(upbeat music) - It's quarterfinal time, and we are moving closer to the championship and the chance for the $1,000 prize.

In today's match, we have the Rams of Deering High School, (dramatic music) taking on the Warriors of Wells High School.

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We're onto quarterfinal number two as we move closer towards the semifinals, and of course, the $1,000 grand prize.

The Rams of Deering High School in Portland made it here by defeating North Yarmouth Academy, and Wells moved up with their win over Yarmouth High School.

The winner of this match will move on to the semifinals, and take on the winner of our next match, which sees Brunswick taking on Orono.

So let's get things started by meeting the teams.

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

And for Wells, we have William, Samuel, John Paul and Mason, and their coach by, Ann Peach.

Now the competition 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.

All right, teams, Deering, Wells, good luck to both of you.

We're off here with the first question.

In the "Peanuts" comic strip, which character is known for his philosophical observations, his blue security blanket, and his unwavering belief in the existence of the great pumpkin?

(bell dinging) William, Wells?

- Linus.

- Linus is right.

In his 1961 inaugural address, which US president said, "Ask not what your country can do for you.

Ask what you can do for your country."

Samuel, Wells?

- John F. Kennedy.

- JFK.

The retina of the human eye contains about 6 million of which photo photoreceptors that perceive color?

(bell dinging) Emma, Deering?

- Broads?

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Wells, you wanna give it a shot?

Go ahead, Samuel.

- Cones.

- Cones is the right answer.

What is the four letter name for the traditional Hawaiian dance done by both men and women, accompanied by chanting and percussion instruments?

(bell dinging) Samuel again.

- Hula.

- And you got it right again.

All right, up next we have a picture question.

Please take a look at the monitor here.

In this image you'll find a distinctive bird known for its flamboyant plumage, and long, colorful beak.

Identify this bird.

(bell dinging) Emma, Deering?

- Toucan?

- Toucan, yes.

Good job.

On March 25th, 1911, more than 100 garment workers died in a fire at what factory in New York City?

This tragic event led to reforms in workplace safety.

(bell dinging) Tim, Deering?

- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?

- That is right.

Onward.

Long playing vinyl records, record albums or LPs, are most often played on phonographs spinning at a rate of how many revolutions per minute?

Your answer will contain a fraction, by the way.

(bell dinging) Samuel?

- 33 1/3?

- Nailed it.

What is the seven letter name for a porous underground rock formation that holds groundwater, and allows it to feed into springs and wells?

(bell dinging) Asa, Deering?

- Aquifer.

- Aquifer, yes.

"Tangled" is a 2010 Disney film based on a fairytale about which long-haired princess trapped in a tower?

(bell dinging) Samuel, Wells?

- Rapunzel.

- Rapunzel, right.

Up next we have a video question.

Once again, the monitor.

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

And today's video question category is American literature.

In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," which animal represents the working class and is a central character in the rebellion against the humans?

(bell ringing) - Kauther, Deering?

- Pig?

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Wells?

Go ahead, Mason.

- Horse.

- We'll take it.

Good job, thank you.

All right, onto the next one.

What species of butterfly is known for its annual 3,000 mile migration from the northeastern United States in Canada to southwestern Mexico?

(bell dinging) Kauther, Deering?

- Monarch?

- Monarch is right.

South of Cuba and west of Hispaniola, Jamaica is the third largest island in what sea?

(bell dinging) Samuel?

- Caribbean?

- Caribbean is right.

Women competed at the Olympics for the first time in 1900 in five sports, including which of these?

Billiards, croquet or shuffleboard?

(bell dinging) Go ahead, William.

- Shuffleboard.

- Incorrect.

Deering?

Go ahead, Emma.

- Croquet.

- You got it, nice job.

Next question is a math question.

Get those pencils ready.

At the local store, shirts are regularly priced at $37 each.

If the store is running a buy one get one half price sale, What is the total cost of two shirts before tax?

