(gentle music) (camera beeping) (gentle music) (energetic music) - Welcome to "Scholastic Hi-Q," the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have a great show in store for you tonight, so let's get into it and introduce our teams.

On the bottom, we have Mascoutah with Daniel, Dan, Kaylee, and Wyatt, and up top, we have Cairo High with Yakira, Chassidy, Amiah, and Miracle.

Now before we get into our questions, let's just do a quick recap of our rules.

We'll start out with some toss-up questions.

Those are worth 10 points.

If a team gets it right, they move on to a bonus question, which is worth 20 and can be stolen for 10.

You guys are allowed to interrupt me at any time, but if you interrupt me and get a question wrong, it is five points for the other team, so just get all the questions right, and it's no problems.

Let's get into it.

What president was in office during the XYZ Affair?

Wyatt.

- Jefferson?

- Jefferson is incorrect.

I'll reread it for you, Cario.

What president was in office during the XYZ Affair, signed the Alien and Sedition Acts, and served for one term after succeeding George Washington?

(timer buzzing) You guys are all out of time.

The answer we were looking for was John Adams, John Adams.

For your next question, what wave property, whose square is proportional to its intensity, is a waves and maximum displacement, or equivalently the height of its peaks?

Kaylee.

- Amplitude?

- Amplitude is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Biblical patriarch's sons were Shem, Ham and Japeth?

(team whispering) - Job.

- Job is incorrect.

Cairo, the chance to steal.

(timer buzzing) All out of time.

The answer we were looking for was Noah, Noah of ark fame.

Your next toss-up, what woman, whose husband wrote the elegy "Adonais," and whose mother authored a vindication of the rights of women, wrote the horror novel "Frankenstein?"

Wyatt?

- Shelley?

- Mary Shelley is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Italian-American physicist lends his name to particles with half integer spins, and created the first manmade nuclear chain reaction?

- Fermi?

- Fermi is correct, well done, Wyatt.

For your next toss-up, what item was the subject of a 1964 great debate that rejected the Pearson Pennant as the Red Ensign's replacement in favor of a maple leaf design?

Wyatt.

- Flag?

- [Ethan] We were looking about a particular flag.

- Oh, is it still me?

- [Ethan] I guess.

- Is it still?

Canadian flag?

- The Canadian flag is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Gerald Ford became vice president after what man, a former governor of Maryland, pleaded guilty to tax evasion and resigned in 1973?

- Nixon.

- Nixon is incorrect.

Cairo has a chance to steal.

(timer buzzing) The answer we were looking for was Spiro Agnew, Spiro Agnew.

The next toss-up, what material forms due to compression of peat, has subtypes like, Kaylee?

- Coal?

- Coal is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what five letter term for a covered porch becomes, with the addition of an okina, the name of the sixth largest Hawaiian island?

(team whispering) (timer buzzing) You guys are all out of time.

Cairo, the chance to steal.

(timer buzzing) The answer we were looking for was lanai, lanai.

For your next question, what author faithfully presented a pure woman in an 1891 novel about an English dairy maid who marries Angel Claire titled "Tess of the d'Urbervilles?"

- Hardy?

- Thomas Hardy is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what 2010 musical, in which what's her name reveals that Johnny is also the drug dealer, St. Jimmy, is based on a rock concept album by Green Day?

- That's "American Idiot."

"American Idiot?"

- "American Idiot" is correct, well done, Wyatt.

And that will take us to our first media question.

This pink little.

- [Wyatt] Kirby?

- Kirby is correct, well done.

And for media questions, there is no bonus question, so we'll just take it back to the toss-ups.

What book, set at the house of Cephalus, tells the story of the ring of Gyges, describes the allegory of the cave and was written by, Wyatt?

- "The Republic."

- "The Republic" by Plato is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Austrian composer headed the second Viennese school and developed the 12 tone method of musical composition?

- [Wyatt] Schoenburg?

- Arnold Schoenberg is correct, well done.

The next question, what country, where the partisans fought Nazi occupiers under Josip Tito, split.

- [Wyatt] Yugoslavia?

- Yugoslavia is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as a Muslim to enter what city, where he performed the Tawaf ritual of walking around the Kaaba?

- Mecca?

- Mecca is correct, well done.

For your next question, pencil and paper ready.

How many inches are equivalent to 10 yards, given that a yard equals three feet and a foot equals 12 inches?

- [Kaylee] 360?

- 360 is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what element's cation is bonded to HCO3, the bicarbonate, an anion in baking soda?

