- Welcome to the studios of WCMU Public Television.

And on this episode of Quiz Central, we continue our season with a first round game between Mackinaw City and Cedarville, coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Let's get today's match underway.

Here is your first question on Quiz Central.

(bell rings) - Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

(bell rings) - Crimson.

- [Matthew] Yes, that answer is correct.

(bell rings) - Patella.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Congratulations Ludington, you are the Quiz Central Season 16 grand champions.

Hello everyone, I'm Matthew Ozanich, and it's my pleasure to welcome you to the 17th Season of Quiz Central here on WCMU.

Thank you so much for joining us, and 16 teams are also joining us, from schools throughout Central and Northern Michigan this year.

And today we'll be joined by the teams from Mackinaw City and Cedarville.

This season on Quiz Central, our two teams are being 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, and perhaps will be crowned our Season 17 grand champions.

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

This week, the gold division takes center stage.

So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.

Our first round is the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points, 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 teams' captains.

Mackinaw City, you're up first.

So here comes your first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What scientist coined the names alpha decay and beta decay, and oversaw an experiment showing the existence of the nucleus using sheets of gold foil?

- Niels Bohr?

I think so.

Niels Bohr.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, on to the next question.

In 1969, what Central American country invaded its much larger neighbor Honduras after riots during a World Cup qualifier, beginning the Soccer War?

- Pretty sure this is El Salvador, I watched a video on this.

El Salvador.

- [Matthew] Correct.

UTF-8 is an encoding used with what standard for representing text in computers, which includes over a million characters in many languages?

- Unicode.

Unicode?

- [Matthew] Unicode's correct.

In November 2020, what country accused terrorists of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist, in a shootout near its capital of Tehran?

- Is it Kazakhstan?

No.

- Is Tehran in Kazakhstan?

- Afghanistan?

- Yeah, I think Afghanistan.

Afghanistan?

- [Matthew] Afghanistan's incorrect.

On to the next question.

What team, which was upset by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs, is coached by Tom Thibodeau?

- Um.

- Nets?

Just 'cause the Nets, I guess.

- The Nets.

- [Matthew] Nets is incorrect, next question.

What empire's army inflicted hundreds of casualties on British calvary at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade, but ultimately lost the Crimean War?

- Russia.

- Russia?

- [Matthew] Correct.

What country's external territories include the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Coco Islands, Norfolk Island, and Christmas Island?

- Think this might be France.

- Norfolk?

- Pretty sure this is France?

(bell dings) - [Matthew] Oh, sorry, with that bell, we're going to signify the end of the round.

Mackinaw City finishes up their first round with 3 correct answers and 30 points.

Cedarville, it's now your turn in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

Here comes your first question.

What scientist coined the names alpha decay and beta decay, and oversaw an experiment showing the existence of the nucleus using sheets of gold foil?

- Rutherford?

- What?

- Rutherford?

- Rutherford.

- Final answer, (stumbles) Rutherford?

- [Matthew] Rutherford is correct, on to the next question.

- All right.

- In 1969, what Central American country invaded its much larger neighbor Honduras, after riots during a World Cup qualifier, beginning the Soccer War?

- That's probably Brazil, but, yeah.

(indistinct) - [Matthew] Do you have a final answer?

- Brazil.

- [Matthew] Brazil is incorrect, on to the next question.

UTF-8 is an encoding used with what standard for representing text in computers, which includes over a million characters in many languages?

- Think it's Unicode.

- [Matthew] Unicode, final answer?

- Yep.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

In November 2020, what country accused terrorists of assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a nuclear scientist, in a shootout near its capital of Tehran?

- Iran.

- Iran?

- [Matthew] Iran is correct.

What team, which was upset by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2021 NBA playoffs, is coached by Tom Thibodeau?

- Uh, I don't... Can we pass?

- [Matthew] You can pass.

- Okay, pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What empire's army inflicted hundreds of casualties on British calvary at the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade, but ultimately lost the Crimean War?

- Ottoman Empire?

- Ottoman Empire.

- [Matthew] Ottoman is incorrect.

(bell dings) That bell's going to signify the end of the round.

Out Maroon and Gold Rush round wraps up with Mackinaw City and Cedarville tied at 30 points apiece.

And here are the answers for those opening round questions that we missed.

