(upbeat music) - Welcome to season 6 of "High School Quiz Show: Maine."

We have 16 schools from across the state competing to be this year's champion and take home the $1,000 prize for their school's Project Graduation.

In our third qualifying match, it's the Rams of Deering High School, (triumphant music) taking on the Clippers of Yarmouth High School.

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I'm Todd Gutner.

We're up to our third match of the season as we work towards the championship and the $1,000 grand prize for the winning school's Project Graduation.

In this match, two teams from Southern Maine hope to move on towards the grand finale.

The Rams of Deering High School, in Portland, are taking on the Clippers of Yarmouth High School, in Yarmouth.

Let's start by meeting the players.

For Deering, we have Colby, Bennett, Eliza, and Emma, and alternates Asa and Zoe, and coached by Cyle Davenport.

And for Yarmouth, we have Harry, Joshua, William, Sebastien, with alternate Annie, and coached by Sarah Wilson.

The competition, of course, has three rounds: the Toss-up Round, the Category Round, and the fun, Lightning Round.

We'll start with the Toss-up Round.

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

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

So are both of you teams ready to roll?

- Yeah.

Yes.

- Oh.

Yes, right?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Here comes the first question.

On April 7th, 2022, who became the first Black woman to be confirmed as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?

(buzzer pings) Sebastien, Yarmouth.

- Ketanji Brown Jackson.

- That is correct.

We are off.

In social media, the acronym FOMO most often stands for fear of what?

(buzzer pings) Colby, Deering.

- Fear of missing out.

- That's right.

Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in which U.S. state?

(buzzer pings) Bennett, Deering.

- New Hampshire.

- New Hampshire is correct.

In Roman numerals, LXV represents what number?

(buzzer pings) Ah?

Joshua, Yarmouth.

- 65.

- 65 is correct.

Up next, we have a picture question.

So players take a look at this monitor here.

The question is, "Found on the Italian island of Sicily, what is the name of Europe's tallest active volcano, measuring more than 11,000 feet and one of the island's most prominent tourist attractions?"

(buzzer pings) Colby, Deering.

- Mount Vesuvius?

- That is incorrect.

Yarmouth, you wanna take a shot?

(buzzer pings) Go ahead, Sebastien.

- Mount Etna.

- You got it.

Nice job.

A national wildlife refuge in Maine is named for what environmentalist who wrote "Silent Spring?"

(buzzer pings) Eliza, Deering.

- Rachel Carson.

- That's right.

What square in Central Beijing was the site of a deadly military attack on civilians on June 4th, 1989?

(buzzer pings) Colby, Deering.

- Tiananmen Square.

- That is correct.

Dolly was cloned in Scotland in 1996.

What kind of farm animal was Dolly?

(buzzer pings) Colby, again.

- She was a sheep.

- She was.

Nice job.

The Revolutionary War came to an end after the surrender of General Cornwallis at what battle site?

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- Yorktown.

- Yorktown.

Nice job.

Up next, we have a video question.

So once again, the monitor over here.

- Hello, my name is Heather Perkinson and I'm the librarian at Greeley High School in Cumberland.

What was the working title of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, "Gone with the Wind?"

(buzzer buzzes) - The answer is "Baa Baa Black Sheep."

"Baa Baa Black Sheep."

In economics, what two-word Latin phrase that means "by the head," describes a quantity that is an average for individuals in a population?

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- Per capita?

- Per capita is right.

In what year did William the Conqueror defeat King Harold at the Battle of Hastings?

(buzzer buzzes) 1066.

1066.

What ice cream flavoring that grows on orchid plants in little pods takes its name from the Spanish for "little pod?"

(buzzer pings) Emma, Deering.

- Vanilla?

- Vanilla's right.

A substance with a pH of 5 is considered to be which of these things: an acid, a base, or a neutral?

(buzzer pings) - Ah, Harry, Yarmouth.

- Acid.

- Acid is right.

All right, we got a math question now.

Get your pens and pencils ready.

A treasure chest contains only diamonds and rubies.

The ratio of diamonds to rubies is 6 to 1 and there are 350 gems total in the chest.

How many diamonds are in the chest?

(buzzer pings) Sebastien.

- 300.

