(upbeat music) - We are halfway through the quarterfinals and one of today's teams will move one step closer to their chance for the $1000 grand prize.

In today's match, we have the Dragons of Brunswick High School, (bright epic music) taking on the Red Riots of Orono High School.

(bright epic music) That's coming up next on "High School Quiz Show Maine".

(upbeat rock 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] People who can work from home seem to love it.

Who else loves it?

Cyber criminals.

Cyber coverage from Safety Insurance covers data and system restoration, data re-creation and more.

You can ask an independent agent about Safety Insurance.

We'll help you manage life's storms.

- [Announcer] And by viewers like you, thank you.

(upbeat rock music) - Welcome to "High School Quiz Show Maine", I'm Todd Gutner.

We're at quarterfinal number three, which means one of tonight's teams is just two wins away from the season seven championship round.

Brunswick has been with us every year since season three, but has yet to make it to the finals and they will take on Orono, who would love to make their first season also be a championship season.

Who will move on to the semis?

We'll find out in a bit, but first, let's meet the teams.

For Brunswick, we have Maja, Ben, Alexei and Leo.

They're coached by Phoebe Hopkins and Nate Wayne.

And for Orono, we have Nick, Teddy, Alan and Noah with alternates Henry and Jack and they're coached by Troy Wagstaff.

The competition, of course, has three rounds, the toss-up round, the category round and the lightning round.

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.

Okay, Brunswick and Orono, good luck to both of you.

We're about to be off and running in round one.

Here's the first question.

If Arthur from the PBS TV animated series "Arthur" looked like his real life counterparts, he wouldn't wear glasses, he'd have a long snout and he'd eat insects.

What kind of animal is Arthur?

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Ben.

- An aardvark.

- An aardvark is correct.

Bridget Bishop was the first person to be convicted of witchcraft at a 1692 trial in what Massachusetts town?

(bell sounding) Ben again.

- Salem.

- Salem is also right.

Your outer ear and a stingray's skeleton are made of what type of smooth connective tissue?

(bell sounding) Maja.

- Cartilage.

- Cartilage is right.

Adams Morgan and Foggy Bottom are neighborhoods in which US city on the Potomac River?

(bell sounding) Ben, Brunswick.

- Washington DC.

- DC, correct.

Up next a picture question, so check out the monitor here.

In this picture you'll find a unique car model known for its gull-wing doors.

Name this classic automobile that is also featured heavily in the '80s movie "Back to the Future".

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Alan.

- DeLorean.

- The DeLorean.

Yes.

The Peloponnesian War was fought primarily between Athens and which other ancient Greek city state?

(bell sounding) Ben, Brunswick.

- Sparta.

- Sparta's right.

In certain clinical drug trials, a control group of subjects is given an inactive substance known by what name that means "I shall please" in Latin?

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Leo.

- Placebo.

- Placebo.

Yes.

What six letter term for the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union was voted Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary in 2016?

(bell sounding) Alan, Orono.

- Brexit.

- Brexit, correct.

A multicolored three-dimensional puzzle that was originally called The Magic Cube is better known by what name that refers to the Hungarian architecture professor who invented it?

(bell sounding) Teddy, Orono?

- Rubik's Cube.

That's correct also.

Up next, a video question.

So once again, check out 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 literature and philosophy.

In which work of existentialist philosophy does John-Paul Sartre famously declare "Existence precedes essence"?

(buzzer sounding) - Answer is "Being and nothingness".

That was a tough one.

We'll move on though.

From the Greek for "Dropping", what is the name for a cone-shaped mound of calcite deposits rising from the floor of a cave?

(bell sounding) Noah, Orono.

- Stalactite?

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

(bell sounding) Maja?

- Stalagmite?

- Stalagmite is the right one, yep.

We move on to number 12 here.

Former president Jimmy Carter was a longtime advocate for what Georgia-based volunteer organization that builds homes for people in need?

(bell sounding) Ben?

- Habitat for Humanity.

- That's correct.

Which martial art that involves short, sharp blows delivered with the hands and feet gets its name from the Japanese for "Empty hand"?

(bell sounding) Noah, Orono.

- Karate.

- That one's right.

Next question.

A Syrinx is a specialized organ in birds that helps them do which of these things?

