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(Nate Tannenbaum) Coming up, it's Clark... [applause] taking on Green Valley.

[applause] This is Varsity Quiz !

♪♪♪ [cheers and applause] -Hi.

Welcome to the 54th season of Varsity Quiz .

The best and the brightest high school students are matching wits in this unique academic competition.

As we hope you know, there are now two Varsity Quiz Leagues in each season's competition.

We crowned a Blue League champion a couple of weeks ago.

Now the road to the Silver League title begins with Clark facing Green Valley.

We started with 19 schools in the Silver League in three divisions.

Clark finished first in their division with an undefeated record.

Their starters are: Shajee.

Hey Shajee.

(Shajee) Hi.

-There's Vivian.

(Vivian) Hi.

-There's Parth.

(Parth) Hello.

-And there's Theo.

(Theo) Hi.

-And the coaches for Clark are Amber Thacker and Lonnie Robbins.

That's Clark!

[cheers and applause] -Okay.

Let's talk about Green Valley.

They finished second in their division, a record of 3 and 1.

Their starters: Delina.

Hey, Delina.

(Delina) Hi.

-There's Becca.

(Becca) Hi.

-There's Tanner.

(Tanner) Hi.

-And there's Damien.

(Damien) Hi.

-And the coach for Green Valley, Scott Otter.

That's Green Valley!

[cheers and applause] -All right.

Students, you ready?

Let's play Varsity Quiz .

The name for what class of chemical compounds comes from the Latin word for "sour" or "sharp"?

That's Green Valley, Tanner: Acid -Yes.

Points on the board for Green Valley.

As of January 2023, what position does Alejandro Mayorkas hold in the President's cabinet?

Clark, Shajee: Secretary of Education -No.

Green Valley, Tanner: Secretary of Agriculture -No.

He's the Secretary of Homeland Security.

No points.

Next question.

Originally called Centralia, what Minnesota city was renamed for a founder of an Old West Express Company?

Green Valley, Tanner: St. Paul -Incorrect.

Clark, Shajee: Minneapolis -No, we were actually looking for Fargo, because it was right on the border of South Dakota.

Next question.

The spelling for what term for a Hawaiian loose-fitting ankle-length floral-print dress involves only one consonant and one vowel?

Clark, Parth: A Luau -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] -A Muumuu.

Moving on.

It's a calculation question.

In 20 years, Archie's age will be the same as Leon's age today.

In 10 years, Leon's age will be twice Archie's, then.

How old is each one today?

Let me repeat.

In 20 years, Archie's age will be the same as Leon's age today.

-We're gonna go ahead and go with Clark, Parth: -Leon is 40, Archie is 20.

-What was your first answer?

-Leon is 40, Archie is 20.

-Okay, that's incorrect.

Green Valley, did you have an answer?

Tanner, Green Valley: Leon is 30, Archie is 50.

-That's incorrect.

Archie is 10 and Leon is 30.

Next question.

Name the younger brother of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph, the 1st, who became an emperor for a short while in the Americas.

[bell chimes, time expires] -Maximillian, the 1st.

Next question.

What term has the following meanings?

In botany, it's a joint between a leaf and a stem; in anatomy, a joint between bones; and in speech, the act of vocal expression?

[buzzer] [bell chimes, time expires] -I think he got in in time.

That'll be Clark, Parth: A Node -No.

We were looking for Articulation.

Moving on.

What Asian country is adjacent to the Banda Sea, the Celebes Sea, the Andaman Sea, the Timor Sea, and the Java Sea?

Green Valley, Tanner: India -No.

Clark, Parth: Indonesia -Yes.

Points on the board for Clark.

Let's go to the next question.

Gus Grissom, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Alan Shephard, Wally Schirra, and Chuck Yeager are the central characters in which book by Tom Wolfe that was later made into a movie?

Clark, Vivian: The Aviator -No.

[bell chimes, time expired] -I recommend The Right Stuff .

Next question.

An inverter converts what kind of electrical current into what kind of electrical current?

Green Valley, Tanner: Direct Current into Alternating Current -Yes.

Next question.

An object with a temperature higher than its surrounding area is called a heat source.

What term names the condition if the object's temperature is lower?

Green Valley, Damien: Heat Sink -Yes.

Next question.

Although it is spelled differently, what's the surname of the American general and aviation pioneer that sounds just like the surname of that English doctor and veterinarian created by Hugh Lofting?

Green Valley, Tanner: Doolittle -Yes.

Next question.