- Sebastien, that's right.

Wow, that was quick!

All right, next question.

"Under the Wave off Kanagawa," also known as "The Great Wave," is a late-Edo-period work by which Japanese artist?

(buzzer pings) Emma, Deering.

- Hokusai?

- Wow, Emma.

That was impressive.

Next question now.

An important pioneer trail started in Missouri and ended in Willamette Valley of what state for which the trail is named?

(buzzer pings) Eliza, Deering.

- Oregon.

- The Oregon Trail, yes.

E. coli and salmonella bacteria, reproduce by what process in which a single cell grows twice its size and splits into two genetically-identical daughter cells?

(buzzer pings) Colby, Deering.

- Mitosis?

- That's incorrect.

Yarmouth.

(buzzer pings) Go ahead, William.

- Miosis.

- Also incorrect.

Binary fission is the right answer.

In the title of a Billie Eilish album, what four words come after "When We All Fall Asleep?"

(buzzer pings) Eliza.

- "Where Do We Go."

- "Where Do We Go" is right.

Old Ironsides is the nickname of what frigate that served the U.S. Navy in the War of 1812 and is still afloat as a museum in Boston's Charlestown Navy Yard?

(buzzer buzzes) I'm sure you visited it at some point.

The USS Constitution.

(clears throat) All right, if you are engaged in osculation, by definition, you're doing which of these things?

Kissing, washing your hair, or tapping your foot?

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- Tapping your foot?

- Incorrect.

Deering.

Wanna take a shot?

(buzzer pings) Go ahead, Eliza.

- Kissing.

- Kissing is right.

Yeah, good job.

All right.

In a standard English "Scrabble" set, what is the face point value on the "J" tile?

(buzzer pings) Joshua.

- 10 points.

- Incorrect.

Deering.

(buzzer pings) Colby?

- Seven.

- Also incorrect.

Eight, good guesses though.

All right.

House Stark rules the North and House Tyrell rules the Reach on what fictional continent that is the main setting of "Game of Thrones?"

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- Westeros.

- Westeros.

We've got a "Game of Thrones" fan right there.

Nice.

An elliptical Maasai shield and crossed spears is the central motif on the red, black, green, and white striped flag of which East African country?

(buzzer pings) Bennett, Deering.

- Kenya.

- Kenya's right.

Next question is also a math question.

So get it ready.

What is X when 1/5 X equals 1/2 X minus 15?

(buzzer buzzes) X equals 50.

X equals 50.

All right, we move on.

In Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World," what is the four-letter name of the drug that people take to forget their unpleasant thoughts and make them feel jolly?

(buzzer buzzes) Soma is the answer.

In physics, the Greek letter rho represents what measurement that is the ratio of mass to volume?

(buzzer pings) Sebastien, Yarmouth.

- Density?

- You got it, you nailed it.

There have been at least four live action movie versions of "Ben-Hur," and all of them feature an important race, with people driving what kind of vehicles?

(buzzer pings) Bennett, Deering.

- Chariot?

- Yeah, you got it, nice.

(buzzer ringing) Well done.

All right, that wraps up our first round and right now we have a score: Deering, 120; Yarmouth, 90.

We got a close one here.

And off to a great start obviously.

Lots more to come and we'll meet the players when we get back.

(lively music) Welcome back.

Before we head to the Category Round, we like to pause and get to know our players a little better with a slightly silly question.

And tonight it is, "If you could be any form of transportation, what would you be?"

And we'll start over here.

Deering.

Colby, what do you think?

- Probably a spaceship.

I like exploration and space and all that.

- Yeah, and you can get to other planets really quickly, et cetera.

- Yeah, exactly.

- That's a good call.

Bennett, what do you think?

I think I would be high-speed rail.

I think it's the most efficient and cleanest way of mass transport we have right now.

- Like a bullet train or something like that?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Okay.

Thanks, Bennett.

Eliza, what do you think?

- I think I would be a Razor scooter.

- Oh.

(laughs) How many bruises on your shins do you have from the Razor scooters?

- A lot.

- Right?

Those are like deadly weapons.

- [Eliza] Yes.

(Todd laughs) - Emma, how about you?

- I would probably be a city bus, just 'cause it provides a service to many people.

