(calm music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to Scholastic Hi-Q.

The game were knowledge rules and I'm also pretty sure the points do in fact count.

I'm your host Ethan Neir and we have a great show planned for you tonight with two great teams.

So let's introduce those teams.

On the bottom we have Granite City with Emma, Ben, Sidney, and Clara.

And on our top we have Centralia with Blade, sick name by the way, Jaxon, John and Claire.

And we do have a bit of a rivalry that formed before we even started the cameras.

Claire and Clara, any comments on that?

- Mortal enemies.

- Mortal enemies?

Okay.

Okay.

So I'll have to watch that throughout the show.

But before we get into the show, let's get into the rules real quick.

So we'll start off the game with some toss up questions.

Each of those questions will be worth 10 points.

If they get it right, they move on to a bonus question that is worth 20 points.

They get it wrong, the other team can steal for 10 points.

If either team interrupts me at any time before I finish the end of the question and gets the question wrong, the other team gets awarded five points.

So if we all understand the rules, let's get in the questions.

What book memorized by people with the title Hafiz, was ordered compiled by Abu Bakr is split into surahs and is the main scripture of Islam?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- The Quran.

- The Quran is correct.

Well done John.

Centralia getting on the board.

Moving to our first bonus question.

What 19th century European kingdom was the slogan, "God, Country, and King" used by enemies of Isabella II, who opposed to rule in the Carlist Wars?

- Spain.

- Spain is correct, securing that bonus question.

On to our next toss up.

What composer whose namesake Broadway theater is the long-time home of "Hamilton".

Wrote "The King and I" with long-time lyricist Oscar- (buzzer beeping) Sydney.

- Rogers.

- Rogers is correct.

And for your bonus question in 2022 what American company announced plans to split into three divisions, including a Model E division focused on electric cars.

- Tesla.

- Tesla is incorrect.

I'm sorry.

Centralia you have a chance to steal here.

- Volkswagen.

- Volkswagen is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Ford.

Ford Motor Company.

- [John] Interesting.

- Very recently that's what they made.

For our next toss up.

What molecules produced in the Williamson Synthesis have the generic formula R-O-R prime and have the diethyl type once used as a general anesthetic.

(buzzer beeping) - [Ethan] John - Penicillin.

- [Ethan] Penicillin is incorrect.

I'm sorry.

(alarm beeping) And so you guys are all outta time.

The answer we're looking for there was ethers.

Ethers.

On to our next question.

What man who beat Dave McCormick in a 2022 Republican Primary is running against John Fetterman in Pennsylvania's senate race and was a TV Doctor?

- Buzz.

- Oh, Jaxon goes there.

We're having issues like that but I see you.

- Dr. Oz.

- Dr. Oz is correct.

I saw that John Fetterman was dunking on him on Twitter for making that advert about trying to buy a salad thing that was like $20.

- He said he was mean and he didn't wanna debate him.

- Yeah.

John Fetterman, real mean guy.

And for your bonus question.

Cantaloupe terrain, cryolava lakes and a retrograde orbit are among the unusual features of what largest moon of Neptune?

- Io.

- Io is incorrect.

Granite City the chance to steal here.

- No answer.

- I'm sorry.

With no answer, the answer we're looking for was Triton.

Triton.

The next question.

What country is a home to the tomb of Mahdi at Omdurman and contains the junction of the White Nile and Blue Nile at its capital Khartoum?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Sudan.

- Sudan is correct.

Well done.

For the bonus question, I need two answers for you on this one.

What two countries faced off in the Fashoda Incident in what is now South Sudan before signing the Entente Cordiale in 1904.

(alarm beeping) I'm sorry you guys are all out of time.

Granite City a chance to steal here.

- No answer.

- No answer.

the answer we're looking for, two of the colonizers in Africa, Great Britain and France.

Great Britain and France.

For next question.

What structures are covered with the hardest material in the body have cementum?

(buzzer beeping) Ben.

- Teeth.

- Teeth is correct.

Well done.

To your bonus.

What year in the Chinese zodiac which began in February 2022, falls between the years of the ox and the rabbits?

- Rooster.

- Rooster is incorrect.

Centralia.

- Horse.

- Horse is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was tiger.

It's the year of the tiger currently.

And now we'll move on to our first media question.

This language was created by Marc Okrand for the Disney animated film "Atlantis: The Lost Empire".

Okrand crafted it to have its very own grammar, It is inspired by Sumerian and North American languages.

Name this language.

(speaking in Atlantean) (buzzer beeping) - Atlantean - Atlantean is correct, It is.

Was that just a guest John?

- I mean it was from Atlantis so.