(bell dinging) Asa?

- $55.50?

- $55.50 is right, nice job.

Causing more than $190 billion in damage, what hurricane that came through the Gulf of Mexico in 2005 is the costliest hurricane in US history?

(bell dinging) Mason on the end.

- Katrina?

- Yes, you got it.

What Austrian physicist is known for a 1935 quantum theory thought experiment involving a box, a radioactive substance, some poison and a cat?

(bell dinging) John Paul, Wells?

- Schrodinger.

- Schrodinger is right.

Which movie title character has had adventures involving the Lost Arc, the Temple of Doom, the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and most recently, the Dial of Destiny?

(bell dinging) William, Wells?

- Indiana Jones.

- Yeah, you got it.

Launched in 1957, what soviet satellite was the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth?

(bell ringing) William again.

- Sputnik.

- Yes, you got it again.

Title 42, which went into effect in 2020 and expired in 2023 related to which of these things?

Immigration, nuclear waste disposal, or remote learning in schools?

(bell dinging) William, for a third time?

- Nuclear waste?

- [Todd] Oh, incorrect, sorry.

Deering?

Go ahead, Kauther.

What was it?

- Immigration.

- Immigration, yes, you got it.

All right, what two word Latin phrase that loosely translates as "blank slate" is used in psychology to express the idea that people are born without preconceived notions, and their ideas and behaviors are learned through experience?

(bell dinging) William, Wells?

- Tabula rasa.

- Yes.

What inventor of the single wire telegraph was also accomplished artist who painted the official White House portrait of President James Monroe?

(bell dinging) Kauther.

- Bell.

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Wells, wanna give it a shot?

No, it's Morse, Morse is the right answer.

Another math question, the second and last one of the round.

In a race with six runners, how many different results for the first, second, and third place finishers in that order can there be?

(bell ringing) Asa, go ahead.

- 120.

- Yeah, you nailed it.

Good job, Asa.

Organized in 1964, Freedom Summer was a grassroots civil rights program to help black Americans in which state register to vote?

(bell ringing) Kauther?

- Mississippi.

- Yes, great job.

What scientific term is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of the atoms in a sample of radioactive material to decay?

(bell ringing) Asa?

- Half-life.

- Half-life, right.

Next one.

In January, 1870, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, and their business partners officially established what company that would eventually make Rockefeller a billionaire?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Tim.

- Standard Oil.

- Yep, you got that.

In anatomy terminology, the prefix, myo, as in myoglobin or myocardium refers to what kind of body tissue?

(buzzer buzzing) Answer is muscle, muscle.

Which month in our calendar is named for the two-faced Roman god, who was the protector of gates and doorways?

(bell ringing) John Paul?

- January.

- January is right.

Led by Salmon P. Chase of Ohio and John Hale of New Hampshire, what abolitionist political party backed Martin Van Buren's unsuccessful run for president in 1848?

(bell ringing) Mason, go ahead.

- Republican party.

- [Todd] That's incorrect.

Deering?

Kauther?

- Wakes?

- No, that's also wrong.

The answer is Free Soil Party.

Our next question.

Hans Arp and Marcel Duchamp were leaders of what art movement with a nonsense name that started in Europe as a protest against the First World War?

(bell ringing) Samuel, Wells?

- Dadaism?

- Yeah, that's right.

"Good Morning Starshine" is a song from what Broadway musical of the 1960s?

(buzzer buzzing) - "Hair" is the answer.

Oh, that's the end of our first round.

We've got a tight one.

Wells with 150 and Deering, 110.

We're off to a great start, but there's lots more to come.

We'll be back to meet the players right after this.

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- Before we head to the category round, we're gonna pause and get to know our players with this slightly silly question.

Players, the zombie apocalypse is coming.

Who are the three people you want on your team and why?

We're gonna begin with Deering and Tim.

Who are the three?

- The three people I would want would be Asa, Emma and Kauther.

