(cheery theme music) (dramatic drum music) - Welcome to season seven of High School Quiz Show Maine.

Once again, we have 16 schools from across the state competing to be this year's champion and take home the thousand dollar prize for their school's project graduation.

In our third qualifying match, it's the Dragons of Brunswick High School, (inspiring orchestra music) taking on the Black Bears of Maranacook Community High School.

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(groovy jazz music) - Welcome to season seven of High School Quiz Show Maine.

I'm your host, Todd Gutner.

We have 12 schools left in this year's quest to be the season seven champion and take home the thousand dollars grand prize for their school's project graduation.

In our third match, we have a veteran team taking on a newcomer.

The Dragons of Brunswick High School are making their fifth appearance as they take on the Black Bears of Maranacook Community High School in Reidfield and their first time on the show.

Let's get things going by meeting the teams.

For Brunswick, we have Maia, Ben, Alexei, and Leo with alternate, Wess, and coached by Phoebe Hopkins and Nate Wayne, and for Maranacook, we have Carter, Silas, Arley, Sawyer with alternate, Maddie, and coached by Rachel Smith.

The competition has three rounds; the tossup round, the category round, and that fun 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.

All right, is everybody ready?

- Woo.

- Take a deep, whoa.

(everyone giggles) We are ready over here at Brunswick.

Maranacook, you top that please?

- Woo, woo!

- All right, that's a little better.

Let's get started with round one.

Here's the first question.

Which river that originates in Peru and flows through Brazil takes its name from a mythical race of women warriors?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- Amazon.

- Amazon.

- Amazon is right.

Next question, Chris Pine stars as Edgin Darvis in a 2023 film based on which fantasy tabletop role playing game?

(bell dings) This will be Ben, Brunswick.

- Dungeons and Dragons?

- You got it.

What's Love Got To Do With It is a 1993 biographical movie about which singer who died in 2023 at the age of 83?

(buzzer sounds) Oh, come on, guys.

Tina Turner.

She's one of the greatest ever.

All right, we'll move on.

Spanish for the boy, what name is given to disruptive weather patterns that arise from unusually warm temperatures in the Pacific Ocean?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- El Nino?

- El Nino is right.

Up next, we have a picture question.

Take a look at the monitor over here.

Name this inventor and entrepreneur often credited with revolutionizing the personal computer industry amongst other achievements in the tech sector.

(bell dings) Sawyer, Maranacook.

- Steve Jobs.

- Yes, Steve Jobs.

What five letter prefix that means old or ancient is also the name for an eating plan based on the diet of prehistoric hunter-gatherer civilizations?

(bell dings) Maia, Brunswick?

- Keto?

- Keto is incorrect.

Maranacook, do you wanna take a shot?

(buzzer sounds) Paleo, paleo.

Maia's upset with herself.

- She knows that stuff.

- We'll go on.

Which mountain in Maine's Baxter State Park is the northern trail head of the Appalachian Trail?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- Mount Katahdin?

- Katahdin is right.

In 2022, researchers at Cornell University sequenced the genome of the honey crisp variety of witch fruit?

(bell dings) Silas, Maranacook.

- Apple?

- Apple is also right.

Next question, an EGOT winner, like John Legend or Whoopi Goldberg, is a person who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and which theater award?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- Tony?

- Tony is also right.

Next up, we have a video question, once again, the monitor.

- Hello, my name is Joshua Chard, and I am the 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year, and today's video question category is classical music.

Which 20th century Russian composer, known for his ballet and orchestral works, composed "The Rite of Spring"?

(bell dings) - [Todd] Sawyer, Maranacook.

- Tchaikovsky?

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Brunswick?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Alexei.

- Stravinsky?

- Stravinsky is the right answer.

Good job.

What French term that means stroke of state refers a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people.

(bell dings) Sawyer, Maranacook.

- Coup detat?

- Yeah, you redeemed yourself down there, Sawyer.

Two companies that have been in the news since 2020 are Dominion and Smartmatic, both of which manufacture technology to be used for what purpose?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Ben.

- Voting.

- Voting is right.

What seven letter word is the medical synonym for the skull, specifically the part of the skull that encases the brain?