- A city bus?

- It's great.

(laughs) - You're such a giver, right?

You're thinking of others.

That's really sweet of you.

All right, we'll flip over to Yarmouth now.

Harry, yourself?

- I'd also have to go a bus, you know.

Just 'cause it's busing, you know.

(Todd laughs) The best reason out there.

- All right, all right.

I like it.

Josh, how about you?

- Gotta go with a defunct train 'cause I like to live off the rails.

- A defunct train?

Like, the one that's derailed.

- Cause I'm off the rails.

- Is that the life?

- Yeah.

- Off the rails?

- Oh, yeah.

- (laughs) No order, no structure?

(laughs) Okay.

William, how about yourself?

- I'd say, just any kind of plane 'cause it'd be nice to fly.

- You know what, I was hoping one of you was gonna say that.

I mean to be able to fly around, get places faster.

That makes sense.

Sebastien, we'll wrap it up.

- I actually had "bullet train" written down, but you know what?

- You did?

- I'm gonna go with a rocket ship instead.

- (laughs) Yep.

I mean, that's probably the fastest thing we got anyway, right?

Or it's out there somewhere.

We don't really know if it is.

(laughs) All right, the Category Round is next, folks, but let's see how well you do with our viewer Question of the Week.

(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Paul Riley from Safety Insurance and this is the Maine Question of the Week.

In 1997, residents of Chebeague Island made national headlines in their fight to keep which of their favorite foods from being discontinued?

Was it Ben and Jerry's Makin' Whoopie Pie Ice Cream, the Double Dutch Girl Scout Cookie, or Nabisco's Crown Pilot Crackers?

We'll have the answer later in the show.

(upbeat music) - Next up is our Category Round, with the following choices.

What will It B?

In Case Of Emergency, Poem Sweet Home, You're On A Roll, I Think They Saurus, and Moves Like Mozart.

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

The rules for this round are different than in previous seasons.

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 it and neither gain nor lose points.

Or once per category, they can toss and force the other team to answer.

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

Let's see.

Yarmouth, you are trailing.

So you'll have control of the board here and you get to choose the first category to start with.

- In Case of Emergency.

- I Think They Saurus.

- Dinosaur, dinosaur.

- We're gonna go with I Think They Saurus.

- I Think They Saurus.

Okay, these are questions about prehistoric creatures.

Recognizable by the line of armored plates on its back and the spikes on its tail, what plant-eating dinosaur has a name that means "roof lizard?"

- [Joshua] Ankylosaurus.

- Yeah, it's Ankylosaurus, yeah.

- Ankylosaurus.

- Ankylosaurus is incorrect.

The answer is Stegosaurus.

Stegosaurus.

There's no evidence of dinosaurs in Maine, but there are plenty of fossil specimens of what Paleozoic arthropods whose name means three-lobed?

- [Joshua] Three?

Triceratops?

- [William] No, 'cause it's not a dinosaur.

- Oh, it was the one that, like, was, like, and there was, like, that.

(William laughs) - Like an arthropod or something?

I don't know.

- [Sebastien] Should we just not answer?

- Yeah.

(buzzer pulses) - [Todd] Okay, what do you think, Yarmouth?

You can either answer, you can skip.

You can... - Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

Okay.

The answer is trilobites.

Trilobites.

I Think They Saurus, for 20.

Featured in the 2017 movie, "The Meg," Megalodon was a giant prehistoric species of what predatory sea creature?

- Shark.

- Shark, okay.

- [Todd] Yarmouth?

(buzzer pings) Go ahead.

- Shark.

- Shark is the answer.

Yes, all right.

For 20, I Think They Saurus.

Standing nearly 12 feet tall on its hinds legs, Arctodus simus was a giant, short-faced ancestor of what mammal?

- [Joshua] Short-faced.

What's a larger mammal?

- I dunno.

- Like a mammoth?

(buzzer pulses) - [Todd] Yarmouth, you'll either need to answer, skip or you can... - I'm gonna say we're gonna pass this one.

- [Todd] You're gonna pass this one?

- Toss it.

- [Todd] Okay, so Deering, you'll be forced to answer this.

I'll read the question for you again.