(Todd laughing) - You'll take 'em anywhere, right?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, you trust 'em.

Well, you're doing well with them in this game right now too.

Asa, what do you think?

- Tim, Emma and Kauther, because- - [Todd] Oh, here we go.

- We all bring something different at the table.

- Okay, all right.

Emma, are you gonna say Asa, Tim, Kauther?

- Oh, I was actually thinking about Tim, Asa and Kauther.

- [Todd] You were?

- We all bring something different to the table, you know?

- I can't imagine what Kauther is thinking for her three.

- I have Taylor Swift, my friend, and Mr. Davenport.

- [Todd] Who's your coach, correct?

- Yes.

- Yes.

You gotta have coach there.

And are you three offended that she was unwilling to take you with her?

(Todd laughing) Well played, Deering.

We're over to Wells now.

William?

- So I have a little bit of a different answer, but I got Gru from "Despicable Me."

- [Todd] Okay.

- Dwayne the Rock Johnson and Ryan Gosling.

- Okay, I understand Dwayne.

You know, he's big, strong, he could probably fight 'em off.

What's up with Gosling?

- What do you mean what's up with Gosling?

- Why would you bring Gosling?

- Why wouldn't you bring Gosling?

- Okay.

(Todd laughing) He is pretty incredible, I guess.

My wife's a big fan of him.

My daughter is too.

- He's just Ken.

- All right.

Samuel, you go ahead.

- Yeah, I just have to go with my wonderful quiz show teammates right here.

- There they are.

What do you want, Samuel?

You want something from them, don't you?

(Todd laughing) They're gonna see through this.

- [Samuel] I don't know.

- John Paul, what do you think?

Who are your three?

- I have to go with the Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre, and Steve Irwin.

- All right.

And why those three?

Gimme quick thoughts.

- I mean, we saw in the movie "Napoleon Dynamite," he's pretty smart, he's pretty agile too.

- [Todd] Yeah.

- He could take those zombies, yeah.

- He could take 'em on.

Mason, you're last to go here.

- I have Stampy Longnose for moral support.

- [Todd] Who?

- Stampy Longnose.

- [Todd] I don't know who that is.

- I didn't expect you to.

- It's okay.

- We have Merlin the Wizard, and I'm gonna have to pick you, Todd.

- Ah, Mason, you probably only chose me so that you could kind of throw me to the zombies, and I'd be the first to go, right?

(Todd laughing) Hey, the category round is next, but let's see how well you do with our viewer question of the week.

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

In Rockport, a roadside monument commemorates local sea captain Hanson Crockett Gregory, who is credited with inventing what?

Is it moxie, the Rockport Boot, the donut, or "Hello" as a phone greeting?

We'll have the answer coming up later in the show.

- Next up is the category round with the following choices.

Talking Heads, Take Me To The River, Life During Wartime, Nothing But Flowers, This Must Be The Place, and Cities.

Questions have increasing point values, and wrong answers will cost you.

Each team will alternate control of two categories.

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 about five seconds to confer, and decide what to do.

Deering, you're trailing slightly.

You have the control of the board.

What's your first category?

- [Emma] Cities, please.

- Cities, these are questions about cities around the world.

Here's the first one.

A stadium known as the Bird's Nest was the venue for the opening ceremonies of both the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in which world capital city?

- Beijing?

- Beijing?

- That's correct, Beijing.

This is Cities for 15 now.

The Alamo is a famous historic site in which Texas City?

- Okay, I'm gonna skip.

Skip.

- So you're gonna skip?

The answer then is San Antonio.

We move on to Cities for 20.

The Western Wall also called the Wailing Wall or the Kotel, is a holy site in which Middle Eastern city?

- Jerusalem.

- Yes, that's right.

Cities for 25 now.

In which European capital city would you find a house where Rembrandt lived from 1639 to 1658, and a museum devoted to the work of Vincent Van Gogh?

- Amsterdam.

Okay.

Amsterdam.

