(upbeat jingle) (upbeat music) - Welcome to Scholastic Hi-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Jordan Spudville, and today we have two awesome teams joining us.

On the bottom row, we have Carterville, with Eesha, Tyler, and Jace.

And on the top row, we have Marion, with Jace, Drew, and Samantha.

Now that we've met our contestants, as usual, it's time to go over the rules.

I'll be reading a series of toss-up questions that any contestant can answer for 10 points.

If a contestant answers a toss-up correctly, their team gets a chance to answer a bonus question for double the points.

However, if they get that bonus question incorrect, the other team can steal it away from them and earn themselves 10 points.

The interruption rule is in effect in today's game.

So if someone is brave enough to interrupt me and they get the answer incorrect, the other team automatically receives five points and they get to hear the entire question.

And of course, we have our Lightning Round halfway through our game, where I'll be reading a series of questions in any given category where both teams will have a chance to answer as many as they possibly can in 60 seconds.

Now that we know the rules, we know our players, time to put on our thinking cap and let's get down to quizness, starting with our first 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What galaxy, whose study by Edwin Hubble resolved a great debate, is the largest in the local group and is on a collision course with the Milky Way?

(beep) Drew?

- Andromeda.

- Andromeda is correct for 10 points.

Marion, here's your first bonus question.

A daguerrotypist named Holgrave falls in love with Phoebe in what novel about Pyncheon family written by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

- The Scarlet Letter.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Carterville, you have a chance to steal.

- The House of Seven Gables.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What woman, whose husband had an affair with Camilla Parkle, Parker Bowles, excuse me, was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997?

(beep) Jace?

- Princess Diana.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here is your next bonus question, Marion.

And it's our first math question of the game, so get your pencils and paper ready.

What is the radius of a circle if the quotient of its area divided by its circumference equals three?

- Two.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Carterville, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Nine.

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was six.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What South American country held seven seats for Mapuche delegates in a constitutional convention that was approved after 2019 protests in Santiago?

(beep) Jace?

- Chile.

- Chile is correct for 10 points.

Carterville, here is your next bonus question.

Ray Allen holds the NBA's all-time career regular-season record for what basketball statistic that did not exist before 1979?

- Three-point-shot makes.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What character, who is called Boss by his mount Blackjack and who wields the bronze sword-- (beep) Samantha?

- [Samantha] Percy Jackson.

- Percy Jackson is correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Marion.

After Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, he was taken to what medical center in Bethesda, Maryland, named after a yellow-fever researcher?

- Walter Reed.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

People with what condition, which until the DSM-5 had a subtype called Asperger syndrome within its spectrum-- (beep) Drew?

- Autism.

- Autism's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Marion.

What British prime minister oversaw the partition of India and the formation of the National Health Service in the years after World War II?

- Churchill.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Carterville, you have a chance to steal.

- Chamberlain.

- Sorry, that is also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Clement At, Attlee, excuse me.

It is now time for our first media question.

This one is a still question, let's take a look.

This element is a gray metalloid-- (beep) Jace?

- [Jace] Seaborgium.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

And because of the interruption rule, Marion, you get five points.

I'll now continue the question.

This element is a gray metalloid and can be found in nature.

Its compounds have been known since ancient times and were used for medicine and cosmetics.

Name this element.

(repetitive beeping) That is time, the answer we were looking for was antimony.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What city, whose attractions include the Vondelpark, the Keizersgracht Canal, and the Anne Frank House, is the capital of the Netherlands?

(beep) Drew?

- Amsterdam.

- That's correct for 10 points, Marion, here's your bonus question.

The golden ratio is most often represented by what Greek letter?

- Phi.

- That is correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up.

What last name is shared by a flower girl named Eliza in George Bernard Shaw's play-- (beep) Jace?

- Doolittle.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Carterville, here's your next bonus question.

What Italian Renaissance architect designed the buttressless dome of the Florence Cathedral?

- Brunelleschi.