Standing nearly 12 feet tall on its hind legs, Arctodus simus was a giant, short-faced ancestor of what mammal?

- I think it's a bear.

- What?

- Bear.

- Bear.

Yeah.

Sounds good.

(buzzer pulses) - [Todd] Okay.

- A bear.

- Bear is right.

Great job.

All right, we go back to Yarmouth here.

For 30 points, I Think They Saurus.

A feathered dinosaur genus discovered in Germany around 1860, it's sometimes called Urvogel, which means "first bird" in German, but more commonly known by what name from the Greek for "ancient feather" or "ancient wing?"

- I'm gonna guess it's archaeopteryx.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Archaeopteryx.

- That is correct.

Nice job.

Not even gonna repeat it.

(laughs) I Think They Saurus.

That's it for this category.

We're gonna pop over to Deering now for the second choice.

What do you guys think you wanna go with?

- Just take What Will It B.

- What Will It B.

- What Will It B, for 10.

These are all answers that start with B, the letter B.

Which 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision declared that separate but equal school segregation is unconstitutional?

- [Colby And Bennett] Brown versus the Board of Education.

- [Eliza] Brown versus the Board of Education.

- That's right.

Ah, for 15, What Will It B.

What B-word that loosely translates as "one of the majority" in Russian, refers to a member of the political faction started by Vladimir Lenin in the early 20th century?

- Bourgeoisie.

- Bourgeoisie.

- Bourgeoisie.

- Bourgeoisie.

- It's Bolshevik.

- Just do it.

(buzzer pulses) - Bolshevik.

- Bolshevik is right.

Yes, nice job.

What Will It B, for 20.

Ancient history is often divided into three archeological ages: The Stone Age, the Iron Age, and what other age that comes between them?

- Bronze.

- Bronze is also right.

You guys are rolling through this category.

What Will It B for 25.

What 19th century soldier and statesman was called "The Liberator" because he led South American people's fight for independence from Spain?

(Deering team whispering) - Bolivar.

- Bolivar, yes.

You got it again.

And What Will It B, for 30.

A reference to the ancient city where Emperor Constantine established his new capital, what name do modern historians give to the Eastern Roman Empire starting in the year 330 and lasting until the mid 15th century?

(Deering team whispering) (Buzzer pulses) - Skip.

- You gonna skip it?

Okay.

The answer is the Byzantine Empire.

Yarmouth, we're heading back to you now for your second category.

What would you like?

- [Joshua] In Case Of Emergency, please.

- In Case Of Emergency, for 10.

These are questions about ways to avoid monsters.

(laughs) All right, here we go.

If vampires are a problem, you could eat aioli, a condiment whose name comes from what pungent plant that's supposed to keep vampires away?

- [All] Garlic.

- Garlic.

- Garlic is right.

Nice.

In Case Of Emergency for 15.

Vampires hate mirrors.

So you're probably safe in the Hall of Mirrors at what French palace where the treaty that ended World War I was signed?

- Versailles.

- Versailles.

- Versailles.

- Versailles.

- Yep, you got it.

In Case Of Emergency for 20.

Zombies are not good at climbing steps, so you might escape one by climbing 897 steps to the top of what obelisk in our nation's capital?

Of course, the zombie could just take the elevator too.

- [All] Washington Monument.

- Washington Monument.

- Yep.

You nailed it.

And 25, In Case Of Emergency.

Zombies can't swim.

So you might be safe on an oil rig in what large body of water that touches Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and the Yucatan Peninsula?

- Gulf of Mexico.

- Yes, and In Case Of Emergency for 30 now.

Werewolves do not like silver.

So you could avoid them in which western U.S. state whose nickname is the "Silver State?"

- Wyoming?

- No.

- [William] If we don't know, then I would not give an answer.

I would just say skip.

- Skip.

- You wanna skip it?

The answer's Nevada.

Nevada.

All right, Deering.

Back over to you for your final category.

What's it gonna be?

- You're on a roll.

- Yeah.

- [Eliza] You're On A Roll.

- You're On A Roll.

These are questions about performers and roles.

Margot Robbie is known for playing what comic book character in the movies "Suicide Squad" and "Birds of Prey?"

- Harley Quinn.

- Harley Quinn.

Yes.