(bell dings) Sawyer.

- Cranium.

- Cranium, yes.

According to the US Department of Agriculture, one teaspoon of granulated white sugar contains how many calories, eight, 16, or 32?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- 32?

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Brunswick.

(bell dings) Go ahead, Maia.

- 16?

- 16 is the right answer.

All right, we have a math question now.

There should be a pencil and paper there.

So get it ready.

If one side of a square measures 87 centimeters, what is the length of its perimeter?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- So 300 or 354?

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Brunswick, Maia.

(bell dings) - 348.

- That is the correct answer.

That is the correct answer.

All right, we'll go on here.

Edward Estlin are the first and middle names of which 20th century American poet who preferred to write his name and his poetry without using capital letters.

(buzzer sounds) The answer is E. E. Cummings, E. E. Cummings.

The name of which state in southeastern Australia is abbreviated NSW?

(bell dings) Ben, Brunswick.

- New South Wales?

- That's right.

In the world of toys, Addie Walker, Sage Copeland, and Kit Kittridge are part of what line of products?

(bell dings) Ben?

- American Girl Doll?

- You nailed it again.

The expression, mad as a hatter, comes from the 18th century when what toxic element was used in the process of making felt for hats?

(bell dings) Arley, Maranacook.

- Mercury?

- We'll take it.

Mercury is right.

Which border crossing where people could transit between east and west Berlin during the Cold War was the site of a standoff between American and Russian soldiers in 1961?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- The Berlin Wall?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

(bell dings) Go ahead, Alexei.

- Checkpoint Charlie.

- You nailed it, Checkpoint Charlie.

All right, this is a multiple choice question.

The equation, A squared plus B squared equals C squared, is most often used to find which of these values; circumference of a circle, length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle, or volume of a cylinder?

(bell dings) Carter, Maranacook.

- Length of a hypotenuse of a right triangle?

- You got it.

Nice job.

A 1938 painting called "Self-portrait With Monkey" shows what Mexican artist with her pet monkey, Fulang Chang?

(bell dings) Leo.

- Frida Kahlo?

- You got it, Frida Kahlo.

What organelles in a cell contain digestive enzymes that can destroy invading bacteria or, if necessary, cause a cell to literally self-destruct?

(bell dings) Alexei.

- Lysosomes.

- You nailed that too.

All right, math question, second one of the round, last one of the round, too.

The total bill for dinner at a restaurant comes to $83.

To give your server a 20% tip, how much money should you add to the total bill?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Carter.

- Six, wah, 16.6?

- Yeah, we'll take that.

$16 and 60 cents, that's right.

Introduced in Congress by Representative Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, the proposed Keep Nine Amendment refers to limiting the total number in what group of people to nine?

(bell dings) Ben, Brunswick.

- The Supreme Court.

- Yep, that's right.

What liquified petroleum gas with the chemical formula C3H8 is commonly used to fuel household generators, stoves, and barbecue grills.

(bell dings) Go ahead, Ben.

- Propane?

- Propane, yes.

The Miraflores and Gatun locks are transition points on which manmade body of water?

(bell dings) Alexei.

- The Panama Canal?

- That is right.

"Forward" is the title of a memoir by what soccer forward who is the all-time leading goal scorer for the US Women's National Soccer Team?

(bell dings) Go ahead, Carter.

- Megan Rapino?

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Brunswick?

(bell dings) Ben.

- Alex Morgan?

- Those are both good guesses.

It's Abby Wambach, Abby Wambach.

An insect's body is divided into three parts; the head, the abdomen, and what segmented midsection where the legs are attached?

(bell dings) Sawyer, Maranacook.

- Thorax?

- Yes, that's right.

Friedrich Nietzsche is most closely associated with what philosophy of nothingness?

(bell dings) Alexei.

- Nihilism?

- Nihilism is right, (bell rings) and that's the end of round one.

We have a real close match here, Brunswick, 140, Maranacook, 120.

Lots more to come.

Don't go anywhere.

We'll meet the players when we get back.

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- Before we head to the category round, we like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question.

It is which cartoon character would you want to take a cross country drive with and why?

All right, this should be fun.

We'll begin with Maia over here with Brunswick.