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What explorer, who claimed California as New Albion while sailing the Golden Hind around the world, helped England defeat the Spanish Armada?

(beep) Jace from Marion?

- Francis Drake.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question.

The opening line of William Shakespeare's sonnet 130 states: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like," what impressive object?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] All right, Carterville, you have a chance to steal.

- The Sun.

- The Sun is correct for 10 points.

Onto our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What element, two atoms of which form the bonds that hold keratin together, is a group-16 element that in its standard state is a yellow solid?

(beep) Jace?

- Phosphorus.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

(repetitive beeping) And that's time on that question, the answer we were looking for was sulfur.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What musical, whose 2021 movie adaption starred Anthony Ramos, is centered on bodega-owner Usnavi and was written by Lin Manuel Miranda?

(beep) Jace from Marion?

- In the Heights.

- In the Heights is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question.

Conservative figure Phyllis Chef, ooh, excuse me, Schlafly rallied opposition to what proposed constitutional amendment that officially expired in 1982?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] All right, Carterville, you do have a chance to steal.

- The Equal Rights Amendment.

- That is correct for 10 points.

It's time for our next media question.

This is a video question, let's have a look.

This 2019 film follows two high-school seniors who try to make up for lost time-- (beep) Jace from Marion?

- [Jace] Booksmart.

- Booksmart is correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What author included a story about a trip to bazaar titled Araby in his collection Dubliners, which saw print eight years before his novel Ulysses?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- James Joyce.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question.

A picture book by Marcus Pfister is named after what aquatic creature who is shunned before he gives away his beautiful iridescent scales?

- Fish.

- [Jordan] Can you be more specific?

(repetitive beeping) - Goldfish.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Marion, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Rainbow fish.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What chemist, whose namesake law says equal volumes of gas have equal numbers of particles, names the quantity in the number of particles-- (beep) Drew?

- Avogadro.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Marion.

In a coordination complex, what term refers to the groups that donate electrons to the central metal atom?

- Valence electrons.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

Carterville, you have a chance to steal.

- Anions.

- That is also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Liggins.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What man, who wrote The Gospel of Wealth and sold his namesake firm to JP Morgan-- (beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Andrew Carnegie.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question.

Lori Lightfoot is the second woman, after Jane Byrne, to serve as mayor of what city?

- Chicago.

- Chicago is correct for ta, 20 points, excuse me.

Onto our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What painter of Snap the Whip and Breezing Up made many seascapes, including one show, a fishing boat surrounded by sharks, titled The Gulf Stream?

(repetitive beeping) That is time on that question.

The answer we were looking for was Winslow Homer.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What author, who wrote the line "Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal", described a child of scorn who was born too late in his poem Miniver Cheevy?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Dante.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

(repetitive beeping) And that's time on that question, the answer we were looking for was Edwin Arlington Robinson.

It's okay, it's time for our next media question.

This is an audio question, let's have a listen.

("Lights" by Ellie Goulding) ♪ I had a way then ♪ We are looking for the song title.

(beep) Drew?

- [Drew] "Lights".

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

This is a math question, so get your pencils and paper ready.

What is the discount price of a shirt that normally costs $9 but is now on sale for 10% off?

(beep) Drew?

- $8.10.

- That's correct.

Marion, here's your bonus question.

What slow, courtly dance, whose name may come from the Spanish word for peacock, lends its name to an 1899 Maurice Ravel work for the Dead Princess?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Carterville, you do have a chance to steal.

- Bolero.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Pavane.

We've now made it halfway through our game, so it is time for our Lightning Round.

(thunder rumbling) (rain pattering) All right, Carterville, we are gonna let you choose your category first.

I have four for you to choose from, pick the one that sounds most interesting to you.

We have categories including Presidential Superlatives, Double Z's, Headwear, or Antarctica.

- Antarctica.

- Antarctica it is.

In this Lightning Round, I need you to answer the following about Antarctica.

If you don't know an answer, you can pass it, and we'll go back if time allows.

