- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television as we continue our 18th season of Quiz Central.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart takes on Brethren in a second round match coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Here is your first question on Quiz Central.

(bell chimes) - C.S.

Lewis.

- [Matthew] C.S.

Lewis is correct.

(bell chimes) - Charlotte's Webb.

- [Matthew] Correct.

(bell chimes) - Nylon.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Our Season 17 Grand Champions are the students from Roscommon High School.

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich and it is my pleasure to welcome you to Quiz Central here on WCMU.

We continue the second round of our tournament today with Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart taking on Brethren.

We have a lot of questions to get to and hopefully a lot of correct answers, but first let's do a quick recap on how the game works on Quiz Central.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted advances to the next round.

At the end of the season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU Bookstore.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush, where our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions correctly as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points.

There is no deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers will be coming from the team's captain.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, you're gonna lead things off for us today.

So here comes your first question in the Maroon and Gold Rush.

What city, in which the Via Dolorosa ended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also contains the remains of the Second Temple at the Western Wall?

- Is it not... - Jerusalem.

- Jerusalem.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What hydrocarbon with formula C8H18 is the namesake of a "rating" that measures a fuel's ability to prevent engine knocking?

- [Teammate] Octane.

- Octane?

- Octane.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What country is home to the Copper Canyon, or Barrancas del Cobre, which is in the Sierra Madre Occidental in this country's state of Chihuahua?

(faintly speaking) - Mexico.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What title character, who befriends Miss Spider after escaping his abusive aunts Spiker and Sponge, appears in a Roald Dahl novel about a "giant peach"?

(faintly speaking) - James and the Giant Peach.

James and the Giant Peach.

- [Matthew] James is correct.

Felix Yusupov organized the murder of what Siberian mystic who gained influence at the court of tsar Nicholas II through his supposed healing powers?

(faintly speaking) - Rasputin.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What rapper of the 2022 album Twelve Carat Toothache, who featured Quavo on his song "Congratulations," hit number one with both "Rockstar" and "Psycho"?

- [Teammate] Post Malone.

- Post Malone.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What particle has a mass of about 10 to the negative 30 kilograms, flows from anode to cathode in a battery, and carries an elementary negative charge?

- Electron.

- Electron.

- Correct.

Carl Woese's divided organisms into three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and what domain whose members have nuclei surrounded by envelopes?

(bell dings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart finishes out the Maroon and Gold Rush with seven correct answers and 70 points.

Now Brethren, it's your turn in the opening round.

Let's put two minutes back on the clock.

What city, in which the Via Dolorosa ended at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also contains the remains of the Second Temple at the Western Wall?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What hydrocarbon with formula C8H18 is the namesake of a "rating" that measures a fuel's ability to prevent engine knocking?

- Octane.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What country is home to the Copper Canyon, or Barrancas del Cobre, which is in the Sierra Madre Occidental in this country's state of Chihuahua?

- Mexico.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What title character, who befriends Miss Spider after escaping his abusive aunts Spiker and Sponge, appears in a Roald Dahl novel about a "giant peach"?

- James and the Giant Peach.

- [Matthew] James is correct.

Felix Yusupov organized the murder of what Siberian mystic who gained influence at the court of tsar Nicholas II through his supposed healing powers?

- [Teammate] Rasputin.

- Rasputin.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What rapper of the 2022 album Twelve Carat Toothache, who featured Quavo on his song "Congratulations," hit number one with both "Rockstar" and "Psycho"?

- Post Malone.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What particle has a mass of about 10 to the negative 30 kilograms, flows from anode to cathode in a battery, and carries an elementary negative charge?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

Carl Woese's divided organisms into three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and what domain whose members have nuclei surrounded by envelopes?

- Protists.

- [Matthew] Protists is incorrect, onto the next question.

The traveler Lemuel Gulliver is called a "man-mountain" by the small people of what kingdom, which goes to war with its neighbor Blefuscu?

(bell dings twice) - Pass.

- Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

After the Maroon and Gold Rush, our score is Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 70 and Brethren 50.

Before we move on, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in that round.

The organisms that have nuclei surrounded by envelopes are eukaryotes.

Only one round in the books and it's still anyone's game.

But before we continue, let's take this moment to meet our players from both of today's schools.

We'll start with the students from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

- My name is Ainsley Humphreys, I'm a senior at Sacred Heart and I am on the cheer team, Science Olympiad and Key Club.