- I'm gonna have to say Maia, the Bee.

I don't watch many cartoons, but she looks happy, and I'd love to meet my namesake.

- Yeah, and you seem really happy and fun to be around, right?

(laughs) Let's go to Ben.

Go ahead, Ben.

- Todd, I'm gonna have to go with my man, Woodstock from Peanuts.

- Oh.

- Yeah, he just seems like a very chill, laid back guy.

- Yeah, he's real classic.

- I feel like he's got some good musical taste.

We could just be like vibing, driving.

You know what I'm saying?

- Vibing, yeah, you could be vibing, and you'd have an in with Snoopy probably too.

- True.

- Yeah, that's pretty big.

Go ahead Alexei.

- I would just go with Snoopy.

I think he's just, he could do almost anything, and he's so carefree.

I don't know.

He seems like the best travel partner.

- Yeah, and he is kind of like mischievous and fun too.

So I don't think there'd ever be like a dull moment if you had Snoopy with you.

Go ahead, Leo.

- I'd have to go with Sensei Wu from Ninjago.

He's just-- - Oh wow.

- Yeah, he's really-- - That's like Lego, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I remember that from my son used to watch that show quite a bit.

- Yeah, I did too.

He's just like a chiller, and he's wise.

- I think the common threader, everybody just wants to chill, right?

(laughs) - [Leo] Yeah, yeah.

- Thank you, Leo.

All right, Maranacook, your turn.

Go ahead, Carter.

- I would probably do Chris or Martin from the Wildcats, 'cause on a cross country vacation, it would probably be really great to be able to see all the animals and know all about them.

- That would be pretty sweet.

You're right.

Silas, your turn.

- I think I choose Bugs Bunny, because he knows how to make heart of a light situation, always kind of chill, and he always might have a healthy snack on him.

- That's right.

I mean, you'll never go hungry.

I mean, you might turn orange at some point from eating all the carrots, but it'd be fun.

Arley, your turn.

- I would go with Saka from Avatar, the Last Airbender, because he's funny, he's sarcastic, he's a lovable idiot, and I know I can rely on him for beef jerky.

- Why, is that his thing?

He eats beef jerky?

- He's the meat and sarcasm guy.

- Oh, sweet, I mean, no one's gonna turn down beef jerky.

- Yeah, right?

- I mean, you need that.

Sawyer, your last one up.

- Well, I'd just go with the road runner.

I mean, he has a lot of experience on the road.

- True.

(Todd laughs) - So I mean, you kind of wanted a veteran.

- Right, it's like you have your built in ways or MapQuest or whatever it is these days, right?

Thank you, Sawyer.

Thank you both teams for that.

The category round is next, but let's see how well you do with our viewer question of the week.

(upbeat jazz music) - Hi, I'm Alec O'Mera from Unitil, and this is your viewer question of the week.

Which favorite Maine treat invented around 1872 is said to be named for an Irish traveling preacher?

Is it the Needham, Moxie, Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips, or Capt'n Eli's Root Beer?

We'll have the answer coming up later in the show.

- Next up is the category round with the following choices; viva Mexico, galactically huge, highly adaptable, shape shifting, the route to freedom, and eye spy.

Each team will alternate control of two categories.

Questions have increasing point values with each question.

They can choose to answer and either gain or lose points, skip and neither gain nor lose points, or once per category, they can toss and force the other team to answer.

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

We're gonna begin with Maranacook, because you trail.

What category would you like to start with?

- [Carter] Eye spy.

- Eye spy.

Okay, so these are questions related to eyes, all right?

Here's the 10 point question.

In the Lord of Rings universe, the great eye is a symbol of what dark lord who rules Mordor?

- Soran?

- Soran is right.

Eye spy for 15.

What aquatic themed descriptive name is given to an ultra wide angle camera lens that captures a 180 degree view of a subject?

- Fish eye lens.

- Fish eye?

- Fish eye lens is also right.

Eye spy for 20.

Periorbital Hematoma is a medical term for what bruising injury that might happen to someone in a fist fight?

- Black eye.

- Black eye?

- Black eye, also right.

Eye spy for 25.

