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This time a first round game between Coleman and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, coming up next.

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(upbeat energetic music) (upbeat energetic music) (upbeat energetic music) - Hello again, everyone.

I'm David Nicholas and welcome to Quiz Central.

This time students from Coleman are taking on a team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

We have a 16 team single elimination tournament and at the end of the season four lucky Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.

Plus, top teams from Quiz Central will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament.

All right, let's get to our game.

Our first round, we call it the Maroon and Gold Rush.

Teams will have two minutes to answer as many tossup questions as they can.

If a team answers incorrectly, the opposing school has an opportunity to answer that question.

Teams may not consult during this round.

Throughout our game, correct answers are worth 10 points a piece, and no deduction for incorrect answers.

So are we ready, players?

All right.

Hands on your buzzers.

Good luck, and here comes your first question.

What show in which Michael's suicide leads his brother to inherit a business called "The Original Beef" depicts Jeremy Allen White as a zealous chef?

(bell rings) - The Bear?

- You are correct.

(bell dings) Some myths claim that the Egyptian God, Horace, was the son of what Goddess?

The sister wife of Osiris.

(bell rings) - Isis?

- [David] You are correct.

(bell dings) What punctuation mark is used to terminate statements in many programming languages such as Java and C?

Move onto the next question.

What country, where an art museum contains the headless winged victory of Samothrace, features sculptures celebrating victory on the (indistinct).

(bell rings) - France.

- [David] You are correct.

(bell dings) What surname was shared by Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt, three lawmen, who killed cowboys during the shootout of the OK Corral in 1881?

(bell rings) - Earp?

- [David] That's correct.

(bell dings) What country is home to Lake Balkhash, is the largest landlock country by area in the world and is a central Asian country governed from Astana.

We'll move onto the next question.

In July, 2023, what EU country's government, led since 2010 by Mark Rutte, resigned and called for early elections amidst a dispute over migrant policies.

And we'll move on to the next one.

What's celestial body whose geological- (bell rings) And the bell signals the end of that round.

We didn't get into that at the end of the first round.

Coleman with an early lead of 30 to 10 over Sacred Heart, let's go back over the questions that were missed in that first round.

The punctuation mark we were looking for was the semicolon, and the country that's home to Lake Balkhash is Kazakhstan, and the EU country we were looking for was the Netherlands.

Before we start our next round, let's learn a little bit more about our students competing today.

First we welcome in the students from Coleman.

- I am Jackson Lewis, I'm a sophomore at Coleman Junior High School.

I participate in bowling, drama, and band.

- Hi, I'm Caitlyn.

I'm from Coleman High School, and I participate in band and sports.

- Hi, my name is Josie Baller, and I am a junior at Coleman High School and I participate in drama, 4-H, and music.

- Hi, I'm Maggie Clark.

I'm a junior at Coleman High School, and I do cheer, FFA, and a lot of other things.

- Thank you, Coleman High School.

Great to have you here.

Now a chance to meet our team from Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart.

- Hi, my name is Ishu Ashanker, I'm a senior at Sacred Heart Academy.

I'm part of golf, national honor society, and key Club.

- I am Aiden Baker.

I am a senior at Sacred Heart Academy and I like to participate in National Honor Society, I love sports, and Quiz Bowl.

- I'm Ryan Wiggins, I go to Sacred Heart Academy.

I'm a senior.

I'm in key club, National Honor Society, and I play varsity baseball, and basketball.

- Hi, I'm Owen Middleton, I'm a junior at Sacred Heart.

I like sports and I participate in key club and quiz bowl.

- Thanks to all of our students it's great to have you with us here on WCMU.

Now our next round on Quiz Central is the kickoff round.

And this round includes a combination of toss up and bonus questions.

The team that correctly answers the tossup, we'll get the opportunity to answer a single bonus question.

Missed Tossups can be stolen, but there is no consulting on these questions.

A correct answer on a tossup allows for a single follow-up bonus question.

No stealing on the bonuses, however, teams can confer, will take those answers from the captain.

After a bonus question, we'll go back to a toss up for both teams.

Alright, buzzers ready.

Here comes your first question.

A line drawn through Rigel and Beetlejuice in Orion will pass between what zodiac constellations, two brightest stars Castor and Pollux?

(bell rings) - Pisces.

- [David] That is incorrect.

(drum dongs) Mount Pleasant.

Do you have a guess?

(bell rings) - Sagittarius?

- [David] That is incorrect.

(drum dongs) We are looking for Gemini.

In September, 2014, a court in what country gave a life sentence to Ilham Tohti, Uyghur economics professor for promoting separatism in Xinjiang.

(bell rings) - China?

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Sacred Heart, your bonus question.

Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 depicts a fireman whose job is to destroy what objects?

(bell rings) - It's bonus.

- Oh, bonus.

- Books.

- Say- - [David] The bonus and it comes from the captain.

- Oh, books.

- Books is correct.

(bell dings) All right, toss up for both teams.

What playwright who based a character from his play after the fall on his ex-wife Marilyn Monroe, wrote "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible."

(bell rings) - Miller?

- [David] That is correct.

Arthur Miller.

(bell dings) And your bonus question, what son of Selim The First, ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, conquered Rhodes and Belgrade and became that Empire's longest ruling sultan?

(group chattering drowns in background) - Simon the Terrible.

- [David] Nope.

We were looking for Suleiman.

Back to a bonus for both teams.

What Prime ministers signed the Lateran Treaty recognizing Vatican City as independent, and allied with Germany as the fascist dictator of Italy?

(bell rings) Yes?

- Oh, dang it.

- [David] Time.

We go to Sacred Heart, if you got the answer.

And we were looking for Benito Mussolini.

- I knew it.

- [David] Toss up for both teams.

What 18th century Swiss mathematician proved that the power series with the terms X to the N over n factorial converged?

And we were looking for Leonard Euler.

What process which is governed by fix laws is called osmosis when it involves water and involves particles moving from high to low concentration?

And we're looking for the concept of diffusion.

Toss up for both teams.

Two guitars appear behind a Spanish dancer in "El Jaleo."

a painting by what American-born artist, who painted the portrait of Madam X.

That artist is John Singer Sergeant.

Toss up for both teams.

What Austrian composer who depicted a Hurdy Gerdy player, and a linden tree in Winterreise, left his two movement eighth symphony, unfinished?

(bell rings) - Beethoven?

- [David] That is incorrect.

(drum dongs) Coleman?

- Mozart?

- [David] Oh, we were looking for Franz Schubert.

(Josie chuckles) Toss up for both teams.

In February, 2024, wildfires killed more than 130 people, in what South American country's Valparaiso region?

(bell rings) - Brazil.

- [David] That is incorrect.

Coleman, do you have a guess?

- Argentina?

- [David] The country was Chile.

What play whose second act occurs in the garden of a Walton Manor house ends with Jack Worthing realizing the title phrase, and is by Oscar Wilde?

And that play is "The importance of being earnest" What 1963 Supreme Court case concerning a man who broke into a pool hall, held that a defendant has the right to be provided with legal counsel?

That case was Gideon V. Wainwright.

(bell rings) And the bell signals the end of that round, and we closed the kickoff with still a very close game.

Sacred Heart now has a 10 point lead, 40 to 30 over Coleman.

And next we'll find out, how the teams handle the perfect 10.

Teams, in the perfect 10 you have 60 seconds to answer questions from a choice of clues to three categories, the opposing team will have 30 seconds to answer any unasked, incorrect, or skipped questions.

You can consult throughout the entire round.

We do take the answers from the captain.

The team that's trailing, gets the first choice to pick a clue to a category.

Here are your perfect 10 categories for today.

Writer's room, cleared for landing, and we are number one.

Coleman, you come in trailing in our game and so you get your first choice of one of those clues, and the category to follow.

- Writer's room?

Writer's room, please.

- [David] From writer's room we get short stories.

Name the authors of these short stories.

The 60 seconds on the clock to begin your perfect 10, with this.

The lottery.

- Skip, please.

- [David] Young Goodman Brown.

- Skip.

(drum dongs) - [David] The Fall of the House of Usher.

- Poe.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Rip Van Winkle.

- Oh, skip.

(drum dongs) - [David] The gift of the Magi.

- Oh, oh.

Skip, please.

(drum dongs) - [David] "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

- We dunno.

Skip.

(drum dongs) - [David] "A good man is hard to find."

(drum dongs) "To build a fire."

(drum dongs) "The Yellow Wallpaper."

(Josie chuckles) (drum dongs) "Interpreter of Maladeies" (bell rings) Bell signals the end, can't get an answer there.

Okay, Sacred Heart.

We come over to you again.

The category is short stories.

Name the authors of these short stories and what we will do, is put 30 seconds on the clock for you to pick up as many of these as you possibly can, and we will begin with your 30 seconds with this.

"The Lottery."

- No answer.

(drum dongs) - [David] "Young Goodman Brown."

- I think it might be a Hawthorne, or Bennett.

I think Hawthorne.

- Hawthorne.

- [David] Hawthorne is correct.

Nathaniel Hawthorne.

(bell dings) "Rip Van Winkle."

- [Ishu] Irving.

- Irving.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) "The gift of the Magi".

- O. Henry.

- O. Henry.

- That is correct.

(bell dings) "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

- No answer.