- Yeah, honestly it's one of those ones, it's not like High Valyrian or any other names and they have fancy names now.

- [John] I haven't watched the film but.

- It's just Atlantean, yeah.

And since that was a media question there, unfortunately is no bonus question for that one.

So we'll just go right back to the toss ups.

What dynasty, whose Yongle emperor moved the capital to Beijing, ruled at China from 1368 to 1644 was known for its blue and white porcelain.

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Qing.

- Qing is incorrect.

(alarm beeping) - I'm sorry you guys are all outta time.

The answer you're looking for was Ming.

- [John] Yeah.

- Ming Dynasty.

John I see you reacting like you might have that one on the tip of your tongue there.

- [John] Uh-huh.

That's though.

- Back to the toss ups.

What God who is married to the golden haired Sif, is the eternal four of Jörmungandr and wields the hammer Mjölnir?

(buzzer beeping) Ben.

- Thor.

- Thor is correct.

- Jaxon also, I think you know it's Thor.

- [Jaxon] Yeah, yeah.

- Got popularized by those Marvel movies.

Everybody knows Mjölnir at this point.

And for your bonus.

The speaker claims to be quote, "Bloody but unbowed".

In what Earnest Henley poem that ends quote, "I am the master of my fate.

I am the captain of my soul."

- No answer.

- I'm sorry.

No answer, then Centralia a chance to steal, get some points back on the board here.

- "O Captain!

My Captain!"

- "O Captain!

My Captain!"

Popularized in that one Robin William movie but not the correct answer.

The answer we're looking for is "Invictus".

"Invictus".

- [Jaxon] Yeah.

- Jaxon, I see you're reacting.

Do you know that one?

- [Jaxon] Yeah.

We're fumbled.

- Back to the toss ups.

What surname was shared by the author of the tragic play, "Camille" and by his father who depicted 17th century French soldiers in "The Three Musketeers"?

(buzzer beeping) Claire.

- Wordsworth.

- Wordsworth is incorrect.

(alarm beeping) You guys are all outta time.

The answer you're looking for was Alexandre Dumas.

Author of "The Three Musketeers", Alexandre Dumas.

And now for our first pencil and paper question.

What is the fifth term of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is four, whose second term is seven and whose third term is 10.

(buzzer beeping) Clara.

- 16.

- 16 is correct.

Clara getting on the board in the Clara versus Claire battle.

And taking us to another bonus question.

What vertebrates cane species named after its use in controlling cane beetles secretes a powerful toxin that can kill crocodiles?

- No answer.

- No answer from Granite City means Centralia, the chance to steal.

- Platypus.

- Platypus also incorrect.

I don't think a lot of Platypi have interacted with alligators or crocodiles before.

The answer we're looking for was toads, the cane toads.

Back to the toss ups.

what discipline, which is the subject of the demarcation problem, ideally produces fallible results via a method that involves testing hypothesis?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Science.

- Science is correct.

That was a very long winded way to get to the answer science.

- [John] Yeah.

And for your bonus.

What noble prize winning author whose last novel was "Ravelstein", also wrote "The Adventures of Augie March"?

- No answer.

- No answer.

That gives the Granite City to the chances too.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for was Saul Bellow.

Saul Bellow.

For your next question.

In what country did the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana in 1994 sparked the mass murder of Tutsis in a Central African- (buzzer beeping) - Rwanda.

- Rwanda is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, what Confederate General who oversaw the massacre of the surrendering black soldiers at Fort Pillow became the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?

(team whispering) - Robert E. Lee.

- Robert E. Lee is incorrect.

Granite City, you got a chance to steal there.

- David Dukes.

- David Duke is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Nathan Bedford Forrest.

And for our next media question.

This movie made in 1986 is a musical fantasy film by Jim Henson.

The film revolves around 15-year-old Sarah's quest to reach the center of an enormous- (buzzer beeping) - "The Labyrinth".

- "The Labyrinth" is correct.

Knotting it up in this Clara to Claire War.

Well done.

And back to our toss up questions.

What island where the Linear A script was once used, was home to Knossos, the capital of the Minoan civilization and is- (buzzer beeping) Clara.

- Crete.

- Crete is correct.

Well done.

And for your bonus question, pencil and paper ready.

What speed in meters per second is equivalent to 18 kilometers per hour, given that there are 3,600 seconds in an hour?

(alarm beeping) Sorry you guys are all out of time.

Centralia you do still have a chance to steal.

So an extra 10 seconds for you guys to do the math.

- 64.8 meters per second.

- Sorry, that is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was for five meters per second.

Five.

The math is explained on my sheet but I'm not gonna lie, I don't know if I'm smart enough to understand it or remember well enough should say.

