- Welcome to the studios of WCMU public television, and on this episode of Quiz Central, we begin our season with a first round game between Traverse City Central and Flushing coming up right after this.

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- [Matthew] Let's get today's match underway.

Here's your first question on Quiz Central.

- Teddy Roosevelt.

- [Matthew] That is correct.

- Crimson.

- [Matthew] Yes.

That answer is correct.

- Patella.

- [Matthew] Correct.

Congratulations Luddington.

You are the Quiz Central season 16 grand champions.

Hello everyone.

I'm Matthew Zanuck.

And it's my pleasure to welcome you to the 17th season of Quiz Central here on WCMU.

Once again, our annual academic competition will be held virtually teams will be joining us via zoom from high schools, all across central and Northern Michigan.

Our two competing teams will be independently challenged with an identical set of questions.

The school that answers the most questions correctly in the time allotted advances to the next round.

At the end of the season, four Quiz Central seniors will receive a book scholarship provided by the CMU bookstore.

We have 16 teams joining us this season, and there'll be divided into four divisions based on their school's enrollment.

This week, the red division takes center stage.

So without further ado, let's get today's match underway.

Our first round is the maroon and gold rush.

Our teams will have two minutes to answer as many questions as they can.

Each correct answer is worth 10 points.

There's no deduction for incorrect answers.

Students will be able to consult with their teammates on each question, but the final answers will be coming from the team's captains.

Traverse City Central you're first.

So here comes the first question in today's Maroon and Gold Rush.

What state, where Denmark Vesey planned a slave rebellion, was the first to secede from the U S and is home to Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor.

Final answer, South Carolina.

- [Matthew] South Carolina is correct.

Mercredi, which refers to the Roman god, Mercury is the French word for what day of the week?

- Final answer, Wednesday.

- [Matthew] Wednesday's correct.

What quantities elementary value was measured in the Millikan oil drop experiment can be expressed in coulombs, and for electrons is negative?

- Final answer, charge.

- [Matthew] Charge is correct.

What civil rights organizations legal defense fund led by Thurgood Marshall, challenged school segregation in the 1954 case Brown V Board?

- [Matthew] Final answer, NAACP.

- That is correct.

What pope published the catechism of the Catholic church and officially apologized for the persecution of Galileo during his tenure in the 1990s.

(murmuring) - Pope Benedict.

- [Matthew] Pope Benedict is incorrect.

The Delmarva Peninsula forms the Eastern border of what inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, which is fed by the Susquehanna and Potomac rivers.

- The Chesapeake Bay.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What character, who was named for Nintendo's lawyer, is a native of planet Pop Star who often fights King DeDeDe and is able to inhale his enemies.

Final answer, Kirby.

- [Matthew] Kirby is correct.

Saturnism refers to poisoning by what heavy metal whose Latin name is the origin of an English word, reflecting its former use in water pipes.

- Final answer, Mercury.

- [Matthew] Mercury is incorrect onto the next question.

- It's lead.

Okay.

What organelle in which RuBisCO catalyzes carbon fixation as part of the Calvin cycle contains filicoides and carries out photosynthesis in plants.

- Oh yeah.

Final answer, chloroplasts.

- [Matthew] Chloroplast is correct.

What cryptocurrency based on an internet meme lost nearly 30% of its value.

- Final answer, Doge coin.

- [Matthew] Doge coin is correct.

In what year was the- (bell rings) Sorry just like that the round is over, but you did pretty good there in that opening round Traverse City Central.

Let's go ahead and count them up.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 correct answers, which gives you a total of 80 points in the first round.

Traverse City Central finishes up their first round with a score of 80.

Flushing, it's now your turn in today's maroon and gold rush.

Here comes your first question.

What state, where Denmark Vesey planned a slave rebellion, was the first to secede from the U S and is home to Fort Sumpter in Charleston Harbor.

- That's South Carolina.

- South Carolina, final answer.

- [Matthew] South Carolina is correct.

Mercredi, which refers to the Roman god, Mercury is the French word for what day of the week?

- Wednesday, final answer.

- [Matthew] Wednesday's correct.

What quantities elementary value was measured in the Millikan oil drop experiment can be expressed in coulombs, and for electrons is negative?

- Would that be charge?

- Yup.

- [Matthew] Charge, final answer?

- Charge, final answer.

