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Coming up, it's Gorman taking on Coronado.

This is Varsity Quiz!!

Hi, and welcome.

This is the 54th season of Varsity Quiz.

We've got the best and brightest high school students matching wits in this unique academic competition.

So we started with 19 schools in the Silver League.

Three different divisions.

Now, the road to the VQ 23 Silver League Championship down to the second of our two semifinals.

Gorman defeated Arbor View in the quarterfinals to get where they are today, and their starters are Zain.

Hey Zain.

There's Carter.

Hey, Carter, Dominik, Hey, Dominik and Braddock.

And the coach for Gorman, Jay Bonar.

Ladies and gentlemen, Bishop Gorman.

Now, for Coronado, they eliminated the Moapa Valley in their quarterfinals.

Starters for Coronado.

There's Maryiam.

Hi, Maryiam.

Good to see you.

There's Adrian.

Adrian.

Frank.

Howdy.

And Mason.

Hello.

And the coach for Coronado.

Matt Aberman.

That's Coronado.

Students you ready?

Let's play Varsity Quiz.

What nation tried to bill the United States $2 million for care of Otto Warmbler, the American... Coronado, Frank.

North Korea.

Yes.

Points on the board for Coronado.

We move on.

The museum in Granada, Spain's a palace and a fortress built by the Moors and considered the finest- That's Coronado, Mason.

The Alhambra.

Yes.

What literary device is prominent in these examples?

Animal Farm, where the pigs stand for political figures.

That's Coronado Mason.

Allegory?

Yes.

What cabinet position does Marsha Fudge hold?

Gorman, Carter.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

That is correct.

Points on the board for Gorman.

We move on.

Strangely enough, “The Great Asparagus ” was a nickname given to what future President of the French Republic by his fellow military academy cadets?

That's Coronado.

Maryiam?

Emmanuel Macron?

Incorrect.

...before World War One?

Gorman.

Dominik.

Pompidou.

No.

We're looking for Charles de Gaulle.

We move to the next question.

A fast moving, low pressure weather system affecting the central provinces of Canada and of the Midwest and northeast United States is known as what kind of a clipper?

Gorman.

Dominik.

Arctic?

No.

Coronado?

Frank?

Continental?

Nope.

No junior weather buddies here.

It's an Alberta Clipper.

Next question.

The first goal of the astronauts on the space Shuttle Endeavor in 1995 was to confirm whether a certain colorless, odorless, inert gas was spread between galaxies by the Big Bang.

Name the element.

Coronado, Adrian.

Helium.

Yes.

Next students is a calculation question.

The first four Fibonacci numbers are zero, one, one and two.

But what's the 12th number?

Repeating, first four Fibonacci numbers zero, one- We'll go with Coronado, Frank.

89.

That is correct.

Next question.

A person becomes a saint following canonization.

What 13 letter word names the step prior to sainthood?

Gorman, Dominik.

Beatification.

That's correct.

Next question.

What ancient marine animals were probably the ancestors of horseshoe crabs and scorpions and spiders and other arthropods, as can be seen in the large number of fossils found?

Coronado, Maryiam.

Trilobites.

Yes.

This son of a wealthy man of letters became one of the most important novelists of the 19th century, one of the most popular tales involves the supernatural possession of two youngsters who have been entrusted to the care of a morally courageous governess who wrote the “Turn of the Screw ”?

I think they're going to be looking that up.

It's Henry James.

Next question.

The largest salt flat in the world is Salar de Uyuni, which covers 4,050 square miles.

In which South American nation is it located?

That's Gorman Dominik.

Bolivia.

Correct.

Knowledge is power.

That's an appropriate model for any Varsity Quiz team.

But which English philosopher is credited with declaring it?

Coronado, Mason.

Locke?

No.

Gorman.

Dominik.

Mill?

No.

Sir.

Francis Bacon.

Next question.

Suppose you are a chess king.

Your standing on the periodic table of the elements squarely on Arsenic.

Name any one of the eight elements- Coronado, Mason.

Selenium.

Yes.

