(relaxing music) (upbeat music) - Welcome to Scholastic HI-Q, the game where knowledge rules.

I'm your host, Jordan Spudville, and today we are joined by two unique teams.

On the bottom row we have Effingham with Niav, Chloe and Abigail.

And on the top row, we have joining us Salem with Brianna, Alyssa and Daniyal.

Now that we know our contestants, it's time to go over our rules.

I'll be reading a series of 10 point toss-up questions that any contestant will be able to answer.

If a contestant answers a toss up correctly, their team gets to answer a 20 point bonus question.

However, if that team answers that bonus incorrectly, the other team has a chance to steal it away from them and earn themselves 10 points.

The interruption rule will be in effect in today's game, so if someone decides to interrupt me and they answer incorrectly, the other team automatically receives five points and they get to hear the entire question.

As usual, we'll be having our lightening round halfway through our game where I'll be reading a series of questions in any given category that each team will have a chance to answer as many as they possibly can.

Now that we know the rules and we've met our contestants, it's time to put on our thinking caps and let's get down to quizness, starting with our first 10 point toss up for both teams.

What family name is shared by the great house decimated in the Red Wedding on Game of Thrones and by Robert Downey Jr.'s character in Iron Man?

(chime) Chloe.

- Stark.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Effingham, here's your first 20 point bonus question.

What term refers to a force directed toward the center of a circle that causes an object to move along a curved path?

- [Chloe] Gravity?

- [Spudville] I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

Salem, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- [Daniyal] Impact?

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was a centripetal force.

So okay, we're going to move on to our next 10 point toss up question for both teams.

What structures, which shorten over time as their telomeres decay are composed of protein and DNA and in most human cells form 23 pairs.

(chime) Chloe.

- [Chloe] Chromosomes.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next 20 point bonus question Effingham.

Millard Fillmore was the 1856 presidential nominee of what political party that promoted anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant views?

- [Chloe] Republican.

- [Spudville] I'm sorry that's incorrect.

Salem, you have a chance to steal from 10 points.

- [Daniyal] Democrat?

- Sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the Know Nothing party, So okay, we're going to shake that off.

Move on to our next 10 point toss for both teams.

What poem that requests "Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears" was written by Dylan Thomas and urges "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

(chime) Alyssa.

- "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night?"

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Salem.

What artist's self portrait "The Broken Column" is based on a serious injury she suffered at age 18 as a result of a bus crash in Mexico, Mexico City, excuse me.

- [Alyssa] Frida Kahlo?

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What TV show on which Lorraine Bracco played therapist at Dr. Melfi was a 2000s HBO crime drama, starring James Gandolfi, Gandolfini, excuse me, as a mobster named Tony.

(chime) Alyssa.

- [Alyssa] The Sopranos?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question Salem.

What 1950 film up by Akira Kurosawa includes several characters including a bandit giving contradictory accounts of the same incident?

(timer buzzer) Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points - [Chloe] Pass.

- It's okay, the answer we were looking for was Rashomon.

We're going to move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What former capital city, whose American residents were evacuated by Operation: Frequent Wind in 1975 was renamed by its conquerors to Ho Chi Minh city.

(chime) Alyssa.

- [Alyssa] Saigon?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Salem.

Graupel consists of a core of what crystalline material surrounded by rime?

- [Alyssa] Ice?

- That's correct for 20 points.

We're gonna move on to our first media question of the game.

It's an audio question, let's have a listen (banjo playing) Developed in the 18th century, This instrument is a member of the string family.

A thin membrane, typically circular and usually made from plastic or animal skin is stretched over a frame to form a resonator... (chime) Brianna - [Brianna] Banjo.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What novel in which the teacher Kantorek encourages Albert Kropp and Paul Paul Bäumer to enlist in World War I was written by Erich Maria Remarque?

(timer buzzer) It's okay, the answer we were looking for for that was "All Quiet on the Western Front."

I want to move on to our next 10 point up for both teams.

What devices, which an 1849 scientists Alfred Smee compared to nerves operate by using a key to transmit a code that was developed by Samuel Morse.

(chime) Alyssa.

