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We have 16 schools from across the state competing to be this year's champion and take home that thousand dollar prize for their school's project graduation.

In our second qualifying match, it's the Rams of Deering High School, (exciting music) taking on the Panthers of North Yarmouth Academy.

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- Welcome to season seven of High School Quiz Show Maine.

I'm your host, Todd Gutner.

We have 16 schools competing to be the season seven champion and take home that a thousand dollar grand prize for their schools project graduation.

In our second match, we have two quiz show veteran schools who are each looking for their first championship.

But only one, only one, is gonna have that chance.

The Rams of Deering High School in Portland are making their third appearance and they're looking to beat out North Yarmouth Academy in their fourth appearance on the show.

Let's get things going by meeting the teams.

For Deering, we have Violet, Asa, Emma, and Kauther with alternates, Tim and Zoe, and they're coached by Kyle Davenport.

And for North Yarmouth Academy we have Genevieve, Hadley, Olivia, and Alex with alternates, Eva and Chloe, and they're coached by Jennifer Makayla.

The competition, of course, has three rounds, the tossup round, the category round, and that fun lightning round.

We'll start with the tossup round.

All answers are worth 10 points, and this is the only round with no point deductions for wrong answers.

Players must wait for me to complete the question, and if one team answers incorrectly, the other team will be given a chance to answer.

Alright players, are we ready to go?

Is that a yes?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

- Okay, here we go.

First question for round one.

Traditional s'mores are made with Graham crackers, chocolate and what puff candy?

(bell ringing) Violet, Deering.

- Marshmallow.

- Marshmallow is correct.

TV series "Cobra Kai" is a sequel to what film franchise from the 1980s?

(bell ringing) Asa, Deering.

- The Karate Kid.

- Karate Kid.

Nice.

What Scottish born inventor of the telephone also designed a hydrofoil watercraft and served as president of the National Geographic Society?

(bell ringing) Violet, Deering.

- Alexander Graham Bell.

- That is right.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is headquartered in which European country that has a white cross on its national flag?

(bell ringing) Genevieve, NYA.

- Sweden.

- That's incorrect.

Deering, you wanna go for it?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Violet.

- Switzerland.

- Switzerland is the correct answer.

Alright, next up we have a picture question.

So head over to this monitor here with your eyes.

Name this key figure from the Renaissance known for his work such as David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

(bell ringing) Emma, Deering.

- Michelangelo.

- Michelangelo, right.

In Lexington, Massachusetts, there's a monument commemorating what Revolutionary War militias made up of civilians who could mobilize and fight with a moment's warning?

(bell ringing) Kauther.

- Minutemen.

- Minutemen, yes, nice job.

Sometimes called Archimedes' constant.

The ratio of a circle circumference to its diameter is represented by which Greek letter?

(bell ringing) Emma, Deering.

- Pi.

- Pi is right.

In February, 2021, which US Senator was widely criticized for traveling to Cancun Mexico on vacation while his home state of Texas was suffering major power outages due to winter storms?

(bell ringing) Kauther, Deering.

- Ted Cruz.

- Ted Cruz is right.

According to the play by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is the prince of which country?

(bell ringing) - Genevieve, go ahead.

- Denmark.

- Denmark is correct.

Next up, a video question, once again to the monitors.

- Hello, my name is Joshua Chard, and I'm the 2024 Maine Teacher of the year.

And today's video question category is American literature.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "the Great Gatsby," what is the name of the narrator and the main protagonist's neighbor?

(bell ringing) - [Todd] Emma, Deering.

- Jay Gatsby.

- Incorrect.

NYA, You wanna give it a shot?

(buzzer buzzing) Nick Caraway.

Nick Caraway is the answer.

Alright, we're moving on.

In a poem written in 1732, English poet John Gay describes a person who is calm and relaxed as being cool as what vegetable?

(bell ringing) Asa, Deering.

- Cucumber.

- Cucumber, right.

When Ronald Reagan told Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down this wall, what wall was he talking about?

(bell ringing) Kauther, Deering.

- Berlin.

- The Berlin wall is correct.

Artificial intelligence researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan recently developed Issa-kun on, AI generator that produces what type of three line poetry?

(bell ringing) Hadley, NYA.

- Haiku.

- Haiku, yes.

The elbow is which type of joint?

