(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 teams who have competed with us before.

Both won a game each and they've come back to compete again.

On the bottom row we have Mascoutah.

Unfortunately in the last episode, I butchered their school name, but they've forgiven me and decided to come back thankfully.

And on the top we have Frankfort.

And then on the top we have Ryan, Joseph and Presley.

And then Mascoutah, I apologize I left your names out.

We got Daniel, Mark, and Wyatt.

We've met our contestants, it's time to go over the rules.

I'm going to be reading a series of toss-up questions, worth 10 points each that both teams will have a chance to answer.

If a contestant answers a toss-up correctly, their team gets the chance to answer a bonus question for 20 points.

However, if they answer that bonus incorrectly, the other team has a chance to steal it away from them for 10 points.

As usual the interruption rule is 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.

We're going to be having our lightning round halfway through the game where I'll be reading a series of questions in any given category that both teams will have a chance to answer as many as they possibly can in 60 seconds.

Now that we know the rules, we've met our contestants, it's time to put on our thinking cap, let's get down to quizzness.

Starting with our first 10 point toss-up of the game for both teams.

What novel in which the Ludovico technique is applied to Beethoven loving ultra violent criminal, Alex the Large was written by Anthony Burgesss?

(beep) Presley.

- Clockwork Orange.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Frankfort here's your first 20 point bonus question.

The photo Earthrise was taken during the what 1968 mission in which William Anders, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell became the first to orbit the moon.

- (indistinct) - [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Mascoutah you have a chance to steal for 20 points, for 10 points I apologize.

- Apollo 13.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Apollo 8.

All right, time for our next 10 point toss up question for both teams.

What organization a successor of the Revenue Cutter Service has the motto 'Semper Paratus' and is an armed forces branch that patrols US waters.

(beep) Ryan.

- Coastguard.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Frankfort here's your 20 point bonus question.

Jack Kilby's 1958 integrated circuit was made using not silicon, but what other melatoid that lies directly below silicone on the periodic table?

- Copper.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Mascoutah you have a chance to steal.

- No answer.

(beeps) - It's okay the answer we were looking for was germanium.

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

What task, which can be done without rhythms called rate ex bubble merge and quick involves putting items in a list or array into order.

(beep) - Mark - Grouping.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

(beep) - [Jordan] Joseph.

- Sorting.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Frankfort here's your 20 point bonus question.

Narendra Modi is a member of what political party, which advocates Hindutva and is the main rival of the more secular Indian National Congress.

(beeps) All right Mascoutah you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- The Indian National Party.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the Bharatiya Janata Party, otherwise known as the BJP.

It's time for our next 10 point toss up question for both teams.

What river whose tributaries include the Isar and Sava empties into the Black Sea in Romania and flows past four capital cities, including Vienna?

(beep) - Wyatt.

- The Danube.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your 20 point bonus question.

What author of the novel Starship Troopers wrote about a man who comes to earth after being raised on Mars and stranger in a strange land.

- No answer.

- [Jordan] All right, Frankfort you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Smith.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

The answer was Robert Heinlein.

It's okay that's a very strange question.

Haha puns.

All right it's time for our first media question.

This is an audio question let's take a listen.

♪ Today is going to be the day that the gun-- ♪ - We are looking for the song title.

(beep) - [Jordan] Mark.

- Water wolf.

- That's correct for 10 points.

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

In what 2015 film is the dying.

Mr. White, a former associate of Ernst Stavro, excuse me, Blofeld who leads the title terrorist organization against James Bond.

(beep) - Daniel.

- Skyfall.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

- Double O seven.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Specter.

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

What book series which includes 'Stay Out of the Basement' and introduced the ventriloquist dummy Slappy-- (beep) - Presley.

- Goosebumps.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Here is your bonus question worth 20 points for Frankfort.

Although the Umayyad ruled the Cordoba until 1031 in 750, they were replaced in the Middle East by what caliphate that ruled into the 13th century?

- (indistinct).

(beeps) - [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Mascoutah you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- No answer.