Name any of the eight elements to which you could move.

Selenium is one silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, germanium, tin antimony and tellurium.

All right.

What is often a synonym for the last use of a homonym in this sentence: While sitting around the pool, we decided to pool our pocket change and play pool.

Coronado, Frank.

Billiards.

That is correct.

Monotremes and marsupials lack which vascular organ formed by the chorion and the endometrium?

Coronado, Adrian.

Heart?

No.

Gorman, Zain.

Esophagus?

No, it's placenta.

Next question.

Oregon and Michigan are the two states that produce the greatest number of which botanical items that sell almost exclusively in November and December- That's Gorman, Zain.

Christmas trees.

Yes.

Next is a calculation question, students.

Tickets to the dance show $4 for adults, $1.50 for students There were four times as many adult tickets than student tickets sold for a total of $3,500.

How many tickets were for students?

Repeating, tickets- We'll go with Coronado, Frank.

200.

Yes, sir.

Which James Baldwin novel, the title of which is also that of a well-known folk song.

It's about- Coronado, Maryiam, “Go tell it on the mountain ”.

Yes.

What town in southern New Mexico was named for groundwater that reaches the surface under the natural pressure of an aquifer?

Gorman, Dominik.

Hot Springs.

No.

Coronado, Maryiam.

Albuquerque?

No.

They call it Artesia.

Next question.

E.B.

White wrote three stories for children.

Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The first two, what was the third one?

Coronado, Mason.

“The trumpet and The Swan ”.

Yes.

Who said in a 1991 speech, “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles.

A rendezvous with victory is very near ”?

Coronado.

Maryiam.

Ronald Reagan.

No.

Gorman.

Zain.

Napoleon?

No, it was Saddam Hussein.

Next question.

Classify this statement by Will Rogers, according to its structure.

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.

Coronado, Mason.

Complex.

Yes.

Ah, next question.

Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in spring 2022.

It requires all current members approval.

So Turkey remains opposed to Sweden's membership over unsubstantiated charges that the country supports the PKK, a group supporting a homeland for which ethnic group?

Coronado, Mason.

Kurds.

Yes.

The most powerful athletic conferences in the NCAA Division I they call those the “Power Five ” two of the Southeast Conference, the SCC and the Big Ten.

Name two of the other three?

Coronado, Frank.

Big 12 and PAC 12.

Yes, the other one was the ACC.

Okay.

So that's the end of round one, but don't go anywhere because we're about to learn a little bit more about our players, but can we give them a round of applause?

And students, you get a chance to breathe here for a second.

First, we're going to meet the players from Gorman.

We say hello to 11th grader, hey Zain.

Hi.

So let's see.

There's something on here about a 4000 piece world map puzzle.

What's pretty... what's so special about that?

I just took a long time to build, and me and my dad are pretty proud of it.

So you guys built it?

Hmmmhm.

Do you have, like, a jigsaw or something?

Yeah, a jigsaw puzzle.

Have you actually put it back together?

Yes.

Okay, well, keep on doing the puzzles and good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Thank you Zain.

Good to have you here.

Next is Carter, A junior.

Hey, Carter.

Hello.

Well, you wrote down a couple of subjects that you're very interested at school.

Do you remember what you wrote down?

History.

Yeah.

Any particular era of history or just any.

Uh, not especially.

Okay, we'll just keep studying that history.

And good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Good to have you here, Carter.

Thank you.

Here is Senor, Dominik Hey, Dominik.

It says here you have already got your college plans.

Yep.

I got accepted to the Catholic University of America.

And where is that?

It's in Washington, D.C.. Well, congratulations on that.

Good luck and good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Thank you.

Dominik.

Here is Senior Bradock.

Hi, Bradock.

Hello.

Nice to have you here.

It says you participate in a sport over there at Gorman.

What do you do?

Yeah, I run for track and field and cross country.

And it says you also have another event that you participate in.

Yes, I'm a pole vaulter.

What's your personal best?

Is my first season doing it, so I don't have personal best yet.

Okay.

Well, hey, that's awesome.