What names the flourish of brass instruments traditionally played at the beginning of the Kentucky Derby or before those 20th Century Fox movies?

Green Valley, Tanner: Taps -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] -We were looking for Fanfare.

Here's your next question.

The following were examples of what kind of rulers: Mobutu Sese Seko, Augusto Pinochet, Muammar Qaddafi, Idi Amin, Francisco Franco, and John-Claude Duvalier?

Clark, Vivian: Dictator -Yes.

Which geological structural dome results when a thick bed of evaporates intrudes vertically into overlying rock strata?

Clark, Parth: A Laccolith -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] We were looking for a Salt Dome.

Here's your next question.

In Greek myth, what is the river of forget-- Green Valley, Damien: Sticks -No.

That is an interrupt.

I'll complete the question.

What is the river of forgetfulness?

[bell chimes, time expires] Lethe.

Next question.

In what kind of schools do students prepare to become priests, rabbis, or ministers?

Green Valley, Becca: Seminary -Yes.

Next question.

In which century was central London destroyed by the Great Fire?

Clark, Parth: The Seventeenth -Yes.

Next question is a calculation questions, students.

There are three incorrect and one correct answer on a four-question multiple-choice test.

So what's the probability you'll correctly answer all four questions by randomly marking answers?

Let me repeat.

There are three incorrect-- And we're gonna go ahead and go with Clark, Parth: 1/256 -Yes.

Next question.

In The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck follows what fictional family as it-- Clark, Parth: The Joad -Yes.

What adjective ends this verse by Robert Herrick: That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the... blank.

Green Valley, Delina: Best -No.

Clark, Shajee: Older -No.

You're both on the right track, but we were looking for the word "Former."

So no points.

Next question.

What names the perceived change in position of an object seen from two different locations?

Clark, Parth: Parallax -Yes.

In music, which term meaning "slowly" indicates a tempo slower than andante but faster than largo?

Clark, Theo: Adagio -Yes.

Next question.

Restate this line so that it includes a tag question: You are Jane.

-Clark, Parth: You are Jane, aren't you?

-I am not, but that is the correct answer, yes.

Next question is a calculation question.

In ancient Greece, there were 6 obols in 1 drachma; 94 drachmas in 1 mina; and 60 minas in 1 talent.

So how many obols in one talent?

Clark, Parth: 24,840 -Incorrect.

[bell chimes, time expires] -It was 33,840.

So that's the end of our first round, but don't go anywhere.

We're going to give these kids a chance to breathe.

[breathing deeply] You made it through the first round.

We want to get to know our players a little bit more, and we're going to start with the students from Clark.

Here's Shajee.

He's a junior.

Hey, Shajee.

-Hi.

-Nice to have you here.

I understand that you own a collection of souvenirs, but where did those souvenirs come from?

-They're from a bunch of different countries in Western Europe.

-So you've done a bunch of traveling?

-Yes.

-Oh, that's awesome.

Keep up the traveling, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .

Thanks, Shajee.

-Thank you.

-Here's 11th grader Vivian.

Hi, Vivian.

-Hi.

-Nice to have you here.

It says here that you have a favorite TV series.

What is that?

-Yeah, my favorite TV series is Avatar: The Last Airbender .

It's like an animated series -So you're into the, is it anime?

Is that what the kids call it?

-I don't think it's considered anime since it's not like dubbed in Japanese, but it is animated.

So it's kind of like a cartoon.

-Well, keep enjoying the show, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .

Next is 11th grader Parth.

Hey, Parth.

-Hello.

-Nice to see you here.

This says that you're vice president of some organization.

What is the name of it, and what does it do?

-I'm vice president of Mu Alpha Theta, which is a math tutoring club.

-Oh, Okay.

So you're helping other kids with the math?

-Yeah.

-Right on!

Good luck with that, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .

Thanks, Parth.

And here is a freshman, Theo.

Hey, Theo.

-Hi.

-Welcome to Varsity Quiz .

I understand that you are into two different kinds of music.

What kind of music are you into?

You remember what you wrote down here?

-Um, I'm into, like, J-pop and Vocaloid music.

-Okay.

-I actually like more, like, the obscure side of music.

So, yeah.

-Well, keep rocking away, man.

And good luck here on Varsity Quiz .

Thanks, Theo.

Those are our students from Clark High School!

Thanks, you guys.

[cheers and applause] -Now we meet the students from Green Valley.

We start with 11th grader Delina.

Hi, Delilna.

-Hi.