The NBA team that was upset by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2021 playoffs was the New York Knicks.

Well, with one tough round in the books, let's take a moment now and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.

We'll begin with today's competitors from Mackinaw City.

- Hello, my name is Jeffrey Siebigteroth, I'm a junior from Mackinaw City High School, and I have been on quiz bowl for three years.

Hi, my name is Damon Morris.

I'm a sophomore from a Mackinaw City High School, and I recently started our school's chess club.

Hey, I'm Noah.

I'm a junior here at Mackinaw City High School, and I play basketball, play golf, and run cross country.

Hi, my name's Ella Haus, I'm a senior at Mackinaw City High School, and this is my first year doing quiz bowl.

- Thank you, Mackinaw City.

Now let's meet our next team in today's competition, the students from Cedarville.

Take it away.

- Hi, my name is Ben Davis, I go to Cedarville High School, and I'm on the robotics team.

I am Rain Gates, I go to Cedarville High School, and I play French horn in the band.

Hi, I'm Blaine Betts from Cedarville, I run cross country.

- Hi, I'm Isaiah Frank, I'm on the cross country team and I go to Cedarville Schools.

- Well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone, let's head into the next round of competition, The Perfect Ten.

In this round, our teams will be given a category, and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions correctly as they can.

Our Perfect Ten category for today is musical notation.

Answer the following about musical notation.

Mackinaw City, you're up first.

Let's put 60 seconds on the clock, as we dive into today's Perfect Ten.

A pair of numbers indicating the length of a measure.

- Time signature?

- [Matthew] Correct.

Markings, such as andante, that indicate the speed.

- Tempo.

[Matthew] Tempo's correct.

Large symbol at the start of a staff specifying the staff's pitches.

- Say again?

The clef.

- [Matthew] Clef is correct.

Symbol to raise a note a half step.

- Sharp.

No- - [Matthew] Sharp's correct.

- Symbol, extending a note's duration by 50%.

- A dot?

- [Matthew] A dot is correct.

Lines above or below the staff.

- Ledger lines?

Ledger lines.

- [Matthew] Ledger lines is correct.

A less than sign or crescendo means to do this.

- Gradually get louder.

- [Matthew] Get louder is correct.

Italian name for a symbol- (bell rings) Oh, sorry with that bell, that indicates the end of that round.

An impressive showing by Mackinaw City with 7 correct answers, which will increase their score to 100.

Now it's Cedarville's turn to up their score in today's Perfect Ten round.

A pair of numbers indicating the length of a measure.

- Time signature?

- [Matthew] That is correct.

Markings such as andante that indicate the speed.

- Tempo.

- [Matthew] Tempo is correct.

Large symbol at the start of a staff specifying the staff's pitches.

- Clef.

- Yep, clef.

- [Matthew] Clef is correct.

Symbol to raise a note a half-step.

- Sharp.

- [Matthew] Sharp's correct.

Symbol extending a note's duration by 50%.

- A dot.

- [Matthew] Dot's correct.

Lines above or below the staff.

- Ledger lines?

- [Matthew] Ledger is correct.

A less than sign or crescendo means to do this.

- Gradually get louder.

- [Matthew] Louder is correct.

The Italian symbol, the Italian name for a symbol indicating a note is held.

- Legato.

(bell dings) - [Matthew] Legato is incorrect.

Oh, sorry, that bell's gonna signify the end of the round.

Well, with both teams doing very well in today's Perfect Ten round, Mackinaw City and Cedarville are now tied with 100 points apiece, as we now head into our third round of the day, the Homestretch round.

I'll be asking each team a series of random questions.

Team members will be able to consult with each other, and final answers will be coming from the captains.

Mackinaw City, we'll start with you in today's Homestretch round.

Here comes your first question.

What territory governed from a city once called Frobisher Bay and now named Iqaluit, is the northern-most and most recently created territory in Canada?

- Northwestern, Nunavut?

Nunavut.

- [Matthew] Nunavut's correct.

What writ with a two word Latin name requires that a detained person be brought before a court to determine if their detention is lawful?

- Habeas corpus?

- [Others] Yeah.

- Habeas corpus.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

What Italian-born physicist lends his name to particles with half-integer spin, and oversaw the first artificial nuclear chain reaction?

- Niels Bohr?

- Enrico Fermi.

Enrico Fermi.