And with that question done, we're gonna take it now to our lightning round.

(thunder crashing) The way our lightning round works is each team will have 60 seconds to answer questions about a particular topic.

Granite City, since you guys are trailing here, you guys will have the chance to pick first out of the talks that we have.

Our topics are Numbers, Laws and Presidents, excuse me, the Danube or the Danube, and Governors.

- Laws and Presidents please.

- All right.

Laws and Presidents.

So Laws and Presidents.

Give a piece of legislation, name the president in office when the legislation was passed.

So I will put 60 seconds on the clock for it and I'll count you down.

Three, two, one.

Patriot Act.

- George Bush.

- Correct.

- Civil Rights Act of 1964.

- Lyndon B. Johnson.

- That's correct.

The First Homestead Act.

You guys can pass.

- Pass.

- Alien and Sedition Acts.

- Adams.

- That's correct.

Agricultural Adjustment Act.

- Pass.

- Kansas-Nebraska Act.

- Polk.

- That's incorrect.

Pure Food and Drug Act.

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- That's correct.

Compromise of 1850.

- Polk.

- That's incorrect.

Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

- Pass.

- Interstate Highway Act.

- Eisenhower.

- That's correct.

The First Homestead Act.

- Adams.

- It's incorrect.

Agricultural Adjustment Act.

(alarm beeping) Sorry you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for on the First Homestead Act was Abraham Lincoln.

On the Agricultural Adjustment Act, Roosevelt.

On the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Franklin Pierce.

On the Compromise of 1850, Millard Fillmore.

On the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, Herbert Hoover.

Right, and with you guys I'll finished up.

Centralia, you guys now get the chance to pick between the three remaining topics.

I'll rerun them for you.

The Danube, Numbers and Governors.

- Numbers.

- Numbers, all right.

So Numbers.

Name these types of numbers.

Very simple.

I will give you guys 60 seconds on the clock.

I'll count you down.

Three, two, one.

Integers, divisible by two.

- Even numbers.

- That's correct.

Sequence beginning 11235 named for an Italian.

- Fibonacci.

- That's correct.

Numbers that equal integer to the third power.

- Cube.

- That's correct.

Real numbers that equal an integer divided by another integer.

- Square root.

- That's incorrect.

Integers greater than one that are not prime.

- Rational.

- That's incorrect.

Numbers whose square is a negative.

- Imaginary.

- That's correct.

Subset of the integer noted N. - Pass.

- Real numbers that are not algebraic.

- Irrational.

- That's incorrect.

Any number one less than a power of two.

- Pass.

- Numbers that are less than the sum of their proper positive factors.

- Pass.

- Subset of the integers noted N. - Pass.

- Sorry you guys are all out of time.

The answer we were looking for for real numbers that equal and integer divided by another integer was rational.

Integer is greater than one that are not prime, composites.

Subset of integers noted N, natural.

Real numbers that are not algebraic, transcendental.

Any number one less than a power of two, Mersenne.

And numbers that are less than some of their positive factors, abundant.

And with our lightning round over, we'll take it back to some more toss up questions.

But Centralia kind of cementing their lead here or at least maintaining it now up 130 to 100.

So Granite City, still plenty of time left in the game to close that gap.

Your next question, what island were the Linear- Oh wait, I've already read that question.

Let's move on then.

What constant whose use is discouraged by the Tau Manifesto, is equal to circumference divided by diameter?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Pi.

- Pi is correct.

And for your bonus.

In what country did Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose brother Gotabaya is the President resigned in May 2022 after violent protests in Colombo?

- Venezuela.

- Venezuela is incorrect.

Granite City you have a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- No answer.

The answer we're looking for is Sri Lanka.

- [Ben] Oh Sri Lanka.

- Sri Lanka.

Ben it feels like you might have known that one, reacting that.

- No?

Just feeling like I could have gotten Sri Lanka.

- We were thinking India.

- No, India is closer too.

For the next toss up.

What author who wrote art reviews under the pseudonym Corno di bassetto, wrote about a bet made by phonetics professor Henry Higgins in "Pygmalion"?

(buzzer beeping) - Sydney.

- Shaw.

- Shaw is correct.

George Bernard Shaw.

Well done.

For your bonus, what city on the Swan River is the capital and most populous city of Western Australia?

- Sydney.

- Sydney is incorrect.

Centralia a chance to steal here.

- Brisbane.

- Brisbane is also incorrect.

The answer we're looking for is Perth.

Perth, Australia.

- [John] I forget about Perth.

- Really the third city out of the big three, you guys guessed the other two.

- [John] That's tough.

- And for your next toss up question.

I believe that might've gotten cut off.

So we'll just skip that one and go to 17.