(team whispering) - Sodium?

- Sodium is correct.

Well done, Kaylee.

For your next question, what alliterative term for a paint made from lime or chalk can refer to a punishment given to Tom Sawyer, or an attempt to cover up, Kaylee?

- Whitewash?

- Whitewashing is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what name is shared by the German state that surrounds Berlin, and a gate in the heart of Berlin?

- [Daniel] Brandenburg?

- Brandenburg Gate is correct.

Well done, Daniel.

For your next question, what author wrote about the death of a Native American named Chingachgook in his novel "The Pioneers," which is in his series "The Leather Stocking Tales?"

Wyatt?

- Cooper?

- Cooper is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in AD 61, Catus Decianus fled what Roman province after his actions toward the Icenai tribe prompted Boudica to lead a revolt against Roman rule?

- Gaul?

- Gaul is incorrect.

Cairo, you have the chance to steal.

(timer buzzing) All out of time.

The answer we were looking for is Britannia, Britannia.

For the next toss-up, what type of tissue that is rich in mitochondria contains the proteins of acton?

Kaylee?

- Muscle tissue?

- Muscle tissue is correct, well done.

For your bonus, which British scientist's 1801 double slit experiment showed that light could display characteristics of both a wave and a particle?

- [Wyatt] Young?

- Thomas Young is correct, well done, Wyatt.

And that will take us to our next media question.

This social media app was developed in 2005 and is used for news, discussion and sharing videos.

Wyatt.

- Reddit?

- Reddit is correct, well done.

Back to the toss-ups, what maritime province in Canada includes Cape Breton Island, is to the southeast of New Brunswick, and has a Latin name meaning New Scotland?

Wyatt?

- Nova Scotia.

- Nova Scotia is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what word for a kind of physiological manipulation, taken from the title of a 1944 film, was chosen as Miriam Webster's Word of the Year for 2022?

Psychological, not physiological.

(team whispering) - Gaslight?

- Gaslighting is correct.

Well done, Kaylee.

For the next toss-up, what man, who helped lead a strike against grape growers in Delano, California, worked with.

- [Wyatt] Chavez?

- Chavez is correct, well done.

For the next bonus, what state, whose power grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the continental US, suffered massive blackouts in a February, 2021 ice storm?

- Texas?

- Texas is correct.

Your next toss-up, what team won the 1997 and the 2003 World Series, currently stars Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara and plays.

Dan.

- The Marlins.

- The Miami Marlins is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Lake Nassar, formed in the 1960s as a result of the construction of what dam along the Nile River?

- Aswan High Dam.

- Aswan High Dam is correct.

Well done, Wyatt.

For your next question, the holder of what position outranks the president pro tempore in the US Senate and is the first in line to assume the presidency if the president dies?

Wyatt.

- Vice president?

- Vice president is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what 1944 law provides benefits including college tuition and subsidized loans to returning World War II veterans?

- GI Bill?

- The GI Bill is correct.

Well done, Dan.

Your next question, what author, who wrote about a centenarian in "Violeta" and used magical realism in the house?

Wyatt.

- Garcia Marquez?

- Garcia Marquez is incorrect.

I'll reread it for Cairo.

What author, who wrote about a centenarian in "Violeta" and used magical realism in "The House of the Spirits," is the niece of a former leader of Chile?

(timer buzzing) All out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Isabelle Allende.

Isabelle Allende.

And that will take us to our lightning round.

(thunder booming) The way our lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a certain topic.

Now Cairo, since you guys are trailing in this one, you will have the first pick of the litter.

Your choices are Chemical Elements, Railways, NFL Duos or Chicago.

- [Chassidy] Chicago.

- Chicago, all right.

Answer the following about Chicago.

60 seconds on the clock, and I will count you down.

Three, two, one.

Is the most populous city in this state.

(energetic music) Can you say that again?

Is the most populous city in this state.

- Oh, that's true or false?

- [Ethan] No, you just answer the question.

(team laughing) What is the state?

- Illinois.

- [Ethan] Illinois, that's correct.

The great lake on which it lies, the great lake on which it lies.

- Repeat the question, please?

- [Ethan] The great lake on which Chicago lies.

- Michigan?

- [Ethan] That's correct.

University of Chicago Law School professor elected president in 2008.

(energetic music) - Obama?

- [Ethan] Obama is correct.

NFL team that plays at Soldier Field.

- Oh.

(energetic music) - [Ethan] You guys can pass as well.

- Pass.