- [Alyssa] The Telegraph?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question for 20 point Salem: the archeological site of Naqsh-e Rustam contains the tomb of what Persian Monarch, whose army was defeated by Athenians at the battle of Marathon?

- [Alyssa] Darius the Third?

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving onto our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What historical figure names the currency of Venezuela and a landlocked country whose major cities include Santa Cruz, Sucre and La Paz?

(timer buzzer) It's okay, the answer we were looking for for that question was Simón Bolívar.

Moving onto our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

In 2021 light was observed for the first time behind what type of object, a supermassive example of which is at the center of the Milky Way.

(chime) Alyssa.

- [Alyssa] A black hole?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question Salem for 20 points.

Many historic chateau are located along what river, which flows through Nantes and is the longest river in France.

(timer buzzer) Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- [Chloe] The Thames.

- Sorry, that's incorrect, very good guess.

The answer we were looking for was the Loire River.

Moving onto our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What substances, which are generated by a homolytic bond cleavage are suppressed in the body by antioxidants and contain unpaired electrons?

(timer buzzer) It's okay, the answer we were looking for was radicals.

It's time for our next media question.

This is a still question, let's have a look.

This noble gas has an atomic number of 10.

In liquid form, this element has 40 times more refrigerating capacity per volume than liquid helium.

Name this element.

(chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] Neon?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Moving onto our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What country, whose Klang Valley contains the administrative center of Putrajaya is home to the Patronus Towers and it's capital... (chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] Malaysia.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Salem, here's your 20 point bonus question.

In Greek myth, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos made up what trio who controlled the thread of mortal lives?

- [Alyssa] The Fates?

- That's correct for 20 points.

Moving on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

In 1974, what founder of the Anti-Nazi Partisans and only European founder of the non-aligned movement was named president for life of Yugoslavia?

(timer buzzer) The answer we were looking for was Josep Broz Tito.

Onto our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What artists created portraits of his Dr. Paul Gachet,, whom this man stayed with after leaving the mental asylum, where he painted the Starry Nights?

(chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] Vincent Van Gogh?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Salem.

In feudal Japan, samurai strove to conform to what moral and social code, which means way of the warrior and resembles European codes of chivalry?

(timer buzzer) Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points?

(team whispering) - [Chloe] Pass.

- That's okay, the answer we were looking for was bushido.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What novel ends with the Rachel rescuing the only survivors of the Pequod, depicts captain Ahab's search for a whale and is both Herman Melville (chime) Daniyal?

- [Daniyal] Moby Dick.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your next bonus question Salem.

How many total atoms are in one molecule of propane, given that propane is an alkane with a three carbon chain?

- [Alyssa] Three?

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- [Chloe] 24.

- I'm sorry, that's also incorrect, but I loved the confidence for your answer.

The answer we were looking for was 11, but you know who needs science anyways, right?

We're gonna move on to our next toss up question.

It's a math question, cause that's better, so get those pencils and paper ready.

What fraction in lowest terms is equal to 84%, given percentages can be written as fractions with denominators of a hundred?

(chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] 21 over 25.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question, Salem.

On an October 2020 referendum, voters in New Caledonia rejected independence and chose to remain a special collective of what European country?

- [Daniyal] Vatican City?

- [Spudville] I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

Effingham, you have a chance to steal?

- [Chloe] Pass.

- All right, the answer we were looking for was France, but that's okay, it's now time for our lightning round.

(thunder rumbling) Super scary guys.

Not really, I promise.

I have four categories to choose from.

Effingham, we're going to let you choose your category first, please pick the category that sounds most interesting to you.

The categories are title characters, Chinese inventions, countries that border China, and Michaels.

- [Chloe] Title characters, - Title characters it is.

In this lightning round, I need you to identify these literary works named for their main characters.

Effingham are you ready for your lightning round?

If you don't know an answer, you can pass.

We'll go back to it if time allows.

Your lightening round begins in three, two, one.

Shakespearian tragedy set in Denmark.

- [Chloe] Pass.

- [Spudville] Jane Austen novel about a matchmaker.

- [Chloe] Pride and Prejudice.

- [Spudville] Sorry, that's incorrect.

LM Montgomery novel followed by Anne of Avonlea.