-Nice to have you here.

It says here you have ridden an animal that a lot of folks would never ride on.

-Yeah, I've ridden a camel.

-Okay.

Was that on purpose?

-Uh, yes.

-It looked interesting, so I thought I'd do it.

It's scary because they get up butt first.

I was on an incline.

-Was that here in town or was that somewhere else?

-No, it was in Dubai.

-Wow!

Okay.

Well, have fun with the camels if that's what you're gonna keep doing it.

Good luck on Varsity Quiz .

Thanks Delina.

-Thank you.

-Here's 11th grader Becca.

Hi, Becca.

-Hi.

This says here you have dual citizenship.

-Yep.

-What two countries?

-America and Australia.

-So are you from here and went there?

-I'm from here, and my dad is from Australia.

-Wonderful.

Well, enjoy your dual citizenship, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz .

Thanks, Becca.

-Mm-hmm.

-Here's a 12th grader, Tanner.

Hey, Tanner.

-Hi.

-Nice to see you here.

It says you play a musical instrument.

What do you play?

-I actually play a couple, but my main one is guitar.

-Oh, what else do you play?

-Piano, bass.

I used to play trumpet.

-Wow!

Are you in a band, or is this just for fun?

-I was.

Not really much anymore.

-Okay.

Well, good luck with the music.

Music is a good part of everybody's life.

And good luck here on Varsity Quiz .

Thanks, Tanner.

And here's a 12th grader, Damien.

Hey, Damien.

-Hi.

-Now, I get the idea, it says your plans are to go to University of Central Florida-- -Yeah.

- --and I'm gonna guess that you have spent some time already in Florida?

-Yeah, I actually lived there for three years.

Yeah, because you wrote something down here that says you've lived through some terrible weather.

-Yeah, a couple of hurricanes.

In my first week living in Florida, I experienced a hurricane.

-How was that?

-I mean, tornado.

It was fun.

-Yeah, not.

Well, we don't have hurricanes here.

So enjoy our weather, and good luck on Varsity Quiz .

Those are our students from Green Valley High School!

[cheers and applause] -And the Bonus Round of Varsity Quiz is next.

[crashing sound] Okay, so the score going into Round 2, Clark has 40 points to Green Valley's 20.

[crashing sound] And Clark has all new players.

Let's say hello to Sanjeev.

Hey, Sanjeev.

(Sanjeev) Hello.

-Varun.

(Varun) Hello -Sudipta.

(Sudipta) Hello.

-And Nicole.

(Nicole) Hello.

-New players for Clark.

And Green Valley has two new players.

We say Hey, Erin.

(Erin) Hi.

-And there's Weston.

Hey, Weston.

(Weston) Hey.

-Welcome aboard.

The original opening night for Carnegie Hall, May 5, 1891.

Selected to conduct that evening was a world-renowned Russian, a man regarded as one of the preeminent living figures of the age.

He led the orchestra in his own composition, "Marche Solennelle."

Please name him.

Green Valley, Tanner: Tchaikovsky -Yes.

Bonus questions for Green Valley only about classical music.

First, Franz von Suppe composed the "Light Cavalry: 1"; Rimsky-Korsakov, the "Russian Easter: 1'; Brahms, the "Academic Festival: 1"; and Tchaikovsky the "1812: 1."

What kind of compositions are these?

Now the second question: 30 years his senior, this composer was a friend of Vladimir Horowitz, who was skilled at playing the composer's difficult "Third Piano Concerto."

Name the Russian composer and pianist who died in Beverly Hills in 1943.

You have 10 seconds.

-You guys have any idea for this?

-No.

-No.

I don't like classical music.

-Overtures for the first one, right?

-Yeah, pretty sure.

-All right.

For the first answer, Overture.

For the second one, Gershwin.

-Overture is correct.

The composer was Rachmaninoff.

So you get some bonus points.

And now this question for both teams: Its motto, Sic semper tyrannis.

Douglas Wilder was America's first elected Black governor.

Nicknames for the state include Mother of Presidents and Old Dominion-- And that's Green Valley, Tanner: Ohio -That is incorrect.

Clark, Sudipta: Virginia -Yes.

-Bonus questions now for Clark only about state mottos.

What's the state motto of Nevada?

And second, which state's motto is Eureka?

You have 10 seconds.

-Oh, is it Battle Born?

-Is it Battle Born?

-Which one?

-Maybe California.

-Yeah.

-It might be maybe Battle Born.

-Captain?

