>> Join us tonight as the playoffs continue with the second seed, East Longmeadow High School, going up against seven seed Mount Greylock Regional School.

The historic 65th season of Western New England's award winning high school quiz show continues tonight as schools match wits.

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>> Good evening and welcome to As Schools match wits coming to you from the campus of Westfield State University.

I'm your host, Beth Ward.

This season, high schools from throughout the region went head to head to try to score the most points for a chance to make it to the top eight.

As you know, in the playoffs, it is not just about the points anymore.

It is about the win.

The qualifying matches are over and the playoffs continue.

Here's a look at the final standings from our qualifying rounds.

Conard High School won our first quarterfinal match up last time, and will move on to the semifinals in tonight's second quarterfinal matchup, we have East Longmeadow High School going up against Mount Greylock Regional School.

Let's meet the teams, starting with Mount Greylock Regional School, coached by Blair Dills.

>> Hi, I'm a senior, Mount Greylock.

>> Hi, my name is Mateo Whalen Locks, and I'm a senior from Mount Greylock.

>> Hi, I'm Dasha Gonzalez and I'm a freshman at Mount Greylock High School.

Hi, I'm Jessie Thompson, I'm a senior at Mount Greylock.

>> And for East Longmeadow High School coach by Bill Phelan.

>> Hi.

My name is Khan.

I'm in the 12th grade and I'm from East Longmeadow High School.

>> Hi, my name is Jacob Maurer.

I'm a junior at East Longmeadow High School.

>> Hi, my name is Finn Jordan and I'm a junior from East Longmeadow High School.

>> Hi, my name is Katie Powell and I'm a junior from East Longmeadow High School.

>> We start off each match with the challenge round.

Both teams will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for ten points each.

Good luck to both teams.

Here we go with the first question of the evening.

Which of the following South American countries does not border Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador or Peru.

Mount Greylock.

>> Paraguay.

>> Yes.

That's right.

The Marvel Comics superhero film Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman as the lead character.

In which of the following years did Black Panther premiere?

Was it East Longmeadow 2018?

Yes.

Didn't have to finish that one.

That is correct.

Name the capital city of the state of Texas.

Austin.

Austin is correct.

Which one of the following choices belongs to the skeletal system of the human body?

The lumbar plexus.

The patella or ortho.

Mount Greylock.

>> Patella.

>> Yes, it's the kneecap.

Nice job.

Which of the following three digit numbers is a prime number?

105, one, 27 or 147?

>> 127.

>> Repeat, please.

127127 yes, that's right.

Catching fire, Mockingjay and sunrise on the reaping are three books in the five book series by Suzanne Collins, known collectively as what East Longmeadow.

>> The Hunger Games.

>> Yes, that's right.

Which one of the following islands is not in the Caribbean Sea?

Jamaica.

Sardinia.

Antigua.

>> Sardinia?

>> Yes, it's in the Mediterranean.

Let's try this one.

Serena Williams, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf were athletes who played what?

Professional sport?

Meadow tennis.

Tennis is correct.

Grab your pens for this one.

What percent of 125 is 500?

Mount Greylock.

>> 400%.

>> Yes.

That's right.

At different times in Massachusetts history, Mitt Romney, Deval Patrick and Michael Dukakis held Mount Greylock governor, the office of governor.

Yes.

That's correct.

What is the middle name of the author, Laura Wilder?

Ellen Meadow.

>> John.

>> That is incorrect.

Good try though.

All right.

Automatically, that gives Mount Greylock the chance to answer the question.

>> Ann.

>> Laura Ingalls Wilder is the right answer there.

Let's move on to this next one.

The Korean War ended when an armistice agreement was signed by the United Nations Command, the Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army.

In which year did the Korean War?

East Longmeadow.

>> 1953.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

If you had a borborygmus spelled BORBORYGMUS, would you be having a problem with your brain, your heart, or your intestines?

Mount Greylock.

>> Intestines.

>> Intestines is correct.

It's a gurgling noise from intestinal fluid and gas.

All right.

Let's move on to the next question.

Grab your pens for this one.

A certain rectangle is 17ft long and 11ft wide.