- My name is Alex Latham, I'm a junior at Sacred Heart and I play football, basketball, and golf.

- My name is Olivia Middleton, I'm a senior at Sacred Heart and I play track, cross country, and I'm in new to this school.

- My name is Rachel, I do golf, track and field, and Key Club.

- Thank you Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

Now let's meet the team from Brethren.

- Hi, my name is Jane, I'm a senior at Brethren High School Outside of Quiz Bowl, I am vice president of NHS and I am a competitive dancer with the Conservatory of Dance.

- My name is Cora Scott.

I am a senior at Brethren High School and I am a member of the National Art Honor Society and the National Honor Society.

- Hello, I'm Ian Scott.

I am a freshman at Brethren High School.

Outside of Quiz Bowl, I am class secretary.

- Hello, my name's Ariel.

I'm a freshman at Brethren High School.

I play at least, several instruments, and I'm part of the National Art Honor Society.

- Well now that everyone's made their introductions, let's head into our next round of the day, the Perfect Ten.

In this round, our teams will be given a category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer 10 questions pertaining to that category.

And our Perfect Ten category for today is Olympic athletes.

Name the sports played by these athletes.

Mount Pleasant, you're up first in the Perfect Ten, so let's put 60 seconds up in the clock.

Simone Biles.

- [Teammate] Gymnastics.

- Gymnastics.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Michael Phelps.

- [Teammate] Swimming.

- Swimming.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Naomi Osaka.

- Tennis.

- Tennis.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Usain Bolt.

- Swimming.

(faintly speaking) - Track.

- [Matthew] Track is correct.

Kevin Durant.

- Basketball.

- Basketball.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Muhammad Ali.

- [Teammate] Boxing.

- Boxing.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Chloe Kim.

- Oh, snowboarding.

- Snowboarding.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Megan Rapinoe.

- Soccer.

- Soccer.

- Soccer.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Martin Brodeur.

- [Teammate] (indistinct) hockey.

- Hockey.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Greg Louganis.

- [Teammate] Baseball.

- Baseball.

- That is incorrect.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart nearly has a perfect 10 today with nine correct answers, upping their score to 160.

Let's now turn to Brethren in the Perfect Ten as we put 60 seconds back on the clock.

Simone Biles.

- [Teammate] Gymnastics.

- Gymnastics.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Michael Phelps.

- Swimming.

- Swimming.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Naomi Osaka.

- Archery.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Usain Bolt.

- Track and field.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Kevin Durant.

- Basketball.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Muhammad Ali.

- Boxing.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Chloe Kim.

- Gymnastics.

- [Matthew] Incorrect.

Megan Rapinoe.

- Soccer.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Martin Brodeur.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Greg Louganis.

- Pass.

- Pass, and that is gonna round out our Perfect Ten for you today.

Brethren is able to snag six correct answers for 60 points in the Perfect Ten, bringing their score to 110.

After two rounds, our score is Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 160 and Brethren 110.

Before we head to the next round, let's take a look at the Olympian that we missed in the Perfect Ten.

Greg Louganis competed in the Olympics in the sport of diving.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart holds onto their lead as we enter our third round of the day, the Homestretch Round.

In the Homestretch, I'll be asking each team a series of random questions.

Correct answers are still worth 10 points a piece and final answers will be coming from our team's captains.

We're gonna start with Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in the Homestretch Round.

Students, here comes your first question.

What term for North American Aviation P-51 fighter planes was adopted by Ford in the 1960s for a series of rear-wheel drive cars?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What instrument, whose virtuosos include Jacqueline du Pré, and Pablo Casals, is the largest instrument in a string quartet?

- [Teammate] It's a bass or cello.

- Cello.

- [Matthew] Cello is correct.

The surname of the president of Nintendo of America is, coincidentally, the name of what Nintendo villain whose body is the setting of a 2009 DS game?

- [Teammate] Bowser.

- Bowser.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What president, who introduced the Job Corps, Head Start, Medicaid, and Medicare as part of his "Great Society," succeeded John F. Kennedy in 1963?

(faintly speaking) - Carter.

- [Matthew] Carter is incorrect, next question.

In 2022, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, which commemorated how many years since her accession to the British throne?

- [Teammate] Seventy-five.

- Seventy-five.

- [Matthew] Seventy-five is incorrect.