- [Matthew] Correct.

What civil rights organizations legal defense fund led by Thurgood Marshall, challenged school segregation in the 1954 case Brown V Board?

(murmuring) - Yeah NAACP makes most sense.

- [Matthew] Is that your final answer?

- Yes.

- [Matthew] The NAACP is correct.

What pope published the catechism of the Catholic church and officially apologized for the persecution of Galileo during his tenure in the 1990s.

- Skip question please.

- [Matthew] No answer, onto the next question.

The Delmarva Peninsula forms the Eastern border of what inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, which is fed by the Susquehanna and Potomac rivers.

(murmuring) - The Chesapeake Bay.

- [Matthew] Chesapeake Bay is correct.

What character, who was named for Nintendo's lawyer, is a native of planet Pop Star who often fights King DeDeDe and is able to inhale his enemies.

- Kirby.

- Kirby, final answer.

- [Matthew] Kirby is correct.

Oh, and with that bell, he didn't hear it, but I heard it.

That bell signifies the end of the opening round, the maroon and gold rush round.

Great job there, Flushing.

You were able to get 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 questions correct.

Which brings your first round total to 60 points.

Let's go ahead and take a look at those questions that were missed.

That Pope that published the catechism of the Catholic church that was Pope John Paul II, and Saturnism refers to the poisoning.

But I think I heard it later, but the final answers that were given was mercury, but it's actually lead, lead was the answer that we were looking for there.

With one round in the books.

Let's take a moment now and meet our contestants from each of today's schools.

We'll begin with today's competitors from Traverse City Central.

Take it away.

- My name is Ben Maguire.

I'm in 12th grade and I'm from Traverse City Central.

My name is Will Dousser, I'm in 12th grade and I'm from Traverse City Central.

- My name is Jackson Price.

I'm in 10th grade and I'm from Traverse City Central.

Alright.

My name is Leonard Brown.

I'm a senior and I'm also from Traverse City Central.

- Now let's meet our next team in today's competition the students from Flushing.

- Hello, I'm Blane Perklick I go to Flushing high school and it's my fourth year in Quizbowl.

- I'm Sophia Zuber.

I go to Flushing high school and I've been doing Quizbowl for five years.

- Hello.

I'm Eli from Flushing high school.

This is my third year in Quizbowl.

- I'm Alex.

I go to Flushing high school and this is my fifth year in Quizbowl.

- Well, now that we've had a chance to meet everyone, let's head into the next round of competition.

The perfect 10.

In this round our teams will be given the category and they'll have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can.

Our perfect 10 category for today is double O give these words that begin or end with two O's.

We're going to put 60 seconds on the clock.

Traverse City Central you're up first, in today's perfect 10.

Synonym for a lot.

- Oodles.

- [Matthew] Oodles is correct.

An act that is culturally forbidden.

- Taboo.

- [Matthew] Taboo is correct.

To slowly flow out or a substance that does so.

- Ooze.

- [Matthew] Ooze is correct.

Fast growing plant eaten by animals, by pandas.

- Bamboo.

- [Matthew] Bamboo is correct.

Semi arid region of Southern Africa.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass on the next question.

Type of tea whose name means black dragon.

- Pass.

- [Matthew] Pass on to the next question.

Droning instrument played by the Aboriginal people of Australia.

- Didgeridoo.

Didgeridoo is correct.

The study of birds eggs?

- Pass.

Just like that the bell is going to end the round.

Your 60 seconds are up.

Traverse City Central did pretty good in that round.

We're able to get 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, correct answers for a total of 50 points.

And that brings your total after two rounds to 130 points with five correct answers.

And today's perfect.

10 Traverse City Central sits now with 130 points.

Now it's Flushing's turn to try to add to their score.

And today's perfect 10 Synonym for a lot.

No answer.

An act that is culturally forbidden.

- Taboo.

- [Matthew] Taboo is correct.

To slowly flow out or a substance that does so.

- Ooze.

Ooze is correct.

A fast growing plant eaten by pandas.

- Bamboo.

- Bamboo is correct.

A semi-arid region of Southern Africa.

- Pass.

No answer.

- Nope.

Onto the next question.

A type of tea whose name means black dragon - Oolong.

- Oolong tea, final answer.

- Oolong's correct.

A droning instrument played by the Aboriginal people of Australia.