What is the East Longmeadow 187?

Area of the rectangle.

Yes, that is correct.

Nice job.

Which of the following chemical elements on the periodic table is not a noble gas, neon, oxygen or radon.

Mount Greylock.

>> Oxygen.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Which of the following was written by Charles Dickens?

The mill on the floss.

Oliver twist or the Essex Serpent.

Mount Greylock.

>> Oliver twist.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Kinshasha is to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Nairobi is.

To what other African country.

Mount.

>> Kenya.

>> Listen very carefully.

What is the slope of the tangent to the simple function?

F of x equals x squared e lambda two x. I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Let me finish.

The question of x equals x squared at x equals five.

All right Mount Greylock can you answer 1010.

Yes that's correct.

Of the fundamental laws governing chemical combinations, the Law of definite proportions states that a specific chemical compound always contains the same elements in the same fixed ratio.

By what?

Mount Greylock.

>> Number of atoms.

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

East Longmeadow, can you answer mass?

Mass?

Yes.

That's right.

Spell the name of the US state.

Whose capital city is Tallahassee.

EOFLOR.

>> I'd a. Yes.

>> That's correct.

Grab your pens for this next one.

What is the next number in this numerical sequence?

222 234246 blank meadow.

258 yes.

258 is correct.

And that marks the end of our challenge round.

Let's take a moment now to meet the team from Mount Greylock Regional School.

>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie from Westfield State University.

We asked our quarterfinalists, why do you think as schools match, wits is still important after 65 years?

>> It's a.

>> Really.

>> Great experience to just be able to, like, share all the useless information you've collected throughout the years.

>> I think it provides a very good opportunity for students to test their skills in different categories and just find out how much they know about things.

I think it encourages students to seek more information.

>> I think it encourages you to pick up parental knowledge, which I think is still pretty valuable.

>> We have a close match going on right now, so let's move on to the first lightning round of the evening.

Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.

Buzz.

In answer correctly, you win five points.

Answer incorrectly, however, you lose five points.

Each one of you is a star for being in the A, S, m, W playoffs, and all of the answers in this round will rhyme with the word star.

You have 90s starting right now.

Instrument played by Eric Clapton and Mount Greylock.

>> Guitar.

>> Guitar is correct.

Police used this to stop speeders.

>> Radar is right.

A focused meeting for discussing and learning information.

>> Seminar.

>> Seminar is right.

Another name for an automobile.

>> Car.

>> Car is correct.

Term for something very strange or eccentric.

Mount Greylock.

>> Bizarre.

>> Bizarre is correct.

The part of your bicycle that you steer with.

>> Handlebar.

>> Handlebar is right.

The mark remaining on your skin after a wound heals.

Scar.

Scar is correct.

The list of songs that a singer is capable of performing Mount Greylock repertoire.

Yes, that's right, it's the region of the abdominal segment of the torso.

Isometric lumbar.

Lumbar is correct.

To deface or ruin the perfection.

Mount Greylock.

Ma Ma is correct.

A member of the dominant people of Hungary.

Meadow.

>> Hungary.

>> Magyar is the right answer there.

What a door is when not fully closed.

Mount Greylock.

A door ajar is right.

An extremely talented, highly famous athlete is a superstar.

Superstar is right.

It's the opposite of Near East Meadow.

Far, far is right an artificial lake where water is collected.

Mount Greylock.

>> Reservoir.

>> Yes, that's right, salted roe of a sturgeon used as a.

>> Caviar.

>> Appetizer.

Yes, that's right.

A courtroom conference between the judge and the lawyers.

Correct answer is sidebar.

However, that bell marks the end of our first lightning round.

Let's move on.

Now, with the capitalization round, that's where teams get the chance to pick a category and a point value.

They'll need to answer a qualifying question first before they can continue on for points.

If they fail to answer that qualifying question correctly, their opponents will have the opportunity to capitalize and get those points.

At the moment, Mount Greylock, you are behind.

That also, however, means you are the first to pick a category and point value.

What's going to be.

>> Math and science for 30, please.

>> Math and science for 30.