-For the first answer, Home Means Nevada.

For the second answer, no answer.

-Okay.

Nevada's motto was actually All for Our Country.

And the state motto of Eureka is California.

So no bonus points.

We move on to this question for both teams.

What's the oldest national park in the United States?

Green Valley, Tanner: Yellowstone -Yes, bonus questions now for Green Valley only about national parks.

First, Yellowstone is actually the second oldest in the entire world, the oldest established in 1778 in the area surrounding the Bogd Khan Uul Mountain.

What country is that park located in?

Second, the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet at the world's most southern National Park.

What country is home to Cabo de Hornos National Park?

-Nepal for the first one and Argentina for the second one?

I don't know.

-Okay.

That works.

For the first answer, Nepal.

For the second answer, Argentina.

-Both are incorrect.

Bogd Khan Uul Mountain is in Mongolia, and the southern most national park is in Chile.

No points.

This question for both teams now.

During the college football bowl season, both ESPN and CBS started promoting a spring event by showing images of azaleas dappled in sunshine and creeks lined with stones, declaring in hushed tones, "A tradition unlike any other..." What event were they promoting?

Clark, Varun: Rose Bowl -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] -The Masters Golf Tournament.

No points.

We move to the next question.

It's a calculation question, students.

Astronaut Nikki drops a feather on the moon from a height of 1.4 meters.

The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 1.67 meters per second, squared.

So how long is it going to take for that feather to fall to the surface of the moon?

Repeating.

The astronaut Nikki dropping a feather on the moon from a height of 1.4 meters.

Acceleration of gravity on the moon, 1.67 meters per second, squared.

How long will it take the feather to fall to the surface of the Moon?

[buzzer] [bell chimes, time expires] -Did he get it in time?

We'll go with Green Valley, Tanner: .85 seconds -That is incorrect.

It's 1.29.

We move to this question for both teams: Which fluid produced in glands consists almost entirely of water plus mucus, epithelial cells, electrolytes, and enzymes such as ptyalin and lipase?

Green Valley, Tanner: Saliva -Yes.

Bonus questions for Green Valley only about the human body and medicine.

First, lupus, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, and psoriasis, they all fall under the heading of what kind of disease?

And second, the bite of an infected flea can spread plague from an animal to a person.

Most plague that spreads from person to person, via aerosolized infectious droplets, qualifies as which kind of plague?

You have 10 seconds.

-I thought bubonic was-- -Bubonic is-- -No, that's from-- It's from-- I don't know.

-It's not bubonic.

-Okay, then I don't know what it is.

Do you guys know?

-What kind of a disease is Crohn's?

-Captain?

-For the first one, Nervous.

For the second one, Bubonic.

-Both are incorrect.

We were looking for Autoimmune Disorders and the Pneumonic Plague.

No bonus points.

This question now for both teams: In the 1880s, the Illinois town of Pullman in the Pullman Palace Car Company, they provided housing, markets, library, churches, and entertainment for the employees and their dependents.

As such, Pullman, Illinois qualified as what kind of town?

Clark, Sudipta: Bat Town -No.

Green Valley, Tanner: Mining Town -No, we were looking for a Company Town.

So no bonus points and no correct answer, and we're out of time.

[crashing sound] Our Speed Round coming up.

Score going into Round 3 is close.

Clark has 45 to Green Valley's 40.

Now, for Clark-- [crashing sound] --they have some returning players.

There's Parth again, Vivian, Sudipta, and Theo is back.

For Green Valley returning players, Erin is there, Delina, Tanner is there, and Weston is new.

Hey, Weston.

Good to have you here.

Guys ready?

Let's go.

What's the term for the separation of an electrolyte into ions of opposite charge?

Green Valley, Tanner: Ionization -No.

Clark, Parth: Electrolysis -No.

It's Dissociation.

Next question.

Which Lebanese city on the Mediterranean coast north of Tyre and south of Beirut was one of the two most powerful city-states of ancient Phoenicia?

Clark, Vivian: Carthage -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] [buzzer] -Did he get it in time?

We'll give it to Green Valley, Tanner: Sicily -No, it was Sidon.

No points.

Next question.

Rhyming with "cartooning," name the decorative procedure in which garlands of leaves or flowers are suspended in a loop or a curve.

Clark, Sudipta: Wreath -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] We were looking for Festooning.

Happy festooning.

We move on.

A calculation question.

We do not repeat here in this third round.

Gina's dinghy can go 15 miles an hour in still water.

