(calm music) (upbeat music) - Welcome back to another episode of Scholastic Hi-Q.

I'm your host, Ethan Neir, and we have another great playoff matchup in store for you today.

So let's introduce those teams.

We have Fairfield here today in their fierce appearance with Aiden Chase, Cale, and Cody.

And on the top, we have Freeburg coming back with Jillian, Elaina, Edison, and Noah.

Now, before we get into our questions, let's just do a quick recap of the rules.

We'll start off with some toss up questions.

Those will be worth 10 points a piece.

If team gets it right, they move on to a bonus question that's worth 20 and can be stolen for 10.

You guys are allowed to interrupt me at any time, but if you interrupt me and get the question wrong, it is five points for the other team.

So if you're gonna interrupt me, just make sure you're right.

We all understand the rules, we all good?

Great.

Let's get into the questions.

What author described how Thomas Auld sent him to work for Edward Covey in an 1845 narrative of his life which advocated for abolitionism.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Frederick Douglass.

- Frederick Douglass is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

In 1842, Britain acquired Hong Kong after a war with China named for what addictive substance whose trade Ching dynasty officials tried to stop?

- Opium.

- Opium is correct.

On the next question, what chemist who Gustav Kirchhoff discovered cesium and rubidium, developed a way of generating a continuous flame, using his namesake burner?

(buzzer beeps) - Noah.

- Bunsen.

- Bunsen is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

In 2021, Damon Galgut's novel, The Promise won, what literary prize awarded annually to a novel written in English?

- Pulitzer.

- Pulitzer's incorrect.

Fairfield.

The chance's to you.

- No answer.

- Answer looking for there was Booker, the Booker's Prize.

Onto the next question.

What Pennsylvania politician whose relationship with William R. King, fueled rumors that he was gay, was elected in 18.

(buzzer beeps) - Chase.

- James Buchanan.

- James Buchanan is correct.

For your bonus, what Asian rivers namesake Valley was home to the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?

- Indus.

- Indus is correct.

On the next question, what senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church is facing Herschel Walker in a 2022 election and serves with Jon Ossoff as a senator from Georgia?

I see you waving your hand, Noah.

(buzzer beeps) - Warnock.

- Warnock is correct.

Now I'll take us to our bonus.

What word refers to a line that a graph gets infinitely close to but might not actually reach, such as the x-axis for the graph of y equals 1 over x?

- Asymptote.

- Asymptote.

- Asymptote is correct.

Onto the next question, what river whose official source is the Toma sea, flows past the Arnhem, empties into the North Sea near Rotterdam and runs through Western Germany?

(buzzer beeps) - Chase.

- The Rhine.

- The Rhine is correct.

For bonus.

What author of the parody detective story, VV or Plots and Counter Plots, also wrote the 1886 novel, Jo's Boys.

- Dickens.

- Dickens is incorrect.

Freeburg, the chance to steal.

(continuous buzzing) Sorry, you guys are out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Louisa May Alcott.

And that'll take us to our first media question.

This show is about an eight year old boy who moves to a city called, Lakewood Plaza to.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Okay K.O.

- Okay K.O.

is correct.

Well done.

And for media questions, there is no bonus.

We will just go back to toss ups.

What simple machine is the subject to a statement in On The Equilibrium of Planes by Archimedes which involves distances to the fulcrum?

(buzzer beeps) - Cody.

- Lever.

- Lever is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

What Greek king's children include Electra or Orestes and Iphigenia?

- No answer.

- No answer.

Freeburg, a chances to steal.

- Pericles.

- Pericles is incorrect.

The answer you're looking for is Agamemnon.

Agamemnon.

Our next question, what city that names a 1530 Lutheran Creed by Philip Melanchton and a 1555 treaty declaring that Cuius Regio, Eius Religio principle is in Bavaria.

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Munich.

- Munich is incorrect.

(continuous buzzing) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Augsburg.

Augsburg.

Onto the next question, which city wants comprised of several islands along the Konkan coasts, is the capital of the Maharashtra state and produces India's Bollywood films.

(buzzer beeps) - Mumbai.

- Cale.

Mumbai is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, the Game of Throne stars Kit Harrington and Richard Madden appear in what MCU film about aliens trying to stop the emergence of Tiamut?

- The Eternals.

- The Eternals is correct.

Well done.

On to the next question.

What class of rocks includes aphanitic textured, such textured examples like andesite and glassy examples such as pumice and obsidian and forms?

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Igneous.

- Igneous is correct.