Fly, lay eggs or vocalize?

(bell sounding) Noah again.

- Vocalize?

- That's also correct.

All right, we have a math question, the first one.

Grab your pencil and paper.

A pancake recipe calls for a half cup of milk.

If you double the recipe, how many fluid ounces of milk will be needed?

(bell sounding) Nick, Orono.

- Eight.

- Eight is the right answer.

Nice job.

Charles Lindbergh's first solo nonstop transatlantic flight departed from Long Island, New York and landed just outside which major European city on May 21st, 1927?

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Leo.

- Paris.

- Paris is the right answer.

When you're talking about an optically scannable QR code, what do the letters Q R stand for?

(buzzer sounding) Quick response.

Quick response, which none of us had.

During which war did British troops enter Washington DC and set fire to the White House, the Capitol and the Supreme Court?

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Leo.

- The War of 1812.

- That's the right answer.

NASA's Fermi space telescope detects what energetic form of radiation produced by neutron stars and black holes in space and by lightning here on earth?

(bell sounding) Noah, Orono.

- Gamma radiation?

- Will we take that?

Yeah, we'll take that.

Good job.

The so-called Scopes Monkey Trial took place in which US state where the 1925 Butler Act prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools?

(bell sounding) Leo.

- Kentucky.

- [Todd] That's incorrect, Orono, you wanna give a shot?

(bell sounding) - Alabama?

That's also incorrect, sorry.

Tennessee is the right answer.

Which type of organizations received the largest dollar value of charitable donations from people in the US?

Is it hospitals, museums or religious institutions?

(bell sounding) Alan, Orono.

- Hospitals?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Brunswick.

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Alexei.

- Religious institutions.

- That's the right answer.

"Fences" and "The Piano Lesson" are two of several plays by August Wilson set in what US city?

(bell sounding) Teddy.

- Detroit?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

Brunswick.

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Maja.

- New York City?

- Answer is Pittsburgh.

Two good guesses though.

Mount Godwin-Austen is better known as K2 where the K stands for what mountain range?

(bell sounding) Alexei.

- Sorry.

I don't have it.

- [Todd] Alright, go ahead, Teddy.

- Katmandu?

- Incorrect, it's Karakorum.

Karakorum.

Math question, the second one and the final one of the round.

Fred is six years older than Kate.

If the product of their ages is 91, how old are Fred and Kate?

(buzzer sounding) The answer is 13 and seven.

13 and seven.

What poet, who won the 1923 Pulitzer for her work, "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver" was born in Rockland, Maine in 1892?

(bell sounding) Noah, on the end.

- Emily Dickinson?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

(bell sounding) Go ahead, Leo.

- Edna St. Vincent Millay?

- That's the right answer.

Avogadro suggested that a standard temperature and pressure, one mole of gas occupies a volume of how many liters?

(bell sounding) Alexei?

- 22.4.

- That's right, nice job.

Which music magazine founded by Jann Wenner and Ralph Gleason published its first issue in 1967 with John Lennon on the cover?

(bell sounding) Noah, Orono.

- "Rolling Stone" magazine?

- Yep, that's the right one.

Once known as the Black Wall Street, the Greenwood District of what city in Oklahoma was attacked and destroyed in 1921?

(bell sounding) Noah again.

- Tulsa.

- Tulsa, yes.

As an anti-war statement, Pablo Picasso painted what large scale work which he named for a Spanish town that was bombed by the Nazis in 1937?

(bell sounding) Alexei.

- Guernica?

- Yes.

Guernica.

Asta and Yuno are childhood friends and rivals in their quest to become the magic emperor in a Japanese manga and anime series known by what English name?

(bell sounding) Alan.

- "Hunter x Hunter"?

- [Todd] Incorrect.

You wanna give it a shot, Brunswick?

Go ahead, Alexei.

- "One Piece"?

- It's "Black Clover".

"Black Clover".

What Aztec feathered, serpent-God, usually depicted with brilliant green feathers was the God of wind and rain and the creator of humidity?

(bell sounding) Alan.

- Quetzalcoatl?

I don't know if I pronounce that right.

- Yep, that's correct.

I'm not gonna say it again, but I think when you got it correct.

I know you got it correct, I can't pronounce it either.

