this time.

The clock is set.

Here we go gang.

First question, which chess piece can move as many spaces as possible in any direction.

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- The queen.

- The queen is right.

What former governor of Alaska was John McCain's running mate.

(signal dings) Reardon, Bangor.

- Sarah Palin.

- [Todd] Sarah Palin.

Yes.

The gold rush started in 1848.

When gold was found at Sutters Mill.

(signal dings) William, Wells, - California.

- Yes, California.

What Egyptian goddess is the wife of Osiris?

(signal dings) - And Riordan, Bangor.

- Isis.

- Isis, yes.

Logan International Airport is located mainly in what US city?

(signal dings) Fallon, Bangor.

- Boston.

- Boston.

You're right.

Tattoos that foretell the future are the basis for what Ray Bradbury short story collection?

(signal buzzes) "The Illustrated Man".

In what months do people in the UK and Canada observe Boxing Day.

(signal dings) Reardon, Bangor.

- December.

- December.

Yes.

The first perfect number is six.

What's the second?

(signal buzzes) 28.

In 2014 Russia annexed Crimea from what country?

(signal dings) William, Wells.

- Ukraine.

- Ukraine.

What is the molecular formula for the hydrocarbon benzine?

(signal buzzes) C6 H6.

What civilization thrived in Italy from 800 BC until it was conquered by- (signal dings) William, Wells.

- The Romans.

- Incorrect.

Sorry.

No Etruscans.

What's the French name for a dreamy piano composition?

(bell trilling) That's the end of the lightning round.

And our winning team is Bangor with 440 points.

They'll be moving on to the semi-finals in a few weeks.

Runner up Wells, you had 270 points.

You had a great game.

Thank you for playing and congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time for another quarter final match.

And thanks for watching "High School Quiz Show: Maine".

We'll see you next time.

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