For your bonus.

What state's Republican party called homosexuality and, "Abnormal lifestyle choice," in its 2022 platform and rebuked John Cornyn over gun reform support?

- Alabama.

- Alabama is incorrect.

Fairfield, the chance to steal.

- Texas.

- Texas is correct.

Well done.

Onto the next question.

What man, the only Welsh prime minister in British history, represented Britain at the Paris Peace Conference and signed the Treaty of Versailles?

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Lloyd George.

- David Lloyd George is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

A 1993 book by Leon Lederman coined the nickname, God Particle, for what particle which was discovered at CERN in 2012?

- No answer.

- No answer.

Fairfield, a chance to steal.

- Higgs boson.

- Higgs boson is correct.

Well done.

On the next question.

What 1913 plan which a woman shouts, "Not bloody likely," after being asked if she will walk involves a bet to pass Eliza Doolittle off as a duchess?

(buzzer beeps) Elaina.

- My Fair Lady.

- That is incorrect.

(continuous buzzing) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for there was, Pygmalion.

Our next question, what quantity, which is a variable second central moment, is the average of square to differences from the mean and equals standard deviation squared?

Edison.

- Variation.

- Will we accept?

Will we accept a variation?

(continuous buzzing) No, we will not accept a variation.

(continuous buzzing) Here we go.

The answer we're looking for was not variation but variance.

And that'll take us to our next media question.

These two titular cartoon detectives have starred in four standalone video games and multiple crossovers.

They hold the title of freelance police in a fictitious New York City.

Name these characters.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Sam & Max.

- Sam & Max is correct.

Well done.

Onto our next toss up, what month during which the Lyrid meteor shower takes place is when the US celebrates Arbor Day and is the first month of the year with 30 days.

(buzzer beeps) Edison.

- April.

- April is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

Dr. Nicolaes Tulp cuts open an arm to reveal its musculature to an intrigued audience in what 1632 painting by Rembrandt?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] All right, Fairfield, the chance to steal.

- The Open Arm.

- The Open Arm is incorrect but it's about as self-apparent as that is.

It's The Anatomy Lesson.

Our next question.

What ancient author of The Brothers Poem and the Ode to Aphrodite is noted for her poetry's same sex themes and.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Sappho.

- Sappho is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

At the start of William Blake's poem, The Tiger, what alliterative two word phrase immediately follows the opening words, "Tiger, Tiger."

- I am.

- [Ethan] That is incorrect.

Freeburg, the chance to steal.

- Tiger, Tiger.

- That is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was, "Burning bright."

And onto the next toss up, what lake which has the Pigeon river and the Nipigon river among stripes is the northernmost western most and the largest of the Great Lakes?

(buzzer beeps) Cale - Superior.

- Lake superior is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, a concept in international relations called, the Thucydides Trap predicts an inevitable war between the US and what emerging power?

- China.

- China is correct.

Well done.

- Under another toss up, what type of EM Radiation detected by the Spitzer Space telescope has frequencies just below those of visible light and is used in thermal imaging?

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Infrared.

- Infrared is correct.

For your bonus, rim shots are played on what specific type of drum whose characteristic sound is due to the tension to cables on its lower skin> - Snare.

- Snare is correct.

Well done.

For your next question.

What Olympic event which was won in 2021 by Peres Jepchirchir and Eliud Kipchoge, both representing Kenya, is a road race that spans 26 point.

(buzzer beeps) - Edison.

- The marathon.

- Marathon is correct.

Well done.

And for your bonus, pencil and paper ready.

What is the value of the constant k, if the vector 2,5 is parallel to the vector 4,k?

- -10.

- [Ethan] Negative 10 is incorrect.

Fairfield, the chance to steal.

- 10.

- 10 is correct.

Well done.

And that will take us to our lightning round.

(lightning rumbling) The way our lightning round works is, each team will have 60 seconds to answer as many questions as they can about a particular topic.

Now Freeburg, since you guys are trailing in this one, you guys will get to pick your topic first.

Your choices are Battles and Wars.

Tom Brady.

Alabama.

Or People Named, "Henry."

- Tom Brady.

- Tom Brady, it is.

All right.

Answer the following about Tom Brady.

I will give you guys 60 seconds on the clock and I'll count you down.

3, 2, 1.

He primarily plays this football position that attempts passes.

- Quarterback.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Currently plays for this Florida based NFL team.

- Buccaneers.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

His NFL Jersey number.

- 12.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

His wife, a Brazilian model.