Diabetes is a health condition that results from the body's inability to produce or use which hormone?

(bell sounding) Noah, Orono.

- Insulin.

- Yes.

Which Nordic country declared independence from Russia on December 6th, 1917?

(bell sounding) Nick.

- Finland?

- Yes.

What black and white animal from China is pictured in the logo of the World Wildlife Fund?

(bell sounding) Noah.

- Giant Panda.

- That is also correct.

(long buzzer sounding) And that's the end of our first round and we've got a real tight one here.

We've got Brunswick 140, Orono 130.

That's the end of round one.

We'll be right back.

(upbeat rock music) - [Announcer] Production support for "High School Quiz Show Maine" is provided by.

- [Member] Hey, how you doing today?

- The Maine Education Association does a fantastic job of giving us a voice.

- So what do you think?

- Good manners.

- To help teachers and students realize that people support them every day.

- [Member] The MEA helps me be better at my job.

- [Announcer] And by viewers like you, thank you.

- Before we head to the category round, we always like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question and the question this evening is, "If you could choose any person from history to be your imaginary friend, who would it be and why"?

We'll start over here with Brunswick.

Maja, what's your thought?

- I feel like I'd say Catherine Johnson or one of the "Hidden Figures" women just because I feel like they'd be really interesting to talk to and also probably great at giving advice and motivation when I need it.

- A ton of insight, right?

- [Maja] Yeah.

- Yeah, awesome.

Maja, thank you.

Ben, go ahead.

- I gotta go with my man, Ben Franklin, we share, of course, a really great name.

- Sure.

- And additionally, he was just a very interesting guy.

He had like all those colloquial sayings that he put in the almanac he wrote, I forgot the exact name of it, but very interesting guy, definitely one of the most schlepped-on founding fathers.

It'd be cool to hang out with him.

- You're a big fan of Ben Franklin?

- Definitely.

- All right, Ben, thank you.

Alexei?

- I'd probably say Julius Caesar.

I think he would have good advice and I think he'd also might have a very funny voice, that would be funny in my head.

- Funny voice.

- Yeah.

Don't you think so?

- Hmm?

I haven't really given it much thought to be honest, Alexei, but yeah, probably, maybe.

We'll go with it.

Go ahead, Leo, why don't you wrap up for your team?

- I'm gonna go with more recent history and say Tupac Shakur.

I think we just, I don't know, he seems like a very deep individual and I feel like we'd have sort of some very philosophical conversations.

- Yeah, and you're a big fan?

- Yeah.

- Of all of his knowledge and magic that he made?

- [Leo] Yes.

- Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

We'll head over to Orono now, Nick, who do you think?

- Probably like a Greek philosopher, like Plato, because they're just really wise guys.

Lots of wisdom that they can pass on to me if I ever need any help.

- Will you need help do you think, Nick?

- Probably.

Especially today.

- Yeah, exactly.

Teddy, go for it.

- I think I'd choose Van Gogh.

He's got that passion, that drive, a little bit of craziness.

- [Todd] He definitely a little craziness, right.

- Little crazy.

And he's a redhead, so that's good.

- Oh yeah, he's a ginger.

- [Teddy] Yeah.

- You gotta stick with your gingers.

- [Teddy] With my people.

- Yeah, they're your people, right.

Alan, go for it.

- I might say Leonardo da Vinci so I can steal all of his good ideas.

- Oh, 'cause he hasn't shared, he didn't share all of them?

- Yeah.

The ones that that nobody knows about.

I can steal 'em and say they're mine.

- And then yeah, claim them as yours.

- Yeah.

- Smart, Alan, smart.

Noah, why don't you wrap this up?

- I think I gotta go with Biggie Smalls because it's impossible to be shook when you got Biggie in your corner.

- This is true.

This is true.

He left the world too soon, didn't he?

Noah, thank you very much.

Thanks, both teams.

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

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

First made in 1818 in New Jersey, but based in Lewiston since 1955, this particular item continues to be updated and sold each year, but what is it?

Is it the official map of the United States, an encyclopedia, Eastern Atlantic nautical charts or an almanac?

Stay tuned for the answer later in the show.

- Next up is the category round with the following choices.

SOS, The Name of the Game, Mamma Mia, Money, Money, Money, Finally Facing My Waterloo, and From A to A.