If you get an answer incorrect, we can no longer go back to that question.

Carterville, are you ready for your Lightning Round?

- Yes.

- Let's begin, 60 seconds on the clock.

Your Lightning Round begins in three, two, one.

Animal whose large emperor variety lives-- - Penguin.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Layer of the stratosphere with a large hole over Antarctica?

- Troposphere.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

The South Pole's latitude in degrees south?

- 180.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

Norwegian who was the first to reach the South Pole?

- Smith.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

South American archipelago that is the nearest major landmass to Antarctica?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Largest Antarctic research station, named for a British naval officer?

- Nelson.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

Largest ice shelf in Antarctica?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Massif that is the continent's highest mountain?

- Mount Erebus.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

Explorer whose ship Endurance sank in Antarctica in 1915?

- Nelson.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

European country that claimed the territory-- (repetitive beeping) And that is time on that Lightning Round.

Good go, guys, that was still a good Lightning Round, but I'm gonna go over the ones that you missed or passed.

Starting with the layer of the stratosphere with a large hole over Antarctica, was the ozone layer.

The South Pole's latitude in degrees south is 90 degrees.

Norwegian who was the first to reach the South Pole was Roald Amundsen.

The South American archipelago that is the nearest major landmass to Antarctica is the Tierra del Fuego.

The largest Antarctic research station, named for a British naval officer, is the McMurdo Station.

The largest ice shelf in an, an, an, whoa, in Antarctica is the Ross Ice Shelf.

The massif that is the continent's highest mountain is Vinson Mountain.

And the explorer whose ship Endurance sank in Antarctica in 1915 was Ernest Shackleton.

So a good job to you guys, but Marion, it is your time for your Lightning Round.

We've got three categories remaining: Presidential Superlatives, Double Z's or Headwear.

- Presidential Superlatives.

- Presidential Superlatives it is.

In this Lightning Round, I need you to name the presidents who hold these distinctions.

Same rules apply, if you don't know the answer, you can pass, we'll go back if time allows.

If you get the answer incorrect, we can no longer go back to that question.

Are you ready for your Lightning Round, Marion?

- Yes.

- 60 seconds on the clock, your Lightning Round starts in three, two, one.

The youngest to hold the office of president?

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Youngest to be elected president?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Elected president the most times?

- FDR.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Tallest president, at six-foot-four?

- Abraham Lincoln.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Most electoral votes in a single election in his 1983-- - Ronald Reagan, - [Jordan] Correct.

Only president to appoint multiple women to the Supreme Court?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Only president elected unanimously by the Electoral College?

- George Washington.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Longest-lived president as of August, 2021?

- Jimmy Carter.

- [Jordan] Correct.

First president not to be born a British subject?

- Polk.

- [Jordan] Incorrect.

Only president elected while a sitting member of the House of Representatives?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Going back to the ones you passed.

The youngest to be elected president?

- John F Kennedy.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Only president to appoint multiple women to the Supreme Court?

- Bush.

- Incorrect.

Only president elected while a sitting member of the House of Representatives?

(repetitive beeping) That is time on that Lightning Round.

Really good Lightning Round to you, Marion, I'll go over the ones that you passed or missed.

Starting with the only president to appoint multiple women to the Supreme Court was Barack Obama.

The first president not to be born a British subject was Martin Van Buren.

And the only president elected while a sitting member of the House of Representatives was James A Garfield.

It is now time to go back to our toss-up and bonus questions, starting with our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

In what state, whose governors cannot run for consecutive terms, did Terry McAuliffe-- (beep) Tyler?

- [Tyler] Virginia.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Carterville.

Which period of Japanese history, which was preceded by the Nara Period, ended after the Kamakura shogunate took power in the Gempei War?

- The Edo Period.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

Marion, you have a chance to steal.

(repetitive beeping) And that is time on that question, the answer we were looking for was the Heian Period.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What British territory, founded in 1609 as Somers Isles, was the usual destination of Confederate blockade runners and is the namesake of a triangle?