Good luck for trying something new and good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

That's the the students from Bishop Gorman.

All right, let's meet our players from Coronado.

We have freshman Maryiam.

Hi, Maryiam Hi.

I don't know if the folks at home are aware, but I've been talking to you since you were in The Spelling Bee.

But you also have a hobby here that says you love reading.

Reading is what helped me get into Varsity Quiz in the first place.

Thanks to my friends, my family, and Mr. Mr. Aberman the coach and I just read everything.

Actually, I was so obsessed with Varsity Quiz, I emailed my coach over the summer break and he I don't think he was happy about that, but I just thank him.

And for everyone who's helped me get to where I am today.

Awesome, well, since you're just a freshman, hopefully you got a few more years in you.

Yeah.

That's great, Maryiam.

Thank you.

And good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Here is senior Adrian.

Hi, Adrian.

Hello.

Nice to see you again.

Here's something that I'm not sure what it is.

Something called the International Bio Medicine Olympiad.

Yes.

So that's basically like it's a high school competition hosted somewhere.

I don't know.

But it's a competition around the world where high schoolers can compete in biology related events.

Okay.

Have you done pretty well in that?

I actually placed bronze in the cellular and molecular biology.

Wow.

So congratulations and good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Adrian.

Thank you.

Here's a 12th grader, Frank.

Hello.

Good to see you again.

Frank.

This says that you have taken up a new hobby.

Yes, I have.

Whats that?

I cannot remember what I've written.

Chess.

Oh, chess yeah.

You haven't dropped it already, have you?

No I havent.

And I'm so I'm so fighting on.

Okay.

We'll fight on and good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Frank.

Good to have you here.

Here's 12th grader Mason.

Hi, Mason.

Hello.

This says you are not exactly sure about your college plans.

You wrote down a couple of possibilities.

There's a few options, thankfully, but there's the local options.

There's a few, not local options.

And to be honest, I'm still not sure what I want to major in.

Oh, dude, you don't have to decide right away.

But we do want you to stick around and do well in Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Mason.

And that's the team from Coronado.

And here comes the bonus round.

Going into round two.

Coronado, 65 points to Gorman's 20.

For Gorman, we have one new player.

We say hello to Jared.

Hi, Jared.

Hi.

Welcome aboard.

Coronado has one new player.

There's Marie.

Hi Marie.

Hi.

Welcome.

Now this round is timed at 6 minutes and that starts as I begin this question.

Complete this Joseph Stalin quotation using a word that qualifies as compound and is an indefinite pronoun.

“It is enough that the people know there was an election.

The people who cast the votes decide nothing.

The people who count the votes decide ” blank.

Coronado, Frank.

Everything.

Yes.

Bonus questions now for Coronado only about pronouns.

First, what relative pronouns should be added to this sentence to make it more intelligible: “The horse raced past the barn fell ”?

and second, restate this line to include an intensive pronoun: Mary Forest is terrifying.

You have 10 seconds.

Okay, so it's and she had for it and she so I'm very serious.

Captain?

First answer, “That ” second answer, Mary Forest, is scary, isn't she?

The first one is correct.

I don't think we can accept the second one.

We were looking for Mary herself is terrifying.

So some bonus points.

Not a whole bunch.

But now this question for both teams.

The following are tributaries of which great river, the Moder, the Main, the Moselle and the Meuse.

That's Gorman.

Dominik.

Rhine.

Yes.

Bonus questions now for Gorman only about Rivers.

First, the Ob River that's in the western part of which vast region of Russia.

Second, it's kept in ordered the scuttling of the badly damaged Graf Spee when it sat at anchor on the River Plate in which South American country?

You have 10 seconds.

So that's going to be okay, right?

First answer, Siberia.

Second answer, Argentina.

Siberia is correct.

The other one is Uruguay.

So you get some bonus points, but not all.

And now this calculation question for both teams.

Paula spent $10.44 for stamps that she needed to mail invitations.

The number of 49 cent stamps was for more than twice the number of eight cent stamps.

So how many stamps of each kind did Paula buy?