Ball and socket, hinge, or pivot.

(bell ringing) Genevieve.

- Hinge.

- Hinge, correct.

Math question.

You have pencils, you have paper, you are all armed and ready to go.

Math question here.

Gas costs $3.53 a gallon and your car's gas tank holds 12 gallons.

Assuming the tank is completely empty, how much will it cost you to fill it up?

(bell ringing) Asa, Deering.

- $42.36.

- You nailed it.

Did you even look down to do that?

(Todd laughing) Or is that off the top of your head?

Alright, we move on.

By definition, an organic compound must contain witch chemical element?

(bell ringing) - Violet, Deering.

- Carbon.

- Carbon is right.

The bay near Sydney, Australia where Captain James Cook landed in 1770 is now known by what name that comes from the abundance of plant life in the area?

(buzzer buzzes) (bell ringing) I think I heard the buzzer first, right?

So we can't take your your answer there, Asa.

It's Botany Bay.

Botany Bay.

What word can mean the type of long, flat bottomed boat that is used on the canals of Venice, Italy, or the type of enclosed ski lift that takes you up a mountain?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Asa.

- Gondola.

- Gondola, yes.

Lucy and Artie are early hominid skeletons that were unearthed by paleontologists working on which continent?

(bell ringing) Kauther.

- Africa.

- Africa is right.

Which English queen who died in 1603 was the last ruler of the Tudor dynasty?

(bell ringing) - Violet, Deering.

- Victoria.

- That's incorrect.

NYA Wanna give a shot?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Olivia.

- Elizabeth the first.

- Elizabeth the first, yes.

That's the right answer.

Alright.

A furlong is a measure of which of these things?

Distance, volume, or weight.

(bell ringing) - Go ahead, Asa.

- Distance.

- Distance is right.

What head covering traditionally worn by women in Muslim societies has a name that comes from the Arabic word for barrier?

(bell ringing) - Emma, Deering.

- Hijab.

- Hijab, yes.

Which is the only country in Central America where English is the official language?

(buzzer buzzing) The answer is Belize.

Belize.

Alright, another math question.

Pencils, papers.

In a rhombus, ABCD, where interior angles A and C each measure 25 degrees, what is the measurement of interior angle B?

(bell ringing) Go for it, Asa.

- 105 degrees.

- That's incorrect.

NYA, You have a shot here.

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Hadley.

- 65.

- Incorrect also.

The answer is 155.

I think that's eating Asa up right now.

Alright, we're moving on though, we're moving on.

In Norse mythology, warriors killed in battle go to live with Odin in what hall at Asgard?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Olivia.

- Valhalla.

- Valhalla, yes.

Utility companies calculate household energy usage with a unit of measurement that is abbreviated KWH.

In this context, what does KWH stand for?

(bell ringing) - Violet, Deering.

- Kilowatt.

- [Todd] Kilowatt.

We need a little bit more actually.

- Kilowatt hour.

- There it is.

What title of a novella by Franz Kafka can also refer to the process by which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly?

(bell ringing) Asa, Deering.

- Metamorphosis.

- That's right.

Of the seven colors in the rainbow, which one has the shortest wavelength?

(bell ringing) Emma, Deering.

- Blue.

- Nope, can't take that.

NYA?

(bell ringing) - Red - Alex, also incorrect.

It's violet.

Violet.

Sorry.

We're moving on though.

What sitcom that stars Iain Armitage is a prequel to the Big Bang Theory?

(bell ringing) Olivia, NYA.

- Young Sheldon.

- Young Sheldon.

Are you a big fan of it?

- Yeah.

- It looked like it.

What is the name for the trade associations that weavers, brewers and other craftspeople in medieval Europe organized for themselves?

(bell ringing) Alex, on the end.

- Artisans.

- Not the answer.

Deering.

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Asa.

- Guilds.

- Guilds, that is the answer.

Yep.

Amethyst is a purple type and citrine is a yellow type of what mineral that is composed of silicon dioxide?

(bell ringing) Asa again.

- Quartz.

- And again, you got it right.

What needle craft takes its name from the French for small hook?

(bell ringing) - [Todd] Hadley, go for it.

- Crochet.

- Crochet, yeah.

Good job.

(alarm ringing) Alright, that's the end of the first round.