- Amsterdam is right.

Nice job.

Cities for 30, the last one.

Which city in the United Arab Emirates is home to Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure on Earth?

- Dubai.

- Dubai?

- I think Abu Dhabi though.

It has to be one of the two.

- Dubai?

- Dubai is right.

Nice job, team.

All right, that's the end of the first category.

We're over to Wells now for your first category.

- [William] You guys wanna do Life During Wartime?

We'd like Life During Wartime.

- Life During Wartime, these are questions about things that happened in the arts during World War II.

Here we go.

In 1941, Walt Disney released what animated film about a flying elephant?

- "Dumbo."

- That's right, "Dumbo."

Onto the next one.

Life During Wartime for 15.

Which kid's book by Robert McCloskey about a family of mallards living in Boston Public Garden was published in 1941 and won the Caldecott medal in 1942?

- "The Ugly Duckling."

- Can we take that?

We cannot take that, okay.

The answer is "Make Way for Ducklings."

"Make Way for Ducklings."

Life During Wartime for 20.

In 1942, Edward Hopper completed what painting of four people seen through the window of a city diner.

The Art Institute of Chicago purchased it the same year.

- We're gonna skip.

- You wanna skip that?

The answer is "Nighthawks."

"Nighthawks."

Life During Wartime for 25.

John Steinbeck won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for which novel about the Joad family who leave their home in Oklahoma, heading for California during the Great Depression?

- "The Grapes of Wrath?"

- That's right, "Grapes of Wrath."

Life During Wartime for 30 now and the last one.

For her role as Mammy in the 1939 film, "Gone With The Wind," what actress became the first black woman to win an Oscar?

- We're gonna toss it.

- You wanna toss it, okay.

We're gonna send this over to Deering.

Deering, I'll reread the question for you.

Here it is.

For her role as Mammy in the 1939 film, "Gone With the Wind," what actress became the first black woman to win an Oscar?

- I'm sure, McDaniels.

- Hattie McDaniels.

- Correct, we'll take that.

Nice job, Kauther.

That's the end of Life During Wartime category.

We're back over to Deering now for your second category.

What's it gonna be, Emma?

- [Emma] Talking Heads.

- Talking Heads, these are questions about TV news.

Here we go with the first one.

In a 1977 interview with British TV journalist David Frost, which former president of the United States claimed that when the President does something, that thing is not illegal?

- Nixon?

What was the year?

(electronic beeping) - [Todd] Emma, we're gonna need an answer.

- Nixon.

- Nixon is right.

That's right.

Talking Heads for 15.

CNN reporters, Peter Arnett, John Holliman and Bernard Shaw became nationally known for their on the ground coverage during the bombing of which capital city at the start of the Persian Gulf War?

- Persian, Baghdad?

- Do you feel confident about it?

- It could be that or capital of?

- Baghdad?

- Baghdad's right.

Talking Heads for 20.

Brian Lamb is the creator and one of the first anchors on which nonprofit cable TV network that broadcasts live coverage of the US House of Representatives?

What do you think, Emma?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

So the answer is C-Span, C-Span.

Talking Heads for 25.

Leslie Stahl, Scott Pelley and Nora O'Donnell are among the correspondence on which hour long Sunday night news magazine show on CBS that aired for the first time in 1968?

- Okay, "60 Minutes?"

- That's right.

Talking Heads for 30.

Margaret Hoover hosts a rebooted version of which PBS news program that began as a public affairs show hosted by William F. Buckley Jr.

In 1966?

- Okay.

We're going to toss this.

- You wanna toss this over to Wells?

All right, Wells, I'm gonna reread this for you.

Margaret Hoover hosts a rebooted version of which PBS news program that began as a public affairs show hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1966?

What do you think, William?

- We have no answer.

- This is a tough one.

The answer's "Firing Line."

"Firing Line."

That's the end of the category.

We're back over to you though, William.

What's your second category?