You're On A Roll for 15.

Actress Amandla Stenberg played Rue in "The Hunger Games" and Starr Carter in the movie version of what novel by Angie Thomas?

- "The Hate U Give."

- "The Hate U Give."

- "The Hate U Give" is right.

You're On A Roll, you guys are on a roll right now, for 20.

In the 2019 film version of "Little Women," Saoirse Ronan played which March sister, the one who becomes a writer?

- Jo.

- Jo is right, yeah.

You're On A Roll, 25.

What actress who played Bella in the "Twilight" films, earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Princess Diana in a 2021 film?

- Kristen Stewart.

- You guys are good.

You got it again.

And here's the final one in You're On A Roll.

Keke Palmer starred as the title character in what 2006 film about a girl from Los Angeles who is really, really good at spelling?

- "Akeelah and the Bee."

- Yeah.

Sure.

- Akeelah.

- And the bee.

- "Akeelah and the Bee."

- Oh, "Akeelah and the Bee."

Sorry.

- "Akeelah and the Bee" is right.

You got it, awesome job in that category.

All right, that is the end of our Category Round.

With a score now of, Deering, 315, and Yarmouth, 200, still within reach, and everything can change in the Lightning Round.

So sit tight and we'll be right back.

(upbeat music) - How did you do with this week's tasty question, which is, "In 1997, residents of Chebeague Island made national headlines in their fight to keep which of their favorite foods from being discontinued?"

Was it Ben and Jerry's Makin' Whoopie Pie Ice Cream, The Double Dutch Girl Scout Cookie, or Nabisco's Crown Pilot Crackers?

The answer is Nabisco's Crown Pilot Crackers.

The company gave in to their pleading and continued making the crackers for another 10 years.

Nabisco even donated $1,000 to the Chebeague Historical Society.

(upbeat music) - Okay, we're about to head into the final 90 seconds of gameplay.

It's known as 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 the question.

The clock is set, teams.

Here we go!

In a book by Dr. Seuss, what title character speaks for the trees?

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- The "Lorax."

- "Lorax" is right.

Exposure to sunlight helps your skin manufacture which essential vitamin?

(buzzer pings) - Sebastien, Yarmouth.

- Vitamin D. - Yes.

Winners of what sporting event receive the Vince Lombardi trophy?

(buzzer pings) Colby, Deering.

- Football.

- Uh, that's- - The Super Bowl.

- Yes, that is correct.

Super Bowl.

In Egyptian mythology, who is the goddess of the sky?

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- Ra.

- Incorrect, Nut.

Two angles are complimentary when their sum is how many degrees?

(buzzer pings) Joshua, Yarmouth.

- 90.

- 90 is right.

The Alamo is an 18th century mission located in which U.S. state?

(buzzer pings) Bennett, Deering.

- Texas.

- Yes.

What polysaccharide is the main component in a plant cell wall?

(buzzer pings) William, Yarmouth.

- Lipid.

- Incorrect.

Cellulose is the answer.

Mice, squirrels, and hamsters are members of the taxonomic order- (buzzer pings) Bennett, Deering.

- Rodents.

- Rodents, yes.

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

(buzzer pings) Sebastien, Yarmouth.

- 10.

- 10, yes.

In a recipe, the abbreviation TSP stands for- (buzzer pings) Harry, Yarmouth.

- Teaspoon.

- Yes.

The Nile is the longest river in Africa.

Which is the second longest?

(buzzer rings) The answer, Congo River.

And our winning team this week is Deering with 375 points.

They'll be moving on to the quarter-finals in a few weeks.

Our runner-up, Yarmouth, with 260 points.

Thank you both for playing.

Congratulations to both of you too.

Be sure to tune in next time as Falmouth High School takes on Cony High School from Augusta.

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

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It's about living life as parents, friends, and teammates.

Unitil is proud to support "High School Quiz Show: Maine."

Unitil, more than a utility.

Part of your community; - [Announcer 2] Safety Insurance is committed to environmental sustainability and supports many local charities.

You can ask an independent agent about auto, home, and business coverage from Safety Insurance.

Safety Insurance, we'll help you manage life's storms.

- [Announcer 1] And by viewers like you.

Thank you.

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