To qualify, the Rankine temperature scale, often used exclusively in US engineering, places the freezing point of water closest to which of these measurements 450 degrees, 500 degrees, 550 degrees or 600 degrees.

I'm sorry, time is up right East.

Longmeadow, can you capitalize 500?

Yes, 500 degrees is the right answer.

Let's move on in this category.

Don't boil over.

Now.

I'll give an approximate temperature measure.

That's the boiling point of water in one of the scales listed for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

100C.

Yes.

That's right.

How about 671.64 degrees?

>> Fahrenheit?

>> And finally 373.13 degrees Kelvin.

Kelvin yes.

All right.

East Meadow, first time of the evening to please pick a category and a point value.

>> General knowledge for 30.

>> General knowledge for 30 to qualify.

Which of these is not the title of a Shakespearean history?

King John, Richard the first or Pericles?

>> Richard the first.

>> Richard the first.

That is correct.

There is no such play.

All right.

Moving on in this category.

More with Shakespearean plays for ten points each.

First, which of these is not the title of a Shakespearean tragedy?

Othello, Orpheus and Eurydice, or Antony and Cleopatra?

>> Antony and Cleopatra?

>> Correct answer is actually Orpheus and Eurydice.

Let's try this one, which is not the title of a comedy by Shakespeare, much Ado about Nothing.

All's Well That Ends Well or The Merry Knights of Naples.

>> All's well that ends well.

>> The correct answer is the Merry Knights of Naples.

Let's try this one.

Finally, which of these Shakespearean plays is not set in Athens, Greece, two gentlemen of Athens, Timon of Athens, or A Midsummer Night's Dream.

>> The time of Athens.

>> Two gentlemen of Athens is the right answer.

All right.

Mount Greylock, your turn once again to please pick a category and a point.

>> Value math and science for 25, please.

>> Math and science for 25.

To qualify.

Two lines that never intersect in a plane are called what parallel lines?

Parallel is correct more with terms from geometry for ten points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First.

Two shapes with the same side.

Measurements and corresponding angles are known as what.

>> Congruent shapes.

>> What type of angle pair combines to measure 180 degrees?

Supplementary or linear pair?

Yes that's correct.

And finally this one's for five points.

What type of triangle has two congruent sides.

>> Isosceles.

>> Yes that's right.

Nice job.

Once again your turn.

>> Social studies for 30.

>> Social studies for 30.

We have a video qualifier for this question, so please take a look at your screen.

>> Hi, I'm Tim from the Freedom Trail in Boston with your qualifying question.

The seventh site along the Freedom Trail, constructed in 1718, is the Old Corner Bookstore.

It housed multiple booksellers and publishers in the 19th century, which produced many classic American novels by such authors as Henry David Thoreau, Annie Adams Fields, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

To qualify, which of the following Nathaniel Hawthorne novels was published in 1851?

The Scarlet Letter, the Blithedale Romance, or the House of the Seven Gables.

>> Scarlet Scarlet Letter.

>> I'm sorry, that is incorrect.

Mount Greylock, can you capitalize?

House of Seven Gables is the right answer.

All right, Mount Greylock, once again, please pick a category and a point value.

>> Yeah.

>> General knowledge for 25, please.

>> General knowledge for 25.

To qualify.

What African nation is only bordered by Libya, Algeria and the Mediterranean Sea.

>> Tunis or Tunisia?

>> I'm sorry.

That is incorrect.

East Longmeadow, can you capitalize Tunisia?

Tunisia is the right answer.

You were very close.

Mount Greylock.

However, let's move on in this category.

This land is your land.

Each of these clues describes a world nation whose name ends with the word land spelled LAND.

These are for five points each.

First, this country was formerly known as Siam.

Thailand is the right answer.

Try this along with Great Britain.

It makes up the United Kingdom.

>> Scotland.

>> Correct answer there is Northern Ireland.

Let's try this one.

This nation comprises two main islands, north and south.

>> Philippines.

>> That would be New Zealand.

All right.

Its capital city is nook.

>> Finland.

>> That would be Greenland.

All right.

Finally, let's try this one.

German, French, Italian and Romansh are its four official languages.