- Gisele.

- [Ethan] Last name.

- Brady.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Of the Big 10 University he played for.

- Michigan.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

He was selected in this round of the NFL draft with the hundred 99th pick.

- Seven.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Start his F NFL career with this team which he left in 2020.

- Patriots.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Upset this Super Bowl team in Super Bowl 36 to win his first.

- Oh.

Rams.

- That's correct.

He has lost twice in Super Bowl to this NFC East team.

- Giants.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Titans' coach, a linebacker who caught eight receptions from Brady.

- Randy Moss.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

And we'll just go through the two that you missed.

I like just guessing that his last, his wife's last name is Brady because not a bad guess.

His last name or his wife's name is Gisele Bündchen and the Titans' coach, a linebacker who caught eight receptions from Brady was Mike Vrabel.

Mike Vrabel.

So go in.

Oh and then, oh, excuse me.

Well, he was not selected in the seventh round but the sixth round of the NFL draft but still going 7 outta 10.

Not bad.

Making up 70 points in there.

Well done.

Now Fairfield, it's your guys' chance to respond.

Your choices are Alabama, People Named, "Henry," or Battles and Wars.

We're gonna go with Alabama.

Alabama it is.

Answer the following about Alabama.

I'll give you 60 seconds on the clock.

Count you down.

3, 2, 1.

Its capital.

- Birmingham.

- [Ethan] That's incorrect.

Blind and deaf woman born there whom Anne Sullivan taught.

- Helen Keller.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

1960 Novel by Harper Lee set there.

- To Kill a Mockingbird.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Civil rights leader who wrote A Letter from Birmingham Jail.

- Martin Luther King Jr. - [Ethan] That's correct.

Educational institute whose first president was Booker T. Washington.

- Tuskegee Institute.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Alabama's largest bay and inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.

- Pass.

- [Ethan] Roman God of fire depicted in a large bi Birmingham statue.

- Vulcan.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Governor who declared segregation forever in 1963.

- George Wallace.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

City home to the US Space and Rocket Center.

- Huntsville.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Former college football coach who's one of its senators.

- Tommy Tuberville.

- [Ethan] That's correct.

Alabama's largest bay and inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.

- Mexico Bay.

- [Ethan] Mexico Bay is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for there was a Mobile Bay and the only one, other one you got wrong was the capital of Montgomery.

Montgomery.

So, going 8 outta 10 there.

Well done.

And then, we'll just take a quick look back at the scores before we head back to the questions.

We have Freeburg at 150 and Fairfield at 310.

So a pretty decent lead but Freeburg, still plenty of time to catch out.

Now back to the questions.

What author of the allegory, A Tale of a Tub, wrote about highly intelligent horses called, Houyhnhnms, in his satirical 1726 novel, Gulliver's Travels.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Lawrence.

- Lawrence is incorrect.

(continuous buzzing) Sorry, you guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Jonathan Swift.

Jonathan Swift.

For your next question, pencil and paper ready.

What is the length of a rectangle whose width is three, whose perimeter is 16, given the rectangle has four sides in all.

(buzzer beeps) Edison.

- Five.

- Five is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

The magic wands used by Harry Potter and Voldumort are both made with feathers from what phoenix, who is the faithful pet of Albus Dumbledore?

- I don't know how to say it.

It's a F-A-W-K, Fawke or something like that.

- [Ethan] Yeah, Fawkes.

Yeah.

- Okay.

(continuous buzzing) - [Elaina] Okay.

- And I'll take us back to the toss ups.

What explorer, who discovered the Commander Islands, died during his second Kamchatka expedition and names a strait that separates Alaska from Russia.

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Bering.

- Bering is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

What phrase did Niccolo Machiavelli coined to refer to the emperors who headed the Roman Empire at its greatest extent, including Trajan and Hadri?

- No answer.

- [Ethan] No answer.

Fairfield, the chance to steal.

- Caesar.

- Caesar is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was the Five Good Emperors and I think Edison might have been mouthing that to you before you answered, "No answer."

Never hurts to guess.

Never hurts to guess.

For the next toss up.

What band's album, A Night at The Opera, includes a song about a poor boy who asks, "Is this the real life, is this?"

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Queen.

- Queen is correct.

For bonus.

What quantity, who's inclusive form is increased by kin selection is zero for mules and measures in organism's ability to pass on its genes.

- Fertility.

- Fertility is incorrect.

(continuous buzzing) Sorry, Freeburg, you're outta time.