In 1982, a band called Survivor had a number one hit with what song that was the theme to the movie Rocky 3.

- "Eye in the Sky"?

- "Eye of the Tiger".

- Oh, "Eye of the Tiger".

- "Eye of the Tiger", nice, yes, and the last one with eye spy.

Major League Baseball Pitcher Max Scherzer is a noteworthy person who was born with Heterochromia, a genetic trait that has what effect on the appearance of the eyes?

- Two different color eyes?

- That is also right.

You swept the category.

We're gonna go over to Brunswick now.

It's your turn to select.

- [Leo] Let's do the route to freedom.

- The route to freedom.

So these are questions about the Underground Railroad.

First question.

In an 1896 speech, what woman said, "I was the conductor of the Underground railroad "for eight years, and I can say "what most conductors can't say.

"I never ran my train off the track "and I never lost a passenger."

- Harriet Tubman.

- Harriet Tubman?

- That's right.

The route to freedom for 15.

Which 1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe was partly based on stories that formerly enslaved people told her about their experiences on the Underground Railroad?

- "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

- "Uncle Tom's cabin"?

- That's also right.

The route to freedom for 20.

Which abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad led to the raid on the Harper's Ferry Arsenal in 1859.

- John Brown.

- John Brown.

- John Brown, also right.

The route to freedom 25.

"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?"

is a famous line from a speech given in 1852 by which abolitionist whose home in Rochester, New York was a station on the Underground Railroad.

- Frederick Douglas.

- Frederick Douglas.

- Also, right.

All right, last one in route to freedom.

The Underground Railroad became a vital route to freedom for enslaved people after a revision of the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the US Congress in September of what year?

- 1850, 1850.

- You guys nailed it.

Wow, we've swept two categories now.

Let's see if we can keep it going.

We're back over to Maranacook.

What's it gonna be, Carter?

- Galactically huge.

- Okay, galactically huge.

These are questions about the planet Jupiter, the planet Jupiter.

Here we go.

The largest known storm in our solar system is a gigantic anti-cyclone located in Jupiter's southern hemisphere.

Based on its appearance, astronomers gave it what Common three word name?

- Red Spot.

- The Red Spot.

- The Red Spot?

- Can't take that.

The answer is Great Red Spot, Great Red Spot.

Sorry about that.

We'll go on here, though.

Galactically huge for 15.

The atmosphere of Jupiter mainly consists of which gas?

The same is true for the atmospheres of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, also.

(beep sounds) Carter, I'll need an answer for you.

- We're gonna skip that one.

- You wanna skip that?

Okay, it's hydrogen, hydrogen.

Galactically huge for 20.

A NASA mission that's expected to launch in 2024 is intended to explore which moon of Jupiter that might have a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface?

- Oh, Enceladus or whatever, Enceladus?

- That's also incorrect.

It's Europa.

Europa is the moon.

Galactically huge for 25.

In 2023, the European Space Agency launched a program to explore the icy moons of Jupiter.

By what five letter name is this program known?

- Do you just wanna toss that?

Should we pass it?

- Toss it.

(beep sounds) - We're gonna toss that one.

- You wanna toss that one?

Okay, we're gonna go back to Brunswick.

I'll read it again.

In 2023, the European Space Agency launched a program to explore the icy moons of Jupiter.

By what five letter name is this program known?

- Do we have to answer?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- [Todd] Yes, you do.

- What five letters?

- What were the two from the bus?

(beep sounds) - Say something.

- [Todd] You wanna say anything?

- Aries.

- That's incorrect.

It's JUICE and it stands for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.

We go back to Maranacook to finish up the category, galactically huge for 30.

In 1994, a comet broke apart and collided with Jupiter leaving scars on Jupiter's atmosphere that can still be seen today.

What comet was this?

- Haley, or do you guys wanna skip it?

(Beep sounds) Let's skip, skip it.

- You wanna skip that?

Shoemaker Levy 9 is the answer.

All right, back to Brunswick for your final category.

What will it be?

- [Leo] Viva Mexico.

- All right, Viva Mexico.

Questions about Mexico.

Mexico is by far the world's biggest producer and exporter of what tree crop that is used to make guacamole?