>> Switzerland.

>> Switzerland.

Yes.

Got that last one.

Great job.

Okay.

East Longmeadow.

Once again, it's your turn.

>> Do you want to do arts and entertainment?

Arts and entertainment for 30.

>> Arts and entertainment for 30 to qualify.

Name the term that describes a piece of music written for two vocalists or two instrumentalists.

>> Duet.

>> Duet is correct.

Let's test your wits with musical terms for ten points each.

First, name the term that describes one or more vocalists performing without instrumental accompaniment.

>> Cappella a cappella.

>> Here's the next one, beginning with the letter R, this word refers to a dirge, hymn, or musical service honoring the souls of the dead.

What is the word?

>> Recital.

>> Requiem is the right answer.

And finally, this is a canon in which multiple voices sing the same melody, but with each singer beginning at intervals.

Row, row, row Your Boat is a classic example, beginning with the letter R. Name the type of this composition.

>> Round.

>> Yes.

Round is correct.

Mount Greylock once again.

Your turn please.

>> Social studies for 25.

>> Social studies for 25 to qualify.

Take a look at your screens, please.

What?

European country's flag is represented here?

>> Italy.

>> Italy is correct.

Let's test your knowledge of Europe.

I'll name a country's capital city and show you the flag.

You name the country for five points each.

Take a look at your screen.

First, the capital city of this flag country is Oslo, Norway.

Norway is correct.

This country's capital city is Berlin.

Named the country.

>> Germany.

>> Germany is right.

Next one.

The capital of this country is Budapest, Hungary.

Hungary is correct.

How about this one?

This country's capital city is Stockholm, Sweden.

Sweden is right.

And finally, the capital city of this country is Bratislava.

>> Slovakia.

>> Yes.

That's right.

Very nice.

East Longmeadow, once again, pick a category and a point value.

>> Literature for 30.

>> Literature for 30.

Here's your qualifying question.

Take a look at your screens.

Best known for his children's books, the man shown here won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for writing design for death.

Name him.

>> Doctor Seuss.

>> Yes.

Springfield native Theodor Seuss Geisel.

Very nice job.

Let's move on.

More about the works of Doctor Seuss.

For ten points each, take a look at your screen.

First, in this book, you'll meet a character who is continually pestered by his friend Sam-i-am to eat a dish that he just doesn't like.

Name the book.

>> Green Eggs and Ham.

>> Yes, that's right, this classic 1957 children's book by Doctor Seuss is about a mischievous, tall, anthropomorphic cat who visits two children on a rainy day, bringing chaos with his friends, thing one and thing two, and teaching a lesson about cleaning up messes.

Name this book.

>> Cat in the hat.

>> Cat in the hat is right.

And finally, this holiday story by Doctor Seuss features a cranky, solitary creature who attempts to thwart the public's holiday plans by stealing gifts and decorations from the homes of the nearby town of Whoville.

Name this book.

>> How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

>> Yes.

That's right.

All right.

Mount Greylock once again, please pick a category and a point value.

One.

>> What do you want?

>> World events for?

30.

>> Going for the last of the 30s.

Here we go with your qualifying question.

And you have picked the Westfield State University entrance exam question.

Answer the qualifier and all the category questions correctly, and your team will win an additional ten points.

Good luck.

Here we go.

Take a look at your screens by following the debris trail and using an unmanned undersea video camera.

Explorer Robert Ballard discovered the long lost wreck of what ship?

A photograph of which is seen here in 1985.

>> The Titanic?

>> Yes, the Titanic is correct.

More about global events from 1985.

For ten points each.

Take a look at your screen first.

On March 11th, 1985, this man became the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

He would eventually dissolve the Soviet Union in 1991.

Name him.

>> Mikhail Gorbachev.

>> Yes.

That's correct.

On May 5th, 1985, this U.S.

president joined West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a controversial funeral service at a cemetery in Bitburg, West Germany, which includes the graves of 59 elite SS troops from World War Two, named this President.

>> Reagan.

>> Yes, that is correct.

And finally, on November 20th, 1985, this Microsoft co-founder announced the first major release of windows 1.0.