And right now the score is Deering at 200, NYA trailing at 70.

Looks like we've got a pretty good match though brewing here, so don't go anywhere.

We will meet the players when we get back.

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Before we head to the category round, we like to pause and get to know our players with a slightly silly question.

And this one is, if you could be any animal or creature in the Maine woods or ocean, what would it be and why?

And we'll begin over here with Deering and Violet.

What do you think?

- I think I'd be a black bear because they get to hang around the woods and eat blueberries all day.

- (laughs) Okay.

Blueberries a big thing for you?

- [Violet] Yeah.

- Part of your diet as well?

- Yeah.

- (laughs) Blueberries are good.

Asa, before you answer, Asa before the show informed me that his mother and I graduated from high school together back in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Conard High School, go Chieftains.

Sarah, right?

- Yes.

- Yeah, we had a lot of the same classes together.

I remember that well.

So say hi to your mom for me.

She's probably really proud of you, 'cause you're knocking it outta the park right now.

Alright, Asa, what's your animal of choice?

- I think I'd choose a beaver.

I could build a really cool house.

Got many floors, secret entrances.

- Okay.

- And I think I could avoid the dentist because they have very healthy teeth.

- Yeah.

Are you, do you not like dentists?

Is that part of the problem?

- I mean, who really does?

No offense to my dentist.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- We don't mean to offend any dentists out there.

(laughs) Thank you Asa.

Emma, your turn.

- I would love to be a blue lobster, for its regenerative properties.

The fact that it's protected under fishing regulations and that it's one in a million.

- And that it's one in a million and you're one of a million, Emma.

You are, too.

(laughs) Whether you're a lobster or not.

Kauther, your turn.

- I think I'd be a moose.

I have a pretty simple answer, just so I could have an antlers.

Sorry.

- Antlers.

That's something that you, well, you could do it for Halloween maybe, or something like that next year.

It's a moose for Kauther on Halloween.

We'll go over to NYA, Genevieve.

- I also said bear, but for different reasons.

I said because I'd like to be able to sleep for half of the year, and if I ever chase someone, I can say that they exited, pursued by bear.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I like the sleeping thing, though.

That's, a brilliant answer.

Boy, we, you're gonna get less and less sleep as you get older and older, so you're gonna be wishing you were- - I already get little sleep.

- Okay, alright.

There's probably a story there too, that we don't have time for.

Hadley, your turn.

What's your animal?

- I think I would like to be a chickadee, just because I would like to be able to fly.

- Oh yeah.

I mean, would any bird suffice in this case?

- Yeah.

- Okay, great.

Chickadee.

But that's the Maine, yeah, that's the bird.

That's the Maine bird.

So I think that's a good one, too.

Olivia.

- I think I'd like to just be a starfish and hang out in the ocean.

- [Todd] Just hang.

- Yeah.

- Just latch onto things and hang.

- Exactly.

- Yeah.

That sounds pretty cool.

Alex, you're last up, but not least.

- I think I'd be a salmon, 'cause they have one epic of a life.

They, you know, going up waterfalls and they're going both fresh water and salt water, going everywhere.

- They do.

They live a glorious life.

It's short usually, and it ends in one of your partner's bear's mouths and teammates thing.

Right?

(laughs) It could end tragically, so hopefully it won't for you, Alex.

Alright, the category round is next, but let's see how well you do with our viewer question of the week.

(energetic music) - Hi, I'm Paul Riley from Safety Insurance and this is your viewer question of the week.

The railroad bridge in this town was the site of a World War I German sabotage attempt.

Was it Fort Kent, Callus, Vanceboro, or Upton?

We'll reveal the answer later in the show.

- Next up is the category round.

Here are the choices.

"Mice Can Be Nice," "When I Was President," "Where is Everybody," "Who Nose?," "Hawkeyes and Hoosiers," and "That Hits the Spotify."

Each team will alternate control of two categories.

Questions have increasing point values, with each question they can choose to answer and either gain or lose points, they can skip and neither gain nor lose points, or once per category, they can toss and force the other team to answer the question.

Players will have five seconds to confer and decide what to do.

NYA, you guys are trailing.

You get to pick your first category.

What will it be?

- [Olivia] We'll take That Hits the Spotify.

- Okay.

That Hits the Spotify.

These are questions about popular music streaming on Spotify.