What man, who in a July 2022 speech claimed a "new moral code" was "ascendant," wrote the majority opinion in the 2022 Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade?

(faintly speaking) - Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What technique finds the distance to an astronomical body by measuring the change in its apparent position as viewed from two vantage points?

- [Teammate] Triangulation.

- Triangulation.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, onto the next question.

Which deity, who used a serpent to trick Ra into revealing his secret name, recovered and reassembled body parts belonging to her husband Osiris?

(faintly speaking) - Defer to Olivia.

- Isis.

- [Matthew] Isis is correct.

Which woman, whose face "launched a thousand ships," did Aphrodite give Paris after Paris judged Aphrodite as the "fairest"?

- No answer.

- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.

What actor who played the seditious Commander Lawrence on The Handmaid's Tale also played White House staffer Josh Lyman on The West Wing?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What leader, the main target of "Yellow Vests" protests, leads the En Marche!

Party and has twice defeated Marine Le Pen in elections in France?

(faintly speaking) - Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What South Carolina politician supported nullification while serving as vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?

(bell dings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

We have a tough Homestretch Round today, but the team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart still able to add 30 points to their score.

We now turn to Brethren to see how they'll fare in our Homestretch Round.

Brethren, here comes your first question.

What term for North American Aviation P-51 fighter planes was adopted by Ford in the 1960s for a series of rear-wheel drive cars?

(faintly speaking) - Hmm?

- Mustang.

- Mustang.

- [Matthew] Mustang is correct.

What instrument, whose virtuosos include Jacqueline du Pré, and Pablo Casals, is the largest instrument in a string quartet?

- [Teammate] Cello.

- Cello.

- [Matthew] Cello is correct.

The surname of the president of Nintendo of America is, coincidentally, the name of what Nintendo villain whose body is the setting of a 2009 DS game?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What president, who introduced the Job Corps, Head Start, Medicaid, and Medicare as part of his "Great Society," succeeded John F. Kennedy in 1963?

- [Teammate] Johnson.

- Who?

- [Teammate] Johnson.

- Johnson.

- [Matthew] Johnson is correct, we can accept that.

In 2022, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, which commemorated how many years since her accession to the British throne?

- Sixty.

- [Matthew] Sixty is incorrect.

What man, who in a July 2022 speech claimed a "new moral code" was "ascendant," wrote the majority opinion in the 2022 Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade?

- Brett Kavanaugh.

- [Matthew] That is incorrect, onto the next question.

What technique finds the distance to an astronomical body by measuring the change in its apparent position as viewed from two vantage points?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

Which deity, who used a serpent to trick Ra into revealing his secret name, recovered and reassembled body parts belonging to her husband Osiris?

- Isis.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

Which woman, whose face "launched a thousand ships," did Aphrodite give Paris after Paris judged Aphrodite as the "fairest"?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What actor who played the seditious Commander Lawrence on The Handmaid's Tale also played White House staffer Josh Lyman on The West Wing?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What leader, the main target of "Yellow Vests" protests, leads the En Marche!

Party and has twice defeated Marine Le Pen in elections in France?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What South Carolina politician supported nullification while serving as vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, onto the next question.

What condition included in the full name of the Glasgow scale can be medically induced after brain trauma and is a prolonged state of unconsciousness?

- Comatose.

- [Matthew] We can accept that, coma is correct.

What character, who is played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix films, shares his... (bell dings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

- Oh my God.

- [Matthew] So we're not gonna be able to get to that question.

I have a feeling you might have... - It was Morpheus.

(laughs) - It was Morpheus but unfortunately the clock beat you, the buzzer beat you to it.

Brethren narrows the gap in the Homestretch with five correct answers, 450 points.

But before we give you an update on the score, let's look at those questions that we missed during the Homestretch.

Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee commemorated 70 years since her accession.

The man who wrote the majority opinion in the 2022 Dobbs case was Samuel Alito.

The technique to find the distance to an astronomical body is stellar parallax.

The woman, whose face "launched a thousand ships," was Helen of Troy.

The actor from The Handmaid's Tale and The West Wing that we were looking for was Bradley Whitford.

The main target of France's "Yellow Vests" protests, was Emmanuel Macron.

And the VP that served under Andrew Jackson was John C. Calhoun.

Our score after three rounds is Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 190, Brethren 160.

And it all comes down to our final round of the day, the Final Countdown.