- All right the answer we were looking for was Abbasid caliphate.

We are going to move on to our next 10 point toss up question.

This is our first math question.

So let's get those pencils and paper ready?

What is the probability that an event will occur if the odds against it happening are five to two?

(beeps) We're out of time for that question, the answer we were looking for was two in seven.

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

What building is being renovated in hopes of being ready for the 2024 Olympics after its lead covered roof and spire were destroyed in a 2019 fire?

(beep) - Daniel.

- Notre Dame Cathedral.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your 20 point bonus question.

What blind prophet appears in Euripides play the Bacchae and argues with the title character Sophocles Play, Oedipus Rex.

- Peneus.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Frankfort you have a chance to steal.

- Terisias.

- That's correct for 10 points.

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

What singer rose to fame in 1938 with a tisk it a task it an improvised Scott singing, excuse me so well that she was nicknamed the first lady of song in lady Ella.

(beep) - Mark.

- Ella Fitzgerald.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your 20 point bonus question.

What woman who Bill Clinton nominated in the aftermath of the Nanny Gate scandal became the first female attorney general in 1993.

- No answer.

- [Jordan] Frankfort you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Mendoza?

- Sorry that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Janet Reno.

It's time for our next media question.

This is a still question let's take a look.

This noble gas is radioactive and has eight valence electrons.

While this element is present everywhere (beep)in the United States-- Wyatt - Radon, - That's correct for 10 points.

- It's time for our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What king, who was known for mistresses, such as Nell Gwynne was put in power by the restoration and was the namesake of his beheaded father.

(beeps) That's time on that question.

The answer we were looking for was Charles the second of England.

It's okay we're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What countries islands include Rottnest Island, where most quokkas live and an island home to other Marsupial's such as Wombats and (beep) Tasmanian Devils-- Wyatt - Australia.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your 20 point bonus question.

What Serbian center who once recorded a triple double in less than 15 minutes was named NBA MVP in 2021?

- No answer.

(beeps) - [Jordan] All right, Frankfort you have a chance to steal.

- Luka Doncic.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Nikola Jokic.

It's okay we're going to shake that off.

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

What national park, which contains the grand prismatic spring is the oldest national park in the US and is home to the Geyser old-- (beep) Wyatt.

- Yellowstone.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your next 20 point bonus question.

Confessions of a Mask was written by which Japanese author of the temple of the Golden Pavilion and the Sea of Fertility Tetrology.

- Sansiro.

(beeps) - [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Frankfort you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Confucius.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Yukio Mishima.

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

What former Soviet Republic, where Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory (beep)-- Wyatt.

- Belarus.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your 20 point bonus question.

In 1911, Francisco Madero became president of what country after overthrowing its longtime dictator Porfirio Diaz?

- Venezuela.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Frankfort you have a chance to steal for 10 points.

- Spain.

- I'm sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Mexico.

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

What novel in which Brian (indistinct) abducts a Jewish woman named Rebecca and joust with the title night was written by Sir Walter Scott.

(beep) Daniel.

All right and the answer we (beep) were looking for... Oh Presley.

- Sherlock Holmes.

- I'm sorry that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Ivanhoe.

(laughter) It's okay it was a very close one that it was in the heads.

It just didn't come out.

It's now time for our lightning round in the game.

(thunder rumbling) There it is there's our lightning.

All right, Frankfort.

We're going to let you choose your category first.

In this lightning round, you can answer questions about organelles, 'P' in Art, Super Mario or Elon Musk.

- Organelles.

- [Jordan] I'm sorry.

- Organelles.

- Organelles it is.

In this category I just need you to name these organelles.

As usual if you don't know the answer you can pass and we'll come back to it if time allows.

Frankfort, are you ready for your lighting round?

Let's do it.

Your lightning round begins in three, two, one.

The sites of protein synthesis made of two sub units.

- Mitochondria.

- [Jordan] I'm sorry it's incorrect.

Nicknamed big powerhouse of the cell.