- [Matthew] Fermi is correct.

What New York governor who lost the 1944 presidential race to Franklin Roosevelt was wrongly said to have defeated Harry Truman in 1948?

- Thomas Dewey!

Tom Dewey.

- [Matthew] Tom Dewey is correct.

In June 2020, protesters declared an autonomous zone named for what neighborhood in Seattle?

(contestants converse) - Olympus Hill?

- [Matthew] Olympus Hill's incorrect, on to the next question.

What author invented a cipher called the Code of Claw for her "Underland Chronicles", and created the dystopian Panem in her series "The Hunger Games"?

(contestants converse) - Stephanie Meyer?

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

What AD 313 proclamation by Licinius and Constantine I formalized toleration of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?

- Augustus?

Nero?

Emperor Nero?

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

What country, whose Tadawul stock exchange had a 2019 IPO for the oil company Aramco, is the world's largest oil exporter, and is led by King Salman?

- Saudi Arabia?

- Yeah, Saudi Arabia.

- Saudi Arabia.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

Which island in the US Virgin Islands, the largest, is home to Charlotte Amalie, its capital?

- Fiji?

Fiji.

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

What president, who created the Interstate Commerce Commission, defeated Benjamin Harrison in 1892 to win his second non-consecutive term?

- My favorite president, Grover Cleveland.

- [Matthew] Grover Cleveland's correct.

Schwann cells are found in what division of the nervous system, that includes everything except the brain and spinal cord?

- Say again?

- The peripheral nervous system?

- The peripheral nervous system.

- [Matthew] Peripheral nervous system's correct.

(bell dings) Oh, with that bell, that's going to signify the end of the Homestretch round.

7 correct answers means 70 points, and a total score of 170 so far for the team from Mackinaw City.

We now turn to Cedarville to see how they'll handle today's Homestretch round.

Cedarville, here comes your first question.

What territory governed from a city once called Frobisher Bay and now named Iqaluit, is the northern-most and most recently created territory in Canada?

- Nunavut.

- What?

- Nunavut.

- Nunavut.

- [Matthew] Nunavut's correct.

What writ with a two word Latin name requires that a detained person be brought before a court to determine if their detention is lawful?

(contestants converse) - What, Blaine?

- I just, it was just shown in civics, and I should know it but I don't.

- Fair trial?

Fair trial.

- Fair trial, it's either that or due process.

What are we thinking?

- I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be Latin.

- All right, due process, I dunno.

- [Matthew] Due process is incorrect, on to the next question.

What Italian born physicist lends his name to particles with half-integer spin, and oversaw the first artificial nuclear chain reaction?

- Einstein?

- Einstein.

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

What New York governor, who lost the 1944 presidential race to Franklin Roosevelt, was wrongly said to have defeated Harry Truman in 1948?

- Would say Aaron Burr, but.

- No, no.

Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

In June 2020, protestors declared an autonomous zone named for what neighborhood in Seattle?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What author invented a cipher called the Code of Claw for her "Underland Chronicles", and created the dystopian Panem and her series "The Hunger Games"?

- Suzanne Collins.

- Suzanne Collins.

- [Matthew] Suzanne Collins is correct.

What AD 313 proclamation by Licinius and Constantine I formalized toleration of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire?

- Constantine?

- I'm learning about this, I should know it.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on the next question.

What country, whose Tadawul stock exchange had a 2019 IPO for the oil company Aramco, is the world's largest oil exporter, and is led by King Salman?

- Saudi Arabia?

- [Matthew] Saudi Arabia's correct.

Which island in the US Virgin Islands, the largest, is home to Charlotte Amalie, its capital?

- Anybody?

Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, next question.

(bell dings) Oh, with that bell's going to signify the end of the round, we have a tough Homestretch round here today, Cedarville, but you were able to get 3 correct answers for a total of 30 points.

A tough Homestretch round for Cedarville means Mackinaw City is our leader after three rounds, with a score of 170 to 130.

Answers missed in the Homestretch round were: That autonomous zone named for a neighborhood in Seattle was Capitol Hill.

The AD 313 proclamation Licinius and Constantine I did was the Edict of Milan.

And the largest of the US Virgin Islands is Saint Thomas.

Mackinaw City has the lead now, as we head into the Final Countdown.

In our final round, our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can, correct answers still being worth 10 points apiece.