(beep) Drew?

- Bermuda.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question.

What type of formula, which is CH2O for most simple sugars, is derived by reducing a molecular formula to simplest terms?

- Pass.

- [Jordan] Carterville, you do have a chance to steal.

- The empirical formula.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What fluid property, related by the Young-Laplace equation to curvature, is caused by cohesive forces and allows water striders to walk on water?

(beep) Drew?

- Surface tension.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Marion.

Erna Solberg is the prime minister of what European country, whose legislature is the Storting?

- Norway.

- [Jordan] What was it?

Say it again.

- Norway.

- That's correct for 20 points, sorry about that.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What novella, in which the Portuguese Inquisition attempts to execute the philosopher Dr. Pangloss, is a 1759 satire of optimism written by Voltaire?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Candide.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Carterville.

Pacific Islanders called Kanakas were enslaved in what Australian state, where the world's first labor party government sat in Brisbane?

- Victoria.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Marion, you do have a chance to steal.

- New South Wales.

- Sorry, that is also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Queensland.

That's okay, 'cause it's time for our next media question.

This is a still question, so let's take a look.

This character is one-- (beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Finn from Adventure Time.

Finn, within the show Adventure Time.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What smallest country in mainland Africa, which is governed from Banjul, lies along a namesake river and is almost entirely surrounded by Senegal?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Nigeria.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

(repetitive beeping) And that's time on that question, the answer we were looking for was The Gambia.

It's okay, we're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What weapons were the subject of a 1588 hunt called the Toyoto, Toyo, ooh, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to control ronin, were carried by samurai and include the katana?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Swords.

Swords.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carterville.

The first star other than the Sun to have its angular diameter measured is what red supergiant found in the same constellation as Rigel?

- Ramus.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect, and Marion, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- No answer.

- It's okay, the answer we were looking for was Betelguese.

We're gonna move on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What cells are produced after folliculogenesis, develop alongside three polar bodies, and pass through the fallopian tubes after leaving the ovaries?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Egg cells.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carterville.

What pro-slavery South Carolina politician was vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson?

- Calhoun.

- That is correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What fiber from Gossypium plants, which can be separated using a device invented by Eli Whitney, dominated the economy-- (beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Cotton.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carterville.

The Coronation of Poppea is an opera by what Italian composer, whose Orfeo is the oldest opera still performed today?

- Rossini.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Marion, you have a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- That's okay, the answer we were living for was Claudio Monteverdi.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What book once had seven variant additions called Ahruf, was revealed in the Cave of Hira by the angel Jibreel, and is the sacred text of Islam?

(beep) Jace from Carterville?

- The Quran.

- That is correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question, Carterville.

What German-speaking author wrote about an ancient Indian follower of the Buddha in his 1922 novel Siddhartha?

- Gupta.

- [Jordan] Sorry?

- Gupta.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Marion, you have a chance to steal.

- Gandhi.

- Sorry, that is also incorrect, but a very good guess.

The answer we were looking for was Hermann Hesse.

It's time for our next media question.

This is a video question, let's take a look.

This Netflix original show follows one of the darker Marvel characters-- (beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Jessica Jones.

- Jessica Jones is correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10-point toss-up for both teams.

What Cabinet position, which was held by four of the first six presidents beginning with Thomas Jefferson is in charge of foreign affairs-- (beep) Jace from Carterville?

- Secretary of State.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question.

This is a math question, so get your pencils and paper ready.

What is the smallest number that satisfies the inequality four minus X squared is greater than or equal to zero?

- Two.

- [Jordan] Sorry, that is incorrect.

Marion, you have a chance to steal.

- Negative two.

- Negative two is correct for 10 points.

(doorbell rings) And that sound means it is the end of our game.

Marion, you are our winners in today's game, congratulations.

You guys worked hard for it.

Carterville, good job to you as well.

Y'all worked hard as well.

Thank you all for watching at home.

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