- [Chloe] Pass.

- [Spudville] Charles Dickens book about an orphan pickpocket.

- [Chloe] Oliver Twist.

- [Spudville] Correct.

Jack London novel about a wolf dog.

- [Chloe] Fang?

- [Spudville] Correct.

Voltaire novella satirizing optimism, excuse me.

- [Chloe] Pass.

- [Spudville] Miguel De Cervantes novel about a knight errant.

- [Chloe] Pass.

- [Spudville] Johanna Spyri novel about a girl living in the Alps.

- [Chloe] Pass.

- [Spudville] Sophocles play about a daughter of Oedipus.

(timer buzzer) I'm sorry, that is time.

I'll go over the ones that you guys passed or missed starting with the Shakespearian tragedy set in Denmark was Hamlet, a LM Montgomery novel followed by Anne of Avonlea was Anne of Green Gables.

Voltaire novella satirizing optimism was Candide.

Miguel de Cervantes novel about a knight errant of Don Quixote, Joanna Spyri novel about a girl living in the Alps was Heidi, and the ones we didn't get to, Sophocles play about a daughter of Oedipus was anta, Antigone, excuse me.

And the last was Virginia Wolf novel about a woman planning, a party, which was Mrs. Dalloway.

Overall, still a really good lightning round.

You guys did answer some correct, which is more than I could ever do.

So we're going to now move on to Salem.

And your remaining categories are Chinese inventions, countries that border China and Michaels.

- [Daniyal] Countries that border China.

- Countries that border China it is.

In this category, I need you to give me the answer, what country that borders China?

Salem, are you ready for your lightning round?

Perfect, same rules apply.

If you don't know, we'll pass and go back if time allows.

Your lightening round begins in three, two, one.

Shares Mount Everest with China.

- [Chloe] Nepal.

- [Spudville] Correct.

Has cities named Lahore and Karachi.

- [Daniyal] Pakistan.

- [Spudville] Correct contains the Northern portion of the Gobi desert.

- [Chloe] Mongolia.

- [Spudville] Correct.

Contains the mouth of the Mekong River.

- [Daniyal] Pass.

- [Spudville] Controls the island of Sakhalin.

- [Daniyal] Pass.

- [Spudville] Has the Yalu River as part of its Northern border.

- [Daniyal] Pass.

- [Spudville] Introduced the concept of gross national happiness.

- [Daniyal] Pass.

- [Spudville] Has its capital at Deshanbe.

- [Daniyal] Pass.

- [Spudville] Contains the state of Rakhine, where many persecuted Rohingya people live.

- [Daniyal] Pass - Contains the Torobora... (timer buzzer) Okay, we're going to go over the ones that you passed or missed, starting with "Contains the mouth of the Mekong River" was Vietnam.

Controls the island of Sakhalin was Russia.

Has the Yalu River as part of its Northern border, North Korea.

Introduced the concept of gross national happiness was Bhutan.

Has its capital at Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Contains the state of Rakhine where many persecuted Rohingya people live, Burma.

And contains the Tora Bora cave complex was Afghanistan.

Overall, a good lightning round for you guys as well.

And we're now going to move on to our tossup and bonuses once again, starting with our next media question.

And it's a video question, let's have a look.

This sandbox video game... (chime) Daniyal - [Daniyal] Minecraft.

- Minecraft, that's correct.

I love Minecraft.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup for both teams.

What group in which Seth Warner served as a captain seized Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 and was a militia from New England led by Ethan Allen?

- [Chloe] The Minute Men?

(timer buzzer) - I'm sorry?

- [Chloe] The Minute Men?

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

And we're out of time for that question.

The answer we were looking for was the Green Mountain Boys.

We move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What Bible book is the origin of the term scapegoat, includes sexual prohibition in its holiness code, and is the third book, following Exodus?

(timer buzzer) It's okay, the answer we were looking for was Leviticus.

Gonna move on to our next 10 point tossup question for both teams.

What composer, who wrote three war sonatas and the Lieutenant Key J Suite also wrote a symphonic fairytale for children titled "Peter and the Wolf?"

(chime) Daniyal?

- [Daniyal] Mozart?