Okay.

Which Canadian born artist set a Guinness Book of World record as the most streamed act on Spotify with more than 78 billion streams?

That includes more than 2.6 billion streams of the song "One Dance," featuring Wizkid and Kyla.

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) - We'll need a answer, Olivia.

- Justin Bieber.

- That is incorrect.

The answer is Drake.

Drake.

Alright, we move on to That Hits the Spotify for 15, Australian singer songwriter Tones and I, has had more than 2.8 billion streams of which 2019 single that mentions an animal in its title?

- Dance Monkey.

- Yeah, you got that one.

Alright, That Hits the Spotify for 20.

Spotify's, "Song to Sing in the Car" playlist includes which artists singing the 2023 single, "Flowers"?

(contestants whispering) - Miley Cyrus.

- That's also right.

Alright, here's the next question, That Hits the Spotify for 25, BTS has billions and billions of streams on Spotify.

Which single from 2020 was the group's first single to blow up and hit 1 billion streams?

It's now around 1.6 billion and counting.

(contestants whispering) - Dynamite.

- You nailed it, Dynamite.

You were so unsure, but you nailed it.

Okay, That Hits the Spotify for 30 points.

With more than 2.1 billion streams, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the oldest song in Spotify's top 100 streams list.

In which decade was Bohemian Rhapsody originally released?

(contestants whispering) - 1980s.

- Oh, not quite.

It's the 1970s.

1975 to be exact.

Alright, that wraps up your first category round.

We're gonna head over to Deering now and you guys get to select yours.

- [Emma] We'll go with Where Is Everybody?

- Let's see.

These are questions about the human population.

Here's the first one for 10.

Which US city is the most populous state capital and the fifth most populous city in the US overall?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) Emma.

- Dallas.

- Dallas is incorrect.

It's Phoenix.

Phoenix, Arizona.

Where Is Everybody for 15 now, Ontario is Canada's most populous province.

Which city in Ontario is Canada's most populous city?

- Toronto.

- Toronto is right.

Onward.

Where Is Everybody for 20.

Portland is the most populous city in Maine.

The second most populous is which city in Androscoggin County that is home to Bates College and the Franco American Heritage Center?

(contestants whispering) - Lewiston.

- Lewiston is right.

Nice job, Emma.

All right, we're on to Where Is Everybody for 25.

With more than 1,250 people per square mile, which Mid-Atlantic State is the most densely populated state in the US?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) I'll need a decision, Emma.

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

Okay.

The answer's New Jersey.

New Jersey.

And the last one in Where Is Everybody, for 30.

Prince Albert II is the head of state of which small country with a population of 36,000 packed into less than two square kilometers, making it the most densely populated country in Europe?

(contestants whispering) - Monaco.

- You guys nailed it.

Nice job in that category round.

We're gonna go back over to NYA for your second category, now.

- [Olivia] We'll do Mice Can Be Nice.

- Mice Can Be Nice.

These are questions about mice in books.

- Oh, great.

- Wasn't good with that, huh?

(all laughing) Alright, well give it a shot.

In which classic children's book by E.B.

White, is the title character a mouse who was born into a human family in New York City.

(contestants whispering) - Stuart Little.

- Yes, that is correct.

Mice Can Be Nice for 15 now.

What is the rhyming title of Catherine Holabird's first book about Angelina Mouseling, a mouse who absolutely loves to dance.

- Angelina Ballerina.

- You got it.

You got it.

Mice Can Be Nice for 20.

In books by Eve Titus, Basil of Baker Street is a mouse detective who lives in the basement of the house occupied by which human detective character from classic mystery fiction?

(contestants whispering) - Sherlock Holmes.

- You nailed it again.

It's an easy category for you guys.

Mice Can Be Nice, 25.

A book by William Wise with the subtitle, the Tale of a Small Traveler tells the story of a mouse with what name, who adventures, whose adventures, rather begin when he is born at Mrs. Crimmins' home and then sold to a pet store?

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) - [Todd] So you can go ahead, Olivia.

- We'll skip.

- You wanna skip that?

Okay.

So the answer is Christopher Mouse.

Christopher Mouse.

And here's your last one.

Mice Can Be Nice for 30.

Kate DiCamillo won the Newberry medal for her tale of what adventurous mouse, who must rescue a princess from the hands of an evil rat?