What task for which John von Neumann created a merge algorithm can be done using quick or bubble algorithms and involves putting elements in order?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Sorting.

- Sorting is correct.

For your bonus, Arturo Toscanini stated quote, "At this point the maestro died" at the premiere of what opera by Giacomo Puccini that features the aria, Nessun dorma?

- "Don Juan".

- "Don Juan" is incorrect.

- "La bohème".

- "La bohème" is also incorrect.

The answer is "Turandot".

"Turandot".

For the next toss up.

What American composer of "El Salón México" arranged the fiddle tune "Bonaparte's Retreat" as the main theme in the "Hoedown" from his ballet rodeo?

(alarm beeping) So you guys are outta time.

The answer you're looking for is Aaron Copland.

Aaron Copland.

For your next question, what TV show in which idealistic Philadelphia resident, Janine Teagues is played by Quinta Brunson is an ABC mockumentary named for a school?

(buzzer beeping) Sydney.

- Abbott Elementary.

- Abbott Elementary is correct.

Well done, Sydney.

For your bonus, what Swedish playwright depicted the miserable tenants of an apartment building in "The Ghost Sonata" and portrayed the cruel valet Jean in "Miss Julie"?

- No answer.

- No answer, that gives Centralia a chance to steal.

- Ibsen.

- Ibsen is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for is August Strindberg.

August Strinberg.

For your next toss up.

What phenomena whose semidiurnal types cycles through high and low phases twice a day are caused by the moon's gravity?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Tides.

- Tides is correct.

For the bonus.

What law enforcement official created COINTELPRO, COINTELPRO.

That's all written as one thing that's confusing.

To spy on civil rights leaders in the 1950s as the first director of the FBI?

- No answer, my bad.

- No answer.

Granite City.

- No answer.

- So the answer you're looking for is John Edgar Hoover.

John Edgar Hoover.

So your next question, what war in which forces under Winfield Scott captured Chapultepec, excuse me, led to the US gaining California and involved the US' southern neighbor?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Mexican-American War.

- Mexican American War is correct.

The bonus, a triangle with a vertical line at one vertex is the circuit symbol for what devices which ideally allow current to pass only in one direction?

- Capacitor.

- Capacitor is incorrect.

Granite City a chance for you guys to steal.

- Transmitter.

- Transmitter is also incorrect.

The answer you're looking for is diodes.

Diodes.

For you guys the next toss up.

In at 1965, what western hemisphere country replaced its national flag, the Red Ensign with a new red and white flag that depicts a maple leaf?

(buzzer beeping) Sydney.

- Canada.

- Canada is correct.

And now this would be the perfect time to get the dramatic zoom on the Canada pin.

Oh Canada, indeed.

And for your bonus, in what autobiographical book by Laura Ingalls Wilder, what term describes a dwelling in quote, "The Big woods of Wisconsin"?

- "Little House on the Prairie" - "Little House on the Prairie" is incorrect.

Centralia a chance to steal - This is awkward.

"Little House on the Prairie" (team laughing) - Sorry, "Little House on the Prairie" is also incorrect.

It's funny 'cause my script tells me that I can just accept "Little House".

But you guys both went further, and the answer is "Little House in the Big Woods".

"Little House in the Big Woods".

And then for the next toss up.

What novel in which a vacation to New Mexico changes the life of Bernard Marx, depicts a dystopian a world state and was written by Aldous Huxley?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- "Brave New World".

- "Brave New World" is correct.

For the bonus.

A 2022 collaborative pixel art project called Place was hosted by what website nicknamed the front page of the internet.

- Reddit.

- Reddit is correct.

John, I get the sense you might be a Redditor based on how you answer.

- No, I'm not.

I'm not.

You're not?

You swear?

There's no shame in it.

I am.

It's no shame.

For the next toss up.

What man who lives on a house built called The Almost Heaven was instrumental in crafting the Inflation Reduction Act and is a West Virginia senator?

(buzzer beeping) John.

- Jim Justice.

- Jim Justice is incorrect.

Jaxon holding his arms up like he knows that for sure.

Granite City.

You do have a chance to buzz in here still.

(alarm beeping) Sorry you guys are all outta time, and I know Jaxon you can say it with me here.

- [Jaxon] Joe Mansion.

- Joe Mansion.

Yup.

Joe Mansion.

And unfortunately, if I'm correct, I believe that is all the questions that we do have time for.

So we'll take a look at our score real quick.

We have Centralia at 200 and Granite City at 130, so able to hang onto that lead after the lightning round.

Very well done to both teams.

So that's all the time we have for here today.

For everybody here on the set today, for all of our lovely contestants, I'm Ethan Neir, thank you so much and good night.

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