Let me repeat, Paula spent $10.44 for stamps to mail invitations.

The number of $0.49 stamps was four more than twice the number of $0.08 stamps.

How many stamps of each kind did Paula have or did she buy?

Coronado, Mason.

Eight and cent stamps four $0.08 stamps?

That's incorrect.

Ah, Gorman, Dominik.

12 $0.49 Stamps six $0.08 stamps.

That's not what we have.

We have 20 $0.49 and eight $0.08.

So we move on to this question for both teams.

Sinclair Lewis wrote one of the most famous enduring novels of the 1920s.

What was the one word title of his satirical novel about American culture after the First World War?

Coronado, Mason Oil.

No.

It's called Babbitt.

Next question for both teams.

In geology, it refers to a material made of a loosely compacted mass of rocks and materials or inert solid bodies like sand or gravel added to strengthened concrete.

And more generally, the word refers to a hole made of disparate parts, such as combining different groups on a project.

Coronado, Maryiam?

Conglomerate?

No.

Gorman, Zain?

Sedimentary?

No.

You're on the right track, Merriam, It's aggregate, so no points.

We move to this question for both teams.

In 2000, the Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling on a conflict between two large corporations over a seemingly trivial trademark dispute.

One company charged the other one with stealing the appearance of Tony the Tiger for its “Put a Tiger in Your Tank ” ad campaign.

Name both large corporations.

Coronado, Maryiam.

Frosted Flakes and Cheetos.

No Gorman, Zain.

Kellogg and Frito-Lay.

Kellogg is correct, but the other one was Exxon.

No points.

We move to this question for both teams.

Three cats, Leon, Fred and Nikki.

They plotted to challenge Peter for supremacy in the house.

In addition to their teeth, the trio concluded that the razor sharpness of their claws would tip the fight in their favor.

How many claws will the three collectively bring to the battle?

Coronado, Frank.

48.

No.

Gorman, Zane.

60?

Nope.

It's 54.

18 times three.

Next question is a calculation question.

There are five green balls, seven red balls.

Now two balls are selected one by one without replacement.

What's the probability that the first ball is green and the second is red?

Let me repeat, you got Let's go with Coronado, Frank.

35 over 132.

Correct.

Bonus calculation questions now for Coronado only.

First, a lead ingot falls from a high bridge impacting water in 9 seconds.

To the nearest meter, what distance did it fall?

Second, four dolphins have anchovies.

The first has 1/10 of the anchovies, the second has 12 more than the first.

The third has one more anchovy than the first.

Now the fourth has double that of the third.

How many anchovies are there?

Let me repeat all of this First, a lead ingot falling from a high bridge impacting water in 9 seconds to the nearest meter, what distance did it fall?

Second.

You got four dolphins with anchovies.

The first has 1/10 of the anchovies, The second has 12 more than the first.

Third has one more than the first.

The fourth has double that of the third.

How many anchovies are there?

10 seconds.

When you see my numbers, first answer, 396.9 meters.

Second answer, 30 anchovies.

I believe we can accept both of those.

You've got bonus points and that is the end of the bonus round.

Speed round, coming up.

Round three, the score, Coronado 90 to Bishop Gormans 30.

Anything can happen in the speed round.

We do have a couple of new players for Gorman.

We say hello to Michael.

Hey Michael, Hi Nate.

And theres Will.

Welcome aboard and good luck.

You guys.

Coronado we have a returning player.

Adrian's back.

Hey, Adrian.

Hello.

Good to see you.

Let's get started.

What's the only triple landlocked state in the United States?

The only one where you need to cross at least three states or two states and a province in Canada to reach an ocean.

Coronado, Maryiam.

Nebraska.

Yes Often associated with copper, what's the general term for a thin colored film produced on the surface of a rock?

That's Coronado, Frank.

Patina, Correct.

Also called autogenesis, what is another for the natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, with simple organic compounds eventually developing into organisms?

That's Coronado, Maryiam?

Spontaneity.

No Looking for abiogenesis.

Next question.