Mackinaw City, you're up first in the Final Countdown, so let's put two minutes on the clock, and here comes your first question.

What author, who wrote about a wind that blew out of a cloud and killed the title character in his poem "Annabel Lee" also wrote "The Raven"?

- Ernest Hemingway?

Ernest Hemingway.

- [Matthew] Incorrect, on to the next question.

What rally organized by the "Big Six" leaders, including A. Philip Randolph, took place in 1963 and included Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?

- The March on Washington?

The March on Washington.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What battle whose landmarks include Devil's Den, Cemetery Hill, and Little Round Top, included Pickett's Charge and was fought in 1863 in Pennsylvania?

- Second Battle of Bull Run?

Second Battle of Bull Run.

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

What hypothetical substance may take the form of WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles?

- Dark matter?

- [Matthew] Dark matter's correct.

What key signature, used for Ludwig Von Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, is a minor key with three flats, whose tonic is on a so-called middle note?

- E minor.

Why not.

E minor?

E minor.

- [Matthew] E minor is incorrect.

What island birthplace of the ancient stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium contains a capital city called Nicosia, and is in the Eastern Mediterranean?

- Cyprus?

Could be Cyprus.

Cyprus.

- [Matthew] Cyprus is correct.

What type of hormone that is produced in the adrenal cortex has intracellular receptors, and includes estrogen, and other derivatives of cholesterol?

(indistinct) - Testosterone?

- [Matthew] Testosterone is incorrect.

What German born- (bell dings) Oh, with that bell, sorry, that bell is going to signify the end of the round.

But in that Final Countdown, Mackinaw City, you were able to get 3 correct answers, which brings your total after four rounds of Quiz Central to 200 points.

Thank you, Mackinaw City.

Now Cedarville, it's your turn to enter the Final Countdown.

Here comes your first question.

What author, who wrote about a wind that blew out of a cloud and killed the title character in his poem "Annabel Lee", also wrote "The Raven"?

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass, on to the next question.

What rally, organized by the "Big Six" leaders, including A. Philip Randolph, took place in 1963 and included Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech?

- Civil rights movement?

- Civil rights movement.

- [Matthew] I'm sorry, I can't accept that, and I'm gonna have to go on to the next question.

What battle, whose landmarks include Devil's Den, Cemetery Hill, and Little Round Top, included Pickett's Charge and was fought in 1863 in Pennsylvania?

- American Civil War.

American Civil War.

- What battle?

- Battle of Gettysburg.

- Uh, Battle of Gettysburg.

- [Matthew] Gettysburg is correct.

What hypothetical substance may take the form of WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles?

- Antimatter?

- [Matthew] Antimatter is incorrect, on to the next question.

What key signature used for Ludwig Von Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is a minor key with three flats, whose tonic is on a so-called middle note?

- B minor?

- [Matthew] B minor is incorrect.

What island birthplace of the ancient stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium contains a capital city called Nicosia and is in the Eastern Mediterranean?

- Madagascar?

- [Matthew] No, I'm sorry, that's incorrect, on to the next question.

What type of hormone that is produced in the adrenal cortex has intracellular receptors, and includes estrogen- (bell dings) Oh, sorry, with that bell, we're not going to be able to get to the end of that last question there.

Real tough Final Countdown here today, Cedarville, but you were able to get one correct answer for 10 points, which leaves your total after four rounds of Quiz Central at 140 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that we missed.

The author who wrote a book about a wind that blew out of a cloud and wrote "The Raven", that was Edgar Allen Poe.

The rally that took place in 1963, where Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, we were looking for the March on Washington.

The key signature used for Ludwig Von Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was C minor.

And that last one, that type of hormone that is produced in the adrenal cortex is steroids.

After four rounds of competition, our final scores: Mackinaw City, 200, and Cedarville, 140.

A close game today, but Mackinaw City managed to pull ahead during that Homestretch round, and made it tough for Cedarville to capture the lead.

So congratulations, Mackinaw City, you'll be advancing to our next round of competition.

But we want to thank Cedarville for a hard fought match.

Seniors, good luck to you in the future, and underclassmen, we hope to see you next Season on Quiz Central.

And we hope all of you will join us again on our next episode of Quiz Central, as two more Michigan schools compete for the Season 17 title.

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 for the next episode of Quiz Central.

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