The answer we're looking for was fitness.

Fitness.

Onto to the next question.

What class of viruses that include T4 and Lambda but not HIV infect bacteria and are named after their apparent ability to eat up bacteria.

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Bacteriophages.

- Bacteriophages is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

What William Shakespeare Comedy in which Ferdinand breaks a vow to swear off women after meeting a French princess, has two apostrophes in its title.

- No answer.

- No answer.

Freeburg, a chance to steal.

- A Midsummer Night's Dream.

- Midsummer Night's Dream is incorrect.

The answer we're looking for was, Love's Labour's Lost.

Onto our next question.

What agreement which excluded the proposed Thomage agreement?

Excuse me, Thomas Amendment, set a border along the 36 degree, 30 minutes parallel, and emitted Maine and a namesake slave state.

(buzzer beeps) Edison.

- Missouri Compromise.

- Missouri Compromise is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

In what 1961 Invasion did Counter Revolutionaries, backed by the CIA, fail to topple Fidel Castro's Communist government?

- Bay of Pigs.

- Bay of Pigs is correct.

On the next question, what world capital were heavy rains in August 2022 flooded the Han River and its affluent Gangnam district is the capital of South Korea.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Seoul.

- Seoul is correct.

For your bonus, what author who worked on the script of the 2021 movie, Westside Story, depicted the AIDS crisis in his two-part play, Angels in America.

- Spielberg.

- Spielberg is incorrect.

Freeburg, it's your chance to steal.

(continuous beeping) Sorry.

You guys are out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Tony Kushner.

Tony Kushner.

And that'll take us to another media question.

In the 2001 Nickelodeon sci-fi comedy, Invader Zim, this hyperactive sidekick of the main character, Zim, is often seen in a green dog costume and ruining his master's evil schemes.

Name this character.

(buzzer beeps) Aiden.

- GIR.

- GIR is correct.

Well done.

Onto our next question, what body of water whose Northern Germany includes the Strait of Jebel, provides the name origin for Eritrea and lies east of Sudan and Egypt?

(buzzer beeps) Noah.

- Red Sea.

- Red Sea is correct.

Well done.

For bonus, at 2022, a study found that what charged particle likely contains a charm, anticharm quark pair, in addition to its two up quarks and one down quark.

- Electron.

- Electron is incorrect.

Fairfield, a chance to steal.

- No answer.

- The answer we're looking for wasn't electron but proton.

Proton.

On our next question, what period whose third Sunday, is Gaudete Sunday, is symbolized by four candles and proceeds Christmas and is the namesake of a special calendar.

(buzzer beeps) Edison.

- Advent calendar.

- Advent is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus, in the 19th century, what imperial country computed with Russia for influence in Afghanistan and Central Asia during the great game?

- China.

- China's incorrect.

Fairfield, the chance to steal.

- Britain.

- Britain is correct.

Well done.

On the next question, what poet who read quote, On the Pulse of Morning at Bill Clinton's inauguration, began her seven part autobiography with, I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing.

(buzzer beeps) Chase.

- Maya Angelou.

- Maya Angelou is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

In August, 2022, what Indian born author of the novel, The Satanic Verses, was stabbed by Islamic militant, Hadi Matar at an event in New York.

- Kazme.

- Kazme is incorrect.

(continuous buzzing) Sorry.

You guys are all out of time.

The answer we're looking for was Salman Rushdie.

Salman Rushdie.

Onto our next question, what actor whom Jimmy Kimmel has apologized many times for running out of time for, plays the title character in the Bourne Trilogy and The Martian.

(buzzer beeps) Cale.

- Matt Damon.

- Matt Damon is correct.

Well done.

For your bonus.

What suburb of Chicago, which in 2121 became the first US city to approve reparations for its black residence is home to Northwestern University?

- Illinois.

- Illinois is incorrect.

(continuous buzzing) It was in my backyard, growing up.

Oh, Freeburg, you still get a chance to steal, I'm not gonna say the answer then.

Freeburg.

- Evanston.

- Evanston is correct.

It was in my backyard growing up.

(bell dings) And that bell means that we are all out of time on today's show.

I only almost ruined one question, which is not bad.

I'll take it.

Let's just take a look at our final scores.

On top, we have Freeburg with 250 and a Fairfield with 380.

So maintaining control after that bonus round.

Well done.

So that is all the time we have for on today's show.

For our contestants here today and all the people working hard behind the scenes.

I'm Ethan Neir.

Thank you so much and goodnight.

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