The Savak was to Iran as what agency was to the German Democratic Republic.

Did you get it in time?

We'll go with Gorman, Michael.

The Gestapo.

No, we were looking for the Stasi.

Next question.

In “Enders Game, ” the buggers had what name reminiscent of an acid produced by most ants?

Coronado, Maryiam?

Pheromones?

No.

Gorman, Michael?

Venom.

No its formics.

Next question.

By what title was Tomas of Torquemada best known?

They called him The Grand Inquisitor.

The island of Sicily is located near the place where which two continental plates collide?

Coronado, Frank.

Eurasia and Africa.

I don't think we can accept that.

That's not the answer we have.

We were looking for the European and then African.

Next question.

Name the American author of “Cannibalism in the Cars, ” it's a story about 24 men marooned on a train by a snowstorm.

They hold elections to determine which is to literally provide the next meal.

Coronado, Mason.

Shirley Jackson No, believe it or not, it was Mark Twain.

Next question.

What town is the county seat of Nye County, Nevada?

Gorman Dominik?

Pahrump.

No.

Coronado.

Mason.

Elko?

No, it's Tonopah.

Oh, the Tonopah Chamber of Commerce is going to come after you guys.

Here's a calculation question.

Remember, we do not repeat in the third round.

There's an eight kilogram high school girls shotput.

It must weigh how much if an imperial scale is used.

Coronado, Frank 18 pounds?

No.

Gorman.

Michael.

15 pounds.

No, it's 8.8 pounds.

That's question.

In 1862, the Thames Ironworks built to sister ships that were sent disassembled to which lofty lake for use by the Peruvian Navy?

Coronado.

Maryiam?

Lake Titicaca?

That is correct.

What was the first name of “The Big O ” basketball professional, the author who created Dorian Gray, the- Coronado, Frank?

Oscar?

Correct.

Near what city in northern Egypt do people visit three magnificent structures attributed- That's Gorman, Zain Cairo.

No, attributed to the Pharaohs Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu?

Coronado, Maryiam?

Giza.

Correct.

In music, if the frequency of middle C is 264 vibrations per second, what's the frequency of the next lower C?

Coronado, Mason?

132.

Correct.

What name for a large frost mound rhymes with a term for a wild Australian dog?

Gorman.

Dominik?

Bingo.

No, we were looking for Pingo.

So you're on the right track.

What organization based in Indianapolis writes the rules of competition for almost all high school sports in the country.

Coronado, Maryiam NCAA.

No.

Gorman, Dominik.

NIAA?

That's the Nevada one, and you were talking about the college one for high school is National Federation of State High School Associations.

NFHS.

Okay.

What part of a seed bearing plant consists of one or more carpels, each with its own stigma and style?

Coronado, Frank.

Flower?

No.

We're looking for the pistil.

Next question.

How does the proverb in this line usually end: Once bitten?

Coronado, Frank.

Twice shy.

You got it.

The Visigoths founded the Kingdom in Spain, while the Ostrogoths founded one mostly in which southern European country?

Coronado, Mason.

Portugal?

No.

Gorman, Will.

France?

Nope.

We're looking for Italy.

It's a calculation question here again, no repeats in the third round.

What's the cosine of angle x if x is in the first quadrant and the tangent of x is 5/12?

Coronado, Frank.

12/13.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

So Huck says human beings can be awful cruel to one another.

He says this when what two people are tarred and feathered before their performance of their show, “The Royal Nonesuch ”?

Remember the Duke and Dauphin.

Just below the lithosphere, and including the upper part of the mantle is which ductile part of the Earth's interior?

Coronado, Adrian?

Asthenoshpere.

Pardon me?

Asthenoshpere?

Yes.

Apparently we're out of time.

Let's find out who won!

And our final score, Coronado 135 points to Bishop Gorman, 25 Let's say thanks and congratulations to both teams.

A great match.

[Applause] But for sure, congratulations to Coronado with that win, sending them to the VQ 23 Silver League Championship match against the Meadows.

That's next week on Varsity Quiz right here on Vegas PBS.

Goodnight.