It travels downstream from Point A to Point C in two-fifths of an hour, then turns around and heads back upstream to Point B, which is two miles downstream from Point A in three-fifths of an hour.

What is the rate of the current?

[bell chimes, time expires] -Well, we were looking for 5 miles an hour.

Next question.

Distinct from eukaryotic cells, what kind of cells are mostly composed of plasma membranes, cell walls, cytoplasm, and genetic material in their nucleoids?

And that's Clark, Sudipta: Prokaryotic -Yes.

Which ship that was captured in 1968 is still a commissioned U.S. Navy vessel, even though it's been held by North Korea ever since?

[bell chimes, time expires] -The USS Pueblo.

All rulers of Muscovy were called Grand Princes until 1547.

Then who was crowned as the first Russian czar that year?

Clark, Vivian: Ivan the Terrible -Yes.

What rhetorical device is illustrated in this line: Arthritis medication often comes with a cap that old people can't get off because of their arthritis.

Clark, Parth: Tautology -No.

Green Valley, Tanner: Irony -Yes.

Next question.

Antihistamines help with colds, antidotes help with poisons.

What similarly named medications help with athlete's foot?

Green Valley, Tanner: Antifungal -Yes.

What kind of unrefined salt contains tiny amounts of magnesium, calcium halides, sulfates, algal products, bacteria, and sediment?

Clark, Parth: Sea Salt -Yes.

Which Sudanese city sits at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile?

Clark, Theo: Khartoum -Yes.

The British gave the name "Boxers" to a secret group in China known also as the "Society of the Righteous and Harmonious..." blank.

Clark, Parth: Fists -Yes.

What term names extra taxes levied on tobacco and alcohol?

One is also attached to fuel sales to support the Highway Trust Fund, another on airline passengers to support the Airport Airway Trust Fund.

Clark, Parth: Consumption Taxes -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] Those are excise taxes.

No points.

We move on.

Which term that originally named a 14th century major trading city and Mali has come to mean "an exotic, distant land"?

Clark, Theo: Timbuktu -Yes.

The four major ethnic groups among the Hellene's of Classical Greece where the Aeolians, Archaens, the Ionians, and what other?

Green Valley, Tanner: Spartans -No.

Clark, Theo: Dorians -Yes.

A calculation question again.

No repeating here.

You have a stack of blocks arranged such that each level has one fewer than the level below it.

If the bottom level consists of a line of seven blocks, how many are in the entire stack?

Clark, Parth: 28 -Yes.

Here's a parody of a line from what real Shakespeare play.

"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."

Clark, Vivian: Much Ado About Nothing -No.

Green Valley, Tanner: Hamlet -No.

We were looking for As You Like It .

Next question.

What term names an ancient book in the form of a rolled manuscript?

Green Valley, Tanner: Scroll -Yes.

The movable tube on a trombone that alters the tones produced is called what?

[buzzer] [bell chimes, time expires] -Did he get in, in time?

That is Green Valley, Tanner: Slide -Yes.

What word refers to the area over which a court has authority?

Green Valley, Tanner: Jurisdiction -Yes.

What term in mining means discovery?

Green Valley, Tanner: Eureka -No.

[bell chimes, times expires] -It's a Strike.

Next question.

Finish the famous quote by British historian Lord Acton who said, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power..." blank.

Clark, Sudipta: Corrupts Absolutely -Yes.

Next question.

Friedrich Ebert and Paul von Hindenburg served as the presidents of which Republic for its entire term of existence?

Green Valley, Tanner: East Germany -No.

Clark, Sudipta: The Weimar Republic -Yes.

The surname of what heroine created by Charlotte Bronte is also that of a vast but shallow Australian Lake?

Clark, Parth: Eyre -Yes.

Name any of the geologic eons with names beginning with the letter P, as and Paul.

We'll go with Green Valley, Tanner: Paleolithic.

Paleolithic.

-No.

We had Paleozoic, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic.

[buzzer sound] -We're out of time.

The bell rang.

Yep.

So let's find out who won.

[crashing sound] Now, I'm not gonna say anything about previous matches, but this is one of the best matches we've had in awhile.

Congratulations to both teams for an excellent match.

[crashing sound] Really good.

[applause] But congratulations do go to Clark for the win: 100 points to Green Valley's 65.

Again, a round of applause for both teams.

[applause] -And we invite you to tune in next week because Arbor View is taking on Bishop Gorman.

That's sure to be another exciting match of Varsity Quiz , right here on Vegas PBS.

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