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-Coming up next, it's Coronado... [cheers and applause] ...taking on Malapa Valley.

[cheers and applause] This is Varsity Quiz!

♪♪♪ [cheers and applause] (Nate Tannenbaum) Hi, welcome.

This is the 54th season of Varsity Quiz.

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

So the road to the Silver League title continues here with the last of our Quarterfinal matches.

It's Coronado taking on Malapa Valley.

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

So Coronado finished 1st in their division with an undefeated record.

Their starters, let's say hello to Marie.

Hi, Marie.

-Hi.

-There's Maryiam.

-Hi.

-There's Frank.

-Hi.

-And there's Mason.

-Hello.

-And the coach of Coronado, Matt Aberman.

That's the team from Coronado!

[applause] -And from Moapa Valley, they finished 3rd in their division.

They had two losses.

Their starters are, there's Brock.

Hey, Brock.

There's Iain and Isaac, and the coach for Moapa Valley, Greg Thompson.

That's the team from Moapa Valley!

[applause] Students ready?

Let's play Varsity Quiz.

Nine states in the United States have geographic features called panhandles.

Oklahoma, Florida, probably the best known.

Please name two of the others.

Coronado, Frank: Idaho and Utah -That's incorrect.

Moapa, Isaac: New Mexico and West Virginia -Each of you got one right.

So Idaho was correct and West Virginia is correct.

But we were also looking for Alaska, Connecticut, Maryland, Nebraska, or Texas.

Let's move on to the next question.

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

Moapa, Isaac: Secretary of Energy -Yes.

Points on the board for Moapa.

We move on.

In the seventeenth century, coppersmiths made barrels, millers turned grain into flour.

What did luthiers make?

Coronado, Marie: Candles -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Instruments -I think we can take that.

Can we not take that?

We need more.

-Violins.

-Yes.

Okay, more points.

And we move on to the next question.

In contrast to U.S. Senate committees on aging and ethics, what kind of Senate committees are these: Appropriations, Judiciary, and Armed Services?

Coronado, Mason: Joint Committees -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] -Those are called Standing Committees.

Next question.

The most radioactive locations in the world are the Polygon in Kazakhstan, Fukushima in Japan, and Chernobyl in the Ukraine.

The most radioactive site in the U.S. is where in Washington State?

Coronado, Frank: Three Mile Island -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Mount St. Helens -No.

We're looking for Hanford.

No points.

Next question is a calculation question, students.

Find the next number in this sequence: 8, 16, 24, 36, and 48.

Repeating.

Find the next number in this sequence: 8, 16, 24, 36, and 48.

Coronado, Frank: 64 -Yes.

Points on the board for Coronado.

We move to the next question.

The musical group Abba had a worldwide hit of a queen doing this activity.

Coronado, Frank: Dancing -Yes.

The East African Rift features two important mountains.

One is Mt.

Kilimanjaro.

What's the other one?

Coronado, Frank: Mt.

Kenya -Yes.

In 2015, the International Olympic Committee withdrew recognition of which country's Olympic-- We'll go with Coronado, Frank: Russia -Yes.

What's the term for the difference between the initial position of a reference point and any subsequent position?

Coronado, Frank: Displacement -Yes.

Winston Churchill was recognized by the Nobel Committee with a prize in 1953.

In which category was he a laureate?

Coronado, Maryiam: Peace -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Government -No.

It was literature.

How about that?

Next question.

The poem by Ernest Thayer called "Casey at the Bat" chronicles the baseball fortune of a team from what town?

Coronado, Frank: Mudville -Yeah.

Okay.

Albert Luthuli, Paul Kruger, Thabo Mbeki, Louis Botha, Cecil Rhodes--these are significant people in the history of what country?

Coronado, Frank: South Africa -Yes, sir.

Which of the two major divisions of the skeletal system consists of auditory ossicles, the hyoid bone, facial bones, cranium, vertebral column, thoracic-- Coronado, Frank: Axial -Can we take that?

Yes.

Very good.

Next question.