- Avocados.

- Avocados.

- Yeah, avocados.

Viva Mexico, 15.

People decorate with marigolds and build small altars to honor the souls of departed friends and family for which Mexican holiday that is observed around November 1st?

- The day of the dead.

- Also right.

Viva Mexico for 20.

The area called Las Coloradas on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is famous for lakes that are what color because of the algae in plankton that live there?

- Is it blue?

- Or red?

- Red?

- No?

(beep sounds) - Red.

- Red is right.

Good job.

Viva Mexico for 25.

Established by Hernan Cortez in 1519, the first Spanish settlement in Mexico is known by what name that means True Cross in Spanish.

- Veracruz.

- Veracruz.

- Veracruz is correct also.

Viva Mexico for 30 in the final one.

The stage curtain in the theater at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City was made by Tiffany Studios of New York from what material that is not commonly used to make curtains?

- Toss?

- Let's toss this one.

- You wanna toss this to Maranacook?

I will read it again, Maranacook.

Here's the question.

The stage curtain in the theater at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City was made by Tiffany Studios of New York from what material that is not commonly used to make curtains?

- Glass.

- Glass.

- Say glass.

- Okay.

- Glass?

- You nailed it.

Glass is the right answer, and that wraps up our category round.

Right now, we have a score of Brunswick, 285, Maranacook 220, sorry.

This is a really good match, and everything can change in the lightning round.

So sit tight.

We'll be right back.

(groovy rock music) - How did you do with the question of the week?

It was which favorite Maine treat invented around 1872 is said to me named for an Irish traveling preacher?

Is it the Needham, Moxie, Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips, or Capt'n Eli's Root Beer?

The answer is the Needham.

The potato-based candy is said to have been named for George Needham, a popular preacher of the time.

- Okay, here we go.

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

It's the lightning round.

Players, you do not have to wait for me to finish the question.

You can buzz in at any time, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

An incorrect answer will cost you 20 points, and the other team will not get a chance to answer the question.

The clock is set.

Good luck, both teams.

Here we go.

(dramatic jazz music) What kind of creatures are Kevin, Stewart, (bell dings) and Bob in the movie, Ben, Brunswick.

- Minion.

- [Todd] Yes, what inventor was nicknamed The Wizard of Menlo Park?

(bell dings) Ben again.

- Thomas Edison.

- [Todd] Again right?

Which Greek god of the sea was known to carry, (bell dings) Ben.

- Poseidon?

- [Todd] Yes, wisdom teeth are a third set of what kind of teeth used for.

(bell dings) - Molar?

- Arley, yes.

Molars is correct.

What kind of tree produces acorns?

(bell dings) Silas.

- Oak Trees?

- [Todd] Oak, the fictional Central Perk Coffee House features in, Carter.

(bell dings) - Friends?

- Friends, yes.

What Queen ruled Spain with her husband, Ferdinand (bell dings) Go ahead, Ben.

- Isabella?

-_ Isabella.

What Italian city is the main setting for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"?

(bell dings) Alexei.

- Verona?

- [Todd] Verona, yes.

An isosceles triangle has at least how many congruent, (bell dings) Carter.

- Two?

- Yes, that's right.

What's the name of the protagonist in the novel "The Hate You Give" by Angie Thomas?

(bell dings) Leo.

- Star.

- [Todd] That's right, Star.

The US Coast Guard Academy is located in which, (bell dings) go ahead, Ben.

- New London.

- More specifically, please.

- New London, Connecticut.

- [Todd] That's right, New London, Connecticut.

What Broadway Musical Centers on the kids at Rydell High in 1950s.

(bell dings) Arley.

- Marven Hansen?

- Incorrect, it's "Grease".

A Fender Stratocaster is what type of musical instruments?

(bell dings) Silas.

- A guitar.

- Yes, Guitar.

What two word, (bell rings) oh, that's the end of the final round, and we have the winning team, Brunswick, 425.

Wow, they'll be moving on to the quarterfinals in a few weeks.

Our runner up, Maranacook, you guys had 300 points.

Thank you both for playing.

Congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time as Wyndham takes on Noble.

Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time on High School Quiz Show Maine.

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