(timer buzzing) - You guys are all out of time.

The NFL team that plays at Soldier Field is the Chicago Bears, and the other questions were a skyscraper that was once the world's tallest building is the Sears Tower.

The 1871 disaster sometimes blamed on Mrs. O'Leary's cow was the Great Chicago Fire, the Democrat elected the city's mayor in 2023 is Brandon Johnson.

Chicago airport named for a 1942 battle is Midway.

Particle accelerator in the Chicago suburbs is the Fermilab, and the Hull House co-founder and the first US woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize is Jane Addams.

All right, Mascoutah, it's now your guys' turn.

Your choices are Chemical Elements, Railways or NFL Duos.

- We want NFL duos.

- All right, NFL duos it is.

Name the NFL team that featured these wide receiver quarterback duos during the 2022 season.

60 seconds on the clock, and I'll count you down.

Three, two, one.

Jay Brown and Jalen Hurts.

- Eagles.

- [Ethan] Cooper Kupp.

- Rams.

- [Ethan] Ja'Marr Chase and Joe Burrow.

- Bengals.

- [Ethan] Stefon Diggs and Josh Allen.

- Bills.

- [Ethan] Jaylen Waddle and Tua.

- Dolphins.

- [Ethan] Thank you for not making me say the last name.

DK Metcalf and Geno Smith.

- Seahawks.

- [Ethan] Courtland Sutton and Russell Wilson.

- Broncos.

- [Ethan] Treylon Burks and Ryan Tannehill.

- Titans.

- [Ethan] Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jared Goff.

- Lions.

- [Ethan] And CeeDee Lamb and Dak Prescott.

- Cowboys.

- That is all of them.

I'm gonna guess that you follow football just a little bit.

Thank God the football season's like halfway over already and we can get to hockey season.

All right, well let's take a quick look at our score after the lightning round.

We have Cairo High with 40, and Mascoutah going a perfect 10 for 10, now up to 490.

So let's get back to our toss-ups.

What 2023 film, which ends with the title preteen girl, played by Abby Ryer Fortson getting her period is an adaptation of a Judy Blume novel?

Kaylee.

- "Turning Red?"

- That is incorrect.

You guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for is "Are You There God?

It's Me, Margaret."

And that will take us to our next media question.

This fictional character, created by, Wyatt.

- Sonic.

- Was it even up on the screen?

I looked over.

(Wyatt laughing) I mean yeah, it's Sonic.

That is correct.

- [Dan] You're just that fast.

- Wow, you're faster than Sonic, my God.

That is correct.

That'll take us back to the toss-ups.

What English king, during whose reign the transatlantic slave trade was banned in the British Empire, ruled during the American War of Independence?

Wyatt.

- King George III?

- King George III is correct.

For your bonus, what painting, in which a garment shaped-like brain sits behind God and the first human is at the center of the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

- "Creation of Adam?"

- "Creation of Adam" is correct, well done.

For your next toss-up, what European country, whose green line buffer zone separates its Turkish and Greek regions, is Wyatt?

- Cyprus.

- Cyprus is correct.

For your bonus, since the death of Elizabeth II, the only reigning queen in Europe is Margrethe II, who has ruled what nation since 1972?

- Denmark.

- Denmark is correct.

Well done.

That'll take us to our next question.

What country's current insurgencies include the Southern Naxalite conflict, as well as fighting in the Arunachal Pradesh and Assam Far East of Delhi?

Wyatt.

- India?

- India is correct, well done.

For your bonus, a vulpine creature declares that unreachable fruit must be sour in what fable attributed to Aesop?

- "The Goat and the Fox."

- That is incorrect.

Cairo High, a chance to steal.

(timer buzzing) The answer we're looking for was "The Fox and the Grapes."

"The Fox and the Grapes."

For your next toss-up, what animals, some of which engage in lunge feeding in which they catch prey with hair-like baleen and cetaceans that have blue and sperm species?

Daniel.

- Whales?

- Whales is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what alliterative term denotes a quantity, abbreviated K, that gives the maximum possible stable population of a species in a given habitat?

- Carrying capacity.

- Carrying capacity is correct, well done, Wyatt.

Your next question, what military installation was surrendered by Major Robert Anderson after a bombardment in South Carolina.

Wyatt?

- Fort Sumter?

- Fort Sumter is correct, well done.

For your bonus, in October, 2022, what right wing populous leader succeeded Mario Draghi to become the first female prime minister of Italy?

- No answer.

- Cairo High, a chance to steal.