In this sentence, "Focus on what's right in your world instead of what's wrong," the word "instead" is what part of speech?

Moapa, Isaac: Conjunction -No.

Coronado, Mason: Preposition -No.

It's an adverb.

No points.

Next question.

Caused by compressional stress, in what kind of fold on the earth's surface do both ends dip toward the trough of the fold?

Coronado, Marie: Convergent -No.

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

We'll go with Moapa, Isaac: Displacement -No.

We were looking for the Syncline.

Next question.

Frescos always involve what mixture of lime, gypsum, sand, and water?

Coronado, Frank: Glass -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Heat Block -No.

We were looking for Plaster.

Here's your next question, and it's a calculation question, students.

A jar contains 40 coins consisting of dimes and quarters, having a total value of $4.90.

How many of each coin are there?

Repeating.

A jar with 40 coins consisting of dimes and quarters, total value $4.90.

How many of each kind of coin are there?

And that's Coronado, Frank: 34 Dimes, 6 Quarters.

-Yes, sir.

Next question.

The subtitle of Upton Sinclair's protest play called The Machine calls it "capitalism plus murder."

So what political philosophy is defined by Merriam Webster as one that, quote, exalts nation and often race above the individual?

Moapa, Isaac: Nationalism -No.

Coronado, Maryiam: Fascism -Yes.

That's what we were looking for.

Next question.

An athlete's aerobic capacity and endurance can be improved by boosting the number of erythrocytes in the circulatory system.

This practice is called what?

Coronado, Frank: Doping -Can we accept that?

We need more.

-Anabolic Doping -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Threshold -No.

It's Blood Doping.

Next question.

The oldest city wall discovered by archaeologists anywhere in the world was, by a biblical account, brought down by the sound of trumpets made of-- Moapa, Isaac: Jericho -Yes.

Next question.

What hormone enlarges eye pupils and increases heartbeat, blood pressure, perspiration, and blood glucose concentration?

Coronado, Frank: Epinephrine -Yes.

Next question.

What kind of "-nyms" are illustrated in these examples: Pasteur's treatment, Korsakov's psychosis, Kocher's or Kocher's method, Lou Gehrig's disease, and the Heimlich maneuver?

Coronado, Mason: Eponyms -Yes.

Next question is a calculation question.

Old Zeke, he has a bath every fourth day.

Then there's Old Gus.

He bathes every third day.

If both of them bathe on Monday, on what day of the week will they both be bathing on the same day again?

Repeating-- Okay.

Coronado, Mason: Saturday -You got it.

I don't want to be around him in between.

What "-ism" indicates the existence of two distinct forms of the same species that differ in one or more characteristics, such as size or coloration?

Coronado, Mason: Schism -No.

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

We'll go with Moapa, Isaac: Spatialism -No.

We were looking for Dimorphism.

That's the end of our first round.

But don't go anywhere, because right now, we're gonna learn more about our players.

But first, how about a round of applause for both teams?

This is a good match.

[cheers and applause] -Okay.

So for Coronado, we start with senior Marie.

Hi, Marie.

-Hi.

-I'm not sure if this is your absolute all time favorite movie, but apparently there's a movie that you've seen a lot.

-Yes.

That would be La La Land by Damien Chazelle.

And I don't know if it's my all time favorite but definitely one of the top three or top five.

-It's a fantastic movie.

Keep on enjoying it, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Marie.

-Thank you.

-Here's Maryiam.

Hi, Maryiam.

-Hello.

-A freshman there at Coronado.

I understand that you play three musical instruments.

What are they?

-Well, I began the piano four years ago.

I learned the recorder, and I recently took up guitar.

-Excellent.

Do you have a favorite out of those?

-I mean, I took piano for the longest, so I'd say piano.

-Well, good luck with all your music.

-Thank you.

-And good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Maryiam.

-Thank you.

-Here's senior Frank.

Hey, Frank.

-Hello.

-Welcome back.

Good to see you again.

It says here that you are a businessman.

-Yes.

-That you've started your own business.

What is it?