- [William] We'll do Take Me To The River.

- Okay, these are gonna be questions about rivers in mythology and folklore.

Here we go.

What river that flows through Paris takes its name from the Celtic goddess, Sequana?

- We're gonna go with the Danube.

- That's incorrect, it's the Seine.

The Seine.

Take Me To The River for 15.

In Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu poked a hole in the universe with his toe and created the source of what sacred river in India that flows from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal?

- The Ganges.

- The Ganges.

- That's correct.

Take Me To The River for 20.

In Greek mythology, who is the ferryman that transports people across the River Styx to the underworld?

- Charon?

- Charon.

- Nailed it.

Take Me To The Rive, 25.

In Wabanaki mythology, Glooscap was a hero who defeated the frog monster and created what river that flows through Millinocket and Veazie in Maine?

- The Penobscot.

- Yes, the Penobscot.

And the last one in Take Me To The River for 30.

According to Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus placed the city of Rome beside what river that was named for the god who rescued their mother from drowning?

William, what do you wanna do?

- Skip.

- You wanna skip?

So the answer is Tiber, the Tiber River, and that wraps up our category round.

And right now we've got a score of Deering at 275, Wells, 190.

Everything can change in the lightning round, so sit tight.

We'll be right back.

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

In Rockport, a roadside monument commemorates local sea captain Hanson Crockett Gregory, who is credited with inventing what?

Is it moxie, the Rockport Boot, the donut, or "Hello" as a phone greeting?

The answer is the donut.

In 1847, the then 16-year-old solved the problem of raw dough remaining the center of the fried cakes by cutting it out, and thus inventing the donut we know today.

- Okay, here we go.

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

Players, listen up.

You do not have to wait for me to finish the question.

You can buzz in at any time, but wait for me to call on you.

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.

The clock is set.

Good luck, both teams.

Here we go.

Our solar system is in which galaxy?

(bell ringing) Samuel?

- Milky Way.

- [Todd] Yes.

What is the freezing point of fresh water on the Fahrenheit temperature?

(bell ringing) William?

- 32 degrees.

- [Todd] 32 is right.

"Live free or die" is the motto on license plates.

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Mason.

- New Hampshire.

- [Todd] New Hampshire is also right.

In the "Lord of the Rings" novels, what kind of creature is Smaug?

(bell ringing) William, Wells?

- A hobbit.

- That's incorrect, a dragon.

Legend says The Trojan War began with the abduction of what queen?

(bell ringing) Samuel?

- Helen of Troy.

- [Todd] That is right.

What naval base in Hawaii was bombed?

(bell ringing) William, Wells?

- Pearl Harbor.

- [Todd] Pearl Harbor is also right.

In 2023, who released a bestselling memoir titled.

(bell ringing) Go ahead, go ahead, Kauther.

- Prince Harry.

- [Todd] That is right, Prince Harry.

In which sport would an athlete use an epee or a foil?

(bell ringing) Asa?

- Fencing.

- [Todd] Fencing, yes.

Which amendment to the Constitution formally abolished slavery in the US?

(bell ringing) - 13th?

- [Todd] Kauther, 13th is right.

What German man printed the Bible on his movable?

(bell ringing) William, Wells?

- Gutenberg?

- [Todd] Gutenberg is correct.

What is the scientific name for the thigh bone?

(bell ringing) Go ahead, Kauther.

- Femur.

- Yes.

Sally Bowles is the lead character in which Broadway musical set in the 1930s Berlin?

(buzzer buzzing) "Cabaret."

Who overthrew Fulgencio Batista to become president of Cuba in 1959?

William?

- Castro.

- Castro is correct, he got it in there.

Final score, and our winning team is Deering, 355 points.

What a match.

They'll be moving on to the semifinals next week.

Runner up Wells with 310.

You guys played great, you really did.

Congratulations to both teams.

Be sure to tune in next time as Brunswick takes on Orono in quarterfinal number three.

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

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