- [Spudville] I'm sorry?

- [Daniyal] Mozart?

- [Spudville] I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

(chime) Chloe - [Chloe] Bach.

- I'm sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Sergei Prokofiev.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What former writer for the newspaper Avanti led at the black shirts in a 1922 march on Rome that allowed him to become the fascist dictator of Italy?

(chime) Alyssa.

- [Alyssa] Benito Mussolini?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Salem.

What law states that heat never spontaneously flows from colder to hotter materials or that the entropy of an isolated system never decreases?

(timer buzzer) Sorry, that is time.

Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points - [Chloe] Insulation.

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the second law of thermodynamics.

The first one was insulation.

I'm going to move on to our next 10 point tossup for teams.

What term describes property such as reduction potential and temperature but do not depend on the amount of mass, unlike extensive properties?

(chime) Chloe.

- [Chloe] Intensive properties.

- That's correct, for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question for Effingham.

In 2020, what African-American pastor defeated Republican incumbent Kelly LaFleur for a Senate seat in Georgia?

- [Chloe] Smith.

- [Spudville] I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

Salem, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- [Daniyal] Warnock.

- That's correct for 10 points.

It's time for our next media question.

This one is an audio question, let's have a listen.

♪ I may be crazy ♪ We are looking for the song title.

This song was released in 2020 by Dua Lipa.

It was nominated for best song in the world in the NME awards, but lost a Billy Eilish's "Bad Guy."

Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] "Don't Start Now?"

- That's correct for 10 points.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What philosopher, who said "we owe a cock to Asclepius" at his death was depicted in the Fido, an apology by Plato and was forced to drink hemlock?

(chime) Alyssa.

- [Alyssa] Socrates?

- That's correct for 10 points and good job getting that answer with my terrible pronunciation on that.

Here's your 20 point bonus question for Salem.

What man who criticized the auto industry in his book "Unsafe at Any Speed" was the Green Party nominee in the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections?

(timer buzzer) Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- [Chloe] Warren.

- I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Ralph Nader.

We're going to move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams What battle, which was proceeded by the battles of Leni and Katra Brah was a victory for the Duke of Wellington and ended the reign of Napoleon?

(chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] Waterloo.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Salem.

The ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Tikal are in what Central American country, which borders Mexico to the west and Belize to the east?

- [Chloe] El Salvador?

- [Spudville] Sorry, that's incorrect.

Effingham, you have a chance to steal for 10 points?

- [Chloe] Bolivia.

- Oh, sorry, that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for Guatemala.

- [Chloe] I'm sorry.

- We're gonna move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What state, whose city of Beaumont is home to Lamar University, is also home to Rice University and a state school whose flagship campus is in Austin?

(chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] Texas?

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Salem.

Sister chromatids are formed during what part of the cell cycle that contains G1, S and G2 phases during which a cell prepares for mitosis?

- [Alyssa] Interphase?

- That's correct for 20 points.

We're going move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What number, which is the base of a function equal to its own derivative equals about 2.71828 and as the base of the natural logarithm?

(chime) Daniyal.

- [Daniyal] 10.

- [Spudville] Sorry, that's incorrect.

(chime) Chloe - [Chloe] Three.

- I'm sorry, that's also incorrect.

It was kind of a trick question.

The answer we were looking for was e, not a number at all.

It was Euler's number.

We're gonna move on to our next 10 point Toss up for both teams.

What country whose currency is the sol was once led by Alberto Fujimori, was the birthplace of Mario Vargas Llosa and is governed from Lima?

(chime) Chloe.

- [Chloe] Peru?

- That's correct, for 10 points.

Here's your 20 point bonus question Effingham.

Paul Pennyfeather is expelled from Oxford in "Decline and Fall," a novel by what British author who wrote about college friends and Brideshead revisited?

- [Chloe] Do you know?

(timer buzzer) - Sorry, we're out of time.

And unfortunately it is the end of our game.

Congratulations to Salem, you guys are our winners.

You guys played a great game.

Thank you for being here and congratulations to you as well Effingham for being here and being good sports with us.

As well, thank you all for watching.

Tune in with us next time and we'll see you then.

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