-Yes.

I started a math tutoring business.

-How's that going?

-It's doing pretty well.

-What age group are you talking to?

-Usually like freshmen or sophomores for high school.

-Making some money.

You go, Frank.

-Yeah.

-Good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

-Thank you.

-Here's senior Mason.

Hey, Mason.

-Hello.

-Good to see you again.

I understand that you, too, are a musician of sorts.

What do you play?

-I play piano.

I have played it for 11 years.

-And do you play at school, or is this just for fun?

-Not at school.

Just for fun.

-Awesome.

Well, good luck with that and good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Ladies and gentlemen, the team from Coronado!

[cheers and applause] Okay.

So let's meet our players from Moapa.

We say hello to sophomore Brock.

Hey, Brock.

-Hi.

-Good to see you.

So speaking of piano, it says here that not only do you play, but you've also expanded a little bit as well.

What do you do?

-Yeah.

So I've played piano for 12 years, and I have my own private studio with my mom and my sister.

And we all teach.

-What kind of students do you have?

What grade or how old?

-I think my youngest is in 1st grade, and my oldest is in 7th grade.

-Is it fun?

-Yeah.

-Awesome.

Well, keep up the good work.

And thank you for doing that.

And good luck on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Brock.

-Thank you.

-Here is senior Iain.

Hey, Iain.

-Hey.

-I understand that you have a leadership position in the Future Farmers of America.

-I do.

I'm the Southern Nevada zone president.

-So what does the president's gig do?

What do you have to do in that role?

-Mostly, a lot of the work went into planning our zone conference, which we had just a few weeks ago.

-Okay.

Did it go pretty well?

-It did.

-Awesome.

Well, good luck with your presidency, and good luck here on Varsity Quiz.

Thanks, Iain.

And here is Isaac, an 11th grader.

Hey, Isaac.

-Hello.

-Nice to see you.

This says here that you do something where you go running?

-Yes.

I run cross country and track.

-You do cross country and track?

-Yes.

-Do you have a favorite event in track, or are you just distance running?

-Distance running.

-Okay.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, the team from Moapa Valley!

[cheers and applause] -Stick around.

The Bonus Round is next.

[crashing sound] -The score going into Round 2, Coronado has 65 points to Moapa Valley's 15.

[crashing sound] -Anything can happen.

No subs for either team, so we're gonna dive right in.

Now, this round is timed at 6 minutes.

And that time starts as I begin this first question.

All the rivers west of the Northern Divide in North Dakota are tributaries of what river?

Moapa, Isaac: Colorado -That's incorrect.

Coronado, Maryiam: The Ohio River -That's incorrect.

It was the Missouri.

So we move on to another question for both teams.

Reflecting its headquarters at Love Field in Dallas, as well as an old marketing campaign where in-flight snacks were called "love bites" and "love potions," LUV is the stock-ticker symbol for what airline that's got the most flights in and out of Harry Reid International?

Coronado, Frank: Southwest -Yes, sir.

Bonus questions now for Coronado only about business and finance.

First, if you want to invest in Google, you have to buy stock in which company?

Second, the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, U.S. Federal Reserve, they all qualify as which kind of institutions for their role in maintaining the economy and financial systems of their nations.

You have 10 seconds.

[students deliberate] -First answer, Alphabet.

Second answer, Central Bank -Both are correct.

You got bonus points.

Next question for both teams.

Among the four tournaments that compose the Grand Slam in golf, only one is played at the same location every year.

Which tournament is that?

Coronado, Marie: The Masters -Yes.

Bonus questions now for Coronado only about golf.

First, if a tournament is described by the host as "open," it means which groups can enter?

Second, which golf course hosts the Masters every year?

You have 10 seconds.

[students deliberate] -First answer, Amateurs.

Second answer, Augusta.

-So the second answer is for sure correct.

Can we accept that first answer?

So we needed Amateurs and Professionals.

So you get some bonus points, not all.

We move to a calculation question for both teams.

A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 meters per second over a distance of 35.4 meters.