(drum dongs) - [David] "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

and the bell signals the end.

That one which if we didn't get to, was by Mary Flannery O'Connor, and the one that stumped everybody.

"The Lottery" was written by Shirley Jackson, and "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

written by Ambrose Beers.

As we said, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Mary O'Connor, "To Build a Fire."

was written by Jack London, "The Yellow Wallpaper" written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "Interpreter of Maladies" that was written by Jhumpa Lahiri.

Lahiri, excuse me.

Tough questions there, but we move on, and Sacred Heart, we are going to you for your choice then, in your perfect 10 round to choose from.

Cleared for landing or we are number one.

- [Ishu] What's clear for landing?

- I dunno.

(group chattering off mic) - [Ryan] We're number now.

- Sure, if you guys wanna do that.

- We'll take we are number one, please.

- [David] We are number one.

And your category is One.

Give these answers that contain either the word or the numeral one.

Again, the clue is "we are number one", and the category one, give these answers that contain either the word, or the numeral one.

You start off with your 60 seconds as we start with A motor sport whose drivers include Lewis Hamilton.

- Formula one.

- [David] Correct.

(bell dings) A 1,776 foot tall New York skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers.

(bell rings) - No, it's bonus.

What is it?

- [Ryan] Yeah.

One World Trade Center.

- One World Trade Center.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) 2016 Star Wars film in which Jyn and Cassian helped steal the Death Star plans.

- "Rogue One."

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Microsoft Cloud storage device.

(group chatters off mic) No answer.

(drum dongs) - Manga and anime, - One Piece.

- [David] In which Luffy leads the star...

The straw hat pirates.

- "One Piece."

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Karen McManus novel about the Bayview four suspected of murdering Simon.

- No answer.

(drum dongs) - [David] Boy band that sang "Story of my life."

- One direction.

- That is correct.

(bell dings) - And the bell signals the end there.

So as we shift it over to Coleman, you'll have 30 seconds to pick up on a couple of those that they did not get plus possibly round out the category.

So good luck to you as we put your 30 seconds up on the clock, to begin with.

Microsoft cloud storage device.

- OneDrive.

- Oh.

OneDrive.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Karen McManus novel about the Bayview four suspected of murdering Simon.

- No answer.

(drum dongs) - [David] Ken Kesey novel in which a psychiatric patient oppose nurse Ratchet.

- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) A 2023 fighting game whose cameo fighters include Sub-zero and- (bell dings) And the bell signals the end.

We could not get to that.

It was Mortal Kombat One.

Dimensionless quantity.

A question we did not get to equal to the speed of sound is Mach one.

The Karen McManus novel about the Bayview four was called "One of us is Lying."

And with that we wrap up our perfect 10 round.

And Sacred Heart, you have a lead of 120 to 60 over Coleman.

As we move into our fourth round today's game in the homestretch, we'll have a combination of toss up and bonus questions.

The team that correctly answers the toss up will get the opportunity to answer a single bonus question.

Missed toss ups can be stolen but there is no consulting.

A correct answer on a tossup allows for a single follow-up bonus question.

No stealing on the bonuses.

However teams can confer, and we'll take the answers from the captain.

After a bonus question, we'll go back to a tossup for both teams.

If your buzzers are ready, here comes your first question.

What state whose amendment four enfranchised felons in 2018 was severely affected by Hurricane Ian in 2022 and is led by Governor Ron DeSantis.

(bell rings) - Florida.

- It's Florida.

- [David] It is.

Yes, it is Florida.

Someone gets that question, the toss up for both teams.

Oh, excuse me, bonus, bonus question.

The Balboa, and the US dollar are the official currencies of what Central American country that contains the northern part of the Darien gap.

(bell dings) - Panama.

- [David] That is also correct.

- Yes!

I went there!

- [David] Okay, now we head to toss up, back to the toss up for both teams.

What man, who is the namesake of the radius between the proton and electron and hydrogen was a Danish physicist who names a 1913 model of the atom?

(bell rings) - Bore.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) Niles Bore.

To your bonus question now, Sacred Heart.

What Economist is the namesake of a curve that links tax rates and revenue which reportedly drawn on a cocktail napkin.

- No answer.

- [David] That's Arthur Betz Laffer (drum dongs) or the Laffer Curve.

Alright, toss up for both teams.

What author whose gay love story "Morris" was only published posthumously, wrote about Lucy Honeychurch's trip to Florence in a room with a view.

And we are looking for E.M, or Edward Morgan Forster.

Toss up for both teams.

In what 2024 third person shooter developed by Arrowhead do players kill cyborgs, bugs, and Illuminati, as shock troops for the super earth empire.

(bell rings) - Halo?

- [David] That's incorrect.