Questions have increasing point values and wrong answers will cost you.

Now each team will alternate control of two categories.

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

Now players will have about five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

Orono, you happen to be trailing, but just by 10 points, what's your first category gonna be?

- [Teddy] We're gonna Name of the Game.

- Name of the Game.

These are questions about sports and games.

Here's the first question.

In 2021, what player became the first person to be selected for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game as both a pitcher and a designated hitter?

(indistinct conversation) - Shohei Ohtani?

- That's right.

Here's Name of the Game for 15.

A character known as Vault-dweller must go to the wasteland to replace an inoperative water chip in the first installment of which post-apocalyptic video game series?

- That's "Fallout".

- That is right, "Fallout".

The Name of the Game for 20.

Blinky, Inky, Pinky and Clyde are ghost characters that appeared for the first time in the 1980 version of which classic arcade video game?

- That's Pac-Man.

- That is also right.

The name of the game for 25.

Not counting the cue ball, how many balls are on the table at the start of a game of straight pool?

(indistinct conversation) - 18?

- The answer's 15.

15.

The Name of the Game for 30.

An AI called Cicero demonstrated its ability to comprehend the state of a game board, build trust with other players and ultimately beat humans at which classic tabletop board game that involves building national alliances in pre-World War I Europe?

- That's "Risk".

- That's also incorrect.

It's "Diplomacy", "Diplomacy".

All right, that wraps up The Name of the Game.

We're going over to Brunswick now.

What's your first category gonna be, Leo?

- Finally Facing My Waterloo.

- Finally Facing My Waterloo.

These are questions about Napoleon Bonaparte.

During Napoleon's military campaign in Egypt, his soldiers found what important ancient artifact that carries a message inscribed in hieroglyphics, demotic and ancient Greek?

- The Rosetta stone?

- That is right.

Finally Facing My Waterloo for 15.

To celebrate his military victories, Napoleon commissioned the construction of what Paris Landmark that stands at the western end of the Champs-Elysees?

- Arc de triomphe?

- That is also correct.

Finally Facing My Waterloo for 20.

Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 by what English duke who went on to become Prime minister of England?

- The Duke of Wellington.

- That is correct.

Finally Facing My Waterloo for 25.

Which German composer planned to dedicate his "Eroica" symphony to Napoleon, but changed his mind when Napoleon crowned himself emperor in 1804?

- Toss.

- You wanna toss it over to Orono?

All right Orono, this question's coming your way, I'll read it again for you.

Which German composer planned to dedicate his "Eroica" symphony to Napoleon but changed his mind when Napoleon crowned himself emperor in 1804?

(indistinct conversation) - Is that Mozart?

- That's incorrect.

It's Beethoven, Beethoven.

Alright, we're back to Brunswick for the 30 point question.

Napoleon spent the last years of his life on what remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic where he had been exiled by the British government in 1815.

- St. Helena.

- And that is correct.

All right, that wraps up that category.

Orono, what's your second category going to be?

- [Teddy] Money, Money, Money.

- Money, Money, Money.

These are questions about currencies of the world.

Here's our first question.

Some bank notes in South Africa and Tanzania have images of what endangered African animal that is often poached for its horn?

- The white rhino?

- Yep, we'll take it.

Rhinoceros.

Money, Money, Money for 15.

The one Euro coin minted in Italy shows a depiction of "Vitruvian Man", a drawing by which Italian renaissance artist?

- That's da Vinci.

- That is correct.

Money, Money, Money for 20.

The front or obverse side of rupee bank notes from Nepal has an image of what mountain that is the country's most famous landmark?

- Mount Everest.

- Mount Everest is correct.

Money, Money, Money for 25.

The 50,000 peso bank note from Colombia features a portrait of what Nobel Prize-winning author of "100 Years of Solitude"?

- Toss.

Toss.

We're going over to Brunswick now.

I will reread the question.

The 50,000 peso bank note from Colombia features a portrait of what Nobel Prize-winning author of "100 Years of Solitude".

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

- You guys nailed it.

Wow, nice job.

All right, back to Orono for the 30 point question.

What is the five letter name for the basic unit of currency in Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq and Jordan?

- We're gonna skip that.

- You wanna skip it?

It's dinar, dinar.