In this round, our teams will have just two minutes to answer as many questions as they can, with correct answers still being worth 10 points a piece.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, we're gonna start with you in the Final Countdown.

Let's put two minutes on the clock and here comes your first question.

What war, for which Henry Kissinger first used "shuttle diplomacy," was fought by a coalition including Egypt against Israel and began on a holy day?

- [Teammate] Holy Wars.

- The Holy Wars.

- [Matthew] No, that is incorrect.

Next question.

What devices that can mesh directly together, unlike sprockets, can form a transmission that transmits torque when they interlock?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

The Cypress Hills contain the highest point in what Canadian province that is, along with Alberta, one of just two landlocked provinces?

- Manitoba.

- Manitoba.

- [Matthew] Manitoba's incorrect, next question.

What regular polygon has interior angles equal to 108 degrees, comprises the faces of a regular dodecahedron, and has five equal sides?

- Pentagon.

- Pentagon.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What businessman, who was replaced by Andy Jassy as his company's CEO in 2021, went to space that year on a Blue Origin rocket?

- Jeff Bezos.

- Jeff Bezos.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes belonged to what group of 19th-century American poets, whose name refers to a part of the home?

(faintly speaking) - No answer.

- [Matthew] No answer, next question.

Owen Grady and Claire Dearing rescue dinosaurs from a volcanic eruption in what 2018 sequel to the film Jurassic World?

- Pass.

- Pass, next question.

(bell dings) Ooh, we're not gonna be able to get to the next question because that bell's gonna signify the end of the Final Countdown.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart struggles a bit in the Final Countdown with only two correct answers.

Will that be enough to maintain their lead?

Well, we'll find out right now as Brethren enters our Final Countdown.

Students, here comes your first question.

What war, for which Henry Kissinger first used "shuttle diplomacy," was fought by a coalition including Egypt against Israel and began on a holy day?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

What devices that can mesh directly together, unlike sprockets, can form a transmission that transmits torque when they interlock?

- Engines?

- [Matthew] Sorry, engines is incorrect.

Onto the next question.

The Cypress Hills contain the highest point in what Canadian province that is, along with Alberta, one of just two landlocked provinces?

- Ontario.

- [Matthew] Ontario's incorrect.

What regular polygon has interior angles equal to 108 degrees, comprises the faces of a regular dodecahedron, and has five equal sides?

- Pentagon.

- Pentagon.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What businessman, who was replaced by Andy Jassy as his company's CEO in 2021, went to space that year on a Blue Origin rocket?

- Jeff Bezos.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes belonged to what group of 19th-century American poets, whose name refers to a part of the home?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Owen Grady and Claire Dearing rescue dinosaurs from a volcanic eruption in what 2018 sequel to the film Jurassic World?

(faintly speaking) - It's Jurassic World.

- [Matthew] You're gonna need to be more specific.

- [Teammate] Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.

- Fallen Kingdom.

- [Matthew] Correct.

The "Great White Spot" is a storm on what planet, which is orbited by the moons Tethys and Enceladus, and has low density and an extensive ring system?

- Saturn.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What situation, which corresponds to the Herfindahl-Hirschman index of 10,000, is opposed by antitrust law and occurs in markets with only one seller?

- Pass.

- Weevils belong to what... (bell dings) Ooh, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Brethren is able to get four correct for 40 points in their Final Countdown.

And before we get to the final scores, let's take a look at the questions that were missed in that round.

The war where Henry Kissinger used "shuttle diplomacy" was the Yom Kippur War.

Devices that meshed together to transmit torque are gears.

Cypress Hills contains the highest point in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

The group of 19th-century poets we were looking for were the Fireside Poets.

And finally, the situation that occurs in markets with only one seller is known as a monopoly.

After four rounds of competition, our final score is Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 210, Brethren 200.

It really came down to the wire on today's show, but congratulations goes to the team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart for being today's victors and on advancing to the semi-final round of our tournament.

And of course, we want to thank our team from Brethren for joining us this season.

Seniors, good luck to all of you in the future, and underclassmen, we hope to see you right back here next season on Quiz Central.

And we invite all of you to join us again on the next episode of QC as two more Michigan schools vie to be our Season 18 Grand Champions.

And as a reminder, all episodes of Quiz Central are archived online at wcmu.org.

From the crew here at WCMU Public Television, thank you for watching and we'll see you all right back here on the next episode of Quiz Central.

Goodnight.

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