- Mitochondria.

- [Jordan] That's correct.

It has smooth and rough portions.

- Endoplasmic reticulum-- - [Jordan] That's correct.

Name for an Italian physician it transports proteins.

- golgi apparatus.

- [Jordan] Correct.

The site of DNA transcription in eukaryotes.

- Nucleus.

- [Jordan] Correct.

The most acidic organelle is full of digestive enzymes - Lysosomes.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Composed of chitin and fungi and peptidoglycan and bacteria, - (indistinct) - [Jordan] Sorry it's incorrect.

Where catalyst breaks down a compound with formula H2O2.

- Cytoplasm.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

In plants it's surrounded by a membrane called the tonoplast.

- Cell wall, - [Jordan] Sorry it's incorrect.

Used by-- (beeps) And that is time.

The last question was used by sea anemones and jellyfish for defense and to capture prey.

And the answer for that, pnuematicist.

Going to the ones that you missed, the sights of protein synthesis may have two sub units was ribosomes.

Composed of chitin and fungi and peptidoglycan and bacteria was the cell wall.

Where catalyst breaks down a compound with formula H2O2 was peroxisomes.

And in plants it's surrounded by a membrane called the tonoplast was vacuoles.

Overall good lightning round Frankfort.

But now Mascoutah, it is time for your lightning round.

The remaining categories for you to choose from are 'P' in Art, Super Mario and Elon Musk.

- Could we get Super Mario, please?

- Yeah, of course.

In this lightning round, I need you to name these characters from the Super Mario video game franchise.

Of course, if you don't know the answer, you can pass we'll go back to it if time allows.

Mascoutah are you ready for your lightning round?

- Very much so.

- All right, let's begin in three, two, one.

Mario's brother with an L on his cap?

- Luigi - [Jordan] Correct.

Typically green egg laying ally who resembles a dinosaur.

- Yoshi.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Humanoid mushroom and attendant to peach, - Toad - [Jordan] Correct.

Donkey Kong's hat wearing nephew.

- Diddy Kong - [Jordan] Correct.

Ghostly figure who vanishes when directly looked at.

- Boo - [Jordan] Correct.

Orange haired princess of Surasa land, - Daisy - [Jordan] Correct.

Mario's arch enemy who has a spike shell, - Bowser - [Jordan] Correct.

Woman rescued in Donkey Kong, who was new donk city's mayor in Super Mario Odyssey.

- Pauline.

- [Jordan] Correct.

Inventor of the poultry, Gus 3000 and flood, - Dr. E. Gadd - [Jordan] Correct.

Fire-breathing triceratops named for the singer of nine inch nails.

(upbeat music) - Pass.

- [Jordan] That is the final question.

So I'll ask it again.

Fire-breathing triceratops named for the singer of nine inch nails.

- Trent.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

That's all the questions we had.

Overall great answers.

You guys answered all of them except for one.

The fire-breathing triceratops name for the singer of nine inch nails was Reznor.

But up to me, I'd give you all of the gold coins.

Good job.

We're now going to move on to our toss ups and bonus questions again.

Starting with a media question.

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

Released in 2006, this system (beep) broke-- Joseph.

- Wi.

- That's correct for 10 points.

And I move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What war in which Winfield Scott led an amphibious assault that captured the port of Veracruz in (beep) 1847 Wyatt.

- Spanish-American war.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

(beeps) All right, the answer we were looking for was actually the Mexican-American war.

Very close but we couldn't give it to you.

Also because of the interruption rule, Frankfort you did receive five points.

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

What office whose first female holder was Megan Brennan has been held since 2020 by Louis DeJoy who leads an agency responsible for the male?

(beep) Joseph.

(indistinct) - That's correct for 10 points.

Frankfort here's your 20 point bonus question.

What avant-garde American composer, called for a pianist to sit at a keyboard and do nothing for a period of time in his work four minutes, 33 seconds.

- Cage.

- That's correct for 20 points.

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

Three of what mathematical things can be operated on by the triple product, which combines the dot and cross products that can be used on them?