Name this Microsoft co-founder Bill gates.

Bill gates yes, that's correct.

You got all of the questions correct.

That means your team wins an additional ten points for winning the Westfield State University entrance exam.

Congratulations.

And that marks the end of our capitalization round.

Let's take a minute now to meet the team from East Longmeadow High School.

>> Hi, I'm Mackenzie from Westfield State University.

We asked our quarterfinalists, why do you think as schools match, wits is still important after 65 years?

>> Um, I think this is a different type of competition.

Like, you know, there are a lot of competitions for like athletics and sports and things like that, but there aren't as many like things to recognize academic achievement.

So I think it's really unique in that sense.

>> I think because.

>> Of the concept of the game show, you know, having schools from the same area going against each other in a trivia game is very like special.

Well, I think the.

>> Curiosity is at an all time low, you know?

So like people aren't really reading literacy rates are down.

Things like a show like this that's all about information.

Curiosity is really important in today's world.

>> Well, after 65 years, I still think it's very important because, you know, it allows schools to match wits and just have a little fun during the year.

>> Such a close match to see who moves on.

So let's move on to the final lightning round of the evening.

Each team will have a chance to buzz in and answer questions for five points each.

Buzz.

In answer correctly, you win five points.

Answer incorrectly.

However, you know how this works.

Your team loses five points.

This lightning round should be very colorful.

Each of the following answers contain the word red, green, or blue Somewhere in it you have 90s starting right now.

The largest mammal on earth.

Mount Greylock.

>> Blue whale.

>> Blue whale is right.

Signal to proceed through an intersection.

East meadow.

>> Green light.

>> Green light is right.

Caught showering.

Clear evidence of guilt.

Mount Greylock.

>> Caught red handed.

>> Red handed is correct.

Fast tempo music genre with Mount Greylock.

Allegro banjos, fiddles and mandolins would be.

Bluegrass is the right answer there.

What canine.

Clifford was in the children's book series Mount Greylock.

>> Red dog.

>> Big Red dog.

Yes, the second full moon in a calendar month is called Mount Greylock.

>> Blue moon.

>> Blue moon is right.

A good gardener's hand has one.

East Longmeadow.

>> Green thumb.

>> Green thumb is right.

You should roll this out for special guests.

East meadow.

>> Red carpet.

>> Red carpet is correct.

Any one of the US 50 that votes Democrat.

East meadow.

>> Blue state.

>> Blue state is right.

Fenway park's left field wall.

Mount Greylock.

>> Green monster.

>> Green monster is right term for a Revolutionary War soldier.

East Longmeadow.

>> Redcoat.

>> Red code is correct.

Wireless technology to connect laptops Mount Greylock Bluetooth Bluetooth is right slang for a legal tender note of the Mount Greylock Green.

Correct answer there is greenback sign of financial loss on a budget sheet is a meadow.

>> Red.

>> Red ink is the right answer.

It makes you stop at an intersection.

Mount Greylock.

>> Red light.

>> Red light methane.

Nitrous oxide and vapor water.

Mount Greylock.

>> Greenhouse gases.

>> That is correct to be staunchly loyal and committed.

Issa meadow.

>> True blue.

>> True blue is correct.

Ah, that bell marks the end of our last lightning round.

It also marks the end of a very close match.

Great job everybody.

One of the best matches we've had so far this season.

I want to say congratulations to Mount Greylock.

What a great job to make it this far.

And then I mean it was back and forth the entire game.

And then that last lightning round on the edge of my seat.

I'm sure everybody was at home as well.

I want to say congratulations to East Longmeadow.

You will now move on to the semifinals.

Let's take a look at our playoff bracket.

As it now stands East Longmeadow waiting to see the outcome of number three seed Suffield High School going up against Pope Francis.

Prep, the number six seed.

We shall see what happens as this season moves on to the close to see the season's roster.

And for more information, be sure to log on to our web page@npr.org.

Or you can look for us on Facebook and Instagram.

I'm your host, Beth Ward.

Good night, and be sure to tune in again next time when the quarterfinals continue on as schools match wits.

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