(drum dongs) Mt.

Pleasant, do you have a guess?

- Overwatch.

- [David] Also incorrect.

(drum dongs) Hell Divers 2, and since it's beyond Pac-Man, I would have no clue.

(all laughing) What singer's manager, Colonel Tom Parker encouraged him to join the army after having rock and roll hits like "Heartbreak Hotel"- (bell rings) - Elvis.

- [David] That is correct.

Elvis Aaron Presley.

Your toss or...

Excuse me, your bonus question.

Commodus, was the son of what Roman emperor, and author of the stoic philosophical treatise meditations, who is the last of the five good emperors?

- Is it Caesar?

- [David] It is not.

It was Marcus Aurelius, was the emperor we were looking for.

Toss up for both teens.

What King issued the edict of Fontainebleau, suppressed the Frond revolts, greatly expanded the Palace of Versailles, and was called the Sun King.

(bell rings) - King Louis the 15th?

- [David] Incorrect.

- Shoot!

- [David] Sacred Heart for the guess?

(bell dings) - Louis the 14th.

- [David] It was Louis the 14th.

Yes, that is what we were looking for.

Okay, your bonus question now, a rabbit named Fiverr fortells the destruction of the Sandford Warren, at the beginning of what novel by Richard Adams?

- [Ishu] Is it like water... - Aidan, you gotta answer.

- Oh, you gotta answer.

- No answer.

- [David] Alright.

- Okay.

- [David] Watership Down was.

- I told you- (chuckles) - [David] Beginning was done, but not the whole answer.

Toss up for both teams.

What novel in which Father Paneloux death is recorded as a doubtful case by Dr. Rieux, depicts an epidemic in Iran and was written by Albert, excuse me, Albert Camus.

And that upbeat novel was "The Plague".

Toss up for both teams.

A Dutch astronomer proposed the existence of what cloud of icy plantecimals surrounded by the sun, thought to be the source of a long period comets.

(bell rings) - The Oort Cloud.

- [David] That is correct.

The Oort Cloud.

(bell dings) Bonus question, then.

What two word Latin phrase which translates to "With praise" denotes the most widely given Latin honor at American universities.

- Is it "Cum sum laude"?

Cum sum laude?

- [David] Incorrect, we were just looking for "Cum laude."

What man who in 1946 New Year's Day speech formerly renounced his divinity, ruled during the Showa era, and was emperor of Japan during World War II?

That emperor was Hirohito.

(bell rings) And the bell signals the end of that round.

And at the end now of our home stretch, Sacred Heart leading our game, 150 to 90.

And up next it's our final round of the game, it's the final countdown.

Teams, you'll have two minutes to answer as many tossup questions as you can.

If a team misses a question, the opposing team has the opportunity to answer.

Teams may not consult during this round.

All righty.

Hands on the buzzers, two minutes on the clock and here comes your first question.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching "Our American Cousin."

at what Washington D.C. theater?

- Ford's Theater.

- [David] Ford's Theater is correct.

(bell dings) What author who described hearing Marshall music while in his bean field wrote about living deliberately in a cabin in the woods in his book "Walden."

Alright, next question.

What quantity named after a British physicist equals tensile stress over strain is a modulus that characterizes the stiffness of a material.

All right, next toss up for both.

What country contains the avenue of the Baobabs, is home to the Malagasy people, and is a large island off the coast of southeastern Africa.

(bell rings) - Madagascar, - [David] Madagascar is correct.

What composition by George Frederick Handel takes its name from the fact that it was written for a 1717 concert performed on the River Thames.

We're looking for "The water music."

Alright, what regular polygon has nine diagonals has the most sides of any regular polygon that can tile the plane, and has a 120 degree internal angles.

Okay, time.

We'll move on to the next.

The title "Swashbuckler" of Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac is self-conscious about the large size of what facial feature?

(bell rings) - Nose.

- [David] That is correct.

(bell dings) What officer whose legacy was defended by his wife, Libby, after he died in battle in 1876, was crushed by crazy horse "The Battle of Little Bighorn."

(bell dings) That signals the end of that round.

That was George Armstrong Custer, by the way.

And the quantity named after the British physicist, We were looking for Young's modulus.

And we were also looking for the author to describe hearing Marshall Music was Henry David Thoreau.

And with that, we get to the end of the final countdown in our game today.

A good game, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, 170, Coleman 100.

How about a round for both of our teens today?

Round of applause.

(audience and teams clapping) Thanks very much, Coleman, for playing Quiz Central with us today.

And congratulations again, Sacred Heart.

We will see you in an upcoming game, and we will see all of you as well in upcoming games here on Quiz Central.

I'm David Nicholas.

Have a good night, everybody.

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