- [Chassidy] No answer.

- The answer we were looking for was Meloni, Meloni.

For the next toss-up, what country, whose Island of Surtsey emerged from the ocean in 1963, primarily uses geothermal energy and has its capital at Reykjavik?

Dan.

- Iceland.

- Iceland is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what French dramatist wrote about the wealthy Oregon, whose wife Elmire fends off the advances of the title con artist in the 1664 play, "Tartuffe?"

- Moliere?

- Moliere is correct, well done.

And that will take us to our last media question.

This actor is known for playing the character Spider-Man.

- [Wyatt] Tom Holland.

- Tom Holland is correct.

Well done.

For the next toss-up, what acid, secreted by the parietal cells, was once known as muriatic acid and is the main component of stomach acid and has the molecular formula HCL?

Kaylee.

- Hydrochloric acid.

- Hydrochloric acid is correct, well done.

For your bonus, an amphoteric compound such as water is one capable of accepting or donating what species?

- Electrons?

- Electron is incorrect.

Cairo High, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for is proton, proton.

For your next toss-up, members of what art movement include Englishman Alfred Sisley and American Mary Cassatt?

Wyatt.

- Impressionism.

- Impressionism is correct, well done.

For your bonus, Tyre and Sidon were leading cities in what ancient civilization of the eastern Mediterranean that created the first known alphabet?

- Carthage?

- Carthage is incorrect.

Cairo High, chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for was Phoenicia, Phoenicia.

For your next toss-up, what poem includes the line, "I will show you fear in a handful of dust," in a section titled "The Burial of the Dead."

- "The Waste Land?"

- "The Waste Land" is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what Englishman claimed that the laurel withers quicker than the rose in "To An Athlete Dying Young?"

- Housman.

- It is Housman.

I was gonna say, if you want me to finish, I can, but yes, it's Housman.

That'll take us back to our toss-ups.

In 2022, what singer became the first to simultaneously hold every slot in the Billboard Top 10, including "Anti-hero," "A Song," Wyatt.

- Taylor Swift?

- T-Swift is correct, now dating Travis Kelsey, which is the most interesting thing to happen to football in like 50 years.

For your next bonus question, pencil and paper ready.

What is the volume of a right circular cylinder whose height is five and whose base has a radius of four?

- 80 pi?

- 80 pi is correct, well done.

For the next toss-up, what public space north of the Aeropagus Hill was a market and political gathering place in ancient Athens that now names a fear of, Wyatt?

- Acropolis?

- Acropolis is incorrect.

I'll read the question for you, Cairo.

What public space north of the Aeropagus Hill was a market and political gathering place in ancient Athens that now names a fear of open spaces?

(buzzer beeping) Disregard that buzzer.

- We don't have an answer.

- The answer we're looking for was Agora, as in agoraphobia.

That'll take us to the next toss-up.

What polygons have shapes that depend on side length, not angles, can be categorized as scalene.

Wyatt.

- Triangles?

- Triangle is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what country to the southwest of Honduras is the only central American country with no coastline on the Caribbean sea?

- El Salvador.

- El Salvador is correct, well done.

For your next question, what novel, in which Justin scares the bully Julian, was written by RJ Palacio and centers on Auggie Pullman, a boy, Kaylee.

- "Wonder."

- "Wonder is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what poetic structure is called heroic if it uses iambic pentameter and generally consists of a pair of rhyming lines?

(team whispering) - Sonnet?

- Sonnet is incorrect.

Cairo, you have a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we were looking for was couplet, couplet.

For your next question, what jazz musician composed the songs "A Night in Tunisia" and "Salt Peanuts," played a trumpet with an upward-bent.

Wyatt.

- Gillespie?

- Dizzy Gillespie is correct, well done.

For your bonus, the 1989 Tianmen Square protests occurred during the reign of what paramount leader, who led China through the 1980s?

- Deng?

- Deng Xiaoping is correct, well done.

For your next question, what state, whose Parental Rights in Education Act, is known to critics as the "Don't Say Gay."

- [Wyatt] Florida.

- Florida is correct, well done.

For your bonus, what nine letter name is given to the mixture of proteins and DNA that make up a eukaryotic chromosome?

- Nucleotide?

- Nucleotide is incorrect.

Cairo has the chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we were looking for was chromatin, and that is all the time we have for on today's show.

We have Mascoutah coming out on top over Cairo High, so for our lovely contestants here today and the people working hard behind the scenes, I'm Ethan Neir.

Thank you so much and goodnight.

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