What's the acceleration of the bike?

Repeating.

A bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 meters per second over a distance of 35.4 meters.

What's the acceleration of the bike?

That'll be Coronado, Mason: 0.8 Meters Per Second Squared If we were rounding up, we could take that.

But I don't think we can take that.

Moapa, Iain: 0.75 Meters Per Second Squared -No.

We're looking for 0.712 Meters Per Second Squared.

So we move on to another question for both teams.

An important event in the American movement to abolish slavery was the Supreme Court's 1841 decision that favored the slaves who had revolted and taken over which Spanish schooner?

-That'll be Coronado, Frank: Amistad -Yes.

Bonus questions now for Coronado only about the Supreme Court.

First, currently, who's the longest serving Associate Justice on the Court?

And second, which decision did the Court reverse when it ruled in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education?

You have 10 seconds.

[students deliberate] -First answer, Clarence Thomas.

Second answer, Plessy v. Ferguson.

Both are correct.

You got bonus points.

Now this question for both teams.

Which geologic law states that if a rock body contains fragments of another rock body, it must be younger than the fragments of the rock it contains?

Coronado, Mason: Law of Superposition -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Law of Sedimentation -No.

It's the Law of Inclusions.

Next question for both teams.

What surname for a fundamentalist minister created by Sinclair Lewis is also that for a structure supporting the rails of a moving construction crane?

Coronado, Maryiam: Pulley -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] [buzzer sound] -I think that was after the buzzer.

You're gonna kick yourself.

A Gantry.

Next question for both teams.

The name for what system of government was derived from two Greek words meaning "wealth" and "power"?

Coronado, Mason: Aristocracy -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Oligarchy -No.

We were looking for Plutocracy.

Next question.

Hodgkin's Disease is a cancer of what system?

Coronado, Frank: Lymphatic -Yes.

Bonus questions now for Coronado only about anatomy.

First, much like the insulation around electrical wires, what sheath wraps around the axons of neurons?

Second, what part of the vertebrate internal ear has the same name as the maze within which the Minotaur was once confined?

You have 10 seconds.

[students deliberate] -First answer, Myelin.

Second answer, Labyrinth.

-Both are correct, and you got bonus points.

Are we out of time?

Okey-doke.

Hey, before we move on, we just wanted to give a quick shout out and say thank you to the Kiwanis Club of Las Vegas.

They help provide judges for the competitions that take place in schools before we end up here at Vegas PBS.

We also want to give a shout-out to the staff and the leadership of the Clark County School District's Student Activities department because, wow, they have a lot of coordinating every step of the program from early in the school year, all the way to the championships.

Speed Round coming right up.

[crashing sound] Here we go into Round 3.

Score: Coronado, 120.

Moapa Valley, 15.

[crashing sound] We mean it when we say it, anything can happen in this Speed Round.

We have all new players for Coronado.

We say hello to Adrian.

Hey, Adrian.

-Hello.

-There's Mia.

-Hi.

-Hi, Mia.

Spencer.

-Hi.

-And Ally.

-Hi.

-And for Moapa, we just want to give a shout-out to Brock, Isaac, and Ian.

You guys keep hanging in there.

Glad to have you here.

So in the Speed Round, we have 30 questions.

Correct answers are worth 5 points.

It's also a timed round, 6 minutes.

We get to as many questions as we can.

Obviously, if we get to all 30 before the 6 minutes is up, the match would be over after that response to the 30th question.

Here we go.

What term describes a piece of music with no definite key center?

Coronado, Adrian: Atonal -Yes.

A law enforcement agency may issue a BOLO.

What's that acronym stand for?

Coronado, Mia: Be On The Lookout -Yes.

Next question.

In Gothic architecture, what's the name for grotesque ornamental roof spouts?

Moapa, Isaac: Gargoyle -Yes.

Next question.

Also known as laughing gas, what's the scientific name for a sedative commonly used in dental offices?

Moapa, Isaac: o2n -I don't know if the chemical name is correct.

Judges, you have to help me out on that one.

I have a different answer.