And we're going back to Brunswick for your final category.

What's it gonna be?

- [Leo] SOS.

- You wanna try SOS?

These questions relate to emergencies.

Here's our first one for 10.

The Heimlich maneuver and a newer technique called Five and Five are used in emergency situations when someone is experiencing what type of distress?

- Choking.

- That's correct.

SOS 15.

More than 70% of homes in Maine are equipped with detectors for what odorless, colorless toxic gas with the chemical formula, CO?

- Carbon monoxide.

- That's also correct.

SOS 20.

Deriving from the French for "Help me", what one word distress signal is used by pilots and ship captains in urgent need of assistance?

- Mayday.

- Mayday, excuse me, also correct.

SOS 25.

What French word that means "To sort out" refers to the process in emergency medicine in which patients are placed in order for treatment based on the severity of their injuries?

(indistinct conversation) - Let's skip.

- You wanna skip that?

The answer is triage and SOS for 30, the last one in the category.

Among the most common reasons people visit the hospital emergency room is what physical injury that may be characterized as compound, transverse or green stick?

What do you think, Leo?

What do you wanna do?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

Okay.

The answer is a bone fracture or a broken bone.

So that wraps up our category round.

We have a score of Brunswick 285 and Orono 140.

Everything can change though in the lightning round, so sit tight, we'll be right back.

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

It was, first made in 1818 in New Jersey, but based in Lewiston since 1955, this particular item continues to be updated and sold each year, what is it?

Is it the official map of the United States, an encyclopedia, Eastern Atlantic nautical charts or an almanac?

The answer is an almanac.

The familiar "Geiger Brothers Farmers' Almanac" is the second oldest almanac in the US and publishes over 6 million copies each year.

- Okay, we're heading into the final 90 seconds of game play, the lightning round.

Players, you do not have to wait for me to finish the question, you can buzz in 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 and the other team will not get a chance to answer that question.

The clock is set.

Good luck both teams.

Here we go.

What man wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?

(bell sounding) Alexei.

- Thomas Payne.

- [Todd] Correct.

What former mechanical engineer is now a TV personality known as "The Science Guy"?

(bell sounding) Noah, Orono.

- Bill Nye.

- [Todd] That is right.

In education, STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and?

(bell sounding) Alan, Orono.

- Math?

- [Todd] Math is right.

Once considered a planet, what is the largest object in the Kuiper Belt?

(bell sounding) Maja.

- Pluto.

- [Todd] Pluto, yes.

Hoover Dam is built on which major US river?

(bell sounding) Nick, Orono.

- Sorry, Mississippi?

- The answer is Colorado.

Ascorbic Acid is another name for what vitamin found in citrus fruit?

(bell sounding) Ben.

- Vitamin C. - Vitamin C. What's the largest and lowest brass instrument in an orchestra?

(bell sounding) Noah.

- Tuba.

- Tuba, yes.

"The Nickel Boys" is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by what author?

(buzzer sounding) Whitehead.

What layer of the atmosphere is closest to Earth?

(bell sounding) Alan.

- Biosphere.

- Incorrect, troposphere.

Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy are characters in which Jane Austin?

(bell sounding) Maja.

- "Pride and Prejudice."

- That's right.

The 1862 Battle of Antietam took place in which US state?

(bell sounding) Noah.

- Maryland.

- [Todd] Yes.

Which American architect designed a house called "Falling Water"?

(bell sounding) Ben.

- Frank Lloyd Wright.

- [Todd] Right.

In the comics what cheesy pasta dish is Garfield's the cat?

(bell sounding) Ben, again.

- Lasagna.

- [Todd] Yes.

What's the scientific?

(buzzer sounding) And that's the end of the lightning round.

And the winning team is Brunswick with 405 points.

They'll be moving on to the semifinals to face Deering High School.

Our runner up Orono, 180 points.

Great game by you guys.

Thank you both and congratulations to both teams as well.

Be sure to tune in next time for our last quarterfinal match as Wyndham takes on John Bapst Memorial.

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

(upbeat rock 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] Home renovations can increase the value of your home.

Safety Insurance offers a variety of home insurance products to cover your home's increased value.

You can ask an independent agent about Safety Insurance.

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

- [Announcer] And by viewers like you, thank you.

(upbeat rock music)