(beep) Presley.

- Matrix.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

(beeps) The answer that we were looking for for that was vectors.

It's okay we're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

What city which contains the Stormont Parliament building was the site of a ship yard that built the Titanic and is the capital of Northern Ireland?

(beep) Joseph.

- Dublin?

- Sorry that's incorrect.

(beeps) The answer we were looking for was Belfist or Belfast.

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

What man who in 1994 led the LAPD on a low speed chase in his Ford Bronco was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife an earlier (beep) player in the NFL-- Daniel.

- OJ Simpson.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your 20 point bonus question.

In the Harbor process, the product ammonia is purified by what technique that separates liquids based on differences in boiling point?

- Diffusion.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

Frankfort you have a chance to steal.

- Osmosis.

- Sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was distillation.

- It's time for our next media question.

This is an audio question.

Let's have a listen.

♪ Imma give scholarship to King's college.

♪ - This song is titled My Shot and was written by Lin Manuel Miranda.

This was the second musical Miranda wrote and it earned 16 Tony (beep)nominations-- Wyatt.

- Hamilton.

- That's correct for 10 points.

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

What type of substance is confined in a Tokamak using a magnetic field is made up of ionized gas and it's called the fourth state (beep) of matter-- Mark - Plasma.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your next 20 point bonus question.

In Greek myth, chiron was what type of half man, half horse creature?

- [Male] Centaur - That's correct for 20 points.

- Moving onto our next 10 point toss-up.

What regionalist painter from Iowa showed a woman with an apron and a man with overalls, carrying a Pitchfork, (beep) in his painting American Gothic.

Wyatt - Grantwood.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Mascoutah here's your next 20 point bonus question.

What play by Neil Simon contrast neatnik Felix Unger with a slobby Oscar Madison.

- No answer.

- Frankfort this is your chance to steal for 10 points.

- Our American Cousin.

- Sorry that's incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was the Odd Couple.

It's okay we're going to move on to our next 10 point toss-up for both teams.

The lion of the north was a nickname for what great Protestant king who died in 1632 at the battle of Lutzen, leading Sweden in the 30 years War?

(beep) Mark.

- Richard.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

(beep) Presley.

- King Hong Kong.

- I'm sorry that's also incorrect.

The answer we were looking for was Gustavus Adolphus.

It's okay we're going to move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

Quantum dots are microscopic examples of what materials used to make transistors with properties between those of insulators and conductors.

(beeps) The answer for that was semi-conductors.

It's okay we're going to take a breath move on to our next 10 point toss up for both teams.

What city on the Huangpu river is home to the Oriental Pearl tower is at the mouth of the Yangtze river and is China's most populous city?

(beep) Wyatt.

- Beijing.

- [Jordan] Sorry that's incorrect.

(beep) Presley - Shanghai.

- That's correct for 10 points.

Frankfort here's your 20 point bonus question.

What kind of object is depicted in the best known sculpture by Mayron which shows an athlete preparing to throw this kind of object.

- Discuss.

- That's correct for 20 points.

It's time for our next media question.

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

This character (beep) is known-- Wyatt - Brooke.

- That's correct for 10 points.

(beep) - [Presley] Oops, sorry.

- It's okay Presley I know that we all like Pokemon.

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

What mythical object, which was stolen by the Giant Thrym has a short handle because of Loki's mischief and has a hammer wielded by Thor?

(beep) Daniel.

- Mjollnir - That's correct for 10 points.

Here's your bonus question for 20 points.

Biryani is a dish made using what crop, who's basmati and Jasmine varieties are popular in Indian cuisine?

- Rice.

- That's correct for 20 points.

- Moving onto our (bell) next.

And that's the end of our game.

Congratulations to Mascoutah.

You guys are our winners.

Frankfort thank you for coming back and joining us.

You guys played a great game as always, and you guys played a great game as well.

Thank you both for being here.

Thank you all for watching at home.

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You never know what's going to happen.

We'll see you next time.

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