- Defer to Hadley.

- Despereaux.

- That is right.

Alright, NYA good job there.

We're back over to Deering for your final category.

What's it gonna be?

- [Emma] We'll go with When I Was President.

- When I Was President.

Let's see.

These are questions.

I'll name three events.

You tell me who was president of the United States when they occurred.

Alright, here we go.

The Bay of Pigs invasion takes place.

Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a dream" speech.

John Glenn Orbits the Earth.

- Kennedy.

- Kennedy is right.

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency is established.

Earth Day is observed for the first time.

The Watergate break-ins take place.

- Nixon.

- Nixon is also right.

When I Was President for 20.

The Korean War comes to an end.

Alaska and Hawaii gained statehood.

Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.

(contestants whispering) - Skip.

- You wanna skip?

It's Dwight D. Eisenhower.

It's Eisenhower.

I heard it, Kauther, I heard it.

I knew you wanted that.

When I Was President for 25, we'll try this one.

The XYZ affair is exposed.

Washington DC becomes the capital of the US.

The White House becomes the official residence of the President of the United States.

(contestants whispering) - Jefferson.

- That's incorrect.

It's John Adams.

John Adams.

When I Was President for 30.

Louisiana becomes a state.

The US invades Canada.

The Treaty of Ghent ends the war of 1812.

(contestants whispering) (buzzer beeping) - Alright, Emma, what are you gonna do?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip this one as well?

Answer is James Madison.

James Madison.

Alright.

That concludes our category round.

We have a score, Deering 255, and NYA 165, but everything can change in the lightning round, so sit tight and we'll be right back.

(energetic music) - How did you do with the question of the week?

It was, the railroad bridge in this town was the site of a World War I German sabotage attempt.

Was it Fort Kent, Callus, Vanceboro, or Upton?

The answer is Vanceboro.

The 1915 explosion failed to destroy the bridge, but did blow out windows in the surrounding area, including across the river in St. Croix, New Brunswick.

- Okay, here we go.

We're heading into the final 90 seconds of gameplay.

It's the lightning round.

Players, you do not have to wait for me to finish the question.

You can buzz in at any time, but do not answer until I call your name.

You get 20 points for each correct answer.

Incorrect answers will cost you 20 and the other team does not get the chance to answer that question.

The clock is set.

Good luck both teams.

Here we go.

In classic cartoons, Wile E. Coyote is usually chasing which speedy- (bell ringing) Alex, NYA.

- The Roadrunner.

- [Todd] That's right.

Both Theodore and Teddy Roosevelt served as governor of which state?

(bell ringing) Hadley, NYA.

- New York.

- [Todd] New York is right.

Blanco is the Spanish word for which- (bell ringing) - White.

- [Todd] Alex, yes.

White is the answer.

Which Himalayan Mountain is the highest mountain in a- (bell ringing) Kauther, Deering.

- Everest.

- [Todd] Everest is right.

The shoots and leaves of which plant make up nearly all of a giant panda's diet?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Kauther.

- Bamboo.

- [Todd] Bamboo, yes.

Which Nobel Gas is the atomic number 10?

(bell ringing) Emma, Deering.

- Neon.

- [Todd] Yes, neon.

Hailey Bailey stars in a 2023 live action adaptation of which Disney- (bell ringing) Go ahead, Olivia.

- The Little Mermaid.

- [Todd] Yes.

On a standard computer keyboard, what letter is located between E and T?

(bell ringing) Asa.

- R. - [Todd] R is right.

How many items are in a gross?

(bell ringing) Emma.

- 12.

- Incorrect.

144.

What six letter acronym is the name of the Doctor's spacecraft in Doctor Who?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Alex.

- TARDIS.

- [Todd] TARDIS, yes.

The historic citadel of Machu Picchu is located in which- (bell ringing) Kauther, Deering.

- Peru.

- Peru, yes.

1Q84 and Kafka on the Shore are works by which Japanese author?

(alarm ringing) Oh, that's the, the answer was Murakami.

That's the end of our lightning round.

The winning team is Deering with 335 points.

They'll be moving on to the quarterfinals in a few weeks.

Runner up, NYA with 265 points.

Thank you for playing and congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time as Brunswick takes on Maranacook.

Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time on High School Quiz Show Maine.

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