Is that correct?

Okay.

So that's incorrect.

Coronado, Ally: Nitrogen Dioxide -No.

We were looking for Nitrous Oxide.

You were close.

I think you were on the right track, Isaac, but no points for anybody.

We move on.

In what city is the USS PUEBLO maintained as a tourist attraction?

Coronado, Adrian: San Diego -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Boston -No.

It's actually in Pyongyang, over there in the Koreas.

Next question.

The Tango is to Argentina as the Flamenco is to-- Coronado, Adrian: Spain -Yes, sir.

Calculation question, students.

Remember, we don't repeat here in the third round.

The sum of the digits in a two-digit number is 13.

So if the unit's digit is one greater than twice the tens digit, what's the number?

[bell chimes, time expires] [buzzer sound] -Ooh, I think he was past the buzzer.

We were looking for 49.

I bet you that's what you were gonna say.

All right, but no points.

We move on.

Deoxygenated blood is drained from what organ by the hepatic veins.

Coronado, Adrian: Liver -Yes.

What phenomenon relating to electricity gradually decreases in metallic conductors as temperature is lowered?

Coronado, Adrian: Electric Conductivity -No.

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

Next question.

Complete this tautology: I will win the lottery or... Coronado, Mia: I Will Not -I think we need more.

-Win the Lottery.

-Yes.

And I'm sure not going to win the lottery either.

We move on to the next question.

What is the suffix mean in mesophyll, sporophyll, cladophyll, and chlorophyll?

Coronado, Adrian: Full Of -Pardon me?

-Full Of -No.

Moapa, Isaac: Love -No.

It actually means Leaf.

Shocked, awe, and silence.

We move on.

The Skeleton Coast National Park, spanning more than 300 miles, covering some 6,500 square miles, is located on the west coast of which African country?

Coronado, Adrian: South Africa -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] Looking for Namibia.

Next question.

Libel and what other offense are types-- And that's Coronado, Ally: Slander -Yes.

Buffalo Hump led Native Americans of what tribe in the Great Raid of 1840 on the plains of West Texas?

Moapa, Isaac: Comanche -Yes.

Next question.

What's the title of a principal judicial officer for a military branch of the armed services?

Coronado, Adrian: Sergeant -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] -We were looking for JAG, Judge Advocate or Judge Advocate General.

Next question.

Name any of the three anatomical tubes that pass through the diaphragm?

Coronado, Adrian: Trachea -No.

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

Moapa, Isaac: Lymphatic -No.

We were looking for a Vena Cava, Aorta, or Esophagus.

No points.

We move on.

The four major ethnic groups among the Helenes of Classical Greece were the Aeolians, the Achaeans, the Ionians, and which other?

Moapa, Isaac: Spartans -No.

[bell chimes, time expires] -The Dorians.

Next question is a calculation question.

Eight years ago, Pedro was 8 times as old as Sydney.

Today, their ages add up to 52.

How old is Pedro?

[bell chimes, time expires] -40 years old.

Next question.

Between 1952 and 1969, more than 12,000 purported UFO sightings were investigated under what Air Force project?

[bell chimes, time expires] [buzzer sound] -After the buzzer?

We were looking for Blue Book.

Next question.

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

[bell chimes, time expires] -The City Khartoum.

Next question.

Complete this Latin phrase that essentially means "after, therefore, because of."

Post hoc, ergo propter what?

[bell chimes, time expires] -Hoc.

And apparently we are out of time.

So let's find out who won.

[crashing sound] -Thank you to both teams.

Really good match.

Congratulations to Coronado on the win!

[crashing sound] [cheers and applause] -The final score: Coronado 150 to Moapa's 25.

But let's give it up for the kids from Moapa as well.

Really good showing, you guys.

[cheers and applause] -And that does wrap up the Quarter Finals here in the 54th Season of Varsity Quiz.

We want you to tune in next week.

We start the Semifinals.

It'll be Clark taking on The Meadows.

That's going to be a good match on Varsity Quiz right here on Vegas PBS!

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